Making the most of the sunshine

It's no secret that sunshine in England is as rare as _______.. i want to say rocking horse shit am i allowed to say that on here? Urm, fill in the blank with something rare of your choice. So when it made an appearance today i popped Rio into his pushchair and took him on his first trip to the park. I know i know, 10 months old and hasnt been? What a bad mother. This one even has ducks..bonus! Two birds with one stone and all that.

 

 



We both had such a lovely day :) ..baby group tomorrow if we are up and ready in time. Why do they make these things so early and at the other end of yonder?

In the time it takes to make a bottle

In mummyworld you have to multitask if you want to get anything done. Around 2.30 i know that Rio wanting a bottle is going to mean a nap for a few hours. I know that if i want to get anything else done before Craig gets in from work it needs to be in the few minutes while that bottle cools/warms. Because after that, i let Rio doze away on my lap while i relax and watch abit of tele.

Turn the kettle on

Get out a bottle

Get out the jug

Stir the stew in the slow cooker

Let the dog out for a wee

& take the bottles on the side out to the green recycle box

Check on Rio

Kettles boiled

Pour water into jug

Put bottle in jug.

Wipe water off side from leaky kettle

Put jug on the fireplace

Tidy away toys

Test bottle

Put back in the water

Dash upstairs for a last chance toilet stop

Tidy away OH's morning mess

Dash downstairs

Check Rio's okay

Tidy away toys again, sneaky Rio

Check bottle

Pour water down sink

Put away jug

Let the dog back in

Pick up Rio

Get comfy together on sofa

Feed

Rio sleeps, i watch Charmed (guilty pleasure)

 

Rio 10 month update

By-eck the dont stay clean for long..even in pjs ;)

- I never thought snorting like a piggy when you laugh could be adorable but it is when Rio does it!
- He can say bounce, whereisit, itsthere etc
- He's started pouting when something annoys him..again so adorable!
- He can climb on a low sofa
- I was told i can have another 3 weeks on maternity leave as ive got holidays to use up..yay!!

Baby bargain!

Im so glad i didnt start project 365, project 52 is hard enough at the moment! I thought it would be a doddle as i love taking pictures of Rio, but nope. He would much rather crawl after his ball or crawl towards the camera like a little speedy whizz and ruin that perfect little close up you were about to take. So this week i took my camera over to my sisters and bribed Annalise to pose for a few photos.

 

 

This is my favourite book to read to Rio at the moment. I've just googled for a picture & noticed used ones are going for around £16, i got it for 10p in a charity shop..bargain!!

 

I love reading, and reading to Rio so feel free to leave any recommendations!

Its that time of week again where, for three hours, Craig takes Rio to his parents and i get to have a nice long soak and catch up on my programmes and blog reading. Its getting easier over time but i still really dont like it.

Soooo what has been happening in mummy world since the last post?

Rio's talking alot more, walking with the furniture and generally just growing up :( boo!

Pancake day
My mum text me saying if you want to make pancakes you do it the same as yorkshire puddings but with different flour. Yeah that doesnt help mum, i buy my yorkies not make them! I may of slow cooked a stew the other day, and decided to make a birthday cake..but im not that much of a domestic godess. I dont even really like them, i can eat one or two paper thin ones with sugar and strawberry jam but thats my limit.

Valentines day
I dont need a day to know how much i love Craig, or him show me how much he loves me. If i didnt get a card that would be a different story though haha. This years wasnt as fancy pantsy as usual. We didnt go out for a meal. I didnt light the candles and go all romantic. But it was lovely just the same. Our first valentines as a family. I wonder how long the "you dont have to buy me a present you already gave me the best present ever" thing will last? My birthday perhaps.

Me: Wheres my cooplands gingerbread heart?
Him: Arghhh they asked me aswell but i didnt have enough money on me
Me: But you had enough money for your sandwiches?
Him: Yeah
Me: Then you should of put them back!

Sorry for the lack of photos, i will get back into the swing of it this week!

Call me crazy

 

Call me crazy but ive just decided that im going to make Rio's birthday cake myself, its two months away so in terms of finding someone to design and fit you in for a cake..its fast approaching!

I googled some designs and found the perfect one. Nothing over the top, just a perfect first birthday cake. I then asked around for good local cake makers and narrowed it down..one even lives round the corner from me. What are the chances of that? But then a thought hit me, a crazy thought seems as though ive never even made a cake.. nevermind a birthday cake complete with icing and decoration. ID MAKE IT MYSELF! So yeah, call me crazy but i think it will be such a special gesture with it being his first birthday. And well.. if it goes wrong he's not really old enough to eat it anyway is he? Or at least then id have a good idea to splash out on a cake smash photo shoot.

Watch this space in April haha!

Have you ever attempted it? I bet some of you are secret baking godesses.

Self activating toys!!

You know that moment when your little one is napping and your relaxing on the sofa when suddenly the toys start activivating themselves? Yeah this post is about that.

Rio got the laugh and play puppy for christmas. Sometimes he likes it, sometimes he doesnt. 90% of the time its sat on his pushalong in silence..until last night! Why must they do that? Now im not normally phased about spooky things, hey its frequent talk topic in our family, we all like abit of paranormal but when it involves children or childrens toys? Blerghhhh!! Heeby jeebies. That little puppy randomly saying "bye bye" nearly made me have my first case of post child incontinence.

So do your childrens toys like to set themselves off? Apparently its another thing i need to get used to in mummyworld!

PrinterPix Photo Competition

Hello fellow mummy bloggers, tots100 are holding a competition with the chance to win a brand new bridge camera, memory card & as if that wasnt enough.. £100 to spend on the Printerpix website!!Someone is going to be a lucky blogger. So if you havent already go check that out, you've got to be in it to win it, and someone has to so why not?

This is my entry for the babies under 2 category.

 

Theres times when someone comes into your life and changes it for the worst...and theres times when someone comes and changes it for the better. Rio is the latter. If you asked me two years back if i thought that at the age of 21 id have a baby i would of told you that you were years out, maybe forever out. But sometimes life isnt meant to go to plan. Five years into mine and Craigs relationship along came little Rio. 6lb6oz of pure perfection. I didnt cry straight away when he was born, i always thought i would. But truth is it happened so fast (7minutes pushing) that i was just in awe of this little bundle suddenly on my chest. It was when i remembered Craig was actually in the room with me haha, and i saw the look in his eyes that the tears started! This picture sums that up & brings it back to me everytime.

For now i can remember every little second from then until now. But this blog is for when i cant. The pictures, the words, catching all those little memories..because afterall, there the ones that make us smile!

“This post is [walkingtalkingpollypockets] entry into the Printerpix Photo competition.”

Whats mischief up to this week?

- Rio started not liking bits on his hands, he'll sit and stare at them and try wipe things off
- He stood up on his own, not holding onto anything!
- Then took a few steps when Craig called his name until he realised what he was doing
- He tries to walk with furniture
- We're trying to get him back in his cot, and he'll get so tired he's like a little drunk man falling asleep sat up and toppling over
- He'll say baa baa bla, when your singing/ or he wants you to sing, baa baa black sheep..
- He said whereissy (he is he), when finding my dad during hide and seek

 

- Rio had his first fall with top teeth..equalling his first bloody lip :(

-Whenever you say somethings nice he goes "nom nom" even if its not food related

- He's started dancing and whenever he hears music or you tell him too he'll go "dan" and bop around

- When you hold his hands to 'walk' he'll run after a ball & kick it (like father like son)

-He crawls on all fours 90% of the time now instead of super speed snipering

-He was hopping around in his walker only for me to realise i hadnt put his legs in right..bad mummy moment oops!

- Operation tone up the wobbly bits started!