Happy New Year, everybody!

[llywela]

It's been a nice Christmas, very low key. I always have the week off between Christmas and New Year - compulsory shut down, so don't even have to book it, it's just automatic. It's nice to have a rest, recharge the batteries, although I haven't done much of my usual downtime activities - I've been spending all my time with the family this year. Layla-May has been Aunty Jo's girl all week - she's not wonderfully well, she's been teething and the teething turned to oral thrush, so she just suddenly stopped eating and drinking on Christmas Day because her mouth hurts and she doesn't want to put anything in it. She's got medicine now, but it'll take a while to clear up and in the meantime she still doesn't want to eat or drink, so we've had to resort to the sloppiest food possible, coaxing her into taking little bits of fluid off teaspoons as often as possible. She's still trying hard to be happy and jolly, she's an incredibly good-natured child, but she's feeling very under the weather and clingy, and has mostly been clinging to me - won't go to anyone else, cries when I leave the room. I'm not complaining - my mum needs the break! And it's nice to have quality time together. But I do have to go back to work next week...

Aunty Jo's girl


Baby Blue Eyes


Christmas is very exciting even for poorly one-year-olds


And we managed a lovely walk around a frosty Roath Park Lake, which was looking beautiful


All in all, not a bad Christmas. Happy New Year, everyone!