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!

No MPM this week!

As you may have noticed i didn't post my meal plan yesterday, Ok I'll admit I've been a little lazy lately but also it's my birthday on Wednesday, so I know we have plans to go for a meal or two and go round to see my mum who is flying over from Cyprus on Wednesday night, so we'll be out a lot.

As for last week I feel I have been a bit MIA, but i promise to make up for it.
Here's a preview of what's coming up over this week...

Aria's Bumbo Review

Project Fill -o- Frame

Rainbow Birthday Cake

Aria's Food Diary #1

There we go, so I'll hopefully get all this out in consecutive days so keep a look out for it!

Also just as an after thought, I think I might link up my instagram to the blog, and add a bloglovin link too!

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!

Meal Planning Mondays

I have so may ideas for this blog, unfortunately I'm not the best when it comes to time management and i get easily distracted. But hopefully i plan on writing maybe 2-3 times a week.
One thing i want to try is to do a Meal Planning Monday post, a brilliant idea from the blog At Home with Mrs M.

Every Sunday night / Monday morning, i want to sit down and plan ahead the weeks evening meals. At the moment, tea time is a last minute thought that often ends up in us ordering a takeout or banging a frozen pizza in the oven. 

Simon often works late and rather than cooking twice it would be good to have quick easy meals to make up when he gets home or meals that can be reheated and don't end up tasting like baby food. 

So whilst writing this post, i already started planning which then lead to me checking the fridge for what foods we can use up, ultimately leading to me cleaning out the fridge and re-organising the freezer... see what i mean about being easily distracted? 

Really fancy having prawns next week which isn't like me at all as I'm not a big fan of seafood, maybe I'll try and make a paella or a curry. I'm also going to make my first chilli con carne :O   

Anyway I'm just waiting for Aria to wake up from her nap and then we're off to Morrisons to get some bits for the week. Simon finishes work at 4 but if I wait for him we'll only end up buying a load of crap, so we have venture alone.

I haven't yet mentioned Simon works at a Leisure centre and on Monday they are having a family fun day, where employees and members families can come in and they have a BBQ and other fun family activities, so I think we're going to go with Simon's mum and his little brother A.

A's 7 so i think he might enjoy it, might try to get him to partake in the egg and spoon race or something equally embarrassing for him ;) 

Think I'm going to have a quick coffee while I wait for Aria.