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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week in 2014"

This week Romy has been kicking her legs like crazy, every time I walk past her she is kicking something. I think she is itching to start using her pins, the last couple of mornings she has been leaning on us and pushing down on her little legs. Our little bear is extremely determined, and rougher than ever this week!

Daily Adventures: A Monday BBQ

Today Luke, Romy & I went to our friends house for a BBQ. Renee & I meet up for coffee every week with our babies, but this week we threw a spanner in the works and had a lunch BBQ with both of our little families. We had such a lovely afternoon outside drinking pear cider, talking about Renee & Simon's upcoming wedding, eating delicious food (Renee made the tastiest chocolate cheesecake!) and watching our babies play together. It was a perfect Monday afternoon!

Pizza Sunday

Roasted pumpkin, spinach, feta, rosemary & pine nuts

For this week's pizza I took the ingredients from a quick and easy salad my Mum likes to make for bbqs & parties; feta, spinach, roasted pumpkin, pine nuts & balsamic glaze. For our pizza version we left off the drizzle of balsamic glaze & roasted the pumpkin with rosemary. My Mum usually uses baby spinach leaves for the salad, but we already had silver beet spinach so we used that instead (hot tip: olive oil over the spinach will stop it from burning in the oven). 

Luke really enjoyed this topping, but I felt like there was something missing. Maybe a spicy tomato paste would have given it a little bit of a kick. 

1.15pm

Sunday, 9 February 2014, 1.15pm

Today Luke, Romy & I went to our friend's daughter's first birthday party. This was Luke's first time going to something baby related as he usually has to work on weekends, so it was especially nice. It was however an eventful drive there as we got slightly lost and Luke spilled coffee all over his pants minutes before we arrived! On the plus side, Romy didn't spew over her party dress & enjoyed the party!

Pin Of The Week

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An attic space doesn't just have to be the space in-between you and your roof, with coats of white paint and Ikea shelves for your craft supplies. It can go in the opposite direction and become a space to just sit and be. But you will need some sort of cute garland. And pillows, you will always need pillows!

8 am

Friday, 7 February 2014, 8 am

Even though I really don't like getting up early, mornings are my favourite time of the day now that we have Romy. That first little morning smile through the cot slats are the best, and she is always so excited to see us. After Romy has her morning milkshake she usually likes to crawl all over us in bed, but more so all over Luke. Getting to spend that hour altogether in bed before we start our day is my favourite.

Making Time

This quote has been running through my mind lately serving as a great motivator to get things done. I find myself wanting to do things, sometimes something super small like rearranging a space in our house, or an illustration, and I say to myself "when I have the time I'll do that". And eventually the idea fizzles out because I never find myself any closer to doing it. This year I've committed to setting myself monthly goals so I can give a small group of things a lot of attention for a month rather than allowing myself the whole year to get around to it. And this month I would like to make more time for the things that I enjoy, and more time for the things that need to be done.