Happy 6th Birthday Gabrielle xxxx

I firstly want to apologise for my absence..... August and September are the months that we celebrate Gabrielle's birthday and then September is the anniversary of Gabrielle's death... So things have been a little tough and i have needed a little time out....

So what have i been up to... I have been making loads, i have to get photos for you. I feel that i have taken real steps to get Gabrielle's books started. When i found scrapping, it was to place the photo's of Gabrielle's funeral in.... and i know that sounds morbid, but the book is Pink and Green and holds lots of pictures of the flowers and the celebration after, as we celebrated my daughters life..... so I then became hooked on the techniques and the creativity.... buying stash and then realising that i was totally addicted...

So i have decided to start books for Gabrielle's birth, her birthday's, Christmas and holidays etc..... and i am enjoying it, although realising how much i miss my little twinkle toes xxxx

So for Gabrielle's birthday we decided to go to London for the day, spend some time at Great Ormond Street, light a candle and then see a show...

I manage to get some pictures of London.....

We saw the Lion King at the Lyceun Theatre, we decided on this as we saw the Lion King show with Gabrielle when we took her to Euro Disney.... the show was amazing, very emotional at times, i really enjoyed it......

In Covent Garden we found the most amazing cake shop called candy cakes.... it sold the most wonderful selection of cakes, in so many colours... so we bought a cake to share and then a cake to bring home for Gabrielle, as her little birthday cake...

It reminded me of when Gabrielle was in Intensive care, as a tiny baby we would buy a cake every Thursday to celebrate the week with her, as a thank you to her for being brave and strong... we also gave a selection of the cake to the nurses to say Thank you for looking after her xxxx


At Great Ormond Street we spent some time in the chapel, thinking about our little girl xxx We had Gabrielle christened in the chapel, just after her first birthday, it was a very special day to celebrate our little girl. At times when Gabrielle was in Intensive Care a priest would ask us about baptising Gabrielle, we decided that we would wait until we got Gabrielle home... and we are so pleased we did.

We have a Tinkerbel in the chapel, that we leave there for Gabrielle, we got it out from it's special little corner, and tied a balloon to it. We also lit a candle and wrote in Gabrielle's birthday card
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Below are some photos that i took when i went to Burnham On Crouch with Paul. We had a really rough couple of weeks and decided when we were sorting things out that we needed to spend more time together, getting to know one another again, as we had become quite lost....

It was a lovely day, walking and talking.... it's a lovely place and not far from where we live. I can't believe that there are places just around the corner from where we live that we don't know about. We have decide to start exploring them.

So below is one of the things that I have been making, a little maze book for my cousins friend Andrea. Who will be 30 next week.... I had great fun with the colours, using the black card for the pages, the pink and white really stood out xxxxxx

So i am off to do some more making today. I have loads of layouts t share with you... think i will need to get a little slide show ready.

Thank you for popping by, xxxx

Magic and Sparkle xxxxx