positivity
ugh. the cold that’s been sweeping through my house for the past couple of weeks has finally hit me and hit me hard. i’ve spent the last couple of hours lying on the couch moaning and ordering nick to bring me tissues, soothers and glasses of water.
tonight, i’m going to go to bed thinking about things that make me happy and hopefully some of those hippy-dippy good vibes will chase this cold right outta’ my house!
1. sitting at the table tonight eating dinner with my little family of three
2. cadbury drinking chocolate with mint – deeeelicious
3. finally having pictures framed and hanging in my lounge room where i can see them all day
4. lo0king forward to a weekend at the beach
5. someone found my blog by searching for “colourful and beautiful”
sicky baby
my poor little milo muffin is a bit sick with a nasty cold this week. it’s the first time he’s ever really been sick and he’s handling it like a little champ! even though he’s snotty and can’t stop coughing and feeling crappy he’s still smiling and laughing (some of the time) though he has been extra clingy and stuck to me like superglue for a couple of days.
i’m hoping he’ll be back to his usual happy, sunny self in a day or two, i never thought seeing someone else be sick could be so stressful and sad!
a few of his favourite things
his little red car. he love love LOVES this. first thing every morning, milo searches for his car and says “car. car. CAR!”
his fish kite. milo thinks this is hilarious. especially when i dangle the ribbons hanging from the end of it over his face.
harry dog. milo’s first real word was harry and even though he sometimes annoys me like crazy, i could never get rid of him because milo is madly in love with him.
his toothbrush. no he still doesn’t have any teeth but milo loves to ‘brush’ his gums while i brush my teeth. he’s the world’s cutest little copycat
the bath. milo is happiest when he’s splishing and splashing around in the tub like a funny little fish.
i promise
dear milo,
i promise to let you choose what we eat for dinner every year on your birthday.
love mummy
hiii
erinlucyloves…
sleep baby, sleep
sleep. i feel like since i found out i was pregnant, all i’ve done is think and talk about sleep.
when i was pregnant sleep was one of those things veteran partents loved to warn me about “you better get all the sleep you can now” (which by the way is ridiculous – sleep isn’t something you can stock up on so just stop trying to scare new mums with that crap ok?). pregnancy was my first taste of not getting as much sleep as i’d like, with all the getting up a million times to pee and being so huge and uncomfortable that i tossed and turned all night.
then milo was born and i didn’t sleep a single wink for 3 days straight.
since then it’s been 10 and a half months of obsessing about sleep. how much i was and wasn’t getting. how much milo was getting. should he be napping right now? has he been asleep too long? and where should he sleep? is that snoring noise normal? will he ever sleep through the night?
gah! i’m so sick of talking, thinking and worrying about sleep!
our latest worry is the whole business of ‘sleep training’. ever since he was a freshly baked baby, milo has mostly spent every night in bed with us. which is lovely, he is so sweet and snuggly. but it means i’m pretty much an open milk bar all night long and i’m getting tired of that. we’ve tried crying it out. it was horrible but it did work…for a few days, then he was back in our bed and back to eating all night long.
i’m not sure what to do next, should he just stay in my bed? should we give crying it out another go? i don’t like listening to him cry when i know all he wants is for me to pick him up and cuddle him but he does need to learn to settle himself to sleep. maybe i just need to get used to feeding him every couple of hours and just get over it? see my problem? this is what goes through my mind every time he has to go to bed. it’s pretty shit.
milo, if you’re reading this, will you please just do me a favour and sort yourself out?
party party party
milo is 10 and a half months old. so i’ve started planning his first birthday party like a crazy person. i know he’s too little to really appreciate having a party, but i need one. i want to celebrate his first year and our first year as a family. cheesy i know.
i’ve got an idea of what i want to do for milo’s party and i’ve started collecting bits and pieces. i’m reading party inspiration blogs obsessively and i’ve saved so many pictures of balloons, cakes and other party things, it may be getting a bit out of hand. i want to keep this party simple and pretty low key, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be totally cute and stylish, right?!
i’m aiming for a red, white and blue colour scheme. these are the invitations i’m sending out
milo's party invitations
i’m going to make heaps of these pretty pom poms
tissue paper pom poms
i’ve been collecting little bottles for red and blue juice just like the ones at this beautiful party
little juice bottles
i love everything about this party
inspiration
i’ll keep you posted on my party planning progress. here are some of the websites i’ve been stalking for ideas
has anyone got any ideas or party tips for me?
erinlucyloves…
best op-shop ever
last weekend me, nickle, milo and my mum and dad went to wynnum to go op-shopping. in the cute little main street of town, there are around 6 shops all within walking distance and unlike a lot of the op-shops in brisbane these days, they aren’t crazily overpriced.
i had the best luck i’ve had in ages and found some great bargains.
a lovely set of vintage pyrex bowls in my favourite colour (my mum was so mad that i spotted these first!)
a pair of very sweet japanese saucepans
some cute records for mister milo
but best of all i found four of my dream chairs. the chairs i’ve been searching for, cutting pictures from magazines of, hoping to find for years. i found 4 of them and best of all i found them left on the side of the road for the council’s rubbish pick up so they were FREE! they need a little fixing up so i’ll wait and take pictures once they’re finished.
i had so much fun, we’re planning a trip to ballina soon (they apparently have some of the best op-shops in the country) just to go shopping!
