Have we wasted our Summer?

Now that Summer is coming to an end I'm beginning to look back on it with the harsh realisation that I didn't get to do half of what I was wanting to do.  I had all these grand plans at the start of summer to do so much. 'Spontaneous' road trips for example (we haven't even done one..) visit some different cities (again, nope) and just generally make the most of our time by doing things as a family that are a bit different to what we usually do. But actually I feel like not only have we not done that, we've gone the opposite way and done practically nothing with our time. 

On my list for this summer was the plan to see more live music, host more BBQs, drink more Pimms (!) and mostly out of everything I really wanted to take Lily back to the seaside. The first three on that list obviously can't be helped because of the pregnancy, and I'd much rather be pregnant than do that stuff anyway but the latter is my real regret. Not even specifically the seaside, just family time in general. I wish we'd had more of it. When I think about it we've hosted a grand total of one BBQ throughout the whole of summer and haven't had the paddling pool out since April and that's just kind of depressing.

Its not my fault though, I mean, not really. I didn't set plans aside for the fact that I could be (and am) pregnant over summer. Mainly just because I wasn't expecting to be pregnant so soon even though I'm so greatful that I am. And I certainly didn't expect to have hyperemesis and be spending 90% of every day since June in bed either! It feels like this whole summer has been put on hold because of my health and the way I've been feeling in this pregnancy and I sort of feel like I've let everyone down because of this. Although lets face it the weather hasn't been all that anyway, we had hotter days in April and early May than we did for June, July and August put together so pssh to you Great British Summer. 

This summer may have been a bit of a wash out but with that being said I guess we have still had a lot of genuinely nice days here and there. Even if we have just been staying at home and playing in the garden or going to the local park rather than doing anything extravagant.

When I look to next summer I see really lovely times ahead. Lily will be a year older and at the perfect age to let us know the kind of things she'd like to do with her time and having a new little family member will bring lots of opportunity for family days out. I'm looking forward to showing our new little nugget corners of the world he or she wont have seen yet with our eldest explorer in tow. Oh and maybe our first holiday abroad together too. 

There's plenty of summers ahead of us, endless amounts really, and that's the main thing. 

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