Pick Me Up!

GREAT STRIDES

Breathing in the warm summer air, I felt on top of the world. Grabbing onto my husband’s hand, I dreamed about our future. I wond

I wonder if this time next year we’ll have a little one with us for our walking adventures? I thought to myself.

Walking around the Lake District, we often went on hiking holidays.

We always dreamed of having a child who would share our love of being in nature.

But we decided to save up to buy a family home before trying for a baby.

Then in August 2018, after two years of saving, we finally moved into our home.

To our delight, just two months after moving in, we were pregnant.

And when we found out we were having

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