Pieces of parenting 'advice' I hate the most...
"Don't worry if your house gets messy, it's normal"I don't give a tinkers toss if it's 'normal'. I don't want a messy house. I never had a messy house before I was a mummy and I won't have one now. I...
View ArticleBlogging from the car
So right now I'm in the car on the M25 and writing to you on my favourite thing - in our house he's known affectionately as Paddy. I am, of course referring to our iPad. Sneer all you like Android fans...
View ArticleCybher 2013
So I have exciting news... for me...I am really excited to have been given to opportunity to go to this bloggers event in June! I want everyone who is going and reads this to step up and say so because...
View ArticleA confusing development
As many of you know, I've recently gone 'public' with this blog. It's never been a secret or anything, it's just that in connecting it with my real life Facebook account, I'm making the fact that it...
View ArticleFrom a baby to little boy
Over the weekend something happened. It's a long story (haha!) but I'll make it a short version (HAHA!)...How does one simple haircut make him look about 2 years older??? I love it but I want my baby...
View ArticleWhat I wore Wednesday - Put On Purple 2013
Recently I started reading a fantastic blog (which also happens to have the worlds most awesome blog name) called Luck Fupus. Please do take a second (after reading this awesome post of mine of course...
View ArticleNice day for a white wedding
Happy Monday everyone! So this weekend was fun. Fun in the way that I'm not entirely sure if I'm being sarcastic or if it really was fun?? It was David's youngest cousin's wedding on Saturday which was...
View ArticleMy best friend
My best friend knows me better than I know myself.My best friend never lets me down.My best friend is bright and colourful and always cheers me up.My best friend always knows what I'm doing and when...
View ArticleWhat I wore Wednesday - Oliver steals the show!
Wow I've managed two weeks in a row... I'm on a roll! Pick up your jaws off the floor please ;-)David cousin's wedding was last weekend and I had a fantastic time planning outfits for us all (yes I...
View ArticleLet sleeping babies lie
I'm so excited that today is finally here!! That's right... today is the day that my very first post for the new and improved Emma's Diary blog goes live! Head on over there, I'm discussing the dreaded...
View ArticleThe stationary addict
Oh. My. God. My name's Bells and I'm a stationary-aholic. And I'm sorry for totally spamming your various feeds with posts recently but the addict in me is unbelievably excited about what arrived in...
View ArticleIn the garden
These are now the last photos of Benjamin that we have - sadly he escaped on Monday night and instead of staying in our garden like he normally does, he ventured further afield and the shock/fright of...
View ArticleA final update
So this will be my final update on pregnancy three, the ectopic - all of this is actually old news now, a couple of weeks ago I went for a final blood test after the two pregnancy tests still showed...
View Articleicandy mummy
The day is finally here! It feels like I've been waiting forever (but it's actually only been about ten days) but today is the day - between 10am and 1pm - that my icandy peach blossom double buggy is...
View Articleicandy part 2.... the unveiling!
Well ok not exactly, it's not like you haven't all seen one before right? Never before modelled to such perfection though, I'm sure ;-)So without further ado, I give you.... Oliver and his glamourous...
View ArticleLondon baby.... Cybher 2013!
I'm sure you're all dying to know how I got on in London on Saturday.The short answer?I ended up very happy, very tired and slightly tipsy!!I know you all want the long answer though so here goes.I had...
View ArticlePaddling pool action
Yes, we have a paddling pool and it finally got hot enough to get this bad boy out of the shed and fill 'er up. You know what that means...Photos!!!Oliver has always been such a water baby so he was...
View ArticleWhat I wore Wednesday - Cybher 2013
Everyone knows that the most important thing to plan when going to any event where you're going to meet new people is the outfit you choose to wear. Well ok, being nice helps too ;-) anyway it's time...
View ArticleMy favourite personalised children's gift sites
Anyone who knows me will know that I love giving gifts, especially to babies/children. One thing I hate though, is when the child in question ends up with about three of whatever the high street is...
View ArticleA premature birth story - what really happens?
I almost forgot to mention that my new Emma's Diary post went live a couple of days ago! If you haven't already been over there (of course you have :p), then do hop on over! I know you're all are dying...
View ArticleMeet The Leather Satchel Co.
So I promised I'd fill you all in on that B-E-A-utiful pink satchel I received at Cybher so here is me delivering!These satchels were very kindly made for us by The Leather Satchel Co. who make...
View ArticleWhat I Wore Wednesday - Eeeeep job interview!!
Today I have a job interview. By the time this post goes live, it will have already taken place. The reason I haven't mentioned it here before is because it only happened two days ago. Having been a...
View ArticleA 60th birthday weekend
Ok so this event actually happened about 3 weeks ago but such is the way with photo heavy posts, it's taken me until now to choose and edit the ones I wanted to use. If you're expecting to see photos...
View ArticleDear daddy
You are the best daddy in the whole world. When mummy tells me that you're walking up the road on your way home from work, I get so excited that I start squealing and I have to stop whatever I am doing...
View ArticleWhere I blog
I read this post on Yummy Mummy In Training's blog and it got me thinking... where do you all blog?This is where I blog. It's just a little corner of the house we've made into a teeny home office but I...
View Article