1. Knowing that you’ve grown this tiny human being inside you for 9 whole months and feeling like you’ve just conquered the world.
2. The moment when you first hold your baby and a rush of love and emotion washes  over you.
3. Feeling a tiny fist curl around your finger when you touch his palm.
4. Unconditional love every time you look into your babies eyes.
5. Watching Nanny and Grandad spoil their first grandchild.
6. That freshly washed baby smell
7. Endless cuddles and kisses.
8. Being the most tired you’ve ever been in your entire life – But the most happy.
9. Meeting new friends and watching your children interact together.
10. Infectious giggles.
11. Discovering all the little characteristics that make your little one unique.
12. A reason to take five million photographs a day.
13. Watching your partner love and cherish your child.
14. Watching cartoons all day and playing silly games.
15. Having a job worth getting out of bed for in the mornings.
16. Sharing your bed with your partner and little one and only being able to balance on the edge because they are lying sideways across it.
17. Adventures.
18. Teaching them everyday how to be a kind, caring, polite person with good morals.
19. Tiny arms round your neck.
20. The moment they say “Mama ” or “Dada” for the first time.
21. Being the most important person in their little lives.
22. Having a reason to buy hundreds of clothes (aren’t baby clothes just the cutest).
23. Buying toys you’ve always wanted and using the baby as an excuse.
24. Discovering the world through your little ones eyes.
25. Mastering multitasking – Making up a bottle, with a baby on your hip, a dog at your foot whilst wiping up the dribble running down your leg.
26. The beaming smile on their face when you enter the room.
27. Being the one to comfort them.
28. Having an excuse for PJ and film days when the weather is rubbish.
29. Crying at One Born Every Minute because you can completely relate to the woman giving birth.
30. Feeling like the luckiest Mummy on the planet.
31. Watching your baby’s sleeping face and wondering what the future holds for him.
32. Doing night feeds at unholy hours knowing there are other mums out there doing the same.
33. The littliest things make them happy.
34. You’ve created a legacy.
35. You discover things about yourself you didn’t know before.
36. You’ve got a friend for life.
37. You get to celebrate EVERY occasion – Christmas, Birthday,  Easter, First Tooth.
38. You’ll never be alone.
39. You’ll always have a story to tell.
40. No one will ever feel the love you feel for your child.
41. Singing songs and playing silly games just to see them smile.
42. Creating a bond like no other.
43. Having a different kind of respect for your body for enduring the growth of your baby and labour.
44. Feeling like the strongest person in the world after a tough day.
45. Being proud each and every day.
46. Showing him off to anyone and everyone who will listen.
47. Creating a beautiful life.
48. Loving your partner more and more witnessing their love for your child.
49. Becoming a new family.
50. Making memories and new traditions.

Love Tilly & Archie xx