Year One Complete!

Wow! We made it!! AND we are all still alive! A few bumps, bruises and scratches but officially intact.

What a year it has been, the hardest but definitely the best year of my life. It hasn’t gone as expected but whatever has been thrown at us we have taken in our stride and carried on going.

Today we had a party for Jude & Luca with lots of family and friends plus the twins got to meet their cousins for the first time!! And I got first snuggles with baby (not so baby) Isaac. Precious memories.

Also none of us had a clue who was who all day! (As in the twins) we bathed them last night and dressed them in mismatch PJs I had bought. Not sure why I even question if they’re identical or not! in personality they are quite different Jude is much more relaxed and happy go lucky, Luca is a tad more temperamental and likes to be centre of attention – seeing as both mummy and daddy went to drama school I’m not surprised. I’m pretty sure I have them the correct way around now, tomorrow as the excitement will have died down their true personalities will show through.

Lesson learn – leave hospital bands on until old enough to be able to tell the difference.

The first 16 days of the twins lives were spent in hospital, they were good weights at 5.11lb (Luca and 6.1lb (Jude) but during their first night in hospital the midwives began to worry about their blood sugar levels dropping so we had to be separated and the twins were taken to “paediatrics” for a few tests and a bottle, I was told! Being on my own unable to move from the epidural before my section in a ward with three or four other women, during the middle of the night, on my own without any babies was a horrible feeling.

Few hours later and I was told they were hooked up to monitors and being fed through a tube. Heart broken! They weren’t even in the same room to start when I first went to see them, they were so unsettled, just horrible. After tests, including a lumbar puncture, they came to the conclusion that Jude had meningitis and Luca had an infection, which meant Jude had to be on a full course of antibiotics for 14 days. After a few days once they started feeding from me they were able to come up to the room with me.

Those 16 days dragged so long, being away from Nathaniel for so long was completely devastating. He has coped so well becoming a big brother, welcoming two screaming children into his home and taking up his time. He is such a loving, kind and fun big bro, the twins love him more than they love each other!

God it has been such a busy year, babies, starting my own business when they were 3 months and 18 months, ditching diets and processed food and switching to a healthy living, transforming bodies and helping my family too to live a healthy life!

Incredibly epic! Would sum it up pretty well. Here’s to an extreme 2015, throw it at me!!

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Whole family wholefood

In the past 7 months I have taken a few simple steps towards a healthier lifestyle. Through that I have influenced my friends, family and more to make just a few simple changes too.

Swapping builders tea to green tea, changing cows milk to gluten free & dairy free milks. Even just sweet potatoes replacing regular ones!

When people say they are eating healthy and then doing things like adding dollops of “fat free” Mayo to their salad. We have been let down by the government and our education system, because we have zero education on good nutrition so how are we supposed to pass what we don’t know onto our children?!

In the past 7 months I have listened to many medical professionals talk about prevention and how good nutrition can truly help in all areas of life and across all generations.

I’ve gained incredible knowledge about food and how to fuel my body to its full potential, however I find the word healthy living too flimsy, I’m not a vegan, nor vegetarian, my food can be classed as clean eating. But I still don’t feel as though this is a strong enough word to use!

Therefore I have invented my own saying “PureLiving” to LiveLifePure

Why Pure?

We go back to basics, paleo, caveman diets, they all survived on food that was grown or had lived, it is our modern day society that has created fizzy drinks, chocolate, fast food, microwave meals, etc. If it wasn’t in our faces or created in the first place, we would know no difference.

So by making simple baby steps we are slowly moving towards a healthier happier life!

For me the biggest impact of all is the impact it has had upon my beautiful boys! In the evening I cook one meal that we all share, we eat as a family and it is so much less hassle, PLUS I know that I am not only giving my own body the best chance in life, but I am giving my boys the best start to their little lives.

Our gluten free pizza! Super yum!!

My target was to make 2014 the healthiest, happiest year yet and I’ve definitely accomplished that. One more month to go and I’ll be the fittest ever too 💪 bring on the Christmas parties!

Beauty from the inside out for all generations ❤️