Instagram Q&A

21-12-2016

I recently posted onto my Instagram that I was going to be posting a Q&A here on my blog, therefore I have some questions to answer...obviously... either way that's what we're going to be talking about today, hopefully I will be doing a chit-chat post talking about our Christmas and everything surrounding our day; so keep a look out for that. Also I uploaded this much later than expected so some questions probably won't make much sense as I wrote this before Christmas haha.

if you've missed the opportunity to take part in this Q&A be sure to head over to my Instagram dons_steph to be notified as to when I will be doing another one, but anyway on to this one...I will be writing the questions exactly as to how they were written on my instagram  hopefully I can answer them all to the best of my ability.

What are your future goals? career? family? car? house?

Hmm, my future goals and career? being completely honest I have no idea, I love what I do now - I get to work with so many amazing companies and I'm beyond lucky to do so, I love running a blog..although sometimes it can get a bit much haha. If however what I aim to achieve or what I'm doing doesn't work out I'd love to be a midwife. My future family goal would be to eventually get engaged and married, have more children and a tad cringe but live happily ever after. 

I'd loveeeeeee some sort of luxury car a Range Rover, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Jaguar haha, something like that ;)...and for a house, just somewhere I can truly put my stamp on and live comfortably.

What are you most looking forward to for x-mas?

Spending time with my family, food and everything surrounding Christmas; its by far my favourite time in the year.

Your fav scent for Christmas?

Anything really, I'm not particularly fussy, anything that smells nice. 

What are you Christmas plans?

We're spending our time with family, my family and Zachary's family, celebrating and having fun; but we're not 100% sure, so we will have to wait until the day. 

Do you still like blogging?

Yes of course, I just don't have as much time on my hands - not that it bothers me, obviously I'm a stay at home mum looking after my 5 month (almost 6 month) old daughter, so spend a great deal of time playing, feeding, tidying, cuddling, kissing with her. I'd much rather spend every minute with her than upload or write a post being 100000000% honest, but yes I still love blogging. 

What is your fav thing about Christmas?

Everything :) being able to spend time with my family, the decorations, watching movies, pigging on food, present giving, just in general everything around Christmas.  

I know its a little while away but do you have any plans for Evie's 1st birthday?

Ironically I have started planing her 1st birthday already, we intend to have a party for her but obviously I can't give to much away but its going to be great fun, special and cute. but I'll let you know nearer the time. :)

Were is your inspiration for topics on your blog? what do you take pictures of your baby with?

A majority of my posts are chit-chats so mainly whats on my mind, so it doesn't really need much inspiration haha, and my phone. 

Would you ever vlog/ be vlogging?

I've thought about it, but I have no idea...who knows...we'll just have to wait and see.. ;)

Why were you in hospital a few weeks ago? are you ok?

I'm getting there, I have gallstones or stones in my gallbladder, which let me tell you is not fun; its ridiculously painful. I have a relatively high pain barrier so not much phases me, but gallstones, my goodness. Due to this I can't actually eat a lot of things as certain foods trigger an attack which usually ends up with me in hospital. However I'm actually due to have an operation at the beginning of January to have my gallbladder removed, so hopefully I recover fast and am back to normal, and able to eat whatever I want. 

Do you plan on having any more babies if yes, when?

Yes, we want 1 or 2 more. And we haven't really made any permanent arrangements, we hope in the next 2 years or so, but of course these things could change. As you may know I have a few problems with fertility, so it takes as long as it takes...but hopefully within the next 2 years.  

What phone do you have?

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. 

Will you be doing a house tour as you done a nursery tour?

Probably not, but maybe one day? who knows? I don't see it in the near future, but that doesn't mean I never will. 

Favourite Christmas movie?

The grinch, Elf, Polar express, The littlest light on the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, home alone..the list goes on haha. 

One thing you think is a great trait? for example honesty, funny, kind etc..

All of the above lol, honesty, sense of humour, friendly, considerate, caring, kind, loving, everything in my partner. #cringe 

What is your favourite quote? about anything?

Any to be honest, any that I'm feeling at the time haha.

Best thing about being a mama!?

There isn't just one thing, everything! 

You shop a lot on Instagram what is your fav thing about it?

I love the fact that every clothing item is unique, not something you see on the high street.

What apps do you use to edit your pictures?

Repix, square ready and logolicious.  

What do you feel is most important in life?

Family. 

Why is Evangeline so cute?

I often ask myself the same question, she's beautiful, perfect inside and out. I guess me and Zachary just have good baby making genes haha.

What mummy buy do you regret buying most?

Erm, I dont have any to be completely honest.

What makes you happy?

My daughter, partner, family, pets and of course you lovely bunch.

How do you take your pictures on Instagram?

On my mobile phone. :)

What gender baby do you want next? if you plan to have more?

I'd love to have a little boy, but in all honesty I wouldn't care as long as they are healthy. 

What is your fav colour to wear for this season? P.S ILY

Red.  

Your daughter is the cutest! what is your dream car?

Defiantly like I said above something luxury  a Range Rover, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Jaguar haha, something like that.

Whats your favourite platform of social medias? and why?

Instagram. 

How did you know you was pregnant? 

I done a test haha, I didn't actually think I was it was my sister and Zachary who convinced me to take a test. 

I hope you've found this interesting and that I answered these questions giving you all the information you wanted haha, if you missed this Q&A be sure to follow me to take part in the next. thank you ever so much for reading and I'll talk to your in my next post. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and new year. 

Feeling festive

'It's the most wonderful time of the year.'

Christmas is swiftly approaching, I still haven't quite finished my Christmas shopping, which is actually rather odd for me...for the last 3 or 4 year's, by the time we've reached December 12th I've finished wrapping presents and there either sat under the tree, or scattered around my bedroom sparkling away in some pretty festive paper, waiting to be opened. Ironically you would've thought that would be the same this year, but oddly enough it's not. I have wrapped practically every present I've bought and they sit under our tree in our living room, which let me tell you is much easier than having them piled at the end of your bed like I used to at my parents, manoeuvring around my room was like taking part in an obstacle course each and every time - of course as you know I live in my own home now with Zachary and Evangeline, well maybe some of you don't know, but anyway...I live on my own which means we can pretty much put thing's were we want haha.

Our christmas tree, its so pretty.

A little Christmas snippet of our December so far :) 

Our little princess, she's perfect. <3 

Pretty little princess. <3  

So let's get back on topic, I'm much more excited for Christmas this year; as I've mentioned in previous post's, it's Evie's first Christmas, our first Christmas as a family of three and our first Christmas in our own place - so it's much more exciting this year. But I'm just not as prepared...although it'll probably becoming more challenging throughout the years with Santa Claus cropping up, where on earth will we put presents then!? I think I need to give myself a peptalk if I want to make Christmas a success this year haha, lets just cross our fingers, toes and whatever else can be crossed? And send me buckets of luck in hope I actually manage to finish my Christmas shopping before the 25th!

We have such a hectic diary for the build up to Christmas, well the most hectic it's been for me. My Christmases at home were simple, Christmas eve consisted of preparation for Christmas day...Christmas day consisted of food, family, fun and games and presents and of course spending some time with Zachary, and boxing day was almost like a chilled or lazy day in the morning and in the afternoon we'd spend time with extended family, and then again I'd get to see Zachary so pretty simple I'd say. 

However this year we've got a heck of a lot more planned. So nothing is actually set in stone but:
• Christmas Eve we're heading to Zachary's mums for dinner and celebrations in the evening.
• Christmas day, we're spending the morning as a family and then going to my family's, having dinner, playing games and just in general celebrating.
• Boxing day, this is when we visit my nan for a little while, before popping over to see Zachary's nan and dad for you guessed it...Christmas dinner and celebrations.

Your probably thinking - "Donna, love. That's not what I call hectic..." but from my usual routine, that's pretty jam packed, don't you think?

Anyway, I should probably finish this post here as I need to continue with my online shopping, hunting for the perfect Christmas presents…I shall be doing another post before the 25th, probably a Q&A over on my instagram dons_steph so be sure to check that out! and I'll speak to you lovely lot in my next post! 

What I've learnt:

My year: then and now.

I felt like having a chat about what I've learnt this last year, how it's changed or how its different from the last few years, what I know now that I didn't then and all about what I want for the future.

How my life has changed? What I've learnt?

I've learnt so very much this year and my life has changed in so many ways - the biggest, most amazing, life changing event was becoming a mummy to mine and Zachary's beautiful daughter Evangeline Rose, she turns 5 months old on the 7th December, which is crazy...it still feels like we were bringing her home from the hospital yesterday; I've blinked these last 4 nearly 5 months away. Becoming her mummy is the best thing that has every happened to me, ever. And in all honesty I doubt there will be anything that will top it. I love her unconditionally - becoming a mummy to Evangeline by far is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

So myself and Zachary have moved into our own place, this took place around 5 months before Evie was born. It was such an odd feeling when we took the plunge and moved from our family homes, I've always been incredibly family orientated and quite often found that every time I would stay the night at a friends house I would become 'home sick' - ironically I wasn't to bad with it when we moved out, I mean don't get me wrong; I cried a few times and Zachary and I had to avoid watching certain programmes or talking about certain things or I'd just burst into tears, part home sickness, part pregnancy hormones haha..but that soon passed as I still get to see them daily. Regardless we've nearly lived here a whole year! I believe its a year on the 28th February? But I'm not 100% sure. Its flown by.

Talking about a year, its just over 4 months until I've been running my blog for a year! 4th April 2016. Although - my posts aren't anywhere near as frequent as they used to be, I just don't ever really have the time...I know I could write post's whilst Evie is asleep, yet I'd much rather sit and give her a cuddle or catch up on house work...mainly give her cuddles haha. But I'm going to be making it my new years resolution to try and stick to some sort of 'uploads a month schedule'.

We've been working with so many amazing compaines, we're unbelievably lucky. We quite often recieve free goodies or work alongside buisnesses promoting their amazing bits. Head over to my instagram to have a nosey at some of the compaines, give them a follow and show them some love - @dons_steph. We've been offered so many amazing opportunities and collaborations so keep your eyes peeled!!

So what have I learnt this year?

I've learnt that not every single person you considered 'friends or family' are going to be supportive or happy for you on every occasion or every situation in your life and its okay to cut people out of your life. All that matters is family, and of course the friends that stick by you. As long as you are happy and you have individuals who do support you, what else matters?

I've learnt the responsibility of living on your own and how lucky I was when I lived at home. 

I've learnt what other mummies mean by "an instant connection" with your baby; I was lucky enough to feel this the moment I saw Evangeline, feeling a sudden wave of unconditional love, I love her more than words can describe, she's my entire world.

I've learnt just how hard it truly is to run a blog, I think I underestimated just how challenging it would be. Crazy thing is, its just under 4 months until I've had my blog a year like I mentioned above! Well until I started on WordPress on the 4th April 2016- before moving onto here. Either way, I never thought it would be as difficult to keep post coming on a regular routine or schedule but I'm hoping I can stick to a more regular upload schedule in the new year; I'm making it my new years resolution!

I've also learnt that people, or you guys reading, actually care about what I have to say, whether your a blogger yourself or just someone whoese stumbled across my blog - you, yes you, you truly are amazing. Thank you.

I've learnt unbelievable amounts, I'd be typing forever if I listed them all. So I'llstop here.

I think it's probably best to wrap it up here..haha, a bit of a Christmas pun as uts December now...you know what's coming next as I say this at the end of everrryyyyy post lol - I'm ending this post now or it'll go on for ages, and I'll speak to you in my next post.