Just a thought....

Hi all!

We are nearing Brooke's 6 month birthday!! So I will do a post on that later this week but today I wanted to jot down a little thought that has swirling around in my head lately.

Every female knows that its sometimes hard to get along with other females. I kind of view us like cats and view men like dogs. You can put any two dogs together and they just enjoy each others company! Put two different cats together though and you will have a hard situation on your hands. Sometimes they get along, sometimes they don't. It's the weirdest thing, they are the same species right? But their cattitudes always get in the way haha.

I find that with other women its the same thing, there is alot of back talk and judgement. I have felt this especially since having children. Other women are so easy to judge you and be mean about things that you chose to do. Even at the shops I have had random people ask me if my baby is dressed warmly enough or why they are eating chocolate cookies {cookie club is made for Mum's to have peaceful shops...just saying}.

So anyways, my point to all of this is that there is no reason for people to be like this other than insecurity. I try and remember that and try my best to be as nice to everyone as I can be. Why not? Do you really want to be horrible, what does that achieve in the end? Woman need to start working well with each other rather then making each other feel worse.

That being said, I also wanted to note that we went to a bachelor finale party last night at my friends house. It was full of woman and we all got along really well {go figure!}. I like when woman make each other feel good about themselves! Anyways, both blobs came with me and Carly and were very well behaved! My friend made bachelor bingo cards which was super fun as well. Then we all got red roses as a parting gift. Best thing about Mondays is The Bachelor haha.

Anyways, thanks for listening to my little rant! Here is a picture of us from lastnight :) xxx

Bennett's first hair cut

Well today was supposed to be Bennett's first hair cut. I actually had this nervous feeling all morning like I was doing the wrong thing. His curls are just so cute and I have heard from other Mum's that after their babies first cut, the curls didn't always come back again.

I booked anyways as it looks like he stuck his finger in an electric socket most the time. His hair is crazy Afro if I don't wash it in the morning and in the evening.  So I took some really sweet "before" pictures and proceeded to the hair dressers.

When we got there, it was a mass of children everywhere and we were greeted by this rude teenager at the desk. After asking me to spell Bennett's name about 1000 times, she then said that he wasn't booked in. So a little battle ensued between me and her. Basically I said I did book and she went as far as to asking me to prove it by showing her my phone records! Worse things happen in life, so I wasn't upset. Just confused as to why people can be so rude sometimes!

Anyways, no harm was done and the bright side is that until I book another appointment, I get to look at this sweet mess of curls for a little longer :)

                     

Brooke is 5 months!

Our little chubster is 5 months old! I have mixed feelings on this, I kind of am "where is the time going?!" panicky but then it really does feel like forever since I was at hospital delivering her. Her monthly updates seem to approach way slower then Bennett's did...so that's a good thing.

I love infants at 5 months and am looking forward to this upcoming month with my little Brookey. She is at the age now where she is getting more independent but is still so cuddly and cute. My favourite thing is waking up in the morning and seeing her smiling face waiting for me to get her from her crib. My other child is a little grump in the morning, so she is a nice balance haha.

This last month was a good one. She is loving her little blobby life. She enjoys seeing Bennett and it doesn't matter what he does to her...if it's attention from him, she takes it. A good example of this was the other day when he was KICKING her in the face. It was gentle but still not the nicest thing in the world. Brooke didn't mind though, she would smile in between kicks {with tears in her eyes} and let out a little laugh. It was so funny to watch, Bennett obviously thought so. I think he was amazed as to why she was so happy for him to be doing that. My sister also caught a really sweet moment the other day too where Brooke was crying and Bennett got up on the couch and just stared at her/put his head on her lap until she stopped. In the end he had her smiling at him. It was ADORABLE people. These blobs of mine are just so cute.

We are heading to England next month with them both and I can't wait! Brace yourselves for that blog post, it will be a big one!

Now onto the 5 month stats :)

WEIGHT: I don't know! I haven't weighed her yet this month but will update this blog as soon as I do! UPDATE: Brooke is 16.6 lbs! Bennett was 16 on the dot so they are evening out now.
ROUTINE: Her routine is coming along quite nicely. She sleeps a few times in the day {usually at least once in the AM and once in the PM} and then goes down for the night around 10 pm. She tends to wake up around 6:45 when Ryan is getting ready for work. He usually just gives her a little kiss before he goes and then I just let her fall back asleep. She then will wake up around 8 for the morning.
EATING: She is still on her formula about 5 times a day. This girl has no trouble getting that stuff down!
MILESTONES: This child is rolling!!! It is with great encouragement but she can now roll from front to back. The other day she also did this random roll from back to front but has yet to do it again. My children both like to make me wait a little longer for their milestones haha. I have also been trying to get her to sit up but that is something she just isn't interested in yet. Even sitting her upright on the couch is a task. She much prefers to just lay down and rest. If we sit her up on our lap facing us, she usually ends up in a weird crouchy position on her knees about an inch away from our face. It's entertaining at least :)

Now for her 5 month pictures :)

           

and as always, the five month comparison....

Happy Valentines day!

Ok I know we are two days late....but thought I would share a few pictures from Feb 14! xxx

Total fail.....we tried to get a good shot haha

               

My sweet loves!

A little bit of Bennett

I feel like Bennett needs to make a small appearance on this blog. I miss doing his monthly updates so thought I would jot down some things about his life lately.

He has a MOP of curly hair. Like seriously, its an afro every morning and a tight head of ringlets after bath every night. It seemed to grow furiously after his first birthday only three months ago. I love it dearly and was hoping not to have to cut it but I think this weekend may be the weekend to book him in. It's at that unruly stage.

This child is accident prone. Being a boy, he seems to get into everything. I turn my back for one second and he is standing on the coffee table or sitting in a cupboard. I swear he gives me a heart attack on the daily. Just last night, he was playing a game of giving me this toy cat and then taking it away {which he found ridiculously funny}. During the "take away" part, he got abit wobbly walking away and literally fell flat on his face, making his nose bleed. Even though Brooke is alot younger, I can already see how much more delicate she is in general. I suppose its just another thing to love about baby boys.

He is a really good independent play time. This may of been a little forced by getting a sister at only 10.5 months but he is content to sit quietly in his toy corner and play by himself. It works wonders when I am occupied with Brooke and it's nice to see him enjoy his toys so much. He also loves books. He will bring them up to me all the time so I can read to him. I sometimes even put him to bed with a book which he will lay with and look at until he falls asleep. It's adorable!

Peppa pig is still on in our house daily. The child just LOVES this show. He also is good at watching a movie or other shows but NOTHING captures his attention like Peppa. I hope it lasts as long as possible because it is a great thing for me when I have to do something pressing. I honestly know that if its on, he will not move from the spot he is sitting.

His words are currently limited to "Da-da" and "Na-na". I feel like he can say other words but chooses not to. I constantly get other parents telling me how many things their baby can say and asking me how many mine can. I am like "two and one I don't even think is a word". Then they awkwardly but politely tell me how boys are slower to talk anyways HAHA. We joke that he is actually unlearning how to talk because I swear he said more words on cue before he was 1 then after.

Bennett is still a sleeper! This kid is so good at napping when I put him down. It makes it easier knowing that I have a few free hours in the day if I can simultaneously get these blobs to nap {which is happening right now! Hence the blog post}.

In my eyes, this child is perfect. I am still obsessed with my beautiful, bright eyed, round faced, gap tooth, smiley little boy. How could I not be?! xxx

Yes that is food on his mouth, you win some you lose some ;)

Superdry

One of my new years resolutions was to lose weight, surprising right? haha. I seriously put that every year and the only year I actually did it was my wedding. You know how I did it? I bought a dress that was two sizes too small! Big risk and it ended up being SUPER stressful {Carly was on the receiving end of most of my worried talks} but it worked!!! I JJJJUUUUSSSSTTT managed to get into that dress about a week before the wedding.

...and it you're wondering....NO I cannot get into this dress anymore. I have tried

I wish I could have another wedding to inspire me {to the same person just to clear that up haha} but that probably isn't in the cards right now. So instead I have decided the only way is to buy clothes too small for me.

First purchase, this SUPER COOL Superdry jacket. I actually totally copied my trendy Mum because she already owns this jacket in black. I don't care though, I LOVE IT! As soon as I saw her in it, I hoped to get one for myself. Then this week, they went on sale for half price! I immediately went to order one but of course my size was all sold out. Wah. So I decided this will be my first investment into something that is smaller then I am. It will arrive today, so hopefully it wont turn out to be unachievably {is that a word?} smaller.

I will keep you posted, the hope is that I can wear it for our holiday to England at Easter. My Mum and me will be able to walk around in matching jackets. Ummmm how cool will that be?! I mean, how cool will WE be? hahaha xxx

             

Teething?!

Poor little Brooke had a bad weekend. I am not sure but I believe it might be teething. I didn't expect her to teeth until later like Bennett {who I thought would forever just have a huge gummy smile haha} but I know this is usually the time they can start.

On Friday she got the big D along with the sorest bum I have ever experienced. I don't think Bennett has ever had a diaper rash this bad. Needless to say, I have had the LONGEST and HARDEST four days of Motherhood. She is so uncomfortable and is easy to upset. Even little Bennett has been trying to calm her down haha. We have been giving her baking soda baths, changing her diaper as soon as anything makes it presence day and night and also applying extra strength zinc cream. Nothing seems to be working :(

Even though I am truly exhausted and in need of a week of sleep, I just look at that sweet face and can't not want to help her! Motherly instinct is honestly the craziest thing. I hope that it starts to show signs of healing otherwise I may have to take her to the docs {which is always fun with two babies haha}.

Anyways, Carly has agreed to start taking them Tuesdays and Thursdays every week now to help me get some work done. So I thought I would quickly jot down our current dilemma before I get stuck into my work. Anyone that has suggestions {maybe some old tricks}, please let me know! In the meantime I will look at this sweet face and hope she feels better soon! xxx

Brooke is 4 months old!

My little baby girl is four months old as of Tuesday! I think I say this every time but I just can't get over my sweet little ball of chubby baby! She is perfect to me!

Her personality has really started to shine through now and it's darling. This month Bennett began to interact with her more too. She gets the hugest smile on her face whenever he even looks her way, it's pretty much the cutest thing ever!

Now Brooke is more aware, I have started to read to her. No surprise that she loves Peppa Pig books as it is ALWAYS present in our house hold. Whether Bennett is watching the show, playing with the toys or reading the books/magazines...it tends to be Peppa. My parents got Bennett a George pig backpack from England, so I got Brooke the matching pink Peppa pig one while I was last there {just in case she turned into a Peppa pig fan like her brother}. I can just imagine them packing up their backpacks for trips!! This is one of the nice things about having them only 10.5 mths apart...they will enjoy alot together :)

Anyways, here are Brooke's updated stats for 4 months!

Weight: 14.8lbs

Routine: Bennett has a bath every night so Brooke has started to join in every other night. Her skin is too sensitive to have one every night. I have started to begin the bedtime routine at 9:00 pm, we do baths first and then get them ready. Even if she doesn't have one, we all go upstairs to help Bennett and get them both changed. Ryan drys off Bennett and gets him ready for bed {which usually entails them playing around laughing their heads off} while I usually sort out Brooke. It's then a quick book for both and Bennett is put down in his crib. I will give Brooke one more bottle after Bennett is down and this sends her into dream world. She then is asleep until about 8:00-9:00 am the next day! Sometimes if she wakes during the night we will pull her into our bed and she drifts off again. Her naps are pretty consistent too, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Two sweet blobs sleeping in the bed :)

Eating: Brooke still is on her formula. Other than that, I occasionally put a little rice cereal on her soother while I am feeding Bennett.

Sizes:  3 month clothing is definitely snug on this one now. I have started to bring out the 3-6 month and even 6 month in some of the clothing! It's nice to give her chub rolls some breathing room haha.

Milestones: She is now into holding peoples hands. She always did this of course but now it seems that she actually wants to. When she is upset, having a finger to grip onto actually settles her down!. This month she also started to laugh! It's not a true laugh yet but she actually smiles and sort of laughs...especially when she is being tickled. Last thing, which is not really a milestone is that Brooke started to sit in the Bumbo!! I love how she is upright in it, even Bennett seems puzzled by the fact that she is able to sit in his toy area with him..

So there is all the updated info for our little baby girl! Below are a few four month pictures and one compared to Bennett at that same age. As you can probably tell, I love my sweet blobs! xxx    

                 

             

and the comparison picture!......

New Years 2015

Ok last of the holiday catch up posts! Yay!

Lets talk about New Years! I am actually a huge HUGE fan of the New Years celebrations. I feel like it extends the holiday season and is festive/fun to partake it. I never miss a countdown.

No I did not take this. Actually I was no where near London this year on Dec 31 but it still is amazing to look at! 

What I also love about new years is the resolutions that come with it. Yes I am THAT person that relentlessly makes resolutions every year in order to become a better human being. It's like wiping the slate clean. I try and jot them down on this blog to hopefully have some responsibility of keeping them. I am fully aware it is actually Jan 13, so lets just consider that the start of the new year haha.

Last year I had some really ambitious resolutions which of course I didn't manage keep. So this year I decided to compliment my ambitious ones with some simpler ones. This means I can feel at least somewhat accomplished by the end of the year :) Anyways, here they are!

1. Learn a second language {Italian or French...maybe both if I am feeling up to it!}
2. Have a better routine {Getting up before the babes is primarily what I am hoping to do.
    Showering before lunch would feel like an achievement in itself}
3. Be more organized with paperwork
4. Lose weight {surprising I know}
5. Meditate {starting with an app called Headspace}
6. Log all my gazillion passwords into a log book
7. Save more money{We managed to enter 2015 without debt...minus our large mortgage that has barely been touched and our financed vehicle haha....but I would like to enter 2016 with some savings behind us. Basically so I can go out and spend it...what else is money for?! :) }
8. Travel to England {tentatively planned for Easter!}

So there you have it, 2015 lets see what you have in store! xxx

And since a post of mine always has pictures, here some phone pictures from New Years Eve!

Christmas tree pics

Yes people I am still trying to blog about our Christmas haha. Last post I swear!

For Christmas 2013 I had a little 8 week old baby boy. Although I really couldn't get him to smile, taking a picture in front of the tree was a breeze.

For some reason I could only find it off Instagram but oh well...here it is!!!

Since I am the queen of comparison pictures {monthly, annually, every holiday....you get the point}, I thought I would get a shot again of Bennett and now Brooke on for Christmas 2014.

Yeah ok, not so easy.....

As you can see, they just were not in the mood! Half my pics are blurry because I am single handedly trying to take the picture, get them to smile, not steal each others soothers {which Bennett did!} and stay on the chair hahaha. Anyways, I am still not happy without a good shot of them both in front of the tree so it has remained up in hopes that my little munchkins MIGHT be cooperative today? Wish me luck!!! xxx