A Quick Party

Amongst packing, moving and being almost full term in our 2nd pregnancy we also had out little mans 2nd birthday... just cos there was not enough going on. Family had suggested to postpone LJ's 2nd birthday celebrations with everything that was going on but I was not having any of that! He is our little boy and he deserved a small gathering to celebrate his 2nd birthday!
So with not much time and the very little energy I had left I got to organising a birthday party.

Whilst packing up our old house I had been mindful of where I had packed all the left over party supplies from LJ's 1st birthday and so this box was first on my to open list.

This saved me heaps of time and money. I already had blue plates, napkins, forks, spoons and knifes. I also had some blue tissue paper and a bunch of different coloured balloons. And so the necessities were covered... now to theme the party... hmm what did I have in the cupboard??

Looking in LJ's toy box I came across a jack in the box, a spin top, some wooden alphabet blocks and his red waggon. So I decided to pull these modern vintage toys out and use those as decorations.
I did a quick shopping list and struggled to the shops where I just grabbed a red table cloth, some red tissue paper and a happy birthday banner.... decorations done - check!

The cake.. what to do for the cake?? Last year I made a 3D owl...

But this year I could not do anything like that! Not at 38 weeks pregnant with bubs giving me so much pain. And so I decided a simple two tear square cake would have to do. This time however I cheated and bought two square sponge cakes, cut one smaller for the top and then iced it..

With only hours to go till people arrived this was what I was faced with... ahhh.. my worst cake ever!
I had trouble rolling out the icing with my big belly getting in the way I just ended up giving up and the perfectionist in me took a back seat.

It worked out OK in the end.. not my best cake but a cake none the less.

Now for the food... Usually I would make everything from scratch as I love to bake however with little time and NO energy I cheated again and made packet cupcakes and a brownie slice then got each family member to bring a plate of food. Easy.. food done - check!

I could not believe that I had everything organised and under control considering we had been in our new house for 5 days and were living out of boxes.
I even managed time to style my hair and put some make up on... make up.. I never get to do that!

Now it was not much but it was better than nothing... and apparently the only thing I had forgotten about was our camera...  lol.
Non the less it was a great day...

And what a surprise when LJ got given some very theme fitting gifts also...

A vintage tin push car

A sketch-o-gram

A car floor mat

Overall, our Mr2 had a wonderful time running around playing with family and friends. A day full of fun and the sound of giggles... And I loved watching every min of his enjoyment!

 

^YKylie

Shopping 4 Hozzie Bag

As most of you know were due to have our second bubba at the end of this month. I have been a little layed back or slack in packing for hozzie but with week 36 passing along I thought it was about time to get my bum in to gear.

First I convinced my wonderful little sis to take me shopping for a new overnight bag. I totally love Kate Hill and so we headed straight to the DFO outlets. Now yes I could have purchased this wonderful bag online with free postage however I was being very impatient and wanted it NOW! I also needed an excuse to get out of the house after being cooped up for 3 weeks with back pain.

And so I purchased the above Kate Hill Venice Weekender bag. I've fallen so in love with it that I'm also thinking of using it as our new baby bag after our hozzie stay. The idea of using the separate shoe compartment for storing nappies and wipes has me excited... no more scrounging through the nappy bag for a nappy like I was always doing the first time round with Mr LJ.

Anyway going through bubs clothing organising what to pack I suddenly realised that she had no small sized under suits or nappies so I would have to go do some baby shopping.. oh what a shame! I headed straight for my local Kmart and all I can say is wow - when did cloths become so cheep?? Or did I just get luck?? ;0)

I picked up a new set of PJ's - pink polka dot pants $8 & grey long sleeved top $10. A pink polo top $8 and a maternity tank nightie $15.

My new cloths

Not bad since I only was really going to get bubs some under suits... 4 for $10 not bad!

I also stoped passed Pumpkin Patch (how could I walk past the 60% off sale signs) and picked up 2 beautiful jumpsuits at around $11each. BRAGIN!!
I then stuck my head into Best & Less and purchased another pink spotted jumpsuit along with some essential singlets and beanies.

Bubs new stash

Overall I was so happy with all my new purchases that when Mr LJ decided to fall asleep in the pram I grabbed the opportunity to sit down and have a delicious iced coffee and gorgeous chocolate cupcake at The Cupcake Bakery... YUM!!!

A perfect way to end a perfect shopping day... that was until I suddenly realised that I had 15min to get home for my Cole's online grocery delivery at 3pm.... ahhh... I waddled as fast as I could and made it home in time! lol

As for the hozzie bag.. well it is still not packed :-s but I now have everything I need in order to pack it :0)

Washing and drying is in progress and I promise the hozzie bag will be packed this weekend for sure!

^YKylie

New Do

Time for a change... I've been feeling a bit down of late probably due to this pregnancy not being so lovely as the last. Having morning sickness the majority of the time, feeling fat and generally downing negative thoughts on my entire appearance called for a change.

So I decided it was time to try spruce myself up with a dramatic change of hair style... as we do!

I came across this lovely hair do on pinterest and instantly loved it. The idea of having something easy to maintain yet still a style really appealed to me.

This my ultimate hair style goal

 I currently have long, frizzy hair that I always chuck up into a ponytail as it is so hard to control and style. So I decided it was time to come off!

With much hesitation from my sister who is a hairdresser I finally convinced her to just chop it! She was so concerned that it was a pregnancy hormonal thing that I was going to majorly regret.. but I managed to convince her otherwise and so the chop was done!!

Chopped.. an arm length of hair off

And I'm very happy to report that there was no regret what so ever! I can not remember the last time I had short hair but wow my head instantly felt lighter and my mood instantly lifted!

I just kept running my fingers through it and smiling stupidly! lol. My wonderful sis then styled it for me and walla ... MY NEW DO!

My new do!

OK so it is not exactly like my original pic that I love but it is dam close. I came to the conclusion with a little learning on how to get volume into the back of my hair and it would be perfect! Overall it's totally better than what I originally had. My hair finally looks shiny, healthy and glowing like I always see on others. Who would have thought a simple hair cut would spruce me up so much..lol

Even my straight out of bed hair style look pretty good don't you think.. lol

I'm finding it so much easier to control and style. All I have to do is run my hair rolling brush through it and I'm done! Quick, simple and effective so with bub's number 2 on the was I'm confident that I will now look good even in the sleep deprived states that are yet to come :0)

So any of you out there trying to decide i you should or should not take the hair cutting plunge... I say DO IT!! Worst case you grow it back right.

It might be just hair but it certainly has made me feel a lot better!

^YKylie

Littlies Hair Cut

It was all hands on deck over the weekend as our little man had his second hair cut.

I'm so very lucky to have a sister who is a hairdresser and so she cuts our hair usually at my mums house. It makes it so much easier and our little man is already very comfortable with the idea of a hair cut. So comfortable this time around that it was all hands on to try keep him still.

The first hair cut he sat very still and quiet and it was great. All over very quick with no tears and were all so relieved that it was a lot easier than any of us had thought. So this being the second time around we thought it to was going to be easy peasy based on LJ's behaviour first time round. Little did we know that he had a different idea.. ha ha ha

Mr Wiggly would not sit still and every time I hold him to hold still it prompted him to wiggle due to a TV program called yo gabba gabba where the song goes.. hold still.. wiggle wiggle wiggle...

Little did I know that letting LJ watch such a simple kids TV program where he wiggles like crazy to would turn into him never being able to be told to hold still as this apparently now means wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.. just keep wiggling....

And so the circus began with my mum, sister and me all trying to distract him with combs, counting toes and playing his harmonica.

There was a lot of giggling, some stern talking and a lesson learned... I wont be telling LJ to hold still again whilst scissor are present. However after one cut finger and a lot of passion shown from my sister LJ's hair cut was completed.

What can I say he is our cheeky wiggling little spunk!

What measures have you gone to to keep your little wigglers still during hair cuts?

^YKylie