Family
Family is probably the most important thing in our lives, we are very lucky to have quite a large family, well on Stu’s side at least. My immediate family only consists of mum and my sister, my dad left us 9 years ago and moved to Germany. He went on to have another two daughters, sadly he and one of my half sisters were killed in a car crash in Germany almost 3 years ago, I never met her and I have only met my other half sister twice. On the other hand Stuart has a very big family, he’s one of four, he has an identical twin brother, an older brother and an older sister (who is also married with two daughters). His parents got divorced when he was younger and have both remarried, so he has two sets of parents and along with them a few step siblings!
Since having Oliver we have really learnt the true value of family, you take your parents for granted until you have your own child. I think we both realised how much our parents do for us, and how much they really love us. When I look at Oliver my heart is bursting with love for him, I didn’t know what it meant to give unconditional love until I held him for the first time. I would do anything and everything for him, and I know Stu would too. My mum is over here most days and she loves seeing Oliver growing and developing, she says she loves him even more than she loves my sister and I! Stu’s dad and his step-mum are great grandparents too, they dote on Oliver and I can see them having a great bond when he gets older. Because Stu’s mum lives in Wales she sadly doesn’t see us as much she/we would like to, but the moments we do spend together are precious and extra special for her and us. She really loves her grandchildren. I’m sure when Oliver gets older we will do plenty of facetiming so he knows her just as well.
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