I party

This weekend was a busy one for us, J was home and we had 3 birthdays to celebrate! A 1st birthday, 22nd birthday and a 23rd.
Saturday afternoon was Coopers 1st birthday which is crazy because I remember when he was born, it was most definitely not a year ago! So we all ate cake and chased our Little's around.

 

 

Saturday night was another friends 22nd birthday that i didn't even plan on going to (worst friend). I always planned on helping her get ready and having a few drinks but calling it a night at 8pm because I'm a whinger. Anyhow i was peer pressured and i decided to pull up my big girl pants, suck it up and party on, boy am i glad i did! I had the best night Ive had in a very long time.

Nat ordered a stretch hummer to take us to Brisbane for the night and bring us home after we were done, best.idea.ever, I don't have one bad thing to say about the night it was amazing.

 

Sunday night was another friends birthday dinner, the food was delicious as always, especially hungover. The child though did not want to co-operate with our plans of sitting and eating a quiet meal. He's definitely a toddler.

J left early this morning which is sad but i really am looking forward to getting some routine back in our lives for the next 4 days. There has been so much going on we're all a bit out of whack and this weekend is going to be just as hectic, my birthday is on Friday, Saturday afternoon we have a wedding to attend and then to Brisbane for my Poppa-Jim's 80th birthday!

Too early for this shit

It's not even 6 am yet and I've been awake for an hour. I love my sleep, sleep is magical and makes everyone happy, my kid just doesn't get it.

I'm already cranky and tired and the sun is barely over the horizon, today isn't going to be fun. Early rising for little Mr. means early naps but it doesn't mean earlier bedtime, I may be feeling ferral now but Seb is going to be foul at 4 pm.

We've started the dummy weening process and its been so much easier then I ever expected! There's been no tears, no tantrums, he's barely noticed. I don't think this early awakening has much to do with a lack of dummy, over the last week the mornings have been starting earlier and earlier, 5 am is my limit and quite possibly my breaking point. How did I ever cope being a sleep deprived new mum?

Just write {vol 3}

What to do when something needs to be said, but that being said will change things.
I hate confrontation, I'd rather bottle things up, but then they eat, eat away at me, in the middle of the night. Ill lay awake for hours going over conversations that are yet to happen.

Then when I get the balls to say how I feel and it explodes, ill lay awake thinking about how it happened;
What people think of me?
Did I word everything right?
Was it taken out of context?
Will people hate me?

Do I go back and try to fix things or move forward, head held high and fake it until these feelings pass because they will.

Byron

This last week, J and I finally got to go on a little mini moon!
We took a 3 hour drive to Byron bay.
This was the first time away from Seb for 3 nights, 3 nights is a long time when I'm with him 24/7.
He stayed with his grandma, papa and aunt Saturday night and Sunday night. He is totally obsessed with his Papa, watching them bond and play is the sweetest thing.
My mum had him Monday night so everyone shared, I'm glad he's such a loved little boy.

Byron was great, the weather wasn't perfect until the day we left, of course. It was great to sit at a restaurant without a demanding baby throwing food on the ground or wanting to run around. Seeing other families though, made me miss my baby.

Mini moon

We are officially baby free until Tuesday!
It was only supposed to be 2 days but J's parents offered to take Seb an extra night. I already miss him, I've never been away from him for 3 nights. He was fine saying goodbye, he blew kisses, waved and said 'bye.' Ill miss that sweet little voice.

We didn't get to go on a honeymoon when we first got married, so this is our mini moon!
We'll be staying in Brisbane tonight with my sister then heading to Byron bay for 2 nights returning Tuesday!
I must admit I'm looking forward to some alone time with my lover

Devil children

Before I became a parent I would see bratty children and think geez my child will never behave that way. I will admit, I've thought that quite a lot in all different situations but now that I have a full blown toddler I take it all back. They are all brats at some stage or another.

Tonight Seb wouldn't eat his vegetables, he threw them on the floor, he screamed because he couldn't take Ted in the shower and peed on the floor 3 times (my bad for leaving him pantless) and you know what, I don't care. No matter how much I discipline or how much he screams at my decision making, its life until he's not living under my roof and my rules. It's life for the next 17 years and I don't mind at all.

He is his own person, I can only guide him in the right direction so for now ill hide his vegetables in his food, let him pee on the ground and just pray he doesn't slip in it.

Just bragging 'bout my kid

We're back in reception and I would just like to say, it was a pretty nice break. No checking Instagram every hour, no texting, no calling, lots of out doors activities and family time.

Instead of J driving the 4 hours to come home, we went to him.

We did this trip at the beginning of the year but it was for half the time and it didn't really work too well with Seb being under 1, not walking or communicating. I was worried, he usually doesn't sleep well outside of his room or when there's a lot of people and noise around. I thought I'd be fighting him at every sleep time and his naps wouldn't last longer then an hour, boy was I wrong! He went straight down the first night in his porta-cot, woke up at his usual time in the morning even though the house was up way before.
I was certain nap time wouldn't be that easy as we had taken the cot down for the day but I put him on our bed with his pillow, Ted and dummy, said "lay down, night night" and surprise surprise he went right to sleep! No climbing down off the bed no crying only hard core sleeping!

My heart burst with pride every time he went to sleep without a hitch, he's growing up so fast and I'm so impressed with his behavior lately, he's a dream.