Jaxon’s First Birthday

I guess in a way Jaxon’s birthday celebrations started with our trip to Legoland at the beginning of July. I had meant to write about it all sooner but in all the craziness following Jaxon’s party I didn’t make it to... Continue reading →

10 Ways to Use a Muslin – Babymoov Muslin Challenge

I’m sure at some point I must have questions what a muslin cloth was for. I’m pretty sure I must have used one when I was younger and got to feed my cousin. However, I think when I was writing... Continue reading →

Best of 2014

Hello Everyone and welcome to 2015. Before I start looking forward with a goals list, I’m looking back at the posts from last year. Here are the top ten posts from my blog in 2014. 1. Welcome to The World... Continue reading →

Dear Jaxon… – 6 Weeks Old

Dear Jaxon, Today you are six weeks old, as I write this you’re wrapped up in the Hug-A-Bub, you were getting yourself worked up and I think it was because you were tired and couldn’t get yourself to sleep. Some... Continue reading →

Currently…18th August

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: The West Wing (Season 3 – clearly I don’t have enough to be doing then again it can play in the background while I do other bits) Thor: The Dark World Dead Poet’s Society Aladdin James... Continue reading →

Getting Healthy – Part Four

Here’s the next part of me getting healthy. It’s now been just over four weeks since I had my C-Section and we welcomed Jaxon into the world. I went to Slimming World last week and I had maintained, it was... Continue reading →

Dear Jaxon… – 4 Weeks Old

Dear Jaxon, Today you are four weeks old. You continue to be alert and looking around at your surroundings. You lie in your Moses Basket and fidget your arms and legs. I imagine if you were in water you’d be... Continue reading →

Dear Jaxon… – 3 Weeks Old

Dear Jaxon, Today you are three weeks old. You’re often quite alert and you react to somethings. For example when you sneeze you still look a bit stunned that the sneeze came from you but I think you’re getting a... Continue reading →

Dear Jaxon… – Two Weeks Old

Dear Jaxon, You’re now two weeks old – how did that happen? We spent a chunk of last week hanging out with Grandma S, as she was on “Hannah Duty”, she helped me round the house and looked after you... Continue reading →

Small Achievements That Seem Like Mountains

In case this is the first post you’ve read of mine, I had a C-Section just over a week ago. Part of the recovery is to get up and get moving but not to over do it. You’re only allowed... Continue reading →

{Jaxon’s Birth Story} – Dear Blueberry – Week 1

Dear Blueberry, But hang on, you’re not Blueberry now, you have a proper name. So…. hello Jaxon. Today, you’re 1 Week Old. Already??? Haha. You arrived into the world last Wednesday at short notice – I guess technically I got... Continue reading →

Currently…14th July

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: Baby!! He does funny things like twitching in his sleep and clapping his hands together. Watching his little face as he dreams. Reading: Notes and notes and notes from the midwifes and other professionals. Also... Continue reading →

Welcome to the World Little One!

I have a whole heap to write about what happened and how it happened and when it happened but for now. Welcome to the world Blueberry!! Haha no not going to be actually called Blueberry, this little one is called... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 41 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, So I’m starting this post after getting in from my Midwife’s appointment. Your heart was pumping away and you were still 2/5 engaged. It was a different midwife again as my “normal” one was in meetings or had... Continue reading →

Currently…7th July

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: Notting Hill – needed something I had seen hundred times before lol. Austin Powers – Our Sidekick wasn’t 100% so spent most of Sunday curled up on the sofa watching TV. Monty Python and The... Continue reading →

40+3

(This was technically taken last night before bed) Come on Blueberry!!! Today is Blueberry’s original delivery date but following the first scan back in December, their due date was moved to the 1st. It’s now 5:40pm and currently there is... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 40 Weeks

Dear Blueberry So since we found out that you were on your way everything has sort of counted down to this day, I guess for a little while it counted down to the 4th as that was your original due... Continue reading →

An (Imaginary) Road Trip

With Blueberry’s arrival imminent, field trips too far from home aren’t really an option. I guess we could go to the seaside with Chris’s Aunt and Housemate (the housemate used to be a midwife and train new midwives) and be... Continue reading →

Currently…

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: Doctor Who (started the Matt smith episodes on Tuesday) House of Cards (after Becca posted about it – gave up part way through Episode 1 – think I prefer Aaron Sorkin’s take on “fictional” politics).... Continue reading →

My Mothercare Event – Bedford, 27th June

From my work colleagues (as a birthday present/maternity leaving present) and from a friend of mine I was given some gift vouchers for Mothercare – I figured they’d be handy whether it was to get baby stuff before baby arrives... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 39 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, Today is 39 weeks. That means next week you’re “due”. Uncle Richard and I were both born early whereas Daddy was born late so I figure you might be on time but I guess we will see. You’ll... Continue reading →

Currently…

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: Criminal Minds (Season 9 finale) Doctor Who (onto the David Tennant episodes.) Grey’s Anatomy (Season Finale) Reading: Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis (finished on Friday) Let’s All Be Brave by Annie F. Downs Listening:... Continue reading →

1,000 Things: Another Part…..

Following Friday’s mad tidy of the summerhouse a few weeks back, Saturday was the turn of the bedroom and the nursery. Mum and I had already organised that she’d come and help get the bits finished that still needed work.... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 38 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, It’s getting a bit cramped round these parts now. I’ve worked out that it I sit a certain way then I’m fine but if I sit another way then I end up all achy as there’s not enough... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 37 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, So somewhere between you and the rest of my body something happened and on Friday you and me spent the afternoon hooked up to various monitors at the hospital. In the end everything was okay and we were... Continue reading →

Friday… (And a trip to hospital)

Hello there. How’s your day going? Mine started fairly lazy. Chris and I went for lunch instead of our normal day off breakfast date. We ended up at one the local restaurants that we usually frequent. I had my salad... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 36 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, I’m not doing so good at this – you’d think I would be doing better now that I’m on maternity leave. You’re now 36 weeks – which means that you’re due in four weeks. Grandma and Grandpa came... Continue reading →

1,000 Things: The Next Installment

I am a book worm. According to my Goodreads account I have 22 books in progress – yes how I ended up with that many started but not finished I have no idea! We’re heading into the home straight as... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 35 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, At the weekend, there was all sorts going on. Auntie Rae had her birthday and Daddy and I went to antenatal classes also it was the baby shower. It’s kind of mine but also without you there would... Continue reading →

Currently…

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: GCB The Good Wife (Season 5) Warehouse 13 Castle (Season 6 – OH MY WORD what was with that season finale!!!!!! Oh and Pete from Warehouse 13 makes an appearance too) Reading: Knitting Yarns –... Continue reading →

1000 Things…

Since finding out that we would be welcoming a new member of the family, I’ve kept meaning to have a sort out and deal with some of the clutter that has gravitated it’s way to our bedroom like a black... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 33 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, I’ve fallen behind and haven’t written in a while. Last week I had my 32 week check up with the midwife. My bump measured 32cm from the top to the bottom which is just right for the number... Continue reading →

Here We Go On A New Adventure

I started this post the other day. I keep starting it and then going away and then coming back to it and changing it all. Yesterday I went to my 32 week appointment and all was good. I was chatting to... Continue reading →

April 29: My Birthday Weekend

As I wrote on Thursday, my birthday weekend kicked off with going to the theatre to see The Pantaloon’s touring production of Sherlock Holmes. FridayOn Friday Chris surprised me by collecting me from work. I left via the pedestrian gate... Continue reading →

April 23: To Park or Not to Park….?

Yesterday I posted on FB about my lunchtime adventure to the supermarket, sometimes I try and walk given how close the supermarket is to my office – however with my walk turning into a waddle and even my fast walk... Continue reading →

April 16: Dear Blueberry – 29 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, This week you’re on sort of our first holiday. With you arriving between half term and the Summer holiday we decided that we’d take our family holiday now at Easter instead and then Daddy and Our Sidekick would... Continue reading →

AtoZ Challenge: H is for…Hello Baby (aka Dear Blueberry – 28 Weeks)

H is for….Hello Baby Hello third trimester. Here we go! So today I went to see the midwife, all sorts to check up on. While sat in the waiting room, I bumped into my Grandad who was there collecting some... Continue reading →

AtoZ Challenge: G is for…God

G is for….God My Grandma is one of my biggest role models. Through her whole life she’s trusted God that he’d provide and that he has a plan for her. On Tuesday I saw her at the coffee morning at... Continue reading →

AtoZ Challenge: D is for…Dreams

Today’s letter for the AtoZ Challenge is…D D is for….Dreams On one of my pin boards on Pinterest there is this photo…(unfortunately there isn’t a source link on it, if someone knows where it is from please let me know... Continue reading →

March 13: Sleep Would Be Good…

In that way that those posts appear on Facebook like “10 Things to do while on a conference call” (if they can’t see you, crochet or knit!!) or “10 Things to do in your lunch break” (well other than eat... Continue reading →

March 12: Dear Blueberry – 24 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, All those hormones that make a small human grow have been making me super tired and also made me grumpy and moody. All the info says by now I should feel more energetic but it’s not really happening.... Continue reading →

March 1: March Goals

So the goals I set for February and how they went were: Finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris (aiming for Valentine’s but we’ll see if that happens!) I managed to finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris at about 11:30pm on... Continue reading →

February 26: Dear Blueberry – 22 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, As I wrote after the scan on Friday, this week had been kinda of short. I think you’ve a growth spurt this week as I’ve been hungry and because work was a bit crazy too I’ve been coming... Continue reading →

February 19 (actually 21): Dear Blueberry – 21 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, You have definitely got more of a fidget on this week. I sat watching TV on Tuesday and you were getting to the point of proper kicks, there was definitely more movement. I then sat in bed and... Continue reading →

February 12: Dear Blueberry – 20 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, This week you definitely had the fidgets on. I could tell you were moving around but there weren’t any definite kicks or at least not any that hurt me. On Friday, Our Sidekick and I were watching the... Continue reading →

February 5: Dear Blueberry – 19 Weeks

Dear Little Blueberry, One app tells me you’re about the size of an heirloom tomato and another says you’re the size of a Mango. All I know is you’re about 300g which is kind of impressive but also sounds really... Continue reading →

January 29: Dear Blueberry – 18 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, I keep meaning to start some kind of journal where I write to you about what’s going on but at the same time I’m trying to tidy our room (that is mine and Daddy’s) to make sure there... Continue reading →

January 21: Baby J aka Blueberry: Weeks 7 to 12ish

This was all written over the last 16ish weeks. Some bits are a little fuzzy but they are there. This post is from Week Seven to Twelve. Week Seven (November 15th) This week started with my mad day at BBC... Continue reading →

January 20: Baby J aka Blueberry: Weeks 1 to 6ish

Part of me wanted to share this when it actually happened but also it was too early to tell the world and important members of our family (and social workers when it came to how Our Sidekick would still fit... Continue reading →

January 1 – Road Trip (of sorts)

Each Christmas we end up doing various catch ups, spend some time with my parents, see Chris’s Parents and see my Grandparents. As well as these we go to visit Chris’s Auntie and her housemate/lodger (she’s like a second auntie... Continue reading →