Throwback Sunday

Hello Everyone :)
I know the whole thing on the Internet is throwback Thursdays, but I really wanted to do a post, and feeling a bit uninspired these days I figured I'll just do a simple short throwback post to when I went to USA :)

Our first stop was New York. A place I didn't think I would like, but fell absolutely in love with. I can't wait to go back. 

I have a terrible thing with heights. I'm ok if I'm inside a building, but my friend kept putting her hand through the little gaps between the protective glass, and that's it for me :D

Central Park in all its glory. Our hostel was on West 63rd street right next to the park :) we went for a coffee and a walk every morning :)

Not the best view, but you can see the trees for Central Park :D

The pen lines are our route from just one day :) We walked until we could walk no more :D 

We then went on to Cape Cod, because the friend I was travelling with had a family living there, that she use to be an au-pair for :)

On our way back we found this little place :) I don't really know exactly where it was, but it was nice to stretch our legs from the long drive and breathe some fresh air.

From Cape Cod we drove to JFK to fly to San Fransisco :)

This tree has nothing to do with San Francisco apart from the fact it was growing there :D 

And then we drove our little bright green Ford Mustang all the way to Los Angeles along the coastline :) 

It's more like a picture overload post, but I was feeling a bit sentimental, and now after seeing all these pictures again I just want to pick up my 3 things pack Oscar as well and just go on a little adventure :D But instead it's 10pm and I'm going to get ready for bed :D

Joys of motherhood

Stay tuned everyone :)

xoxo

Busy Mama Bee

Good Afternoon, Everyone :)

Hope you all had a great Christmas. Mine was very nice. I made a nice meal for us on Christmas Eve and then we opened some present and watched a movie :D On Christmas Day we went to D's parents house and had Christmas lunch there. And all I have to say is that I consumed a lot of food and mulled wine during those two days :D

And now I've been on the search for a sofa. The new house is completely unfurnished and although we do have some furniture, we haven't had to get a sofa yet. And it's really stressing me out, as I can't really find the one I like, and also I think I need to see the house and get the measurements to actually be able to find one that is perfect for the house and us.
Oscar has been teething like crazy these days as well and being all grumpy and crazy :D This also means he has needed a lot of attention and hugs and kisses, which will explain why I've been MIA. Usually I blog when he is taking his long nap, but he has been so intense and time consuming I have actually been taking a nap with him. I'm amazed at how much difference having an extra 2 hours of sleep can do to you :) I might keep up with it now that O is feeling more like himself :)

He has also been busy growing out of his clothes, which ended in me having to cut the bottom parts off his onesie as I had been very lazy with the laundry (as in I haven't done any in about a week :D).
Looking like the Hulk :D or Peter Pan, I haven't decided yet.
They just grow SO bloody fast :(

And that is petty much all I've been up to these past few days, now we have New Years Eve to look forward to and then 2 weeks after that we will start our big move.
I also have some exciting news of what I will be up to next year, but I'll talk about it when the time gets nearer to the event :)

Enjoy the last few days of this year, everyone :)

And as always

Stay tuned 

xoxo

Christmas Makeover Home Edition

Hello Everyone!

You know how I went on and on last month about how I love Christmas and made a whole list of things to get for the home to make it feel merry and bright?? Well I kind of succeeded and kind of didn't. Let's just say it is Christmas in the living room...but that is about it :D At least I did something right?! Anyway, I'll show you what I've done :)

The tree. We got a fake pre lit  one from Argos for 50 pounds, it was discounted from 80 though :) so it's a good deal. It's a 6ft tree and we also got another set of lights for it.

You would be amazed at how hard it was to find the baubles for the tree in December. Marks and Spencer was super expensive with 10 balls for 25 pounds :S we did get some chocolate filled golden balls though :D  I finally found some real ones in House of Fraser and they had a half price sale on. So I got 4 packs for about 25 pounds :) and they seemed to do the trick. It does annoy me a bit that all the decorations are round :D but that is just my ocd kicking in. Other than that I think the tree looks awesome :)

This wreath is from a street vendor :) and it was 5 pounds :) Candles I got from Tesco.

Letters from Matalan, and the vase with the candle in is an old buy??? It might have actually come with some flowers D sent me. And our first Christmas card, that came through the post :)

Here are some flowers D sent me :D They are Christmassy and nice :) I don't think they will last til Christmas though :D

And that is it. This is all I've done for Christmas :D A good effort though, especially because we spend most of our time in the living room anyway :)

I also did all my Christmas present shopping yesterday...online. It's way too windy outside to go there, I'm not even going to open the door/window. And also, it's so much easier to shop online with a baby :D and it all got delivered today, so I wrapped them :D and now it looks like Christmas under the tree as well...I didn't spend an extreme amount of money...like I've mentioned, it really shouldn't be about present, but it's nice to have one present for D just to be like ''Merry Christmas'' :S :D I celebrate Christmas on the 24th though, which thought to be the Christmas Eve in this country...and 25th is really a leftover day :D So on the 24th I am making an Estonian Christmas dinner and on the 25th we are going to D's parents house and celebrate Christmas there, unless I can get out of it :D I really don't think I can do 2 maaahiiiisive meals in a row....we shall see. I think it might be slightly rude not to go :D
And the first Christmas card arrived through the post :) From Kadi and Mario :) I got way too exited about it because I never get any mail :D It's on the picture with NOEL letters.
I also did my Estonian feast food shop yesterday. In our family the meat is pork rather than turkey and in all fairness...I think turkey is quite boring anyway. So I'm making roasted pork and potatoes and gravy and sour kraut, which is a sour cabbage thingy :) I love it. And of course I am making potato salad and some devilled eggs and that's about it I think. We never really have dessert except chocolate, so I'm going to stick to the old tradition and not make anything...then again I might make some cinnamon rolls, just because they will smell amaaaazing and I will be able to take some of them to Ds parents on Thursday :)
Enough blabbering :D

Hope you enjoyed the post :)

Stay tuned

xoxo

Meril

Oscar is 4 Months Old

Good Evening, Everyone! :)

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Hope you are all good. What a month it's been. I say that...I think everything has kind of settled down on the baby front and not much has really happened.
Oscars routine has changed a bit though and little changes come every day, I'm just always there with him when they happen, that they don't really seem that big to me at the time. Only looking back, it's when I see how much he has changes over the past month. This is why I'm so grateful to MYSELF, yes myself, that I have been keeping up with these monthly updates. I just can't see myself remembering all the little things unless I write them down, which I do. I think it's so important to remember all of his firsts. It's not the exact date I need to know though, I think knowing the month of when something happened is just as good.
I started thinking about it the other day actually. Would I care if there was a clay mould of my feet and hands from when I was little ???? No. Would I care if I didn't know when I started turning over or when I first had my spoon full of solid food? No.
To be honest I just love those moment my dad caught on camera when I was dancing away, listening to MTV when I was about 2 years old. That memory of when we went for a picnic by the river when I was about 5. That moment when we first saw our new apartment, the video shows me and my sister running from one end of the room to the other....it seemed so big (the apartment was quite tiny).
I just think capturing every moment is completely unnecessary, it's the memories that we make ourselves, that are important.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is, that with our first children I think it's so easy to get carried away with trying to capture every moment in their lives on camera or picture, rather than just enjoying the moment there and then.
Here are the memories I've made about Oscar this month though. I might have missed a few and I might make a big deal about something trivial, but that's ok, because I know that in the end I will always have this blog to come back to and read through all these first months of him, that I have probably forgotten about in a few years time :)
Hope you enjoy the post, as much as I've enjoyed another month with my little guy :)

Joggers and top from Tesco. The hat is from a set from h&m :) And dribble bib is Lovijoy...I got a set of 5 with different design for 10.95 :)

EAT

He still eats every 3 hours during the day, but I can see that he will be able to last longer quite soon, as he doesn't really get upset before I feed him...unless I've faffed about for too long :D 

A major change in his diet is that I am now giving him 2 scoops of baby rice before he goes to bed. The first night I did it, he slept for a whole 8 hours then woke up for a feed at 4AM and didn't wake until 7. I didn't want to get too excited about the 1 feed a night thing as he has done it once before. It was quite cool though, and even though the next night he only lasted 6 hours, it's still better than feeding him 3 times a night :)

Yesterday he actually only woke up once for food. I did try to give him some at 6 AM, but he was just being fussy rather than hungry, so after settling him and taking him next to me, he slept for another 2 and a half hours :)

I did think about starting him on solids slowly after he turned 4 months old, but I will probably wait for a little longer and probably start around Christmas time with a spoonful on mashed sweet potato or carrot or smth :)

PLAY

He now has a jumperoo, which he loves. He goes all crazy on it :D he is still a bit too short for it though, as we have to put a pillow under his feet. But I can see him reaching the floor all by himself in a short time. I took apart the swing that we had because he wasn't really interested in it. He still likes the rattle/crinkle/vibration toys and enjoys chewing on all of the toys he has :D

I turn around for a second and his wiggled himself sideways on the mat and is acting like nothings happened. Good thing I didn't look away for too long as I would've probably found him under the Christmas tree :D

SLEEP

He has a 30 minute nap after being awake for 2 hours all day, except around 2-3 PM when he goes down for a long 2 hour nap...this is when I get things done...bleached the whole bathroom yesterday :D and cleaned the flat and in the process broke our massive coffee/tv table :D 

Like I mentioned before he now sleeps longer during the night and only eats 1-2 times. He does go down earlier as before though around 7.30. This is because he now doesn't have a nap after waking around 5PM after his long lunch time nap. He goes to sleep with little or no fussing after being awake for almost 3 hours.

One of the rare times when he actually looks happy being on his stomach :D 2 minutes later he faceplanted into his mat though and then he wasn't that happy anymore :D

MILESTONES

So last month he started rolling over...he has since become very lazy and pretends he doesn't know how to do it anymore :D But every now and then he proves himself wrong and does indeed roll over...only when he really really wants to though. He is not really happy being on his stomach anyway. 

On the theme of rolling over, he is actually very good at turning himself on his side now and is actually quite happy sleeping on his side for a good couple of hours. I am thinking he will very soon be able to roll on his stomach...I don't think he will like it though, because then he will have to get back on his back :D

He is also very vocal. He can babble away for a long time...it's extremely amusing when he does it at night...:S :D

Another thing that is definitely happening now is teething. The drool and the chewing is non stop :D and his tops get so wet it's unbearable :D he is not a big fan of the dribble bibs though and even if he is ok with me putting them on, most of the time they just end up in his mouth.

Sitting on a high chair like a real boy :) he looked so cute in his big boy outfit. The hat is from Tesco, trousers from Next and denim shirt from Primark.

This is probably everything for this month. 

Almost forgot...he had his last vaccinations yesterday, which means there is no more until he is 1 year old :) On a bad note though, he is now running a fever. I noticed he wasn't really himself when he woke up and didn't really eat. At first I didn't really think much of it, but then he didn't eat a lot at his next feeding as well and felt a bit hot. I took his temperarture and it showed 37.8...I know it's not much, but he is so tiny so there are lots of cuddles and hugs today and not much else :)

I was going to go and meet up with a few friends for some Christmas Market fun, but I don't really want to drag O around when he is not feeling 100%.

Happy 4 month birthday, little monkey :) I baked the biggest cake ever :D 

Hope you enjoyed reading the post :)

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xoxo

Berry Lips

Good Evening, Everyone!

Hope you have had a great time. Like I mentioned in one of my previous post, we have been busy looking for a house...and we finally found one :) I can't wait to move in next year and start making it our home. 

But this post is about the Christmas lipstick.

It features my old favourite Bourjois Rouge Edition lipstick in colour 18 Violine strass, but I'm adding a bit of gloss just to give it some extra festive feeling.

I do my lipstick in a very strange way...don't get me wrong, I'm still applying it on my lips, but I have my old tried and tested method of doing it, and I'm going to share it with you.

I think Christmas is the time to give a darker lip a try if you're usually into your nudes and pinks.

These are the products I'm using. I'll link them below. I am not sure if I can find the Bourjois one though, as I bought it about a year ago, and I'm not sure if it was part of a limited edition collection...check below if I have found it.

Makeup Revolution Ultra Cover and Conceal Palette

Revlon Lip Butter Colourburst in colour Raspberry Pie

Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick in colour Violine Strass

Real Techniques concealer brush

Crownbrush Oval Taklon brush from the Backstage range

I start by applying a bit of concealer all over my lip. I used the second colour from the top row, and my palette is in colour Light and then set it with a bit of powder. I'm sorry if I look evil :D more like Grinch than Christmas joy and happiness person :S...

I then apply the lipstick (Bourjois) all over my lip using the RealTechniques brush. I just think that a lipstick lasts longer and then if you are out and about, all you need to to is add a bit of gloss, if the whole look starts fading. Atleast you have got the outlines there for the gloss to go into, and hopefully you don't end up looking like The Joker. I must admit, that I am terrible at applying dark lipstick on the go and I will need a mirror to do any top ups :D

I am yet to try the long lasting lipsticks....maybe I'll find a few to try out in a little while :) Any recommendations? 

As you can see due to the concealer I applied before the colour is not as dark as it would be on a bare lip.

And then using the same brush I apply a bit of the Revlon Lip Butter all over my lips :)

I always finish off a dark lipstick with applying a light concealer all around the outline. I just think it makes the whole look cleaner and more refined...and I've seen other people do that as well.

And VOILA a Christmassy lipstick look? is ready :)

Yes...this picture just happened :D

All the products can be found in Boots except the Makeup Revolution Palette. They only sell this product in Superdrug :)

Hope you enjoyed the post :)

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xoxo

Morning Routine

Good Afternoon, Everyone!

I thought I'll share my morning routine with you guys. Everyone has their own little routine they do in the morning weather it's snoozing your alarm 8 times or having a poo :D yes I said ''poo''

But here is my routine, it might be a bit different to yours or you might find some similarities :)

This is what the sky looked today just before the sunrise :) So pretty and purple :D

7AM I wake up...ok, I'm being woken up by little hands and feet kicking me and pulling my hair :D I take Oscar next to me around 6 just so I can get another hour of sleep. He sleeps next to me anyway in his co-sleeper, but I take him in our bed for an hour or so because it settles him back for a nice nap.

(On days when D will take him in the morning this is the time I wake him up. Because O wakes up quite happy rather than crying and screaming D won't wake up because of him.)

I change his nappy in the living room.

This is how I've set up the changing ''station'' in the living room. D orders the diapers and wipes online and the delivery came last week, which explains the boxes on the side. The whole chest of drawers is for Oscar...his clothes and medicine and papers and all that jazz.

Oh hello Christmas tree :D yes it's now part of my morning routine to look at the pretty tree...plus it's hard to miss it now because it's the first thing you see when you get to the living room.

We then go to the kitchen and I will make a coffee for myself and prepare Oscars bottle while I hold him and talk him through what I'm doing....I know this might sound a bit silly, but he really enjoys watching and listening to what I'm doing.

I either have costa americano coffee or kenco Colombian...I have my coffee with 2 sugars and a bit of milk :)

While we watch some morning tv and lounge on the sofa I drink my first coffee of the day and once I'm done it's usually time for Oscars feeding.

8AM - I feed Oscar, burp him and then put him down on his playmat. He is then quite happy to entertain himself for a good 30 minutes. 

While he plays I wash his bottles from the night and morning feed and make myself another coffee.

But before I drink it I wash my face and teeth :) I use the Simple kind to skin products. I do have to say though that I don't really like the wash...I know it's soap free and that is the reason, but I like my face washes to be a bit more foamy :D

I only use the cleansing lotion at night when I take off my make up. The toner I use in the morning as well :) And I also have the cream, but I keep forgetting to use it :D

Then I go join O on the floor. I sit on the rug and drink my coffee and play with him until around 9.

9AM - Oscar goes down for his morning nap...this is usually when I have a shower in the morning, but I only have a shower in the morning when I'm going somewhere. Otherwise I have showers before going to bed at night.

Sometimes I only wash my hair in the morning, because my hairdryer is in the bedroom I can't dry my hair at night because O is asleep then and if I don't dry my hair and go to sleep with wet hair I will have an afro in the morning :) true story

10AM - Oscar wakes up and I change his diaper and change him out of his pyjamas...I forgot to mention that O has his poo in the morning around his first feed...either after or during :D

I then put him down on his mat again until I prepare the washed bottles with water and measure out the formula.

We are going to start introducing some solids to him once we get some plastic/rubber cutlery so we have the Hipp organic baby rice there. I opened it just to see what it looks like :D
I also give him his vitamins with his morning feed

Sometimes if he is being good I take him to the bedroom and he will be entertained by our crazy bedroom light until I dry my hair (This is when I've had a shower or when I've just washed my hair)

If not I usually just sit next to him again and have some breakfast...it's usually a yogurt. Or I leave him and put on a bit of make up. If he is having a fussy day I do my make up sitting next to him as well.

And 

11AM I feed Oscar again and then wash his bottle and fill it up with fresh boiled water.

I've got a bit of an OCD when it comes to dirty dishes in the sink, and I kind of have to do them once the dish count hits 3 or so :D I definitely need them done before I go to bed, because I hate waking up to a sink full of dirty dishes...I wish I had a dishwasher, this way I could just hide them :D

And then morning is over and it's time to do daily things...they obviously depend on the day. If I have nothing planned for the day I go for a walk with Oscar around 12 :) 

Hope you enjoyed reading about my morning routine.

Stay tuned

xoxo

What's In My Diaper Bag

Good Morning, Everyone :)

I think I mentioned before that I don't actually have a diaper bag and I'm just using a slouchy New Look bag. Well...I do now :)

I figured it's just more neater to have one already packed and ready to go at all times, so I got a nice simple black Skip Hop duo deluxe changing bag. And already I think, why didn't I get it before. I love how easy it is. It has loads of pockets for different things like food, diapers and bottles and a zippered pocket to keep my personal things safe. I also like the magnetic closures that make it just that much easier to open different compartments. And it comes with a changing mat :)

This is what it looks like. It's simple and black just so D doesn't look like a douche when he needs to go anywhere with him :D 

Everyone are doing their what's in my bag posts so I'll do a diaper bag edition :D If I do go out without Oscar I just pack a bag there and then.

Diapers and wipes...I get these small packs from everywhere...they come through the letterbox and they gave a pack in the hospital, we also get them sometimes with our food delivery. I don't know how but I've managed to get a hold of quite a few of these small packs of wipes for free. I have 2 packs in the bag just in case of an exploding poo incident :D And then I have 5 spare diapers at all times :)

And also a few scented diaper bags and a anti-bacterial water spray bottle

Musling Cloth - for those spit ups and burps and now just drool :D there is so much drool.
I also now have dribble bib in there for that reason.

A pack of HIPP organic infant milk and a Tommee Tippee bottle and scissors to open the pack - I have these in there for an emergency. We now use the powder formula so If I know that he will need to fed when I'm out with him I bring a MAM bottle with water and a container with the exact amount of formula in it. I also bring a thermos I use for the night feeds for hot water. I did think I won't get O use to warm milk, but it's so much easier for babies to digest warm food, so why make it harder for him if it's so easy for me to make warm food for him. I also think that warm feeds have saved us from colic and gas pains...he hardly gets them stuck...he is actually very good and loud at passing gas whichever way it comes out :D

A change of clothes - Again in case there is some spit up or the case of an explosive poo. Sometimes he pees all over his clothes as well while I'm changing his nappy, just because he is cool like that :D

A pack of pacifiers - we use them and swear by them. I use the MAM ones again because he seems to like them the most

I also have a toy for him and the soundbox from the sleepy sheep. Just in case he gets a bit fussy, the ocean sounds will calm him down and the toy will keep him occupied for a few minutes. It mostly ends up in his mouth but hey...whatever works

My wallet - It's in there weather I am going to the shop or not...

My keys - D is usually home so even If I would forget them it wouldn't be such a big deal, but I'm just use to having them there now.
Lip Butter - Revlon one, the light coloured one. I can't apply a dark lip colour on the go without a mirror, because I'm not that good at it.
My phone - this does not live in the bag :D but it goes in there if I go out.
My Organiser - For god knows what reason :D

And that is all I have in there at the moment.
I'm sure it will change once the summer comes and Oscar gets bigger and better, but for now this is what is in there :)

Hope you enjoyed the post
Stay tuned
xoxo