04/52

'A photo of Seb every week in 2013'

 

checking out the massive messy ocean

 

 

we've been having some terrible weather lately, tree's and power lines down, floods and the main road beside the beach covered in foam. There has been power outages and floods.
We were lucky with only minor tree's falling and only our TV Ariel is down.
Today is bright and sunny, mother nature is an odd woman.


Oh no

Seb has started dropping the F bomb in the last week, I thought ignoring it would make it stop but since I've been ignoring him when he says it he goes "mummmyyyy" and when I respond he shouts "F$@%" it's god awful. It's also a tiny bit hilarious. There's still so many words he cannot pronounce to save his life but he can swear like a sailor.
He's also been saying shit. Like can pronounce the SH like nothing.

I shouldn't be too surprised, when J comes home from being away for 5 days on a dirty truckers work site, he brings home the potty mouth. Not that he's completely to blame, I need to watch what I say too.

So does anyone have any advice to nip this in the butt? I'll be horrified if he says it in public!

03/52

'A photo of Seb every week in 2013'

 

 

My baby finally loves the beach. I don't think i gave him enough opportunity to like it before.

Today we had nothing planned so after Seb's unusually early sleep we packed up and headed down. I never do things like that alone and after today i have no idea why. We played in the sand and in the shallow waves, we bought half the beach home in our pants but it was fun. I am so glad i have this boy in my life, he makes me see the beauty in the little things.

Personal Planner; A GIVEAWAY

I was contacted by Personal planner to see if i was interested in hosting a giveaway. After looking through all their info and browsing their website i decided that this was definitely something i wanted to do.
 
At the beginning of every year I'm always on the hunt for a specific planner to cater for my needs. I'm a list person, i make lists of lists. Grocery lists, general shopping lists, to do lists, you name it i write it down! its a little obsessive but that's the way i like it, it keeps me organised and as a mum i need to be organised.
 

So would you like to add some colour to your everyday and at the same time making your planner more efficient and that more personal? If so, Personal Planner has got it covered!

 

 

 

Their planners provide you with endless design possibilities. You can change colour, text and design on front/back cover as well as inlay. There are also clever boxes for to-do list, gym session, preschool, idea of the week and weather. Friend’s and family member’s birthdays can also be added to the inlay directly from Facebook. They print and deliver the finished product directly to our your doorstep. Here are a few things that I like about these planners:

• Design the front/back cover
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• Choose between 4 different sizes
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The winner

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To Enter

Like Personal Planner on Facebook, leave a comment stating that you have done so and leave your email address so i can contact you if you are the winner. For an extra chance to win follow this blog.

 

I will number all the comments so if you have entered by liking the facebook page and by following this blog you need to leave two comments. The winner will be drawn on the 27th January through random.org.

This giveaway is also open to international readers!

 

Best of luck!

 

Winner has been announed!
Alba, congrats lady.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lately.

So much has been going on lately and I just haven't blogged about it. Slack. The posts are coming I swear, there's a baby shower post, a hens night post and my weekly 52 post.

Also another post I'm really excited about is my first GIVEAWAY! Ill be announcing details later this week but visit their site Personal planner and get excited!

Here are some pictures from my iPhone of life lately.

Tasty Tuesday

I used to hate staying home all day, i dreaded the thought of a boring day at home with no plans, thats until we all got sick at the beginning of the year and were forced to stay home. Now i dont mind it so much, im learning to enjoy my own company and hanging out with Seb, i should be happy that i get so much one on one time with my baby.
There is so much fun to be had around the house and lots of cleaning and organising too, it makes me feel accomplished when my pantry is in order and all the washing is clean, folded and put away.

Cooking is another great thing i forgot about. It's somewhat educational for Seb, fun and delish. We all have to eat so why not try new things with the food that has to be eaten in the fridge. My absolute favourite cook book is Donna Hay's  'No time to cook'. The whole book is filled with fast and easy recipes with ingredients we mostly have kept in the house.

So i decided to make Pumpkin & coconut soup. The weather around here has not been soup kind of weather but it was raining so i decided to pretend it was winter.

You will need:
1.5 litres chicken or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon fish sauce
4 kaffir lime leaves
1.5 kg, peeled, seeded and chopped pumpkin
1 1/4 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup coriander leaves
Lime wedges to serve
finely sliced long red chilli, to serve

I didnt have enough pumkin so i added 2 peeled and chopped carrots instead.
I also hate coriander so i left that out.

Place a large pot over medium heat, add stock, fish sauce, lime leaves and pumkin, bring to the boil.
Cook until pumpkin is soft.
Remove from heat and remove lime leaves.
I let it cool slightly before blending it in batches. Instead of garnishing with the chilli i blended it with the pumpkin mixture.
Return mixture to pot and simmer while adding the coconut milk.
Serve with lime wedges and coriander!

It was super delish but definitely recommended for winter as it was quite heavy with all that coconut milk, next time i might try it with coconut flavoured evaporated milk for a lighter texture.

02/52

'A photo of Seb every week in 2013'

 

 

Mostly serious with a pinch of cheek and a dash of love.

 

22 months

I know I'm a little late on the post but better late then never!

In just 8 short weeks my baby is going to be two! TWO!!
Where on earth has the last 2 years gone, I can barely remember life before him but it certainly doesn't seem like (almost) 2 years since he came into our lives.

In the last couple of weeks his speech has come in leaps and bounds, we really have to start watching what we say around this little eaves dropper. While driving the other day J and I were talking about sushi and how it definitely needed more sauce, next thing we hear "more sawce". Seriously.

He's still yelling out Ivy across the house to get my attention and counting in evens, "two, four, go", he sings songs back to his Scout teddy and asks where people are.

Everywhere we go he says hello to people and yells "BYE" when we leave accompanied with the sweetest little blown kiss, it makes the ladies melt, heartbreaker already I tell you.

He's a real groover this guy, dancing whenever he hears music and he's really into tv at the moment. Not all day every day mostly just when he wakes up in the morning and after naps. He loves giggle and hoot but peppa pig seems to be his fave.

He just amazes me everyday, I love watching him grow and his imagination expand.

I love you seb.

This and that.

I just had my first massage. Yes really, unbelievable right? How had I not had one before, amazing!
At first I was awkwardly uncomfortable, being pretty much nude in a room with a stranger touching you, seeing stretch marks and cellulite that only my husband lays his eyes on, it was weird, but oh god she had the magic touch, after I relaxed a little it was fricken heaven. I will definitely be returning in the near future for another.

So J got the tummy bug 2 days after being home, it sucks. I'd rather be sick. Seb seemed to be the one to bounce back the fastest which I'm happy about, nothing sadder then a sick babe.

This weekend I have one of my best friends hens night! I'm super excited to get away and have some girly fun after the year we've had so far! Sebby is getting some g-parent time in which is good for everyone!

2013 is looking up!

01/52

A photo of Seb every week in 2013

Give us a break 2013!

So, I'm all better. The child is now sick. Fail.
Ive done too many loads of washing to count and i feel like I'm up to my eyeballs in puke and poop. motherhood is awesome.

Seb's coping really well though, he seems fine in between puke sessions, a little bit on the whingey side but i cant complain, little man must be feeling shite!

J comes home tomorrow night, i cannot friggen wait, I'm trying to disinfect the house so he doesn't catch this awful bug too. Guess i didn't have food poising after all.

I've got some super busy weeks coming up ahead so I'm hoping this is 2013 telling me to chill out while i can because my life is about to get hectic, its going to be full of hens nights, baby showers, weddings, birthdays and births! OH MY!

Still sick

Why can't I just be content with sitting around all day?
I feel like I'm failing Seb by not stimulating him 24/7. We haven't left the house today because I still feel all queasy and gross.
My house is a mess but I have no energy to do anything about it.

I think what makes it worse is that I know it's only me and the baby for another 3 days, no Papa bear coming through the door at 4pm to give me some adult conversation or relief from Seb, to tidy the house or help with dinner. Just me and the kid. I like it this way sometimes, but not while sick. I feel frustrated and lonely.

It makes me appreciate the time I have with my husband so much more. I just need to appreciate the indoor times I spend with my babe.

First day of 2013

I can pretty much eat my words from my last post about not drinking NYE to be fresh for 1/1/13.
After writing that post I fell asleep on the couch only to wake up feeling really off, J suggested we go to the beach to get some fresh air, which sort of worked but on the way home I still wasn't feeling right.

Seb fell asleep in the car on the way back, it was 3:30 pm and it made me so anxious thinking he was going to be awake all night while I was feeling so crap and J was leaving for work at 5 pm. I almost cried, so J went and got me some tablets to calm my stomach. While he was gone I vomited, only a little one but I never vomit and haven't since being bed ridden with morning sickness. I hate vomiting.

After he got home and I took my tablet things escalated, it was so not pretty. I won't go into details but ya catch my drift.

J called his parents to come get Seb so he didn't catch whatever disgusting big had entered my stomach. Life saver! I honestly don't know how I would've gotten through the night alone and sick with him. So from around 4 pm until 10 pm I was back and forth to the bathroom and our spare bed every 15 minutes, dozing in between episodes. It was god awful.

It's almost 1 am now and I've been asleep with no vomiting since 10 pm. I am so so relieved. I can't wait to go pick up my baby for little squishy cuddles.

2013, be kinder to me.