Georgie Crawford has opened up about life with her adorable baby daughter Tahlie, who recently turned one.
Tahlie was welcomed via surrogate in Georgia last year, which Georgie has described as the most "amazing" experience.
The Good Glow creator, who also has a seven-year-old daughter named Pia, and her husband Jamie couldn't be happier with their gorgeous family.
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Speaking to RSVP Magazine, Georgie said: "There’s no words to describe the joy she has brought to all of our lives. My husband Jamie, my daughter Pia, my dog Piper and myself, we just adore her. I think having a seven-year age gap between my children just gave me such an appreciation for every stage, because it goes so fast. She is almost walking, she is almost talking. She’s absolutely hilarious, she’s stone mad and we just look at her and we can’t believe it."
Georgie, who marked seven years since her breast cancer diagnosis in October, has fond memories of their surrogacy journey.
"She just turned one and that time last year we were in Tbilisi, Georgia, and it was such a beautiful time in our lives," said the author and podcast host. "We would do anything to go back in time one year, and loads of people are shocked by that because they would think you just want to get a surrogacy journey over with, but we had such an incredible time. We can’t wait to go back. The people we met there and our surrogate mother... it was like a dream come true and the most amazing experience.
"I was so scared going into it, but to have Tahlie – I can’t even describe how much she has changed our lives."
Despite the fact they were born around seven-years-apart, Georgie said that Pia and Tahlie are technically closer in age than you'd think.
"Pia also waited a long time for her," she said. "We were happy as we were, but Tahlie came along and was just the cherry on top. People will always mention the seven-year age gap, but Tahlie was actually created seven months after Pia was born. When I got sick, we did a round of IVF and created an embryo in October 2017, so they’re closer in age than people would think!"
Georgie's brand The Good Glow is all about positivity and working towards your dream life - and she said that overcoming breast cancer is what really put her lifestyle into perspective for her.
"I think the main thing I do is make choices every single day that I know are going to help me," she said. "Before I got sick, I was living in the here and now, I didn’t care about my future self. I didn’t think about my health or what was really important to me, I was just trying to survive the day.
"Now I live more consciously. When I wake up in the morning, I know it’s not going to serve me to run out the door and not eat well. It’s not going to serve me at the end of the week to not have gone for a little run. I don’t run for anything other than my mental health. It’s making active decisions every day and putting yourself on your own to-do list."
Georgie has teamed up with Specsavers to launch their nationwide short story competition. The competition was launched to help celebrate Specsavers’ sponsorship of the Junior and Senior Children’s Book of the Year categories at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2024. Check out the full details at specsavers.ie/irish-book-awards
Read Georgie's interview in full in the new issue of RSVP Magazine, on shelves now.
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