Hola, wonderful people of cyberland…yes, yes, don’t be alarmed – I am actually posting TWO days in a row. Don’t worry, the sky is not about to fall nor is mercury in retrograde. Its just me popping in to announce the WINNER of our awesome little Love to Dream giveaway! That’s right! If you were one of the smart little buggers who checked out my review of their Swaddle UP, and entered the giveaway, best you listen up!!
The lucky fish of our Love to Dream giveaway is… Continue reading
Sooo…number one question I’ve been asked since baby number four born? That’s right, you guessed it, “So how is it with four kids?”, “How are you coping with four?”, “what’s life like with four?”….you get the point.
Now with Remy-James being 2 months already, I have SOOOO much I want to share with you (honestly, just so much – Im bursting at the seams already) but such is newborn life that I don’t ever get the time to put ink to these thoughts, and when I do happen upon that rare free moment, the mental perspicacity is never there to truly paint an accurate picture of my thoughts. (and on the super rare moments that the stars align and I actually have both, I realise my tits are rock hard & I need to pump…That’s so very hashtag breastfeeding life for ya!) Needless to say, Im currently sitting with two hard knockers as I type this and figured, with so much still to share but so little time, this is the best place to start: How is life with Four Kids.
Now, I almost get it. I can kind of understand why people ask this: because, I suppose most wonder, how on earth could anyone cope right? Now, in the Continue reading
Ahh, Swaddling, one of the cornerstone tricks in the motherhood trade. And love it or hate it, it’s a little skill you’ll inevitably have a brush with during the newborn days with baby….Now, I’m not gonna lie. I definitely have a love-hate relationship with swaddling.
*Shock, horror, disbelief*
Yes, t’is true. I do.
Now, I know all about the solid benefits of swaddling, and I have love for it purely because when in the time of need, swaddling can truly work magic. However there’s also a very small list of reasons why i’m not always a fan of it. And I know, I’m not alone in that. So when Love to Dream asked me to try out their Stage One – Swaddle UP, I was open to seeing if it could swing me. And now, after trialing it, I can honestly say Continue reading
If youre wondering what the hell am I doing still trying to get a Vday blog post out when I have a fresh-ish newborn on my arm, and should instead be grabbing some much needed sleep. The answer is, I also don’t know really. Cause I seriously need my sleep.
But maybe it’s the fact that Continue reading
Our son finally has his full name. I know, maybe it’s weird to you that he only got his name a good few days after he arrived. Or maybe not…but definitely not the norm for us… But there we were cuddling our fresh newborn when the midwife asked for his full name and Mike and I both stammered,and giggled to each other as we realised we hadn’t finalized our decision yet.
So when lots of you were asking Continue reading
He’s here. Our son.
So, no, that’s not some new years resolution mumbo jumbo for a post title up there. Im actually referring to the arrival of our brand new little boy…Who,with great love and laughter- laughter evoked by his very specific chosen Continue reading
Note: yes, yes, I’ll give you a chance to get back up on your chair- I’m actually publishing a post. I know, it’s been a while. And it’s not just the first for the year, but the first in a very long time. And I’m so glad. Feels good. And because of this, I wanted to catch you up a bit. So much has already happened, but pls allow me to just wormhole a bit back before we get to the real juicy bits. Like let’s role back to 29 December…when I actually wrote this draft post:
I can’t believe it’s all coming to an end…this chapter in our lives…
The baby making chapter…like how did it get to the end so fast? It was only the other day Mike and I agreed that we’d like to start expanding our adventure team ( the irony in how our adventures actually went a notch down because of the expansion is not lost me, by the way )..and here we are..at the cusp of the end of it all…the baby that will never be in my belly again(?)…
The last time I’ll Continue reading
Alrighty….so you’ve got yourself an Elf. Go, you! (You, sucker you!) 😉 You think you’re pretty prepared to suddenly unleash this amazeball Christmas magic into your home, now with this little dude at your side. You have visions of sugarplums and suddenly well-behaved kids dancing in your head. And thanks to this new North Pole Squatter, youre imagining kiddies so happy and gleeful, with their eyes so wide with wonder that you’re already tapping yourself on the back for being the best-most-fun mom ever! You also have it in your pretty little head that you are going to rock the shishkebab out of posing this Elf every. single. morning..for the ENTIRE month… because you’re so sure you’ve got ideas till the cows come home…
Until, that is, day three rolls around, and you wake up realizing that the kids woke up well before you, and you haven’t set the Elf up anywhere. You break out into a light panic, as the words “holy shit balls” slips from your lips, and start scrambling across your bed, half naked in hopes of making it into your lounge before your kids do…And in your stressed out state, you are now creatively stuck to Continue reading
(Note: this post was written in first week of November, but here we are, almost end November and Im only just publishing it – such is life right now. Busy, busy, busy…or to be more accurate: tired, tired, tired, cant get anything done, so tired.)
Holy smokes guys! If there was ever a busy month for us, it would have to be October. I never realised it before, I always tought it was December, but I was wrong. Like, move over December, you’ve got nuthin’ the Porter October! I mean, firstly, we spend the month working on our Halloween pre-game, decking out our home with all cobwebs, skulls, flying broomsticks, floating candles and witch hats and apothecary jars. We have Harry Potter nights, plan for our annual Halloween bash. And then there’s Parker’s birthday, along with a fun night of trick-or-treating, and who can forget our super exciting gender reveal. And the whole month eventually crescendos with Parker’s birthday celebrations.
Of course, afterwards, I then promptly drop down dead on the floor, like a possessed woman who’s finally been let go…except I collapse into a Continue reading
[EDIT: Due to non-claiming, a new Winner is announced!]
So, to start your week off on a great note, Im just popping in to announce the winner of the cute little Elf For Christmas, that was selected yesterday! Also, here’s to help heat up your Christmas spirit, with yet another festive post! Unfortunately, there is only one winner. So, THANK YOU to everyone who has entered! Also, I hope that even if you didn’t win, that you still took advantage of my discount code?!
But right now, let’s not faff about, lets jump straight into it! The winner is… Continue reading
