Pumpkin Patch and Halloween!

Once again another October has flown by, we had a great one, Skye talked non stop about halloween the whole month! 

She got really in to it this year and kept asking when we could decorate the house! 

We decided to go back to the pumpkin patch we visited last year, but this year we went earlier and there were so many more pumpkins! I think we will probably end up visiting here every year now! It is perfect as its small and quiet! I looked around for others but they were all ones you had to pay for as they had other activities available. 

We all prefer something a little more quiet and where we can do our own thing so this place is perfect for us!

For halloween we carved our pumpkins and had a little party at my mums house, sadly though Skye Bee ended up being poorly for the day so didn't end up enjoying it as much as she would have! She kept her spirits up though and still wanted to have her face painted and dress up!

So that's October for another year! Now on to Skye Bee's FOURTH (what?!!) birthday! 

Hope you all had a great October and Halloween!

The Best Things In Life Are Free..

For Easter this year Dom surprised Skye with her very own strawberry plant to take care of and watch grown!

She took great care with watering it and got excited when she started to see the small green strawberries starting to grow!

We noticed the other night that she finally had one big red strawberry ready to be picked and once we told her she couldn't wait to pick it off and try it!

I love watching her learn about things and seeing the excitement in her eyes over things we take for granted every day, it really is the best seeing life again through her eyes!

After picking her first strawberry she couldn't wait for more to grow, and was excited to be able to pick quite a few this morning before nursery!

I love summer mornings when the air is still crisp and the sun is shining, I can't wait to explore life more with this little one!

What are your favourite things about summer? Do you grow your own fruit/veg? :) 

Thanks for reading! x

Co-sleeping Mama

I laid in bed the other night with my darling daughter snuggled next to me, we were chatting and laughing and I thought how much I loved these moments with her.

Ususally of course we don't sit in bed chatting and laughing but Dom wasn't feeling well so we went up earlier than usual to let him have an early night... even if it was on the sofa! Who has the patience to deal with a snoring husband... not me!!

As it got later we snuggled down to go to sleep and I felt her little hand stroke my face in the darkness and she kissed my forehead. "Good night mummy" came her little voice, and my heart felt as though it might just burst!!

I laid in the darkness listening to her breathing begin to slow and I knew she was drifting off. I began to wonder how anyone could not love co-sleeping!

Obviously we don't co-sleep all the time, sometimes she will sneak into our room in the early hours of the morning and snuggle in with us to go back to sleep, but on the odd occasion and since she's been a little poorly lately she has been asking to sleep in our bed. I don't really mind it so we let her lay in the middle and we all sleep soundly... (usually!)

I definitely have had those nights though where some time between falling asleep and the morning my daughter turns in to a leg squirming wiggly starfish type creature! Don't get me wrong, it's not always the cute instagram picture I may post!!  I think the super king bed was for sure a good buy!

I know co-sleeping is definitely a love/hate topic, but I have to say for me it's for sure a love, and I will 100% miss these days when she no longer wants to crawl in to our bed and hold my hand to fall back to sleep!

Georgie x

Pumpkins!!

I've always loved October and halloween in particular!

We wanted to do something different this year that we hadn't done before with Skye and decided to try and find a pumpkin patch so she could run around and find her perfect pumpkin!

However finding somewhere near to us to go was proving difficult until we found one in Sherborne. I'd never been to this place before so didn't really know what to expect! Luckily their pumpkin patch opened on the weekend I was off work! This never happens as I'm usually working when something we want to do comes around!!

Skye was booked in to have an injection on the Saturday so we kept our fingers crossed for nice weather on the Sunday!!

On the drive down Skye was super excited as she's really got in to halloween this year!

I was quite surprised how small the pumpkin patch was when we arrived, but it was all laid out and looked pretty cute!! It was sunny as well so a perfect day to wander! Luckily we were the only people there for a while too as it was super quiet so Skye had a lot of fun stomping around in her wellies and we got some cute pictures of her too! She especially enjoyed daddy pulling her around in the cart!

We didn't stay too long but had such a fun time.

I definitely want to look for a bigger place to go next year! I'd love to be in America for October and visit one of their pumpkin patches!!

Four Years.

Four years ago today, I met the love of my life!!

I can't believe that four years have passed so quickly! I also can't believe it's only four years! It feels like a life time we've known each other. 

Dom and I were speaking the other day about when we met, and I always love reliving those first days! I love hearing things from his side, and telling him things, that he probably never knew at the time!

I am so so so greatful to Dom for many things - He does so much for me and Skye! My favourite thing of all is how much fun we have! At least once a day he has me in stitches!

I believe we met at the best time in both our lives - he made me believe in love again. At the worst time in my life he showed up, just like the clairvoyant I spoke to a few months before had said he would! I always remember those words! She told me, when I least expect it, my white knight would show up. At the time I obviously thought... whatever! But she was right!! 

I can't even put in to words what Dom means to me. He is the best person I have ever met. 

I am so happy we get to spend the rest our lives together, with our beautiful daughter! Also that this year I can call him my Husband!!!

Happy doesn't even cover it!

Here's to many more happy and fun years together! :) 

50 Things That Make Me Happy!

It's been a long while since I've posted anything on here! (naughty!) Thought I'd finally upload this seeing as it's been sat in my drafts for a long time!

I'm currently writing my second Mommy Talk post so hope to get that up soon!

In the mean time here's my 50 thing that make me happy post! Enjoy!

1. Family

2. cups of tea

3. Foot rubs

4. Cuddles

5. Finishing work

6. Days off

7. Morning cuddles in bed

8. Holding hands

9. When skye cuddles leo

10. Puppies

11. Babies

12. Being pregnant

13. Clean sheets 

14. When Dom gets home from work

15. Shopping 

16. Being snuggled in bed when you can hear the rain outside.

17. Seeing my favourite bands live.

18. Having music on loud at home and dancing! 

19. Steak!

20. Good make up days

21. Watching home and away with mum

22. Milk and fudge at night with Dom

23. When parcels arrive

24. Singing in the car with dad

25. Holidays

26. Packing!

27. Remembering old songs I used to love

28. Lush baths

29. Photographs 

30. Watching old videos of us all

31. Road trips

32. Being a mummy

33. Christmas Eve 

32. Halloween

33. Memories 

34. Pyjamas

35. Cold water on hot days

36. Skye's funny faces

37. Fresh flowers

38. Good food

39. Hot sunny weather

40. Tidy rooms

41. Krispy Kreme donuts

42. New shoes

43. Tattoos

44. Getting photographs printed

45. Candles

46. Pinterest

47. Instagram

48. Snuggly blankets

49. Taking out my contact lenses

50. New glasses! 

My Second Mothers Day!

It literally feels like I was just writing my first ever mothers day post! Now here we are a year later - on my second mothers day!

I feel I could just repeat what I wrote last year! I have never been so grateful for anything in my life! 

I have wanted to be a mummy for as long as I can remember, it's the only thing I have ever really been sure of and I always felt a little silly when people would ask what I wanted to do or be when I was older, in my head I would always answer "A Mummy.." but out loud I would always say, "I'm not sure yet.." It was almost as if I thought if I said that was what I wanted I felt people would reply with "Yes but what else.." As if it wasn't enough! Now here I am a mother of a one year old, and although I do still work as well, being a mummy is definitely a full time job all on it's own and if any one ever said to me now "Yes but what else..?" I would happily reply "And nothing!" Being a mummy is definitely enough! It is hard work and it is exhausting, but it is also full of joy, excitement and the best rewards you could ask for!

I read a lot of other mummy posts, and a lot of the time I find myself reading ..."I never knew I would be so excited by a tiny giggle, or how much you could love one tiny human." But I felt I always knew how excited one tiny human could make me!

I feel that as a mum we should all take a moment each day to just be thankful and remind ourselves how truly lucky we are to be able to call ourselves mums! I often worried when I was younger about what if.. what if I was one of the unlucky women who couldn't have children. I think because it was the one thing I knew I always wanted and the one thing I was sure about, I was always worried about the what ifs. I am so so so grateful that I am so lucky to have been able to experience the joy of growing and nurturing my tiny baby girl. 

I have had such a lovely relaxing day! My baby gave me a gorgeous card that she had coloured for me and a picture of us together! I'm sure I have her daddy to thank as well! ;) 

I know some people say mothers day is over rated and just a way for shops to make money, but really what is so wrong with celebrating our mothers, I know I couldn't live without mine. She has shown me how to be a great mother and I hope I can be as wonderful to Skye as she has been to me! 

We don't always say it enough but I love my mum, and I hope when Skye is older she looks up to me as much as I do to my mum!!

Being a mum isn't easy, but it is definitely worth every sleepless night, every early morning, every giggle, smile, cuddle and kiss. I sure know now what others meant when they said being a mother is like watching your heart wander around outside of your body.

So happy mothers day to all the other mummy's out there, I hope you all had a lovely day, and you all feel as blessed as I do to be able to call yourself a mummy! :)