Finding my mum

58- planning Noah's birthday

"I can't believe that Noah is going to be one next week" I thought to myself.

I was going over to help Aljaz and Janette plan Noah's birthday and to see him. I hadn't seen Janette since the strictly final and I couldn't remember the last time Noah and I saw each other.

I text Janette to say that I was nearly there. Janette saw me walking up the steps so she opened the door causing Noah to start trying to get out of her arms so that he could have cuddles with me. I saw him, ran up the rest of the steps and took him from Janette. "Hey monkey, have you missed me? Did he know that I was coming?" "He's definitely missed you and he had no idea. I picked him up from his toy mat when I got your message and we've been waiting by the door since" "what shall we do monkey? Does he need a nap or anything?" "He's good."

We went to the kitchen to get a drink then into the lounge so that Noah could play with his toys while Janette and I were catching up. I lay on the floor with Noah, pulling faces which made him laugh.

"I have a few things to do around the house, are you ok to watch Noah for me please?" "Of course, we'll be absolutely fine won't we monkey"

Janette left Noah and I to it while she went upstairs to phone Aljaz and get some wrapping done.

When Aljaz got home he quickly said hi to Noah and I then went upstairs to find Janette; while Noah and I stayed downstairs. Noah was growing up way too quickly and spending time with him made me realise how far he's come since I first met him at the hospital. Aljaz and Janette came back downstairs as we were lying on the floor messing around.

"Hey Aljaz. You ok Janette?" "I will be. Have you two had fun?" "We have, Noah is fascinated by everything on his mat. Aljaz watch Noah a minute, Janette come with me"

"Talk to me" "I'm ok" "you remind me of Chloe; you're both stubborn when it comes to talking about how you feel" "it doesn't matter. Shall we start planning Noah's birthday?" "It obviously does but I'm not going to force you to tell me" "I'll be ok I promise. Thanks for making sure, I appreciate it" "it's ok. Let's go see what the boys are doing"

"You two ok?" "Yeah" "have you got any ideas what you want to do for Noah's birthday?" "We were thinking of having a party here, invite you, Ashley and Chloe plus the strictly pros" "I like it. I'll ask Chloe and Ashley when I get home then I'll let you know" "how's Chloe?" "She's alright, can't wait until the baby is here." "Won't be much longer will it?" "A few weeks hopefully" "her pregnancy will be over before she knows it and you'll soon have another little brother or sister" "just because I'll have another brother or sister doesn't mean that I'll stop seeing this monkey or you guys"