It only seems like yesterday that I was announcing our move to America, and now here we are only two weeks away from actually going through with it. The past few months have been a whirlwind of paperwork and planning, list-making and decision-making. Last month, Matt and I headed to Richmond in Virginia to view some properties and get to know the area a little better. It passed in a blur…
California Dreaming
I first fell in love with the USA through books. My collection of hundreds of books that held the secrets of other worlds hidden within their pages, waiting to be devoured and relished. We couldn’t afford to go on holiday when I was growing up, so I spent my summers curled up in the shadows of trees, exploring foreign lands through literature. The majestic mountains of Kefalonia in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, the haunting…
Life Lately
Just over one week to go until my due date. Everyone is excited. We’re excited. We can’t help but imagine the moment we will get to see and hold our baby. We can’t help but imagine what it might be like to return home as three instead of two. What it would be like to feed, to cuddle, to bathe, and talk to our baby.But it is impossible to picture all this and not think about…
Six Years
A year ago today, on our five year anniversary, Matt and I were given the best gift we could ever wish for – a positive pregnancy test. As we laughed and embraced, I shed tears of happiness at the thought of raising a child with my best friend. We’d pictured that in a year’s time we would be a family. And we are, although in a way we never imagined. We…
Sunshine & Picnics
After a long wait, sunshine finally arrived in the UK (although it’s now disappeared just as swiftly!) and Matt and I have been enjoying every opportunity to bask in the rays. I’ve lost count of the amount of picnics we’ve enjoyed together over the last month or so. There’s something so quintessentially English about unfolding a chequered blanket and opening a wicker basket to indulge in the delights of pink lemonade,…
Life Lately
It has been seven months since I gave birth to William and Noah and became a mother to children I would never bring home. The speed at which life continues after the death of a child is startling. I cannot believe it has been one week. A month. Almost eight months. A year before we know it. In so many ways it feels as if it just happened yesterday. I recall…
Happy Valentine’s Day
Wishing you all a wonderful Valentine’s Day, whether you’re spending it with your partner, or your friends. I thought I would mark the day by including a reading we had at our wedding… “I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making…
Life Lately
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: @AMYANTOINETTE Roses around the home always make me happy, even if they are made of foam like these ones! – – – My little collection of Bath & Body Works Hand Sanitisers. I can’t choose a favourite – it’s between Warm Vanilla Sugar and Fresh Market Apple, both delicious scents! – – – My current favourite lipsticks – both by YSL, I love their luxe packaging. – –…
Little Loves Lately
January always feels like a never-ending month. Here are a few things which have made the first month of the new year that bit more bearable… ♥ I was delighted when I unwrapped The Lumineers album at Christmas, and I’ve been listening to it on repeat ever since. I’m tempted to buy tickets for their concert from StubHub and enjoy their music live. ♥ Scented candles are lovely all year long, but…
Soft Snowfall
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” – Lewis Carroll – Matt and I recently took some time out to revel in the snow. It’s not too often everything is veiled in a soft white…
New Year Hopes & Wishes
♥ Remember I’ve always been an optimistic and positive person, and live by the saying, ‘count your blessings, not your sorrows.’ Even in our darkest moments during my pregnancy last year when we didn’t know how or when the complications would end, I took time to remind myself that although what was happening to us was terrible and terrifying, there were people who were much worse off and I still had…
A Magical Birthday – Harry Potter Studio Tour
A few weekends ago, Matt surprised me with a trip away and a visit to the Harry Potter Studio Tour for my birthday. I’ve wanted to take a peek at the inside secrets of the magical world for so long. I read Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone in my first year at grammar school and I (along with the rest of the class) was captivated from the very first paragraph, enthralled…
