In less than 4 weeks time, my little monkey will be 2 years old! WTF? How did that happen so quickly? It feels like the last year (almost 2 actually) have flown by in the blink of an eye. Granted, the first 14 months passed in a sort of haze due to my PND but … Continue reading Party planning commences
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Today Tristan made a wee in his potty for the first time! He's wee'd outside and in the shower lots before but was our first potty wee! So chuffed that he did it! There's something I've been thinking about a lot recently and I feel I need to put it down. The other day at … Continue reading Tuesday 14 November 2017
Our first family holiday
Our first family holiday. Shaun, Tristan and I set off on 14th October on a 2,5 week family holiday around the Eastern Cape. We had no idea what the trip was going to throw at us in relation to traveling with a toddler but we were all very excited! We had a lot of car … Continue reading Our first family holiday
Friday 27 October
Friday 27 October, So I'm actually writing this entry on 1st November because we've been away on an amazing family holiday around the Eastern Cape, but I needed to capture this blog so here goes... Last night around 1am I heard Tristan walking through to our room (we were staying at Kariega Game Reserve, main … Continue reading Friday 27 October
A family holiday
A family holiday. I'm writing this as we are 10 days into our 17 day family holiday. I'm lying in bed at Oceana Beach & Wildlife Reserve next to hubby and T is sleeping in his bed a few meters away from me. What a magical time we've had thus far. I'll post more on … Continue reading A family holiday
Life update
A life update. Tristan is such a joy at the moment! He's on school holidays (just for a week) and we've been having such fun together. We've had lie-in's till 6:30am which has been amazing and then the best snuggles in bed until breakfast time. We've gone to gym, had smoothies and lots of laughs … Continue reading Life update
Slow down
Slow down. So my friend Amy (you can read her blog here) just sent us (Champagne Club - will explain more about them in another post) the link to the most beautiful song. It's called Slow Down by Nichole Nordeman. It's basically a mom singing to her son/daughter about slowing down the growing up process. … Continue reading Slow down
Stay at home mum
Yup, that's me, a stay at home mum. Well that's not entirely true, I also have a business (Southey Travel and Family Travel South Africa) that I am working hard to get going again. So, being a stay at home mum to most people means that I sit around all day twiddling my thumbs and … Continue reading Stay at home mum
The days are long but the years are short
The days are long but the years are short. I'm sitting here thinking back just a couple of months and thinking to myself, how was I ever going to get Tristan to drop his nighttime bottle and eventually sleep in a big bed. Fast forward to now and he's not only dropped his bedtime bottle … Continue reading The days are long but the years are short
A mind dump
A mind dump. We moved Tristan into a big boy bed (i.e. a 3/4 bed with a roll guard) and he's sleeping so much better! The other morning he slept till 7:30am; it was pure bliss!!! He's also being super cute and his vocabulary has grown so much! He's been off school for a while … Continue reading A mind dump