Happy 1st Birthday Master Ashton

Well this time last year I had begun labour to bring to the world the most beautiful boy. At 8.29 am, Ashton Noah Holmes, was finally here with us forever more. Ashton has given us all so much joy; to us he has been our glue.

We are so grateful for the time he was given with big sister Miss Immie, and never will forget the first time she saw her “He’s so cute” brother and her very funny, head shaking chants to him, making him giggle. That sibling love can never be broken, as she continues to whisper sweet nothings to him and make him giggle at what to us appears a blank space. Kody and Ashton also have a gorgeous relationship, Kody is besotted with Ashton, and Ashton is besotted with Kody. Kody is forever telling Ashton how much he loves him, and to that Ashton plants either a big slobbery kiss on him or gives him one of the stunning smiles.

Ashton is our full of life, on the go, little boy. He is far more mobile and adventurous then my other two kids who did not really move till 14 months.

He has mastered opening sliding doors and taking himself down the back yard to play ball with Molly our dog (yes I think I lost another 10 years off my life when I could not find him), climbing up and down stairs in his style, opening cabinets, drawer and his all time favourite doors!!!, standing in his cot, chasing the cat to just give him one little hug (honest!!!), Saying uh oh, fake laughing (lol), giving the best snuggles, bopping to music and millions of other beautiful things. Ashton loves DOORS, cars, animals, balls and us (how could he not!!!).

I love him, he gives me so much reason to get up in the morning, where with Kody I could have flopped back into bed as soon as he went to school I can’t do that will the full of life Ashton. There is too much to see, and he needs to show his mummy everything.

We love you always Ashton, you are everything to all of us, your giggles and smiles are contagious, Happy Birthday to our big One year Old,

Lots of Love

Mum, Dad, Imogen and Kody

Climbing up that mountain

Grief is a horrible thing it sneaks into your life, even when you think you have a steady control on it, you can find yourself suddenly tipped out of control, off that mountain, you have so carefully constructed.

This week marks the week in which our whole life stopped, it is the week we were told Imogen had relapsed and was terminal. The week of her first sports carnival, where she ran third in her running race.

A year later we are here again, with sports carnival pencilled in weather permitting for tomorrow, this is where she should have been, loving life, loving school, loving us. Instead tomorrow will be our last primary school sports carnival for Kody, and the last we attend until Ashton’s starts school.
Emotions this week have been running high among the Holmes’ household, with this being “that” week, the last of Kody’s primary sport carnivals and Ashton’s first Birthday, it makes it incredibly hard to digest, let alone process.I at times can still not believe Imogen is not here with us, there are moments I sit and pray and will her back to the land of the living. I would give up all of my worldly possessions just to see her once more. Yes, even though I know that would not be enough.

I never once doubt she would not be here with us forever, even when Imogen was so down, I always believed she was the miracle kid the one that would prove the statistics and doctors wrong.

I can’t believe I was so very wrong.

Run on baby girl, I can picture you running that race in heaven.


P.S. Thanks to you all who leave comments, it means a lot to me, to know my posts are being heard and read, Love to you xx

Proud Parents

Hi all

Got some really awesome news yesterday – no I am not pregnant!!, something even more impressive for the moment.

Mr Kody has been trying to break into the PEAC education art world for a couple years now. First he missed a place with Year 6 PEAC art extension, which was tragic, lots of tears and long faces (mine included as I knew he should have had a place). Then as we were a little preoccupied at the start of this year we missed the opening and closing dates for the applications for Visual Art PEAC at Balcatta High. Who would know you need to apply for year 8 in 2012 studies at the start of year 6 2010…geez!!!.

Anyway after a few emails back and forth to the very nice head of the dept at Balcatta High I discovered that the application for Multimedia Graphics Specialist Program PEAC were still open.

Kody picked pieces of his art he wished to present and we compiled it together in a file.

The cut of date was this Monday the 6^th of September, and then he would have to wait till they assessed all the work received, an set a interview time and then he would receive a letter stating whether he had been accepted.

Yesterday I dropped it of at Balcatta High, said a quick request to Imogen, that if this was meant to be then please help it happen. Imagine my surprise when I returned home to check my emails later in the day to discover an email from the head of the dept, saying that she loved Kody’s design and abilities and that she would like to offer him a place within the program for 2012.

So he basically by passed the review and interview process, we all had huge grin plastered on our faces for the whole afternoon and evening.

We are all so proud of him and knew that his ability would be finally recognised.

It is incredibly soul lifting for things for our biggest boy to be falling into place, with his incredible ability and his little sister’s guidance the world is his oyster.

Well done Kody, we love you so much and are incredibly proud.

Love Fiona, Jason, Kody, Imogen and Ashton.