Showing posts with label harper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harper. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

13 weeks today!

It's been 13 weeks since Harper was born, and god GOD has it gone quickly. It feels like I only had her yesterday... Well, time-wise at least - I don't still feel like I've been hit by a bus (thank heavens for small mercies). It's amazing how much she's changed since then though, because 13 weeks (3 months tomorrow in fact) really isn't that much time in the grand scheme of things.
In that time Harper has gone from being a tiny baby who pretty much cried, slept, ate and pooped, to a bigger baby who does all that still, but smiles, 'chats', grumbles, looks for her mummy and daddy and tries her damned hardest to roll back onto her back when she rolls on to her front (and then gets cross when she can't). She also tries to grab things now and very rarely misses - showing that she already has better hand-eye coordination than her clumsy mother.

Looking at her comparison pictures through the weeks is amazing, I can't believe how much she's grown and changed, it makes you realise that she's not going to look the same from one week to the next and as the days go by she is learning, growing and changing all the time. I've been meaning to put them all side-by-side for a few weeks, and now that I have it's hit me like a ton of bricks how much she's grown since day one, and though you don't see it in the pictures really, she's getting a little personality too. It's the best thing in the world to wake up to a cheeky smiling baby first thing in the morning, not so much when she realises that she's positively starving and starts screaming at you for her bottle!

At this point, we have a sort of routine established, but obviously her napping schedule is now a little unpredictable still, more-so now that she sleeps through the night. Sometimes she has sleepy days, other times she does. Not. Sleep. All. Day. Those are long days. Very, very long days because it's usually accompanied by a lot of whining because she's tired. She's so nosey though, that it sometimes gets the better of her, so much to look at, she couldn't possibly sleep!

Her 13 week picture and her 3 month picture are very similar this month, and that would be because I took them both today on account of her injections being tomorrow - she was poorly last week. So the 3 month picture will be posted at some point this week, it all just depends on how my little gets on with her vaccinations this time because she didn't like them at all last time (and neither did I!) In my next update I will be reviewing a beautiful handmade candle made by Kayleigh at Wyatt's Little Cavern, I've provided the link for you to go and check out in the meantime!

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Oh, Hello!

The first words I ever said to my daughter, and apparently the first that I'll write to you. It seems to be my go-to thing when I don't really know what to say. I never know what to say in introductions.
You know when you see someone you like sat across from you and you want to introduce yourself, but you're not sure how? Well, this is that. I want to introduce myself (and my family of course) to you, but... I'm not sure where to start really. I guess it'll have to be with my name!
I am Laura, I'm 23 years old, I am married to Elliott and he is 26. We have a little girl called Harper who was born in March this year and I am taking the 5 minutes I have to myself until she inevitably wakes up to write this. She's snoring though, I might even have 10! On to us, anyway!

We are your average young family from Essex, England. Well and truly average. Elliott is working on running his own business and I am a stay at home mummy to my gorgeous little girl. We don't have a parenting style really(that's a thing I see online a lot) we just seem to do what works for us. We use cloth nappies, so if I';m not consoling a crying child, feeding said child or trying (and often failing) to keep my house tidy, I am up to my elbows in washing. I wouldn't have it any other way though. You'll quite often see me talk about cloth nappies, the ones we use most often are tots bots easyfit or other various all in ones- I strive to find the laziest ways to be eco-friendly. 

In my (limited) spare time I like to take photos (my instagram is 'mummysee_mummydo'), draw, paint, make... anything really! I am so excited about one day being able to paint and make a big mess with Harper - though that won't be for a little while yet, so please don't think I'm wishing her life away because I am enjoying every second of being her Mummy (well, almost, being pooed on isn't entirely enjoyable). Before I ramble on about myself too much, which I probably already have, I'll leave you with a couple of links that you might want to follow to find out more about me and my family:
And if you want to contact me for any reason, you can email me right here!