Dear Santa

Penbwlydd Hapus Elwen

Penblwydd hapus I Elwen, 3 years old today. Yr ydych wedi gwneud y tywyllwch yn fy nghalon i fyny goleuni disglair nag yr oeddwn erioed wedi meddwl y bo modd. Llawer o Cariad xxxx

Happy birthday Elwen. You have made the darkness in my heart light up brighter than I ever thought possible. Lots of Love xxxx

Sul Y Tadau (Fathers Day)

My beautifully cool Father's Day card from my equally beautiful and cool daughter Elwen.

Good Friday Gift from Gran

Elwen's great grandmother always (as all grandparents do) gave her an Easter gift on this Good Friday. Sadly she passed away not long before this Easter holiday but you know something? She was still able to give our daughter something this year too. As She Who Must Be Obeyed (Elwen's mother) was walking to the car park after a night shift this morning, she noticed what she thought was a piece of paper, fluttering in the light breeze.
It turned out to be a £5 note, (the note seen in the photo above.) Sure it might be coincidence, someone could easily have dropped a fiver coming out from the hospital but I have a better imagination and stronger faith than that. Anyway, happy Easter folks! I will leave you with a short video of Elwen and myself playing boats in the bath.

The Great Tally

In two years, during 2008 and 2010, I lost my mother and gained a daughter. Life does even out at the end of the day, all of our pains and turmoil are squared away by other, more wonderful events. Im not saying im happy my mother passed away of course im not, but Life has given me a new stroke of happiness as if to apologise for running out on mum.
The grief now, although still in my heart, has been largely replaced by a tidal wave of Love and dare I say it euphoria. Every single day I watch Elwen grow and do new things, the sadness of losing my mother is less. Less suffocating.

Bore Nadolig

Our first Christmas as a family saw us awake at 8am, all three of us. I had put stockings at the foot of the beds/cot on Christmas eve so that it would feel extra special. (Its been a looong time since ive done this.) The amount of gifts Elwen recieved led to there being two giant sacks filled with the main loot and a near endless stream of parcels scattered around them, supporting acts to the headline event.
I opened my mug first, a gift from my daughter which had a photograph of her precious face on it, and soon we were diving into her presents. And eventhough Elwen was only three months, she was aware of what was happening and watched as we unwrapped one gift after another. This actually took two sittings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, such was the amount of stuff Santa had to bring down the chimney.

The First Christmas

Christmas 2010 is going to be one of the most special Christmasses of our lives because it is Elwen's FIRST and so we obviously aim to make it one of the best. Our daughter will only be four months old so of course won't remember it when she's older, but through me creating this blog she will remember much more than most children will do.
Im still thrilled that when im long gone, this site will be still be here, floating around the internet super highway like a diary filled with memories, thoughts and pictures. Speaking of pictures, heres one I made yesterday.



The first Christmas countdown

After a couple of years trying to ignore Christmas (due in part to my mothers passing and also becoming cynical and jaded over the whole 'jolly' time) im even beginning to enjoy it again. The carols, decorations, yada yada yada. And its all thanks to my beloved Elwen. She has brought the magic back into, not just the Silly Season but of course to my life as a whole.