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Jump for July!

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It’s July. It’s summer. I mean it is actually hot in the UK!

jump for july

I’m not sure how this month crept up on me but I’m glad it is here, I think it is going to be a good one. We are not going away for a holiday owing to our new addition and a fairly tight budget but we have other things lined up to look forward to.

First and foremost being able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air is top of my list. Mainly because we can finally use our garden again (the lovely husband has retaken control from the weeds and the cats!). Despite being a small space with no grass, it is serving us wonderfully so far this year. All the photos in this post are from the garden 😉

bees & lavender

In the next week my wonderful nan turns 80! Naturally this means a big family get together which I am so looking forward to. I don’t often get to see my cousins, aunts & uncles as we live away from our family and of course everyone has their own families and busy lives now but it is always a fab day when we all come together. This time it is such a special occasion that even my uncle who lives in Oz has made the trip!

lavender, fence & sky

Vince has some holiday time coming up so we have some little family day trips planned – the beach, the zoo, etc.. We also have our niece turning 2 at the end of that week so it will be lovely to see Vince’s side of the family as well. The following week my sister in law will be staying with us which is always fun – and a great help! 😉

lavender, fuschia & rose

That will most likely see us through till August although I’m sure we will have plenty of other fun things pop up along the way (like the church summer barbecue tomorrow!). I am quite ready for a fun month before I have to start planning and getting ready for the autumn and thinking about December!

I hope you are all jumping for July too! How will you be spending this summer? I’d love to hear!

Naomi x2

 

 

Five Fact Friday

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Baby & Me

1. Time for blogging is something I am still not finding as much of as I would like to, the little people in my life demand most of it. I am working on finding more hours in my week but in the mean time do come and find me on various social media! You can find my follow buttons in the side bar on the right (or scroll down to the bottom if you are on a mobile…). I am also now on Bloglovin’ so do please come follow me there too!

2. I am definitely going to be dairy free for the long haul. Yesterday was the day of our food challenge… e.g. I had milk and cheese… the last 24 hours have been tough for my poor little guy… and no picnic for me! I wish I had savoured the moment of what may have been my last cheese for 12 months.

Emma Gardening

3. We are finally able to enjoy our little garden again. Our neighbours have recently moved, taking their 5 cats with them which means our garden is no longer a litter tray for them(!). Vince has spent much time clearing, weeding and generally making it a nice place to be again. Emma has also dived into gardening and planted up our window box with only a little help from daddy.

Garden fun

4. Talking of Emma… I love her talking. She talks often, usually loudly and at speed, which can sometimes be a little wearing but mostly I find myself marvelling at the conversations I can have with my little girl now. The development of language is truly an amazing gift to thank God for. But despite how many times a day I wonder where she learnt a new word or meaning she still has certain toddler-isms that crack me up. My current favourite when she is tired or too excited is her confusion between ‘outside’ and ‘back garden’, I have often been asked this week if we can go “back side”. I’m afraid it’s the child in me that finds this so amusing. Ha!

family at the zoo

5. We went on a family day out to the zoo! I had been feeling anxious about this trip, I was fairly convinced that it was going to be a more stress than fun with a 7 week old baby that still wants to nurse every 2-3 hours and protests loudly if he can’t. Happily we went anyway, Matthew was absolutely fine and we all had a really lovely day together. Thank goodness for stretchy wraps that keep babies content and asleep!

Have a lovely weekend!

Naomi x2

 

 

 

Crazy Weather!

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This morning after seeing Vince off to work, Emma and I headed out to the park before the day got to hot to be enjoyable. We spent an lovely hour or so playing on the slide and swings, walking through the trees and searching for ducks & squirrels.

 

By this point it was only 10.15am and it was already uncomfortably hot and humid, the sun had come out and I was acutely aware that Emma didn’t have a hat on and her head was getting pink under her hair so we headed home.

That was barely 3 hours ago but in the last 60 minutes the clouds rolled in, we’ve had thunder & lightning and such a huge heavy downpour of rain that my back garden patio is completely under water… and it’s threatening to invade my kitchen!

rain rings

 

flood

This weather is mad!

I hope you aren’t being washed away where you are!

Naomi x2