Today We

Squealed happily in the waiting room at the doctors

Bounced back after the 6 month needles

Got the last seats at the cafe outside

Borrowed Romy's blankets

Drank cappuccinos like old biddies

Played with Romy all afternoon while Luke made dinner for our friends tonight.

This long weekend business has turned out to be a sweet deal for Romy & I. Luke always has Sunday evenings, Mondays & Tuesdays off work, but Monday was a public holiday so he also scored Wednesday off. Our little long weekend break has been lovely and laid back. I even snuck out for a massage this afternoon.

Start Your Week Off With..

Roasted strawberry & chili jam by High Walls

Goals by Lark & Lace

Hand stamped clementine wall by A Beautiful Mess

Follow your dreams by Chasing Happy

Exhausted, worn out by The Beetle Shack

Enjoy your week!

Six Months

Romy hit the 6 month mark today! Six months you guys, how did that even happen? We completely missed her 5 month milestone, so today felt extra special. Romy & I set up a sea of blankets in our living room and played on them for most of the morning. She normally likes to have your whole attention, but today she was happy to just be with herself and I was able to get a lot of stuff done around the house without any of the usual tantrums. This past month we slowly introduced foods into her diet, starting off with a little rice cereal that was not well received. Avocado was the next taste and she took to that quiet quickly even though the 'spoon feeding' business was weird to her. After that we made purees of avocado and banana mixed together and she really liked that. Occasionally adding grape and blueberries mashed up.

Its been an odd transition into the solid phase, and knowing what is the 'right' thing to do. My friend Renee has been super helpful, and hearing about her solid eating trials with her little boy has been comforting in the sense that other Mums do feel the same way too. Romy has started to move around a lot more, so I can see that crawling will be her focus for the next couple of months.

Two Bears Upstairs

Romy & I have been keeping a low profile the last couple of days. We've been spending our days upstairs together on mine & Luke's bed napping, playing, reading & telling each other stories. She is having a little growth spurt and has been sleeping a lot more lately. Which was much appreciated today as I slept funny last night and woke up with a weird stiff neck and shooting pains down my back. Today was a small challenge, and I am really glad that the day is almost over. Hopefully tomorrow I wake up to everything magically fixed and I resume feeling lovely again. 

Cute Boys With Cats

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Have you seen this fun website? My friend Lara just shared this gem with me after she spent the evening looking at it with her Mum. They both enjoyed looking at pictures of cute boys holding cats and Lara thought I would to. The above picture is an example of the delightfulness that is Cute Boys With Cats. Not only is he holding a cat, but in front of a personal framed unicorn art collection. Fear not crazy cat ladies, there is still hope!

My Monthly Agenda / October

TUNE / NEED / MEAL / READ

This month I have decided to re-read 'Valley Of The Dolls', which has been my favourite novel since I was 15. The very first time I read it I was so distraught with the ending, especially the very last page, I didn't go to school the following day I felt so sad about it. I was so excited by the characters and the storyline as it was unlike any sort of book I had read before, & I invested a lot of interest in it. So when Anne sat quietly in the dark, I was really disappointed. My perspective on most things has changed a lot in the last decade, so this time around I might get a different perspective. 

The last couple of weeks Luke & I have been re-arranging things around our house and making little touches to certain spaces and it really gives the whole house a freshen up. I added an Ecoya 'sweet pea & jasmine' candle yesterday to our kitchen space & it is so delightful! I've been especially keen on candles lately, I hope it doesn't get to the 'cat lady stage' of liking something though! 

So Long, September

This month Luke & I got a lot of things done. We kept busy with dinner dates, we went out for the first time together in ages and saw our friends band for the first time. Now that the weather has started to warm up we made our first batch of ice tea, and made more of an effort to cook all components of our meals like stocks and sauces. And we made a cheese burger inspired pizza and discovered it is our favourite pizza topping, it is best served with grown up ginger beer! Lots of changes happened on the Romy front, she hit the 5 month mark which completely happened without us noticing. She grew out of her infant car seat + carrier and started using her first car seat - that she loves. We're pretty lucky to have  a baby that doesn't mind travelling in the car. Romy also started solids this month, we started her on a mixture of blueberries, banana, avocado and grapes. Our next step is vegetables, hopefully that is an even smoother transition into this food business for her. Not only was Romy babysat for the first time by our friend Sarah, but she was babysat for an entire day by my sister so I could do a fill in shift at my old work. It was really weird being away from her for an extended period of time, I missed her for the first time!

This month we went to the markets almost every weekend, which was fantastic as going to the markets on a weekend morning is my ideal way of spending the weekend. I've previously always, always worked Saturday mornings for as long as I can remember, and now that I am in the stay at home club, Saturday mornings are my oyster! One of our market trips was at the farmers market in Newcastle with my sister Ashleigh, and bro-in-law Allan. And another was spent with my friend Ally, who I studied design with. It was especially fun going to the markets with Ally because she appreciates good design too and likes to talk about it in length. Luke can only talk about throw cushions for so long! Something else we did this month was finally getting around to sanding back our antique tea cart, fixing the broken shelf and painting that bad boy a dark blue. It has been on our 'project nest' list for the past six months, so we're both pretty excited to not only have it fixed and snazzed up, but it serves a practical purpose as our record player stand. I drank a lot of late afternoon coffees and found myself getting a lot done around the house. I feel as though both Luke & I got a lot done this month and put some positive changes in place. See you next year September!

>>I also started using Twitter more, 

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