Almost 9 years ago, on a freezing cold Winters night, Brett and I nervously walked into our first anti-natal class. As I looked around the room of other expectant parents, one person who had been sitting with her back to the door turned and smiled a gorgeous welcoming smile at me. I remember most of the chairs were taken, but there were two left next to her and her hubby, so Brett and I sat down. As we chatted we discovered we were due one day apart. Me the 26th October, her the 27th. We chatted on and on, and discovered so many similarities. She had the most beautiful soul and just drew me in. Someone you just know you will like from the first moment. Each week at our classes we’d chat some more (ok, a lot!), and after our 6 weeks of classes were finished, we exchanged phone numbers. Each week we’d have our Ob checkups, and that afternoon call each other to exchange the happenings with our fast growing bubba’s. We finished work the same week, and caught up for lunch a few times. The 26th and 27th October drew near and then passed uneventfully for either of us, but each week we’d call each other to check and update. Eventually we both were booked in to be induced. I remember calling Nat (her name is Natalie by the way!) telling her I was being induced on Wednesday because they wouldn’t induce on the Tuesday as it was Melbourne Cup Day. We guessed she’d be be induced the following day, Thursday. She called back that afternoon to say she was booked in for Monday!! Cheeky thing, how dare she have her baby before me, I’m first!! LOL. And my good little man saw to it that we were first, as he came naturally beforehand Nat said to me in hospital as she cuddled Liam, still waiting to meet her bubba to be born, that she knew at that moment she was going to have a boy, as she knew we’d have the same. She’s my sister in another life I’m sure. Anyway, the point to this long post is that that beautiful soul, Natalie, Nat, Aunty Nat, Nattie… is one of my very, very favourite people in the whole world. And her sweet muchkins Hayden and Caitlin are too (and we can’t leave you out Michael…. we’ll keep you too).

Nat’s birthday has just passed, and guess what she asked her hubby for, for her birthday present

Here you go lovely. I owe you some decent ones, after all those years of letting me LEARN on your children! Happy birthday sweetness. I love you and am so glad you came into my life. xx

Let me introduce Hayden (8) and Caitlin (5) (yes, Caitlin and Ethan are similar in age… and we just share Amelia)