Oh my god, I love her so much! Sometimes it just hits me like a train.

I love putting her to bed. She has her bottle, and then she likes to put the lid back on it when she’s finished. Then we have a cuddle while she gets up her burps, and she plays with my hair or puts her head on my shoulder and rubs or pats my back. Then she has her dummy, and she gives it to me and laughs, and then takes it off me again. Then she goes down and I zip her into her sleeping bag – sometimes she gives me her dummy again at this point, and laughs, and takes it off me again. Then I give her Mumble and she gives him a cuddle, and quite often pats him on the back too (in case her needs to burp!) Then I put on her Winnie the Pooh musical mobile, we say night night and I leave. It just might be the best bit of every day.

These are some pictures from before Christmas now – this is Elsie with Lorna at her mum and dad’s house.