Monday, 28 April 2014

Mason's 10 month update

How is the time going so bloody fast? How is my little baby almost 1 year old?? I look back and miss every second of having a little baby and with everyone around me being pregnant again I just feel so broody!
I always think how lucky I am to have a brother,someone who I shared my childhood with,someone that I could argue and play with when no one else wanted to,someone to share my memories of childhood and someone who knows me very well. I can't wait for Mason to have that 'someone in his life'.


This little cheeky boy is now a proper little lad and he's almost crawling. He's over his reflux now thank God.

He was weighted 3 weeks ago and he was 21 3/4lb which is spot on for his little body. He's in size 4/4+ nappies and taking 7oz bottles first thing in the morning and before bed and 5oz before his nap.
His sleep is up and down but most nights he'll go down at 7:30 then he gets up between 1-3(sometimes at 4/5 but rarely) and then goes back to sleep until 7. He has been getting up rather early which is quite hard but with this face is hard to be mad at him:


He's now fully weaned and he absolutely loves his food. His favourite delicacies are:

-fruit yoghurt
-fruit purée
-jacket potato and beans
-spaghetti bolognese
-fish and veg
-CHIPS
-baby crisps
-weetabix

He usually has weetabix with chopped banana for breakfast, maybe a potato with cheese and beans for lunch and 2x yoghurts for dessert and pasta for dinner with fruit for dessert.
I haven't been too adventurous with his meals as he now eats like people so is no need for me to mash his food so I make his meals on the day. I love when we go out for food as he's so easily pleased and there's always something on the menu that he will eat.
He loves sucking out of straws so we make a weak juice for him in a normal cup and then put a straw in it.

As I am now back to work 3 days a week,he spends a lot of time with other people which makes him very social and happy to be with other people.

He is such an amazing baby, always with a massive smile on his face and so loved by everyone!


He's got 4 top teeth and 3 bottom ones so according to the dentist we've got one more to go and then we're done for a while.

I'll finish this post with more pics of this little monster x








Monday, 20 January 2014

Finally back...

It was hard for me to start writing again after my last post.Then I remembered the real reason to why I started this blog,for me and my little baby to look back and remember our journey together.

Mason is now almost 7 months and is a happy little thing. Happy and cheeky! His christening is happening in 2 weeks and I can't wait.
These past months have been so hard for me and I can now put a name to it,post natal depression.Life has become ten times harder since Mason was born and 1000 harder since my mum passed away. I didn't predict that this little beautiful will not sleep through the night,would have the worst reflux known to man,start teething at 4 months and of course doing it all on my own makes it more difficult to deal with.

He is now on solids and he loves his puddings,fruit,biscuits and anything that is really bad for him and makes me look like an unfit mother (i.e tea/coffee!!!).
The useless doctors have finally realized that he does have reflux so he's on Gaviscon until he gets better.I started weaning him at 4 months hoping he'll keep food in as milk was coming straight out and he is doing really well.



Mason is in size 4 nappies and has a 7oz bottle in the morning and one before bed.He still wakes up for a feed around 3am but has that and then he comes in bed with me where he goes back to sleep straight away. Sometimes he stares at be for 10/20 minutes stroking my face until he goes back to sleep. Is so cute,I love it!
I look at him everyday and I just want to eat him,he's so clever and beautiful. I just wish everyday problems,stress and the devastating thoughts I have about my mum every second wouldn't linger so much in my mind.

We are moving house again in 3 days and I cannot wait. We are moving back to my beloved Sandbach where I have all my happy memories so I am hoping this will help me get some closure.




Friday, 27 September 2013

In the loving memory of my mum

Is been a week today since you've left us to go to heaven and I miss you more than ever.The past 2 weeks have passed so quick and my heart hurts every time I think of your last moments. I was glad that you went because I couldn't bear to see you in so much pain but at the same time I felt like someone stabbed me in the heart.I never felt such anger and sadness in my life. I was angry that you didn't want to fight anymore and that you ended up in a horrible hospital without us being there for you.The guilt I feel is beyond words and hope you can forgive me for not knowing better.I am so upset that you didn't get the chance to meet Mason but I will make sure he knows all about you. I brought your ashes with me so you'll never be alone anymore. 

Words are beyond my ability to express the pain I feel but I hope that you can see us and look over us.

I keep trying to ring you like I always used to so you can tell me the latest gossip and moan about the heat, the weather, the car who played with dead mice in your garden... But you are not at the end if the phone anymore :( 

I hope one day I will be able to find peace with myself and be happy again and I hope you found peace where you are.

I love you forever.Rest in peace my beautiful Mum xxx




Thursday, 19 September 2013

Letter to my mum

Dear mum,

I want to say that I am so proud to be your daughter and so happy I was able to share the best moments with you. I love you so much and I hope you forgive me for the sleepless nights you had when I was a baby and for each time I upset you. You are my best friend and will always be. You teached me everything, you made me the person I am now and for that I thank you. 
I know you didn't have an easy life and you had some bad things happen to you but I hope the happy memories will be the ones you have in your mind when you go to heaven.
I wish things would have been different and I wish I would have known the pain you were in. I wish I could have been there to wipe your tears whenever you cried and to support you whenever you were down.
You are a beautiful woman and always have been so I will make sure you stay beautiful. 
I will make sure you will never be alone anymore.
I will make sure your grandchild knows how much you loved him and wanted to meet him.
I love you forever!! 





Monday, 26 August 2013

12 weeks old baby

I am so gutted that I haven't done Mason's 8 week update but I have been so sleep deprived and tired all the time that I barely found time to have a bath.

Mason is now sleeping from 7/8pm until 11 then again a feed at 3. Some nights he sleeps straight through 3 some he'll just sleep from 9. We are just getting him into a routine so hopefully soon we'll get there.



The wonderfulness is smiling all the time, he's such a good baby that sometimes I wonder if he's mine. I look at him and I want to eat him! I didn't think I could love something like I love him but I do and I am so proud so have him as my son.



He is in size 3 nappies and has about 5oz of milk. He's not a massively hungry baby although he's so round and cute.
He had his 8 week jabs and the BCG vaccin and he was amazing, only cried for about 10 seconds. Everyone loves him so much and I always get comments of how lovely his smiles are. He also has smiley eyes :) 






Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Baby Mason at 4 weeks old




The past 4 weeks have been the hardest but also the best of my life. We moved house (twice if I count moving out from Liam's mum where we stayed for a couple of weeks after baby's arrival) and obviously got stuck into parenthood and got used to having a 3rd person around us.

On tuesday the royal baby was born as well so Is baby mania at the moment so Mason will definitely have some friends to play with.

Mason's progress:
He is a very strong little boy and he is always lifting his head and being nosy even though he shouldn't be able to do it yet. He has gained over a pound from his birth weight so at the last weight in (4 days ago) he was 9lb1oz which is normal for his age.
He is still a very sicky baby :( but I am taking him to the GP again in 2 days and I will insist to get referred to a pediatrician as I'm sure this is not normal. We changed his bottles, his formula milk 3 times, used colic drops and nursed him more than usual and his is still sick after each feed. Because he is so sick all the time he is always hungry and not sleeping becuase he's hungry so our days can get very long.
We have a little routine now with sleeping at night : bath with me or Liam around 10/11 at night, bottle of milk (around 4 to 5oz) and then we all pray for a 12:30-1am sleep until 4am until another feed and change is due then another sleep until 7:30 -8am ( this sleep is sometimes in bed with us, naughty but we all love it). Just after Liam goes to work we then get in bed for a mid morning sleep until 10,11am depending on what we are doing that day.

He is an amazing boy and everyone loves him, whenever we go and see anyone he is very well behaved and just faboulous in general. I love taking pictures of him and showing him off because he is so beautiful. 









Friday, 5 July 2013

10 days with our baby









The first 10 days with baby Mason were hard and tiring but the best days of my life. This little boy is the best thing that happened to us and I feel so lucky to have him.I didn't think that you could love someone as much as I love him,he's just amazing!

The first days were hard as we were all getting used to each other, I was in a lot of pain which was very frustrating as I couldn't give him my full attention and my boobs were throbbing with pain! The midwife said he is perfect and he's developing just how he should for his age. Today we have the 10 day check which I'm sure it will be just fine.He was born with a mark on his bum which has now gone,also had his first bum rash which is also gone and we had a bit of a sticky eye.
He was quite a sicky baby, vomiting all the time but I think that was my milk being quite fatty.

We also had piercing screams every time we changed his nappy, he was absolutely hating it and it broke my heart to hear him crying like that :(
Now he's just amazing, the crying has gone,he just makes piggy noises when we change him. He loves his daily baths with me and I love it too!
We try and get him in the bath by 10/10:30 so Liam can give him a bottle by 11 so then he's asleep straight away and I only have to get up once or twice in the night for a feed and change.

He is sleeping a lot with feeds every 2-3 hour. I try to keep him entertained while he's awake so he gets a good sleep.

He's a very sucky baby so we give him a dummy to chill him out! I was against dummy's before him *** nasty cheap plastics*** but is amazing the effect they have on him and I always said that if he's happy and content then I am.

I also breastfeed apart from his after bath bottle of formula that Liam gives him. I can't say that I love breastfeeding because I don't, it hurts and my boobs have gone humongous but I know is good for him, I will put him on formula full time when he's 10 weeks ...maybe.

HOUSE UPDATE:

We are finally moving tomorrow!! I can't believe this happened just when I went into labour but there is an end to it and tomorrow is the day. I am so excited! 
Oh... The car broke down when I was in labour as well so Liam had to run to his dads to get his car at 12 am at night, we had the parking pass in the old car but that's a different story! I didn't expect this to be easy anyway ;))



Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Baby Mason Ethan is here

Our beautiful baby has arrived into the word on 25th June 2013 at 7:22 am weighting 8lb. The labour took almost 4 days and quite traumatizing but was worth every second. I will tell the full story soon, in the meantime we are moving house, sorting the car out as is broken down and cooeing around this beautiful boy. 

Thursday, 20 June 2013

Before and after body

I made the mistake of weighting myself when I was 36 weeks pregnant! And according to the silly scales I have gained over 3 stone. 3 STONE!!That was 4 weeks ago so I don't think I have lost anything in the meantime. I will weight myself again this weekend so I know the exact weight I gained during this pregnancy.

I know is all baby and all that crap so I will only be worried this time next year if this 'baby weight' still hangs on my hips and belly. I am not ashamed of my body, I do like to winge about it but there are worst things in life than pregnancy weight gain and I have big plans in order to get the sexiness back.

               MAMA AT 39+3 WEEKS

 
 
          MAMA JUST BEFORE PREGNANCY


THE PLAN:
1. Go for looong walks with the pram while the weather is nice
2.Have breakfast every morning, bran flakes and banana seem to keep me full until lunchtime
3. Have a healthy lunch, preferably salad related or baked potato
4. Have fresh fruit every day as a snack
5.DO NOT buy any junk food
6.DO NOT buy any coke or any fizzy drinks
7.Fill a 2L bottle of water every morning and make sure is empty by night time
8.Make an effort to cook at night
9.Have a tiiiiny dessert if necessary or maybe an ice lolly while is hot
10.BREASTFEED ;) Good for the baby, good for me. Winner!
 
I'm not planning on exercising because I am sure this baby will keep me busy and I am not the type of person who gets bored as I always clean, cook, bake or probably look after a baby.
 
In the meantime I will keep enjoying the foods I like because after all.. baby needs food!

Letter for my baby

Dear baby,

I decided to write you a little virtual letter because I cannot find a pen anywhere in this house and is a very big chance it will get lost by the time you get to read it. So I just wanted to tell you that I am not mad at you for getting me really fat ( 3-4 stone extra to be precise) or for the pains I encountered in the past 15 weeks or so. Pains that I didn't even realize exist in my body.

So, baby! These are the things that I will miss about being pregnant:

- my bump. Not my now bump. My before bump, when is was cute and manageable
- excuse to eat a lot
-your daddy's face when I fart and blame you
-the dog being around me all the time
-your kicks
-not having periods (Is a girls thing, you'll never understand)
-maternity clothes, some of them anyway
-getting away with not cleaning, cooking or anything else I don't really fancy doing
-being made cups of tea by your dad
-shopping for newborn stuff and just for general junk. I have been doing a lot of that in the past months and I have stopped as we physically haven't got any more room and you have so much stuff anyway
- the excitement of meeting you
-the excitement on your dad's face every time we mention you
- the excitement on your grandparents to meet you
-weekly bump pictures I have been taking since I was 16 weeks
-something BIG to look forward to
-time off work!!!

Things I will not miss about being pregnant:

-pains, aches, big kicks in the ribs, punches in the bladder
-sore boobs
-random sickness and vomiting episodes,usually before bed
-weeing every 5 minutes
-having no sleep, especially in the last trimester when bump is too big
-weird sudden cravings like cherries when I have no money on me
-weight gain
-not being able to wear many clothes for too long due to ever changing shape
-paying for maternity clothes that I don't get to wear for too long
-stretch marks ( got a few in week 38 to 39)
-hot flushes
-not being able to shave or see my bits
-not being able to drink, I miss WINE!
-not being able to walk anymore or do any sort of exercise

So baby!! As you can see there have been pros and cons but we will love you very much and we have sacrificed a lot of things in order to offer you the best start in life. We are moving to a bigger house, we got a new car so we can get you in an out easier than in our old car, we have ensured that you have every single piece of clothing, cosmetic, toiletry and gadget that is available so you don't miss out like we might have done when we were little. We will take you to baby groups, swimming, football games and any other things you might like doing (saying we I mean your dad of course as I will be too busy drinking wine).
I am excited to sit around the table together whilst you throw food on the walls, your dad cleaning it and me booting the dog for begging and making noises... that's how I picture our dinners :)
I am excited for our first Xmas together. You will be too small to understand but it will be amazing!!

So baby!! Hurry up and bring some excitement to our lives because we REALLY need it!!!

Love, your fat mother!

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

39 weeks pregnant


This week I honestly thought I was going to give birth as I had really bad pains and little contractions. We ended up going to hospital on Saturday night as the pains were unbearable. They took bloods ( which left me with a horrendous bruise on my left arm), smear test, blood pressure, temperature and baby monitoring for more than half an hour. The results were fine which was quite frustrating, I secretly hoped they would give me a reason for all these pains. We were there for over 5 hours and it was draining and depressing. Hopefully next time I'll end up in there I will come out with a baby as I am sure the nurses know me already and of course I know my way round the hospital.

Apart from pains, Braxton Hicks and other unknown symptoms I had not much has changed. Still loving watermelon and the other day I had a really big crave for cherries after seeing them in a green grocer. I wanted to buy some but didn't have any change so I didn't in the end but kept thinking about how delicious they looked so went back the next day and got some... they were devoured in less than a minute.

It was Fathers Day on Sunday so we spent the day doing bits and bobs in the morning, had lunch out in town followed by a visit from my dad and the rest of the afternoon spent in the pub with my dad and rest of the family and friends with babies. Got a lot of sympathy looks from other people with the question : ''Oooh still pregnant then??'' Everyone is texting me to ask if I'm still pregnant and almost feel guilty for saying yes! Even Liam has been Googling 'How to induce labour naturally' which sent me absolutely mental. I am not a bloody baby machine and I don't see how is such an inconvenience for everyone else that I am still pregnant, if anyone should feel stressed and impatient is bloody ME!
 
 We now have a moving date... a week today!!! Mental I know but if we get ourselves organized then I'm sure it will be fine with our without baby.  We need to hand the keys over on the 27th June so that day we are going to Liam's mum to stay and we allocated a week to decorate and get the furniture in our new house so we won't be homeless for more than 7 days. If the baby comes earlier then we'll just have to move out a bit earlier but we're now hoping that baby is a bit late :) At least in 4 weeks we can say we've moved house, had a baby and we're all settled!

Monday, 10 June 2013

38 weeks pregnant

Another hard week for me as you can probably see from my face in the pic :( I have been in bed for 2 days and tonight I found some energy to clean up after dinner and go out to the shop. 

I have had awful pains everywhere but on the last days I had what I think were Braxton Hicks which kept me in bed. I called Triage who said is normal and if they get any worst to call them back. I have a midwife and hospital appointment on Wednesday again so that's a bit reassuring as I can feel the baby moving and switching position a lot. Normally he shouldn't be able to move as much at this stage in pregnancy but obviously that is not a problem for our baby. He loves kicking me in the ribs.And the vagina! 

Been eating a lot of watermelon again this week.I decided that I haven't got the space or the energy to precook meals for us and freeze them so instead i went shopping and stocked up on pasta, lots of dry noodles, jars of pasta sauces, curry,chillies and stuff like that and filled the freezer as well with chicken,quorn and other things that are easy to throw in the oven so we should be ok with them.

I have also seem to have got a slight cold  as I have a runny nose, dry throat and generally 'feeling like poo' .

The weather was super hot this past week so I really struggled with that as no clothes that fit and heavy bump make me a grumpy mama.

We're hoping that it won't be long now, I know that realistically it could be another 4 weeks which I'm praying it won't be the case. I can't be that unlucky to have a long and painful pregnancy.

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

37 weeks pregnant

This weeks post is 2 days late so I am now 37 and a half weeks pregnant and counting every second until this baby comes.



I am posting less and less as I find it hard to motivate myself to do anything else apart from clean,clean,clean. I have washed and ironed every piece of baby clothing, organised all his nappies, toiletries and other bits ready for any day arrival.My work colleague gave birth to her baby girl and she was due the same day as me so it just shows that it can literally happen any day now.She was gutted that she didn't have time to do more stuff and enjoy

her mat leave more but at least she gets more time with baby.

Cravings have been watermelon again,in excessive amounts. I could eat a watermelon in no time.

Braxton Hicks have been killing me and also got a lot of pain in my lower back and groin area. Is absolutely awful not being able to get of the sofa or doing basic things like turn from one side to another. I am not enjoying these last weeks especially after we thought we would have him by c-section, I did get my hopes up by Oh well!

I am going to the hospital tomorrow morning to check the baby's position so I hope he's still head down. If he has moved again they will probably keep me in again which I don't want.

I now need a bib when I eat as the plate is too far away from my face because of the bump so you can tell when I eat as I'm messier than my one year old niece.

Not sure what else to say apart from pain pain pain!!

We are very excited to meet him now,is such a baby boom at the moment with everyone either giving birth or getting pregnant! Sometimes I feel like I'm not ready yet and I don't want to give birth but most times I'm excited to meet him. I think once I get rid of the extra weight and the bump I will be able to enjoy things more like walking, swimming or just pottering about.

I am excited to wear normal clothes as well as all I can wear now is 2 pairs of leggings and a couple of maternity tops so nothing exciting.The only thing that I was excited about was my baby shower but now that I didn't get a proper one is not much to look forward to apart from the actual birth.

The weather outside is so hot at the moment that i feel like I don't even want to be outside. Luckily our house is quite cool but is such a waste to be stuck in all day in such beautiful weather :(

Hopefully this will be my last bump post!

Monday, 3 June 2013

We are back at home!!!!!

Babyless but we are back at home! Baby has decided that he doesn't want to sit transversal anymore and he moved head down on Saturday so on Sunday I was discharged from hospital as it was no need for us to stay in there anymore. I was so happy that I wasn't going to stay in there for God knows how long and I won't have a c-section anymore which is great.

These last 2 days I have been washing/ironing all baby's clothes so his room is all ready now. I missed my baby shower as well as it was booked for Saturday and I am absolutely gutted about it but I guess it was all for a good cause. I still got a nappy cake and some cupcakes from Lauren and Liam's mum and even though was on a hospital bench outside the canteen I still loved it and appreciated it.

I am late in posting my 37 weeks bump update but I didn't feel like getting all done up for a pic but will do it tomorrow.

Below is a picture from our baby shower xxx





Thursday, 30 May 2013

When things don't go to plan!

As per my previous post, the midwife sent me for a scan to check the baby's position which didn't go so well unfortunately! 

Today was not a good day and it started with me trying to be clever and squeezing through a tight alley way which resulted in a massive scratch on my brand new car together with a bloody dent. Brilliant! 
I then went home to tidy up as Liam finished work early so we can go for a scan, then out for dinner to see the niece and cinema in the evening. Good plan so far! 

All spoiled when we found out during the scan that naughty baby has indeed changed position from head down to horizontal so across my ribs. Head in right rib, feet in left rib! Not only that but he's in danger on getting the cord somehow wrapped around him if I go into labour early. AND I will be in danger as well as his feet can come out first which can cause major bleeding for me so NOT GOOD at all! So mama is now staying in hospital until naughty baby arrives which thankfully won't be in 4 weeks as the doctor said o will get a C-section at 38 weeks if everything is still the same which is very likely.

My OCD then kicked in so all I could think of was SHIT!! I have so many things I needed to do like cooking some food for the freezer, washing all the baby's clothes, getting mentally ready! What about the cinema tonight? What about my baby shower in 2 days time? What about, what about, what about?????

I miss my home so much already! Next time I'll go back home is with a baby. I'm not going to see the dog now for a while :( God, this is so scary! I only came in for a scan. I didn't come in to have a baby.

The good thing is that we have brilliant family and friends who all offered to help and visit me so I am very happy with that.

My new home:

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

36 weeks pregnant

We are now 4(ish) weeks away from having a baby and it still hasn't sunk in.We now have everything we need for the hospital bag, I'm waiting for my last items to arrive hopefully by tomorrow and we should be good to go.

This past week has been no different than it was the week before apart from more groin and pelvic pains. We walked into town to watch the 10K Run and I actually felt like my feet were slowly giving way accompanied by blisters and sore toes. I'm now officially unable to walk for any longer distances than 100 metres without gasping for air and stopping for a break :( 

Main craving was watermelon, could eat one a day with no problems.

Also had some heartburn a couple of nights but quickly sorted with loads of milk.If the baby had the same hair i had when I was born then another little monkey will be born.

Been sick a few times, not actually sick but felt very sickly. Bleurgh!!! 

This baby has been well and truly active this week, kicking and punching my ribs, bladder and other painful areas.

I am loosing sleep at night due to kicks and wee breaks. Definitely trying to get me used to night feeds.
 
Seen the midwife as well who said she's not sure of the position of the baby so she's sent me for an emergency scan to double check that. No wonder I had all these ribs and vagina pains, if the baby is sat like we think he is then he's kicking me in the ribs with his fists and in the bladder with his feet. Amazing!
 
 

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Our home

I decided to do a post about my favorite spots in the house as I am going through a very loving phase at the moment and I will miss this house very much when we move. Plus I want baby to see where he was born (is looking like this will be his house for a couple of days/weeks until we move).
 
 
New plant pot outside the front door which I'm very proud of (again is the little things in life)


Firstly is baby's room obviously. It used to be my dressing room and I was very proud of it but now we are used to be quite self contained so we get ready in our own bedroom where we now have a dressing table.
This bedroom was decorated by Liam and we are proud of it. He put the wallpaper up, carpet down and painted the walls,pipes and radiator so it was sparkling clean. He also built the nursery with the help of his brother and Dad. We still have a few stickers and photos to put up but we'll do this in the new house.



 

As mentioned, we now have a dressing table in our bedroom which I love as it has everything we need at hands reach. My favorite item is the sparkly mirror which we got from Liam's brother.

 

The next room is the lounge where we spend most of our time together. I always have fresh flowers on the fireplace stand and some candles burning. My favorite spot is the square bookcase which holds a few pictures and wooden words which very much reflect our home. We also have the most comfortable chair which our friends gave to us when they were renovating and is Liam's pride and joy. He doesn't get to sit on it as at the moment is the only thing that I'm comfortable to sit on.


 

We also have a spare room downstairs which used to be a dumping room before I moved in, to then transform into a dining room. We decided we weren't getting much use of it as we rarely eat at the table (more like TV dinners whilst watching Eastenders) and when I got pregnant we decided to transform it into a spare room with a sofa bed in case anyone stays over. For a while it was Liam's room as he did spend a few nights sleeping in there before he decided the sofa is a better option. Also the cheeky bastard dog decided that is was way better than his own bed so he used to make himself comfortable on the sofa bed.If we would have stayed in this house we would have used the room as a play room and also to put the pram and the toy box so there away from our lounge.

 
Last and my favorite room is The Kitchen!! I bloody love my kitchen and I will definitely need a while to recover from the devastation of downgrading to a smaller one. We only had the kitchen done (by Liam again because he's clever like that) last year in September so is very new. I take much pride in the white floor and cupboards and clean it every day :) we also have a bar built in and is great for when we have people round for dinner which is more or less every week. We had some great little parties here and that is also how we got together ( came to see the bar apparently). It was also great for Christmas and New Year as we had drinks at the bar rather than go out and I'm sure it saved us a small fortune over the years having drinks at our bar. We also use the bar for a quick dinner although we now have one of them dining tables that folds back once is used and is great for us.
My kitchen has everything I need in it, loads of cupboards, shelves and the indispensable white appliances which I refuse to move out without. Now that I am fat I can't bend over or stretch to the higher shelves so I have a little prep station next to my amazing cooker with my oils, pastas and other spices I use all the time. I like to have things handy so I keep my mugs, kettle and coffee/tea next to each other as well. When I went on mat leave I organized all the cupboard so I know where everything is and unnecessary clutter is thrown away. 
Latest addition to my kitchen is the plant pots on the windowsill which I think it makes it look even nicer. The color on the walls was something that I also love as is my favorite color but I also think it makes it look fresher and cleaner.




 
 
Of course we also have a bathroom and a garden but I don't spend much time in any of them so not really worth mentioning. So Dear Baby, this is our home for the time being and I hope you will like it as much as we do for the time you're here.