The night before the morning after....

My two are really good sleepers, I cannot complain about that. They are such good sleepers that some mornings when we wake up and bring them to our bed so we can spend a few moments with them while we are getting ready they remain asleep... how rude!

This was the night time just before bed, Ollie was watching a movie and Charley was watching him which is her favorite thing to do!

 And then the next morning.... both too sleepy to give me morning kisses!!

BUT on weekends this does not seem to be true - Ollie is up before the sun!!

My loves

I am so in love...

The only reason there are more pics of Charley than Ollie is because she has no choice and Ollie now says NO and runs away! So I am going to take advantage of taking as many pics as I can with my girl before she is able to say no!

A visit with Nan and Gramps

On Saturday we spent the morning with Nan and Grampa as a little early mothers day visit. Ollie loves it there, he thinks he owns the place and enjoys spending time with his Nan and Grampa. Dad stole Charley the whole visit and she was so happy on his lap!

We bought Nan some meringues as a pressie which we all proceeded to eat while Nan napped (shame Nan) and Charley had her first Meringue - she loved it! These times are heartbreaking and special at the same time, we are learning to cherish these moments and not let hurt over shadow our visits.

My happy place

My happy place is cooking or baking when I can do it with undivided attention. I got a chance on Saturday afternoon, it was rainy and cold and baking next to a hot oven was so lovely. I decided to try make a Victoria sponge cake...

It turned out a bit more rustic that I would have liked but it was lots of fun to make.

A lazy mothers day

Mothers day was the best one yet - We all stayed in bed until just after 1pm which was heaven.... brekkie in bed, coffee, movies and lots of cuddles. It was cold and wet so it was the perfect PJ day!

In the afternoon we went out for a late lunch and they happen to have foot massages for the moms and some Rose' which I really enjoyed - It was the best day!

Ollie came home from school very excited about his mothers day pressie for me, Ollie had made biscuits at school for me and I knew he made them himself when I opened the packet and most of the biscuits had a little bite out of them - it made my heart happy!!

I adore these kiddies that made me a momma and I love my husband for making my day so special - a day in my pj's is my most favorite thing!!

My happy eater...

I prayed for two things for my second baba and they have both been answered and then some.The first thing I prayed for is a good sleeper - we got a very good night sleeper which we are grateful for - she isn't the best day sleeper but she always wakes up so happy so its not a problem.
She likes to sleep with a cloth by her face which often ends up over her head (Ollie used to do the same) - this was after she came to us in the morning, she feel back to sleep - I showered, dressed, blow-dried my hair and still she slept!

The second thing I prayed for was a happy eater as I could not fathom fighting every food time and this we granted fully. Charley loves eating anything and everything - she watches when we eat and her eyes beg for a suck- the other day, much to Mikes horror, I gave her a pizza crust to nosh on and she loved it!

 She stole a little piece of Ollie;s toast which she enjoyed....

I love this  child with my whole heart and I can envision many mommy-daughter dates in the future!

My little shopper

Ollie loves shopping with me especially if there is a little trolley. He makes me hand him the groceries so he can put them in, he unpacks them and then hands over my debit card to pay.

It feels like my boy is getting too big too quickly.