A little Christmas series

Blogmas

This is going to be a small, snappy post about some exciting plans for here on my blog during December.

I've decided that I'm going to take the plunge and do a small series on my blog throughout the month of December, a little series called 'Blogmas' - similar to 'Vlogmas' which is relatively popular on other social media but I'm doing it here on my blog (obvs).. I'm going to try my very best to post daily during December - 25 days to be precise, Blogmas will consist of lots of different things to suit everyone.... recepies, gift guides, makeup looks, daily activities, Christmas tags and all of that jazz. I've really slacked on my blog this year, and wanted to make it up to everyone that reads my posts, soooooo as I LOVE Christmas I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try to upload more!  

I have a little stock pile, if you will, of posts in my drafts waiting to be uploaded (super organised, so excited for xmas!).... My first one which will be made live on December 1st is going to be a Christmas tag - so keep an eye out! 

I hope your all well and enjoying your day. I'll speak to you all in my next post. 

Shall we have a natter?

Little chats

Good morning, how are you all!? well I hope! I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself, sore throat, headache and full of cold, I'm always ill recently it sucks... but I'm sat here sipping on hot chocolate with all of the extras imaginable and having cuddles with the girlies, I guess there are some perks to being a bit poorly.. haha! Although; I'm really hoping and keeping my fingers crossed that neither of them catch it! 

Regardless to how cosy & awful I feel, I felt like doing a chatty kinda post - just because these ones are by far my favvvvs! As silly as it sounds it really does feel like I'm sat having a good old natter with you all. Cute, right? I don't really have much to talk about today which is ironic considering I chose to do a post that involves me waffling on for paragraph after paragraph! 

Can you believe we're approaching the end of November!? the end of the 11th month!? How on earth has it shot by so fast...I still feel like we should be getting ready to celebrate Halloween, but nope we're almost in December! I must admit Christmas celebrations started a few weeks back, Christmas food, music and festivities - oh and I've been working on a Christmas series which I'll be starting December 1st (self promo ). Speaking of Christmas, hows your Christmas shopping going? I've almost completed mine - thank the lord! I've got so many people to buy for and so little time, but I've nearly finished... I'll probably celebrate with some sort of unhealthy food filled to the brim with fat.... goodbye curves and hello more rolls - of course I have rolls already. But usually by January theres quite a few more haha! 

I believe we're putting up our decorations up today; nothing to hectic but magical for the kiddies. I always say this, but I really do love Christmas, everything about it... the festivities, little market's, food - especially pigs in blankets, everyone is full of joy, everywhere has pretty lights and decorations - I just love everything. I must admit its definitely my favourite time of the year, excluding the girls birthday - their my favourite days too! 

We're off to Winter Wonderland this year to, this is our 2nd time going. And the first ever time I've left both girls over night, and the 2nd time I've left Evangeline - the 1st was when I had Florance I always feel like my legs have been chopped of when I'm away from them, like a part of me is missing... hopefully you other mummy's understand? But other than the guilt and worry I have when I leave them - I know their have a field day with their grandparents, aunt and cousin. And I'm sure I'll have a whale of a time to; a little mummy time. I intend to win the girls a present each too. 

A complete change of topic, and bumping back up a few paragraphs... I've decided to do a Christmas series on here this year; it's going to be tricky but I'm trying to stick to it - its something I've wanted to do since starting my blog... but better late than never? I'll be popping a snappy little post up talking all about it on the 30th November; if you follow me on instagram you'll be sure to see when its live? I'll pop my insta here - dons_steph feel free to have a gander and click that follow button if your feeling funky? 

Can you believe Florance is 7 weeks tomorrow - 22nd November.... how is she growing up so quickly. Speaking of which Evangeline is swiftly approaching 17 months!! We had a settle session with her at a nursery last Friday. And I have to be honest, they've really made me nervous... the staff are lovely as are the other little ones; the location is great, the facilities are okay a little dated, but nothing terrible - but they had soooo many little bricks and bits & bobs on the floor that Evageline and the other babies were putting in their mouth, I'm talking a WHOLE block... In fact I had to run over 3 or 4 times to get them out of Evie's mouth.... after talking to the nursery manager she said they don't usually have small toys... so call me crazy we're back there Friday, although I think we're going to pick a new nursery, we're looking around it next week - so fingers crossed its better, then little lady will be off to nursery for a few days a week - how is she growing up so quickly!? 

I'll leave it here, before I end up writing a novel. I hope your all well, and I'll speak to you all in my next post. 

Mama routine with 2 under 2

A day in our life

I've been meaning to upload this post for a few weeks now, but wasn't particularly happy with how it sounded; it's different to my usual post as I haven't uploaded a 'routine' before; which is why I think it's taken me soooo long to write. I asked on my Instagram story whether you'd be interested on a day in the life or mama routine with 2 under 2 post, and I was surprised on how many of you were actually interested in what we do on a day to day basis. So I thought I'd give you all a little insight into my life with 2 under 2. I haven't personally come across many of these posts, well being honest I've never really researched for any....so definitely let me know if you've seen any! 

I must add that I haven't gone to in depth as I didn't want to bore you all, either way I hope that you find this post some what interesting. :) 

- 06.00am 
Around this time I'm woken from my slumber by little Flo Belle. She'll usually wakes at this time for a cuddle, bum change and some milk. Whilst little lady feeds I tend to have a nose on Instagram, Pinterest or play a game on my phone - my favourite is 'Shoot bubble extreme'. Or if I'm feeling brave I'll have a mooch at some online shops adding practically everything to the basket before making the decision  £1657 + P&P is a bit pricey haha. 

- 06:30 - 06:45 
I'll pop Florance down for her nap in her moses basket, before heading to the bathroom where I'll go for a wee wee (TMI soz) and brush my teeth. 

- 06:50 
Heading back into the bedroom I'm usually greeted by a rosey cheeked, smiley little princess standing at the end of her cot. Evangeline and I both get back into bed for a cuddle and snuggle under the duvet, Evie will have a bottle of milk and she'll watch some CBeebies. 

- 07:00 
This is when I get up and start to organise nappies, outfits and tidy the bedroom. Evie is quite often playing with her toys at this point and Florance is catching ZZZ. Once I've picked an outfit for both girls I'll lay them out onto the bed and I'll pick mine out, a majority of the time I just grab whatever I can find - a top/jumper and jeans is my go to outfit. 

- 07:10 
I'll pop Evangeline onto the bed to get her changed into  her outfit of the day, I'll brush her hair, pop it into bunches with a clip to hold back her fringe. Evangeline will go back to playing whilst I practically sprint into the bathroom to have a wash and get dressed. A 'mum' bun is my signature look as its simple, quick and keeps my hair out of my face. 

- 07:20 
Around this time I'll make a start on tidying the room, I place all of the used baby bottles into a bag, theres roughly 9.. I take 11 upstairs into the bedroom at night - 3 are Evangeline's and 8 are Florance's. After placing them into the bag I also pop all of the dirty nappies in their nappy sacks into the bag, along with our washing - it's sooooo much easier to take it all down stairs to the kitchen in a bag than individually.

- 07:45
Florance will start to stir from her nap for another feed, once she's eaten I will change her nappy and her outfit.  At this point I will pop her into her moses basket for a few minutes whilst I quickly take Evangeline and the bag down stairs, I return upstairs to collect Florance. 

- 08:00
I'll take everything out of the bag, put nappies and rubbish into the bin, washing into the washing machine and bottles into the sink. Evangeline is placed into her high chair where she'll have her breakfast, I'll sit at the table whilst Evie eats and Florance will have another feed. (She's tiny, but she's hungry). 

- 08:15
Florance will have fallen asleep feeding so I pop her into her moses basket and make her all cosy with her blanket. I will then have my breakfast, a Muller rice yogurt and an apple. 

- 08:30
Evie will have eaten her yogurts and toast. After cleaning her face she will head into the front room to play with her toys. At this point its time to tackle to bottles, I wash them all up and place them into the steriliser. 

- 09:00 
Around this time we're all in the lounge, Evangeline is usually creating quite the mess with her toys and Florance is still napping. I take this opportunity to reply to emails and browse all of my fav social media. At this point I'd fill Florance's & Evangeline's clean bottles with cooled boiled water.

- 10:00 
Florance will wake from her nap ready for a feed, both her and Evie will have their nappies changed before drinking their milk. (Evie has some bottles formula & some cows milk) Evangeline also loves to tuck into some crisps - usually pom bears, skips, wotsits or quavers. 

 - 11:30

I'll head into the kitchen to prepair Evangeline's lunch, at this point Florance would be sleeping from her last feed (she sleeps, eats, poops, eats, sleeps and so on haha!) Evangeline will be sitting patiently in her high chair whilst I sort her lunch, depending on the day depends on what she has, some of her lunches are cottage pie, spaghetti, lasagne, roasts and so on. So we pick on the day. She will also have a sippy cup filled with water to help wash lunch down and a little snack. 

-12:00 
We will usually pop out around this time to run errands, pop to the park or do some shopping, depending on what we're doing, where we're going and how long we're going for depends on what happens. (Hopefully that makes sense) For example if we're not back for nap time Evie will usually nap in the car. 

- 14:00 
Evangeline will go down for her only nap of the day, which a majority of the time she will sleep for 1-2 hours. During this time Florance will have a feed and cuddles. But with the rest of the spare time I will wash up used bottles, put washing away and catch up on some good old telly, write the odd blog post - and if I'm feeling risky I'll paint my nails... What usually happens is I'll start painting my nails and one of the little ladies will wake meaning it'll smudge - so its a good job we have gel haha!

- 15:00 - 16:00 
During this time I'll usually have a shower, feed Evangeline her dinner, and then bath both girls, we'll play with Evies toys for a little while and of course theres lots of bum changes, cuddles and bottles in between. 

- 17:00
This is when I sit down with my family and eat my dinner, Florance tends to be in my arms or moses basket behind me whilst I eat and Evie will be having a snack in her high chair - she will have some bits from my dinner too!

- 18:00 - 21:00 
We take full advantage of cosy evenings and cuddle up watching lots of different movies, mainly Evie's favourite ones - Sing, Moana, Frozen and Boss Baby. Evangeline will have another dinner before playing with her toys a little more. 

- 21:00 
At this time I will take both girls up to bed, I'm not going to go any more indepth as I'm going to be doing a night time routine.  

Congrats if you made it to the end haha! I hope you enjoyed looking into a day in our life! 
Thank you for reading and I'll speak to you in my next post.  

Welcoming Florance Violet

04•10•2017 

I've been meaning to sit and write this post for a little while now, being completely honest this isn't the first time I've typed this - the 3rd time I believe? Florance is 3 weeks old now and I have 2 drafts dating back to when she was a few days old. I thought I'd start again completely as I wasn't particularly keen on how I'd written the others. So we're starting fresh, rewriting Florance's birth story.

I haven't gone into much detail about my entire pregnancy with Florance, just written the odd update here and there. Which sucks, as I intended to do regular updates just as I did when I was pregnant with Evangeline; but sometimes my life gets a bit hectic and I don't have much time to sit and write any pregnancy updates or any blog posts really. Anyway, a  little insight into my pregnancy with her - it was absolutely fabulous, really smooth, no nausea, no problems, no nothing; just smooth sailing until I reached around 30-32 weeks. 

Around this time I had discovered Florance had stopped wiggling, each time I had visited the hospital and been on a CTG machine, everytime her results would be practically perfect. However due to not feeling her movements I wasn't able to 'count the kicks' or anything to ensure she was okay. I was under a consultant due to having a high risk pregnancy, seeing him every 4 weeks - he agreed that the lack of movements was concerning so sent me for a scan; which showed she was measuring in the 3rd percentile, roughly 4 weeks behind in growth. Due to this there was a chance she'd have to be delivered early, so I was sent for steriod injections which stung like a b*tch but worth it - making her lungs much stronger incase she needed be born much earlier. 

The plan was to deliver Florance at 34 weeks, but with a little persuasion and agreeing to constant scans and CTG's the consultant and I came to the agreement she'd be born at 37-38 weeks, of course this would change if results weren't of satisfaction. Either way, I was scheduled to have her at 37 weeks via csection due to her size and much like Evie being breech, however there were no available csection slots at my hospital only at a hospital a few hours from where I live. Fortunately the consultant understood why I wanted to wait until a slot at my local hospital became available and we came up with a plan of CTG's 4 times a week and scans to follow to check on baby up until 38 weeks 1 day, when I had my csection. The day before my section I had a scan which showed baby was losing weight and my placenta wasn't doing to great either - so luckily we had my section planned for the next day!! 

04•10•2017 

The day of my scheduled csection. The day I finally got to meet my second princess, to finally hug and kiss her. Much like my csection with Evangeline, I had to take 3 tablets 1 the night before and 2 the morning of the procedure - anti-sickness and anti-acid I believe? We were to arrive at the hospital at 07:30am and head to the Folkestone ward which is were we would stay for our time at the hospital. As soon as we arrived we were greeted by my midwife and some students, the aneasatist visited shortly after discussing the spinal, cannula and all that jazz, then the consultant obstetrician followed talking to us about who would be in theatre for the baby, the procedure, risks and to sign paperwork. 

Around 08:30 I was given my gowns, stockings, my obs were taken; babys heartbeat was listened to for the last time in my tummy, and my birthing partner (my mum) was also given scrubs. At 09:00am we headed down to theatre, the walk felt like 60 minutes, in reality it probably took 3, but nerves had finally set in haha so everything felt much longer. 

We were taken into theatre, I was sat on the operating table where they inserted a cannula into my hand and prepared me for my spinal. I remember my spinal with Evangeline and this time around was no where near as smooth sailing. The aneasatist didn't put enough medication in the numbing injection, due to this I felt every. single. part. of my spinal!!.    

which I can't really put into words how uncomfortable it was. Of course I cried which I think is understandable so at this point I was already fed up.

After this I was laid down and my catheter was inserted I'd say probably 15 different members of theatre staff and 2 students watched, so they have all seen my lady garden - glamorous right? My spinal wasn't working very well on my left side and I could feel everything on my right side..so I was tilted back on the operating table which resulted in me being unable to breathe as the spinal had travelled up onto my chest. The bed was tilted the other way and a few minutes later I could breathe again. At this point I was still able to feel a majority of my right side, with my left side being completely numb.

The aneasatist made the decision to give the go ahead to start the procedure regardless to the spinal working on only one side as they didn't want baby to become distressed. They began the csection and I honestly cannot being to describe the feeling I had on my right side, I felt everything. I won't go into detail, but honestly it was the worst pain I have ever felt. Luckily I could only feel on one side so when the consultant was carrying out the procedure on the left I was okay, but as soon as they moved to the right it was horrendous. Maybe I'm being dramatic but I honestly felt like I was dying.

09:24am Florance Violet was born, letting out the biggest cry I've ever heard. Those steriods definitely worked haha! After Florance was born she was assessed by the paedatritians who were pleased with her breathing, skin, movements and everything else so they aloud me to hold her. I wasn't able to hold her very long as I was very light headed and uncomfortable due to the surgeon having to finish the procedure; so she was given to my mum for a cuddle. 

Florance Violet Holmes

5lbs 6oz

09:24am

Florance at just minutes old! <3

Florance and I in recovery <3

Around 10 minutes later my mum headed to recovery with Florance and the midwife, she was weighed, given her Vitamin K injection and she was put into her first outfit, a white tiny baby sleepsuit which swamped her with a floral hat from next. During this time I was still in theatre, I was given two injections in both of my sides - they had to be given with an ultrasound machine as they can damage your organs, I'm not entirely sure what these injections were being honest. Around 5 minutes later I was reunited with Florance and my mum. I was finally able to give Florance a proper cuddle and lots of kisses. Unfortunately I was unable to get a picture of my mum and Florance at the hospital! :( :( :(

10:50am

We were taken back to the Folkestone ward, were Zachary was able to meet Florance and give her her first feed - much like Evangeline, Florance has tongue tie so was unable to latch to breastfeed. Our family came to meet Florance bringing lots of gifts, congratulations and well wishes. 

Zachary and Florance. :)

My dad and Florance <3

My sister and Florance. <3

We remained at the hospital until the next evening, around 6pm.. We were then discharged and able to head home to start our new adventures.

Although my csection didn't go as planned, I would do it again in a heartbeat for Florance. As I would for Evangeline - I love my girls more than words can describe.  I also wanted to add, if your waiting to have a csection please don't let my experience effect you,  because its very rare! 

Thank you for taking your time to read all about Florance's arrival. I have also written a birth story on Evangeline's arrival which I will link here - Evangeline's birth story

I hope you are all well and I will speak to you all in my next post! 

A long awaited update

 Let's have a catch up

Hello, it's been a little while since I lasted posted on here. Back in September, so not to long; but over a month ago. I initially intended to upload much more frequently, I had plans for pregnancy updates, Evie bum boo updates, mummy tags, tips, hauls and a few more but I guess I'm not to fab at sticking to a blog schedule and life got pretty hectic so I didn't really have very much time at all... Quite a bit has happened since I lasted spoke to you all, and I thought it would be nice to have a little 'catch up'.  

Going back to when I last posted everything was going swimmingly, I must've been roughly 34 weeks pregnant and was planning on writing a pregnancy update, giving a bit of an insight into what had been happening, symptoms and all of that. But everything turned relatively sour and to be honest I spent most days in hospital on different machines, having different scans and seeing doctors. Little lady had stopped wriggling and no one could quite figure out why, so therefore I was unable to monitor her movements. After having a growth scan it came to light that little lady, truly was little and measuring around 4 weeks behind her gestational age; in the 3rd percentile. It was decided that I was to have CTGs 3 times a week, steriod injections - which hurt like a b*tch; but worth it in the long run, scans weekly and consultant weekly and no real sort of birth plan what so ever, as depending on scans and CTG results she could've been delivered at any time. Anyway, long story short I was able to make the final decision and chose to have her kept in my tummy for as long as possible, up until the results starting deteriorating, due to this little lady made her grand arrival via C-section on the 04•10•2017 at 09:24am, weighing 5lbs 6oz at 38 weeks - I'm so very chuffed they allowed her to stay in my bump until she was full term. We couldn't be happier, Evangeline is proving to be the best big sister. I love my girls more than words could possibly describe. 

Meet - Florance Violet. 

I will be doing a separate birth story in the near future and will go more indepth into everything so keep your eyes peeled for that. 

We've not been up to very much recently, of course I'm sure some of you understand the last thing you particularly want to be doing when recovering from a C-section is going on day trips or heading out, instead I've much prefered staying indoors in comfy clothes and having lots of cuddles with Evangeline and Florance. Although, I must say; I've recovered much quicker this time around - in fact was up wondering around nipping to the shop, back to my normal self around 4 days postpartum. But we haven't done anything to extravagant. 

I was considering do a little Christmas series on here, a few DIY's, cooking bits, tags, tips and a few more bits and bobs - I won't say to much, I'll leave a little element of suprise haha! There's a few posts in my drafts; so hopefully I manage to finish writing those and post them before/during December! 

I haven't much more to say, so I'll pop in a few more bits I can update on.... to start, I'm still living with my parents, I've been actively looking for properties and I've been to quite a few house viewings but found nothing so far - which sucks, I must admit I do enjoy living at home; but would love to have my own place. I'm really hoping that something comes on the market soon, as of now it's a waiting game - waiting for the perfect house/flat to pop up! 

When I finally move I'd like to do a few posts in regards to that too, maybe some moving posts, interior posts, hauls and so on - but we'll have to wait and see. 

Lets throw a little celebration, I fit back into my pre-pregnancy clothing - Woohoo! Evangeline, Florance, my mum, sister and I popped into Matalan actually and I found a skirt, size 8 and it fits! which means not only have I lost all of my pregnancy weight I'm actually slimmer now than I was before falling pregnant with Florance - crazy right!? 

Anyway, that's all I really have to say for the time being, just a snappy little update; I hope your all well and I'll speak to you in my next post.

My biggest little princess

All about Evangeline:

I'm back with along awaited, extremely overdue update on my little princess, well not so little princess Evangeline. The last update I wrote was way back when she was 6 months old and now she's very almost 14 months old - so as you can imagine quite a lot has happened in regards to milestones, achievements and everything surrounding becoming a toddler. It still feels so strange saying 'toddler' because to me she's still my teeny-tiny little baby, except she's not so little anymore - I totally understand what my parents meant when they used to tell me "You'll always be our baby", because Evangeline, no matter how old she is, she truly will always be my baby. 

But anyway moving on, so she's turning 14 months on Thursday 7th September 2017 - it's crazy to think that her 1st birthday was almost 2 months ago! So lets start with a little 'overview' of the last almost 8 months if you will, she has had a routine development appointment and scored perfect in everything so I thought I'd talk a little about each thing too... 

She now walks and runs - which I would say is one of the many biggest milestones she's reached so far! She learned to walk all by herself at around 11.5 months, so a few weeks before her 1st birthday. She started to crawl at roughly 9-10 months, and was cruising around on the furniture a few days later; she was 11 months when she took her first steps independently and after a few weeks was running and walking all by herself. Now almost 3 months on, she's mastered it. She can run, walk, spin, dance; it's like she's been walking for years haha! So of course with walking comes shoes, we've spent a fortune on shoes (or at least it feel that way lol) I believe in total she has had and out grown 4 pairs of her Clarks shoes since she started walking/cruising - her first pair of shoes were a little pink pair of Clarks cruiser shoes in the size 3G, little pink t-bars with a little pink butterfly by the toes; needless to say you couldn't even squeeze her little toe in them now! Her shoe size as of today is 4G. 

Talking, Evangeline said her first word this was when she was 8 months give or take a few days which was 'Mama' I think I shed a tear when she started saying mama, it was and still is the cutest thing I've ever experienced. She can now say around 8 words - which is perfect for her age. For those of you wondering the words she can say are mama, dada, nana - nanny, buba - bottle, ta, hiya, cat and yeah. She's a proper little chatterbox, constantly nattering away to herself and everyone around; she loves to be heard and usually shouts if she doesn't think anyone is listening haha! She's learning new words each day, with the help of nursery rhymes - which she loves and stands there swaying or bopping along, ABC songs, books and communicating with myself or my family. There isn't much more to say about her talking but I'm proud with how far she's coming along!

Food, ah food. Food hasn't really been a strong point to be honest and it's not really something I talk about, but Evie has a very particular diet - she doesn't like much and what she likes she loves and could eat it by the gallon. I know some people will criticise and say "Oh, well obviously you don't give her enough variety, or you let her get away with to much' but we've tried everything under the sun, everything you could possibly think of, she just doesn't like many foods. She realllyyyyyy hates foods that are squishy, soggy or lumpy if she touches them herself she will heave, for example she will not touch fruit or sandwiches, unless you put it in her mouth, and no she's not lazy she just doesn't like those types of textures - which is something we're working on with lots and lots of different sensory bits; I'm sure she'll be picking up all foods in no time! Onto what she does like, she loves pasta, curry's, roasts, casseroles, fruit purees, crisps, biscuits, yogurts and other bits and bobs - she just dislikes soggy things she has to touch or foods that are really lumpy. She's gaining weight and growing as she should be be, developing as she should be so we're not and nobody else is concerned.  But, everything in time! 

I've mentioned it a few times over on my Instagram, but she still hasn't got any teeth! not even 1! I'm not entirely sure why, and no health professionals seem worried, they say her teeth will come when they want to. People are quite often surprised to learn she hasn't any teeth at almost 14 months, when a majority of babies her age have at least 4 teeth; but nope Evangeline literally has none.

Her favourite things, I wanted to include just a few of her favourite things and her likes and dislikes. So firstly her faaavv things and things she likes - she has a fair few, she has a pink bear with baby girl on the feet which my parents bought her when she was born - she carries it around with her giving it a good old cuddle and always greets the bear with a smile, she loves teletubies, In the night garden and any toy which can make a lot of noise. She loves books, turning the pages and looking at the bright pictures. Her dummy is another fav, although I hope to change that in the next year or so. Skips, wotsits, cheese, quavers, strawberries and pom bears are her favourite snack foods and spaghetti bolognese is her favourite meal - just like mummy! She loves her milk and water too! She adores bath time, splashing and playing in the bath. She loves watching Moana, Boss baby and Sing - there her favourites but of course she'll watch anything thats bright or musical. She loves the outdoors, whether thats going on a walk, playing in the garden or going out in the car, which is sometimes hard as she doesn't like a few the bits that come along with those..She loves kisses and cuddles and being tickled. 
Her dislikes, as I said above, she isn't keen on any food thats squishy, soggy or lumpy; shes not a fan of juice, she doesn't particularly like sitting in her pram or carseat and she isn't fond of going shopping either. She hates having her hair put into bunches so a majority of the time we tame her hair with a little clip, she hates nappy changes and getting dressed. I can't really think of anything else she dislikes... because overall she's a very happy, playful, friendly, loving, sassy, cheeky little lady and nothing really bothers her.

Evangeline will have her first water babies lesson on the 16th September - I know she'll be the oldest there but we've been on a waiting list since she was 6 weeks old and now finally have a space; I'm excited but actually pretty nervous, the thought of her being 'dunked' so to speak under the water panics me, but I'm sure she'll be fine and love every moment. I'll do a little update on that after a few lessons maybe?

Anyway, I'm going to end this post here or I'll end up writing a novel as I could talk about my little lady all day! I hope you found this post interesting and enjoyed a little Evie catch up! I'll talk to you in my next post!

I wanted to include a small collage of recent pictures of my princess, isn't she a cutie! 

Let the blogging commence...

I'm back to blogging!

My entire world, I love my princesses more than anything and I'm beyond
excited to start our adventures as a family of 3 in October.

Hello, it's me again! I'm back uploading after taking a well needed break - although its a much shorter break than I originally anticipated... just over a month I believe, give or take a few days. I was under the assumption that I would be gone for a little longer, but I wanted to get back into the 'swing' of things, (not that I really ever got into the swing  of things in the first place) it didn't feel right completely abandoning my blog - and even though I didn't upload very often at all, I kind of missed having a chat with you and wanted to do a little, you guessed... update..  So I'm back! I hope your all well, and that you've been making the most of the summer! Also, please excuse the fact that my spelling or general post in general is a bit of a shambles but I'm a bit rusty and its almost midnight haha...

First things first, I've revamped my blog - again... and I love it! I love the simplicity, and the personal touches! not to forget I've actually managed to figure out how to add my Instagram back on here again haha; so feel free to head over to see what we've been up to recently! I hope you like the new appearance, let me know what you think?

Where do I start? believe it or not, not that much has actually happened since my last post... I mean of course a variety of bits and bobs in my life have changed, for example I have a great deal to update you on in regards to my pregnancy, and lot's of new milestones Evangeline has reached, but I was thinking of doing those things in a different post... I have roughly 6-7 post drafts written in my notebook - which I intend to start immediately. But other than that nothing much has changed. I'm still living at my parents house - I've been searching high and low for my own place, but nothing seems to be cropping up at the moment; but I'm sure one will eventually. I have a new car, which I love; it's my 2nd proper car that I've bought - I've had other cars but they haven't actually been mine haha! 

I've come up with a relatively easy upload schedule, hopefully one that I can stick to? or at least try my best to achieve. I'm hoping to upload at least once a week, but with a toddler and new baby on the way I'm sure it'll change - maybe some weeks there will be a few uploads and others not so many, I'm not going to put to much pressure on myself, but I promise I'll try my very best to keep some sort of routine! In regards to posts, as I mentioned above I have around 6-7 currently jotted down in my notebook; I'll include them here so you know what's coming up on my blog in the next few weeks... starting from the top of my list - a little update on Evangeline, my long awaited pregnancy update, my living situation and what I plan to do in my future house, all about my new car, reviews on some new bits for the baby and Evie, my opinion on the bugaboo donkey so far and finally.. one that I've been working on, on and off for almost 2 months - Evangeline's 1st birthday post!!

I've got a few more posts in mind - but I'm not entirely sure whether anything will ever come of them, but we'll see..


Anyway, I'm going to wrap it up here. I know this post is possibly one of the shortest I've done, but I don't want to bore you and waffle on for the whole of an eternity. I wanted to add, thank you to all of you who have stuck around waiting for our return, it means so very much to have all of your support! 

Thank you for reading and I'll speak to you beauties in my next post!