Monday 30 September 2019

One Daily Positive - Week 39 Babies and a wedding

There's a new addition to the family last week, so here's a brief guide to my numbering, lettering system I use.

Someone commented that they thought it was sad that I referred to my nieces children as the Things, so if you're not familiar, read on and find out why.

I used to work in Child Protection in the early days (2008-2010) of Social Media and one of my roles was to guide sports clubs on how to deal with using images and names online. Around 2011-12 our youngest said no more photos, followed by requests for 'if you blog about me, can I read it first?' Nowadays the kids aren't bothered and will often tag themselves in my photos. The eldest child is in care, but we still post photos of her, she is part of our family.

But I decided I should give them blog names and they became numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Their girlfriends/wives get a letter added to the number. We currently have 1, 2 and 2a, 3, 4 and 4a and 5. Last week 2 and 2a had a baby girl, she is now 2b or as I now refer to them now as the 2's.

My niece has 4 children, 3 boys and 1 girl. I ask permission every time before I post online and they are collectively known as the Things. Thing 1, 2, 3 and 4. I'm a big Dr Seuss fan, as is the eldest so with permission from my niece and her husband I gave them the names after the Thing 1 and 2 from Cat in the Hat. I address cards, presents to Thing (insert no) they love it, they knew straight away who their easter eggs and presents are from.

I have another niece who occasionally appears on my blog or social media who is 8 and more recently another Great Nephew on my ex husbands side, who is now 3 months old. I initially asked permission to post online, I now tell mum where I'm posting. These don't have nicknames, I must think of something, but with the number of additional family members I'm starting to confuse myself.

Child 4 and 4a got married on Saturday and keeping with the social media theme, we're waiting till they post the pictures online before we share.

265 Sunday Pottered around the flat, visited Thing 1, 2, 3 and 4, then up to mums to see sister, niece and nephew, then off for a visit to the 2's. I was early so stopped at a coffee shop to discover my friend stood in the middle of a field, fencing it out ready to move her horses into, so I helped out for a bit.

266 Monday Nail bar (wedding prep) a visit to the 2's and off to see the Things, finished packing, bath and bed. Cuddled 3 babies in one day.

267 Tuesday A visit to the 2's, packing, general flaffing around and cleaning, dinner, bath and an early night.

268 Wednesday Dropped car hire, flew to Belfast, collected by 4 and 4a. Stayed at their new house for the night. Went into Belfast to collect the suit hire and some last minute shopping.

269 Thursday Peter flew direct to Dublin, collected car hire and drove to Belfast to meet me, on my return from visiting the Manor House to drop the additional table decorations. out for dinner with the in-laws.

270 Friday Collected Peter's mother from the airport and made our way over to Enniskillen where the wedding is being held. We transported the wedding and bridesmaid dresses to the hotel and kept them in our room for the night. We had dinner and a few drinks.

271 Saturday A leisurely morning and out to meet my mum. sister and family who were staying nearby, from 1pm we started moving dresses, collecting suits and button holes before getting dressed and ready for a 3pm start. It was a beautiful wedding. I'll share photos next week.

On the blog this week:

My advice for the expectant grandparents and social media.


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18 comments:

  1. Wow, what an exciting week you've had! Look forward to seeing photos of the wedding.
    I saw that comment from someone about you calling the little ones the 'Things'. I thought it was pretty rude of them and I've always thought it was very cute.

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    1. As long as the person who has the nickname likes it, then surely that's all that matters

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  2. The blog names were confusing when I started reading your blog but now I am used to them. It's a clever way of knowing who's who without naming them.
    Oh wow! So many babies! How lovely!
    Congratulations to the happy couple! I can't wait to see the photos x

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    1. As it is the kids and my mum have had people walk up to them and ask them if they are Chickenruby's family

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  3. I often feel that with all my lot name wise as well, though all the grandkids that feature have a blog name, the younger ones being picked by Fifi and Bob. But keep the kids simple to DD1 and SIL1 etc, no DIL's to share as boys opt not to feature.
    Glad you got all the family and extended family together for the wedding, nice that you still all get on. Looking forward to seeing the pictures.
    You scrub up well- as the Scottish compliment goes.

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    1. ha ha, I can do smart, when an effort is required

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  4. It's not sad at all if you name your nieces' Things. It's actually quite cute, and your system works. I remember when Sash was little, we used to call him the Boy. Once we met in town, my DH was with some colleague, and I arrived with Sash in the pushchair, and my husband asked "How is the boy?" The other person sniggered, "What, have you forgotten your son's name?" What a stupid thing to say?
    Looks like you had a lovely week, with the wedding, and meeting all those cuties.

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    1. oh my word, people can be so stupid can't they. children 3 and 4 were and still are referred to as The Boys by the family

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  5. It's lovely that you've had so much family time over the week. The wedding looked beautiful as does our granddaughter #365

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  6. Sounds like a lovely week catching up with family and meeting lots of babies!

    Looks like a lovely wedding from your final pic!

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    1. it was a great week and the wedding was amazing

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  7. It must be so special having all the family events happening at once but very busy! I love your honesty and the consideration you have gone to in order to make sure your family are comfortable with how you depict them on your blog: safeguarding and consent are so important #project365

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    1. it has been an amazing few weeks and so nice to be sharing happy family news after recent years

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  8. What an exciting couple of weeks, new family members and a wedding. Can't wait to see the Photos I do love a good wedding. Thanks for explaining the numbering. I did wonder since I only started with 365 this year. Makes perfect sense now x

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    1. I tend to forget not everyone knows my numbering system

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  9. Wow!!! What a family filled week!! You must've all had a great time! Thank you for clearing the confusing of what Things and numbers are. Now I understand how you address ur family members now 😊
    That's alot of cute babies. I hope the wedding went great!

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    1. the wedding was great and we all had a wonderful time. The Things and numbers do have real names also lol

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