Marisa and Me

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alina 5 months old

I am a single mum to two wonderful girls.

Alina is almost 3. She will have her birthday on January 26th - Australia Day.

Marisa is 6 months. She will celebrate her first birthday on March 26th!!

Alina was a fast and quiet achiever. Alina mastered crawling at 6 months and was climbing around furniture by 8 and walking at 10.5 - 11 months!! She is such an active toddler. Alina goes to preschool 2 days a week and she just loves it! ( forgive me for saying - but so do I!)

I have been seperated from the girls' father for 1 year now. It has been the most trying year of my life - but it was all worth it! I was 3 months pregnant when I left him. He didnt have much to do with the pregnancy - so now that she is here I find it hard to relate him with her - it's like Marisa is just mine! I wonder if anyone can relate to this feeling I have!  :) Please write to me if you have struggled with this also!

Marisa is also a clever little soul - she is doing the whole rocking - trying to crawl exercise! She has been doing this a while now - so i am just waiting for when she will connect the dots and master crawling!! She is very different to Alina in many ways that it just keeps me open mouthed alot with shock I guess! Alina was quiet - Marisa LOUD! Alina petite - Marisa BIGGER! Alina fair in skin colour - Marisa DARKER! Alina blue eyed - Marisa BROWN and so many others I could go on about - I guess I just wasn't ready for them to be sooo different - of course I am not whinging I think it is wonderful to have your own identity - It is just overwheliming sometimes!! :)

And now me - Im 22 year old coffee addict! :)  - I'll celebrate my 23rd on November 3rd! can't wait for that! I am fairly "head screwed on" for my age - which is how I ended up planning for my children early. My parents are older and couldn't keep up with myself and my siblings so I wanted to have my kids early so that I would'nt come across the same problem. I am very active - I find time to go to the gym 3 times a week - including a boxing class that i just started - WOW! Boxing is great - I reccomend to anyone who wants to get fit!