Daisy; planning her first birthday

Last night I cried, I posted a picture on instagram stating that my baby was 1 in a few short weeks only to realize its more like 9 days. Time is flying by dver so fast.

These kids birthday parties are ever so hectic so I cut down on the guest list to immediate friends and our close family, I feel so rude to have done this but 40+ people at a birthday party is a tad extreme. We leave for New Zealand 3:30 the next morning so the less post party cleaning we have to do, the better.

We're doing a little garden party, weather permitting, with finger food, cupcakes and small pastel decorations. Hopefully intimate and sweet, just like Daisy.

We bought her a few small gifts, my mums gone overboard and I know my friends are happy to finally shop for a girl!  I know Dais wont know (or care) so much but this is a huge thing for me, as her mum. Her birth is a day I will always remember and I feel her first birthday is almost as big of a milestone, we did it, we survived the first crazy exciting sleep depriving year.

Life gets easier

This last weekend, I took Seb {and Dais} to underwater world, along with my SIL and neice. It was a disgustingly wet and rainy weekend so the rest of the Sunshine coast had the same idea, to avoid the rain and let the kids have some fun. It was so packed it was a joke but we ventured on.

I took Seb a year ago while I was about 36 weeks pregnant with Daisy. It was chaotic and he wasnt very well behaved. I vowed then to never take him again.

Looking back he was probably way to young to have much interest in a bunch of fish swimming in tanks but what a difference a year can make! This year he loved it. He new a lot of the fish, he got to pat a starfish and watched the seals swim and play.

This age is challenging in different ways then two was and im sure every different year will bring a new set of difficulties but im enjoying him so much right now. Sure, sometimes I wish he'd be quiet for five seconds or stop asking for food when he wouldn't eat what ive put in front of him but these are miniscule annoyances in the grand scheme of his behaviour right now.

Sew cool

Ive been sewing so much lately, ive been doing enormous amounts of headbands and bibs with some blankets on the side and I would just like to say im excited. Im excited that im selling these, im excited that they're soo cute and im excited that im actually getting pretty good at this.

Its been hard trying to find the balance between the kids, husband and now puppy (did I mention that!?) But im doing it and its good. I love that ive found something creative to do that makes me feel like im not just mum. Plus Dais gets super cute handmade gifts :)

If youre interested head over to the facebook page and say hi!

Seb.

My funny man, my crazy sweet boy. Hes really growing up and you can see it, and feel it in every way.

His expressions crack me up, his voices and his whole persona. That kid, I'm just so glad his mine.

I'm not a regular mum, I'm a cool mum

Says every mum everywhere. 

We've been so busy and unintentionally so. We've had friends from near and far, come and go, we've had about 8 birthdays to celebrate, we've been booking holidays, sewing and running errands. I've been on go mode since Wednesday last week and it's been exhausting but it's been great. 

Today I have visitors and errands, a baby shower and one of my best friends birthdays at a bar. This is where the cool mum part pops up. I've literally been out with my girlfriends every night of the weekend for the past few weeks. We've had birthdays and girls nights and spontaneous adventures. I feel like I'm eighteen again and it's been amazing for my soul. I'm definitely mum first and always will be, I'll still be getting up at 6am even though I got home at 2 and I'll do it with a smile because I'm refreshed, I had some adult conversation and some wine and I'm a better mum for it.

I always get the mum guilts, I'm sure every parent does but after a nice little conversation with my own mother, I'm learning to let that go. I'll always be mum but sometimes it's really nice to just be Ivy.