Where have I been?!!

Wow, so it's been over a month! Naughty  Danni!! I just really lacked motivation as I always do when starting a new blog, hopefully I'll be back for good now and I think I'll set myself up with a routine where a post maybe 3-4 times a week? I haven't decided yet, as I also have the makeup blog I share with my cousin, thetwotwentysomethings.blogspot.co.uk where we manage a daily post.

Anyway what the heck has been going on in my life? 

As usual D'Baby...

She can now sit up for real! - 12th July, that morning she could only sit up for maybe 5 seconds but after taking her to a soft play area and sitting her in the ball pool, when we brought her home she was sitting like a pro. I swear she learns things in the snap of a finger it's so strange!

Cut her first peggy - 30th July, could quite well have been before then but it was the day it first stabbed me! 

Learnt to crawl - 7th August, completely out of the blue really, again snap of a finger! Now I definitely can't  leave her for a minute, it's all USB sticks in mouth, making friends with plug sockets, and eating foreign objects off the floor from now on! 

8 months on the 8th of the 8th - how did I only just realise that?! We could have had a celebration at 8.08 too! 

So me, I went back to work on the 11th. Don't know how I feel about it yet. It feels strange to be walking without pushing around a pram! I really miss Aria though, B is having her for the time being. The good thing is i really appreciate her a lot more, not that I didn't before but I just give her so much more attention, I got in from work the other day and she was sleeping, I so wanted to wake her up just so I could cuddle her! 

I've also enrolled at the Open University studying Psychology and Child Development, it starts in October and I am beyond excited about it! I'll keep you updated on how that goes. I feel a mahoosive stationary haul coming on! My second favourite haul to makeup! 

I feel like I have so much to talk about but I'm going to end it here for now as i'll be here all day
so for now buhbye!

Aria's Food Diary #2

To be honest i was debating even writing this post because we seem to have gone backwards in the weaning department. Aria had been struggling to poop for about two weeks, i felt so sorry for she would literally scream from the pain. On top of that she's started teething again and she's become such a little grump.

So it was advised that i put her back on her formula for a couple of days, which i did and she eventually got better. Now we've started back with solids but a bit slower than last time.

Toast is her favourite thing at the moment, although I'm a little wary about her choking she seems fine and wolfs it down. 

I tried her with avocado as suggested in the Cow&Gate weaning book, as you can tell she really wasn't happy with it.

The last two  pictures are just of the park where she enjoyed a munch on an ice cream cone.

The this one is probably the worst mess she has ever made so far, she's normally quite a tidy eater, if she likes what she's eating, she loves carrots but for some reason it seemed to go everywhere but her mouth, in her eye, up her nose, all over me!

So like i said, there really wasn't much to say in this instalment, but were getting back on track now so hopefully next time there will be more news!

Backwards Worm and Pink Hair

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, i just don't seem to have had a minute to myself at the moment. Simon and Aria are both in bed so now i have a little quite time.
Well what's new? Seen as though this is a mummy blog I'll give you a quick update on Aria, shes still not sitting up, but has started to crawl (worm as i like to call it) backwards. it means i can't just leave her to play on the floor without watching her as shes always getting in to mischief!
Also she's started trying to climb out of her rocker! She rolls on her side and cocks her leg over, but then she gets all nowty and strain faced when i strap her in!

Caught in the Act!

She's started sucking her toes which is super cute, the first time she did it i was changing her nappy and she just started giggling when she managed to pop her big toe in her mouth.

And! DunDunDun!!! i have finally got her drinking water. Hallelujah! She's getting there using her sippy cup but she prefers it just out of a normal 'big person cup' she kinda laps it up like a little cat bless her.

So what else, or errr i dyed my hair pink... please excuse the shameless selfie, i never normally take them... honest! What possessed me, well i kinda promised a review of a pink hair dye I'd recently bought, on my other blog so i couldn't chicken out could i? I also kinda hate it.. alot, well not the pink, the pink is awesome, but it makes the rest of my hair look really orange! I'm thinking of gradually going blonde all over, but a really light white blonde. Sometimes i really question my sanity...

I really need a project, I've got my scrapbook, but i get so bored easily, I'll eventually go back to it, but I think i need to build up my stock a bit first... hmm time to get on Pintrest for inspiration.


Until next timeee!

Aria's Yak Face(s)

I finished those bloody ponchos! Remind me never to agree to something like that again! They were well appreciated though, his boss bought my food and drinks for the day ^_^ and simon even let me draw a moustache on him!

Bless him, he looks so young on this picture! And look at the ridiculousness of that poncho! You have to laugh!

We're having chilli tonight, although its going to be a late one seen as though Simon won't be home till 11. No wonder we're getting fat from eating at that time of night!

What else, well I think Aria tried to utter her first mama today, twice! I was talking to her on the bed as you do, and she just went mamm ma! then did it again a few seconds later. I know she's too young to start talking with any sort of association yet but it sure melted my heart to hear her say it anyway :') 

I also fed her some banana and mango pudding today, she really wasn't too keen! She kept on making retching noised and going bleughh, her faces were amazing! 

 I actually thought it was quite nice!

On a sad note, on my way in to blogger this morning I happened upon a horrible story about the death of 5 year old Garnett Spears who is said to have died from a sodium overdose inflicted by his mother, who possibly has the psychological disorder Munchausen by proxy. I personally think it's a load of crap and yet another mental health excuse in the hopes of getting off lightly with the law. I'm sorry but this woman knew what she was doing, she knew well enough to try and dispose of the evidence. I'm not saying she meant to kill him but bloody hell, there are other way to get attention, ones that don't cost innocent lives! 

It was so upsetting to read and looking at the silly pictures of Aria above a can't understand how anyone could purposely hurt their own child. You poor beautiful little boy, I hope you are at peace now. 

I just needed to get that rant over and done with it's been niggling me all day and I really wish I hadn't read about it! I don't want to post a link to the story on here but if you want to know the details just google it

I feel like there was something else.. I'll probably remember after I hit publish wont i?

Oh well, Happy Tuesday everyone!

Ponchos and Cheesy Spinach

So you know that family fun day Simon's having at work Monday? They all have to dress up and somehow I've been roped in to making Simon and his boss a Mexican poncho. I found out last night,  it's Sunday today and I'm off to see my grandma later so couldn't get round to the shops to get anything.
I very nearly ended up cutting up this lovely purple blanket from Next, until I remembered we keep a load of old bedding in the attic. So I found a red bed sheet and cut it in two, then cut a hole in the middle of each. Now I've spent most of last night and this afternoon cutting up  bits of wool to make tassels for it.

I wouldn't mind but it looks slightly ridiculous and I seriously underestimated how many tassels I need. Why do I get my self in to things like this :'(

On the plus I've started weaning Aria again, I tried last month after succumbing to 'peer pressure' from Simon's mum who was convinced she was ready. She'd started all her kids on solids at 3 months. I just knew she wasn't ready though, she'd get stressed out and keep spitting it out all the time, it really wasn't fun for either of us.
Now though, she's so much better! I've started her off in the mornings with a sugar free rusk mixed with water or banana porridge. She loves it but it has to be warm. She doesn't quite manage a full rusk but that leaves some for me nom nom! And she has maybe 3-4 baby spoons of the porridge powder with boiled water.

And today I tried her with the Hipp Organic cheesy spinach and potato bake, I thought she'd pull her 'yak' face and spit it out straight away, but the ate a third of the jar with no problems at all! She probably would have had more if I'd give it her. She hardly made any mess either, usually it's all up her nose and in her eyebrows ect.

So we're definitely making progress although I keep trying her with cool boiled water just to give her a bit more fluid that just milk, but she hated it for some reason, she pulls the biggest yak face ever! And it's just water! It has no taste! I don't think I would be the first to admit babies are as confusing as hell!

Aria's First Roll

On Tuesday Aria rolled over for the first time, she's been trying for so long, I have to admit it was frustrating to watch so god knows how she felt.  Luckily I've managed to get it on film, I was determined, every time she played on the floor I was there with my phone ready to capture her first roll.
So here it is...

Ta-Dah!!!

I think Aria was more shocked than anything. She went ridged and super still, when I went to look at her face this was her expression...

It's like 'did I just...?' :O funny baby!