The Home Straight (a 38 Week Pregnancy Update)
38 weeks! I’ve reached 38 weeks in the pregnancy! I’m repeating it more for my benefit than yours to be honest as I still can’t quite believe it. Since I entered the third trimester, people kept...
View ArticleBRB | Baby Break Commencing
Well the most inevitable yet wonderful event has finally happened. You may have already seen our news on social media but Stu and I are so proud to announce that after 9 months and 5 days of wondering,...
View ArticleA Quick Hello From the Baby Bubble
Well somehow almost 8 weeks has gone by since I last wrote on this space. I think that’s the longest I’ve gone between posts in a good few years. I even blogged during our 4 week honeymoon and I...
View ArticleEvie James | A Birth Story
Photo by Siobhan Calder One of my good friends recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and upon seeing a photo of her little one, all sleepy and new to the world, bundled up in a hospital blanket,...
View ArticleBaby Jogger Squad
Of all the purchases we made ahead of having Evie, by far the most difficult was choosing which pram/buggy system to go for. Anyone who has been in the position of investing in a pram or stroller...
View ArticleHonest Parenting | What We’ve Learnt in the First 4 Months
Welcome to a new feature on the blog – my Honest Parenting series! Having had a few months break from regular blogging, I’ve been able to think more about how I want this blog to progress and the...
View ArticleTravel Hacks for Getting Around with a Baby
Before Evie came along, I think I was rather naive to just how much our day to day lives would have to adapt to cater for our tiny human. Of course I was well aware that things were about to change...
View ArticleHow to Throw a Summer Garden Party
Um, where has Summer gone exactly? It seems we’re in for a wet August and I am not at all happy about it to be honest. I’ve really enjoyed summer this year, and even though I’m normally a bit of an...
View ArticleDaily Strolls with the Baby Jogger City Mini
Now that I have Evie, not a day goes by that we don’t venture out for a walk. Those lazy weekends where I used to spend an entire day in my PJ’s slobbing on the sofa watching back to back box sets are,...
View Article40 Weeks 5 Days
Since Evie turned six months old at the end of August, I’ve found myself reminiscing a lot about my pregnancy. Now that we have our little girl in our lives – with her vibrant personality, wide smiles,...
View ArticleHonest Parenting | Leaving the Newborn Stage Behind
It’s official. We no longer have a ‘newborn’ baby. Evie just turned 7 months old, she’s sleeping in her own room, in her big girl cot (albeit still in the sleepyhead), she’s moved out of her pram into...
View ArticleTravelling Made Easy with the Baby Jogger City Mini and City Go Travel System
Last month we tackled our first ‘proper’ trip away as a family of three. I say ‘proper’ because although we’ve travelled around the country many times since Evie was born, this trip involved a flight,...
View ArticleOctober at the Pumpkin Farm
Happy Halloween! Pumpkin picking in October seems to have become as big an event as picking up the Christmas tree in December. I can’t help but feel it’s a bit of an Americanism that’s making its way...
View ArticleTips for Flying with a Baby
We’ve now been on holiday twice with Evie, first up to Scotland and then just last month to Spain, and in the process she’s got rather accustomed to airports and flying. Granted, none of our flights...
View ArticleTwo
Well, we’re another year in to this whole marriage thing. Crazy huh? The 21st of this month marked our second year anniversary, and saw us begin the journey into our third. When I consider that my...
View ArticleAn Afternoon with Baby Jogger
Afternoon tea at the delightfully instagrammable Bourne and Hollingsworth with some of the yummiest cakes and cocktails and great company in the form of fellow internet lovelies, presenter Helen...
View ArticleRoad Testing the Baby Jogger City Select LUX Stroller
The countdown to Christmas is officially on! And as it should be, considering there’s only 14 days until the day itself. 14 days!?! That seems like an incredibly short period of time, all things...
View Article‘Tis the Season | Tree Day
Getting the Christmas tree was always one of my favourite family traditions growing up, and always a rather comical family day out. Of course our real reason for going as a family was less about...
View Article‘Tis the Season | Our Personalised Christmas Cards
I think it’s a right of passage for parents that on your baby’s first Christmas, you make a cheesy personalised holiday card of them in a ridiculously cute festive outfit, am I right? I honestly never...
View ArticleA Look Back at 2017 (And A Slow Start to 2018)
I realise 2017 round up posts are two a penny amongst bloggers at the moment, and I also realise I’m rather late to the party with mine (5th January? Please! 2017 was soo last year!) but despite having...
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