DH:
Daniel Joshua William "
Danny" (25)
DW:
Madison Brianna Alexis "Maddy" (24)
DD:
Bethan Eilish Isabella (3)
DD/DD:
Rory Lane Tegan /
Morgan Avery Dakota (newborn)
It's been two years now since our beautiful wedding. Although all we could afford was do in our church hall after the ceremony it was just perfect, we had both wanted to get married and start our family quickly. The party was lovely. All our family and friends pulled together so that in the end, all we had to pay for was the church fee, the hiring of the hall, the flowers, Maddy's dress,
Danny's kilt outfit and a bridesmaid dress for
Kate, Maddy's maid of honour. Our flowergirl
Lucie already had a dress to wear. Everyone brought platters of nibbles to eat adn in the end there was far too much food to be used up. Maddy and her youngers siblings with their friends and some of Maddy's, had a great time tidying up and decorating the hall. It was gorgeous with streamers and balloons everywhere!
After the wedding we went for a week in the south of
France where the weather was beautiful. Then we returned to our brand new home together. Due to saving on the wedding and saving as much money as possible we had been stunned to see how much we could actually afford. We rent a beautiful new-build modern flat in the centre of Edinburgh. It's in a lovely area, only a few minutes away from a supermarket, Princes Street, parks, schools, both of our work and our university. We're so lucky to of found the place! Our landlord and lady are lovely as well. They live in the penthouse of the building (it has 6 flats and the penthouse, they own the whole building) and they hold little parties and barbecues for all the residents. The whole place has a great atmosphere.
John and
Anna (our landlords) have a son
Nicholas who is two. The other families are:
Laurence and
Amanda with their twin daughters
Megan and
Carla (6),
Ty and
Nikki (a lovely couple around our own age),
Iain,
Imogen (we all believe
Imogen and
Iain will end up together!),
Sasha and
Robbie and us. We couldn't of asked for better neighbours. Our flat has a huge open-lan living area. There is a kitchen area with a breakfast bar, a living area, a study area and a play area for any future kids. Then there is the master bedroom (it's flaming HUGE!) with en-suite and a further two bedrooms, a family bathroom and a toilet. We all share a large garden and decking area at the back but we have our own private balcony seating area. Well, I better go start unpack.
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We've only been here about a year and I'm still not done unpacking but we have great news. We're expecting! It's a girl and she's due to be here in about 4 months time. What's more to add to the perfect timing of her arrival, there are to be three other children in our building her age!
Imogen and
Iain are finally a couple and are expecting a child together. Immy is moving into
Iain's flat and a new couple are moving in. They're called
Myra and
Alex and have two kids
Rachel and
David who are 7 and 2.
Megan and
Carla are excited to have a new friend to play with! We're all sure that
Nicholas (
John and
Anna's son) will be friends with
David.
Anna and
John are now expecting their second child. Also expecting are
Ty and
Nikki. Can't wait for the babies to all grow up as friends!
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Well, SHE'S HERE!!! Our darling bundle of joy has arrived. WE decided to honour
Lisbeth (
Elisabeth),
Danny's mum who has just received news that she has cancer. But she's strong and we're sure she'll pull through! Our angel is called
Bethan Eilish Isabella. She's a right handful but we're coping. The other 'house babies' as we call them are
Angela (
Anna and
John's first daughter, brother is
Nicholas),
Sawyer (
Ty and
Nikki's son) and
Peyton (
Imogen and
Iain's son. They recently married).
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Our second child is here - and it has turned out to be two children! We named them
Rory and
Morgan.
Bethan couldn't be more excited if she even tried. She's doing brilliantly and as we predicted is great friends with all the others in the building.
Laurence and
Amanda have a two month old daughter called
Claire Victoria and
Robbie and
Sasha have a son called
Caden Ross. The building is alive with children!
Loving wife to
JackDaughter to
Paddy and
CaitSister to
Finn, Con and
MuirgenMummy to
Isaac,
Oliver,
Jay,
Beth,
William,
Alexandria,
Ruby,
Lucas and ONE-ON-THE-WAY!!!
Fur Mama to
Belle,
Jasmine, Minx, Monster, Mischa,
Kitty,
Hugo,
Cleo and
Darcy