Our moments that mattered in 2013.

Being a parent there are so many moments throughout the year that matter, milestones and skills are mastered, achievements and adventures are accomplished and your child grows up so fast, changing and growing up in a blink of an eye.  As I cherish the moments that matter, especially moments with Bug I try to capture all moments ,from little everyday moments and seeing the joy and specialness in the mundane to big special, once in a life time moments, in photographs so that I can treasure the moments that matter to me forever.

2013 was a pretty eventful year for us.  Bug had his second birthday and throughout the year he changed, mastering new milestones and gaining new skills, all the while getting bigger and growing up so quickly in front of my eyes.  As well as learning new words and polishing his language skills some of the other new skills Bug has learned includes peddling a trike, balancing on one foot, fine-tuning his football skills, falling in love with counting and singing his A,B,C’s to mummy and potty training to be dry both in the day and the night.

As well as experiencing good, positive moments during 2013 we also faced a number of hurdles, with trials and tribulations testing us throughout the year from our dog going missing for days, a large fire risking our lives and our home and a car accident which ended with our car being a right off.

Thankfully we overcame the trials and tribulations with the happy, memorable moments shining through the hardship we endured and the year ended on a high for us when we moved house not long before Christmas to a lovely new home in a brand new area.

Amongst the milestone achievements, the fun and adventures and the trials and tribulations some of my most memorable moments from 2013 are from the few days we had during a small family holiday a few miles from home.  Even though the holiday was not an expensive holiday and not far from home we had lots of fun, spending enjoyable days together as a family and making the most of daddy’s days off from work.

As we had so much fun together as a family during our little holiday when Lloyds Bank recently asked me what my moments that mattered were for 2013 our family holiday sprang to mind.  A few of the memorable moments from our holiday in beautiful Wales –

Little fireman (Project 365 - 148/365).

*Waves* Hi little Meerkat! (Project 365 - 102/365).