tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81893518275421225582024-03-14T12:13:00.038+00:00Blog Me BeautifulLifestyle and Parenting blog based in Surrey.Blog Me Beautifulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737844251424479102noreply@blogger.comBlogger633125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189351827542122558.post-36479659744798836682020-10-05T14:09:00.006+01:002020-10-05T14:09:47.920+01:00Little Girl's Bedroom Design<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsVashbr03eTVG3jL2bwPGOo5RMfmKwkYikKdsGQt4T3lW68DYWVX-DxPWbUlCD95zUHvRp0_G9RDU6AKUzmTJhX-DmCVdugegrMoOzfHOit_1-zmqjEPTpms4mhGkzVhMyVnvq1iuSQ/s2048/IMG_4056.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">PR items marked*</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Contains affiliate links</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N3jbVcTZVVOXF9rIIB-VnmZu3WG57jsw7kBuZWOdnLB8Tb6BT7IzIKGcFkAYWQ-xgbZSRnAiF5Tcfuhol_whyq4tz_DUJ2fQ5-5-mr5DCDHbz27k-SVvkCrgeMPLrfYBXdhHZoXDG-I/s2048/IMG_4056.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N3jbVcTZVVOXF9rIIB-VnmZu3WG57jsw7kBuZWOdnLB8Tb6BT7IzIKGcFkAYWQ-xgbZSRnAiF5Tcfuhol_whyq4tz_DUJ2fQ5-5-mr5DCDHbz27k-SVvkCrgeMPLrfYBXdhHZoXDG-I/w480-h640/IMG_4056.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’ve been asked to share the girls bedroom decor previously - but I never thought they were particularly ‘insta-worthy’ but this is the reality (after a good tidy!!) rather than perfection. When we moved in before the renovation, the room we choose for Sophie had black walls... but it also had shutters and laminate floor, so it felt the cleanest room to put her in.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJDu0lXboeolxFN-N0ihVqusYGIpqVWFAUnY2vpIrAfVJlLmtVG7w9khsBJBjWHmHMfdOslnz2W7jVoS5OntracHiQRVqTNRe_4ZGhgM1deh7xEC-fbfbbqg1XelJabbiCn2X2daXQD0/s640/sophie+room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJDu0lXboeolxFN-N0ihVqusYGIpqVWFAUnY2vpIrAfVJlLmtVG7w9khsBJBjWHmHMfdOslnz2W7jVoS5OntracHiQRVqTNRe_4ZGhgM1deh7xEC-fbfbbqg1XelJabbiCn2X2daXQD0/w400-h265/sophie+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We stayed at my parents for a first few days after we moved in, so while Gareth was unpacking I painted her bedroom as I couldn’t bear her to have a black bedroom, as it felt so depressing! We painted it in Blackened (colour match F&B) which made it feel so much cleaner and fresher. Sophie was still in a cot at this point and with the move and dodgy electrics it certainly didn't feel the right time to move her to a big girl bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W57NB59DpRbHZ6Pbj10nlDmKnuP7bOW5Yd-zRKUl3_gqez1brqv-Vj7DJPiFK4YndNQQ12M-JBQ0bs_Q43eVDiqRG_uttO_yQR4BrXa8AnHubnmJmEVi2N4HFPo0K3U9gzNK5z9JBAU/s1399/IMG_7924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W57NB59DpRbHZ6Pbj10nlDmKnuP7bOW5Yd-zRKUl3_gqez1brqv-Vj7DJPiFK4YndNQQ12M-JBQ0bs_Q43eVDiqRG_uttO_yQR4BrXa8AnHubnmJmEVi2N4HFPo0K3U9gzNK5z9JBAU/w517-h640/IMG_7924.jpg" width="517" /></span></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As Sophie was three when we moved back in after the renovation, wanted it to have a more grown up feel compared to her nursery at our first home. We had the house decorated as part of the project and her room we repainted (the walls were a complete state despite my efforts when we moved in!) and we went for a slightly different shade (Farrow & Ball colour match Ammonite - which is a lovely warm grey) rather than wall paper as I thought she might ‘grow out’ of a design that I chose for her quite quickly.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpcjbtEIIY-YLXp7eoLMq63JpD6TQvhaydvzcPxRt3-4MibaUQYjgRvdlwe0ALuXYXMw5v58WFdjCFVBG58DSCtyaOgGcL6TNSnaTenT1bKOD_jveuHs2q41rrPuUHFKWsxPX6-SZEr4/s2048/IMG_3591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpcjbtEIIY-YLXp7eoLMq63JpD6TQvhaydvzcPxRt3-4MibaUQYjgRvdlwe0ALuXYXMw5v58WFdjCFVBG58DSCtyaOgGcL6TNSnaTenT1bKOD_jveuHs2q41rrPuUHFKWsxPX6-SZEr4/w426-h640/IMG_3591.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sophie’s room is the only room that we kept any of the built in furniture from the previous owners, so these were all repainted in brilliant white with an eggshell finish.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The room certainly wasn’t finished straight away, and I’m not sure it is even now! But one of the first things we bought was her big girl bed from <a href="https://www.wayfair.co.uk/furniture/pdp/zipcode-design-charmaine-bed-frame-ldru1344.html?refid=TEM_WF_732&mmid=1771166835&csnid=64287CEB-AD76-4004-9BC4-CB62D9DBD5E6&libra_c=&libra_d=&libra_g=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfair </a>and her mattress is from <a href="https://simbasleep.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simba Sleep</a>* which is really comfortable! I love <a href="https://rstyle.me/cz-n/ekrr67cc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">White Company Bedding</a> - occasionally they do beautiful embodied children’s bedding, Sophie loves this <a href="https://rstyle.me/cz-n/ekrr67cc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fairy set</a>* as much as I do, and they currently have a similar style in stock which I'm very tempted to get too!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQROHbsNW8THk4XJhl6ThhvRYZi1NHuK5Fv2vb0Hd8y5HKrj9KQeuOkdkIf5h_OoTDAKBoIxylv2jmRqpTcch4JQ-LtmNrzyI8MtjMUsPjZIOWxuimLj6-aaJn8vwicNP5U5gtOxExQi0/s2048/Neptune-68.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQROHbsNW8THk4XJhl6ThhvRYZi1NHuK5Fv2vb0Hd8y5HKrj9KQeuOkdkIf5h_OoTDAKBoIxylv2jmRqpTcch4JQ-LtmNrzyI8MtjMUsPjZIOWxuimLj6-aaJn8vwicNP5U5gtOxExQi0/w640-h426/Neptune-68.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HDpt_wV__2VVt3w6qYmeI6h9ob9wxatQ5qk8a1-wyKCmWH6bBK8D_dof_qWsZgnnxCQKGaIb3X0DJt8J7Mv8XJHic_s7Wg6VFIBrHLwhkvC94ZBD1fOjrdd4OSbaZ_5E8c0Xp_d18CQ/s2048/IMG_3586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HDpt_wV__2VVt3w6qYmeI6h9ob9wxatQ5qk8a1-wyKCmWH6bBK8D_dof_qWsZgnnxCQKGaIb3X0DJt8J7Mv8XJHic_s7Wg6VFIBrHLwhkvC94ZBD1fOjrdd4OSbaZ_5E8c0Xp_d18CQ/s320/IMG_3586.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_m8NEMe56_Ay-PDDXFQxEEFUZO5q74L9lB1tK4h67qdVSUBIl3kkQi77FxqJIeh6i1-92bKPe936DMGh1sefTFGMl08rzxTZwJ5pr3pCFdKRvLTiTd7eOD0iJHn_KtnMh494idGf9Q4/s2048/IMG_4059.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_m8NEMe56_Ay-PDDXFQxEEFUZO5q74L9lB1tK4h67qdVSUBIl3kkQi77FxqJIeh6i1-92bKPe936DMGh1sefTFGMl08rzxTZwJ5pr3pCFdKRvLTiTd7eOD0iJHn_KtnMh494idGf9Q4/s320/IMG_4059.JPG" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">These cute <a href="https://www.gltc.co.uk/collections/wall-shelves/products/townhouse-wall-shelves-pastels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">house shelves</a> above her bed are from <a href="https://www.gltc.co.uk/collections/wall-shelves/products/townhouse-wall-shelves-pastels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Little Trading Company</a>* - Sophie often changes what toys get to ‘live’ there. And then we also put a fairy wall sticker (<a href="https://www.wayfair.co.uk/home-decor/pdp/east-urban-home-fairy-magic-wall-sticker-nmws1154.html?piid=14393216" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayfair</a>) by her bed that was a big hit. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">We’ve collected cute girlie cushions over the years, which move from her bed to the teepee and back again... </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMs6I0BVQt2s87w8gEfpXA5BSBDYDJQylYJzNu_3MySRt_m0AtfTBPl-_4BWPQmQbjZQYLG6nNEVt3v5r5EYezYGsZ-NCvOwaUhfQo40lwpXAceOf2Av_gk43qlBJkATckDH_VM3mrek/s2048/IMG_4052.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMs6I0BVQt2s87w8gEfpXA5BSBDYDJQylYJzNu_3MySRt_m0AtfTBPl-_4BWPQmQbjZQYLG6nNEVt3v5r5EYezYGsZ-NCvOwaUhfQo40lwpXAceOf2Av_gk43qlBJkATckDH_VM3mrek/w480-h640/IMG_4052.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The teepee that was her 1st birthday pressie now in Chloe's room and the <a href="https://www.thelittlegreensheep.co.uk/kids-teepee-play-tent-linen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Green Sheep Teepee</a>* that was in Chloe’s room is below Sophie’s window as it was a bit too large for Chloe’s room. Sophie loves it when we make her bed up on the floor and she ‘camps’ in it - especially pretty if you put fairy lights up at the top so it feels like she is sleeping under the stars.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Her cloud rug is also from The Great Little Trading Company and Sophie loves to jump from cloud to cloud before bed... anything to delay sleep time! This design is no longer available but they have other lovely designs <a href="https://www.gltc.co.uk/collections/rugs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaIUrfnvSLKL4Z_UlbWfWBlf1OidBQKzAA3BjcHep4wNqm0WSJ1jugFKPDjbOgFK6_w7VtYd2w3p9LiZBnqOc_kaQHL_JuSMLK3GY14zbxISf2aIdOqpBLLHiMDp6xGyknf4n8CsQIj4/s2048/IMG_4105.JPG" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaIUrfnvSLKL4Z_UlbWfWBlf1OidBQKzAA3BjcHep4wNqm0WSJ1jugFKPDjbOgFK6_w7VtYd2w3p9LiZBnqOc_kaQHL_JuSMLK3GY14zbxISf2aIdOqpBLLHiMDp6xGyknf4n8CsQIj4/w480-h640/IMG_4105.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Last Christmas Sophie really wanted a dressing table - hers is from <a href="https://www.gltc.co.uk/collections/childrens-dressing-tables/products/charlotte-dressing-table-stool-set" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Little Trading Company*</a> and she loves storing her treasures in the draws and sits to put o her lip balm when she goes to parties!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInVwDXb4VaEmR2wEB4L56HlFAp5Kl7CYvtEdE6KXwmZQj7_6-k6l53uT_DUHB5nrrpe4g80NSeiD8_-gCIr_uB7NuD1jvnQ4HdoY9DZCsQRJyzd9eP0DlxRw5eYgzV9TP7J4iNrQO6yU/w480-h640/IMG_3590.JPG" width="480" /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6PBvBouk2Zcbig8EppLSaFn1unJx_IObA1NK1jnyL95jKps57erCliyJPJ3zpWusJqR4PZXc_GtIbCTzeDgl2aYcb6GSEOeRTGKcC8SU0nAMrmnQlqHX24-RZlzoGakaM3T52sFJEtc/s2048/IMG_4093.JPG" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6PBvBouk2Zcbig8EppLSaFn1unJx_IObA1NK1jnyL95jKps57erCliyJPJ3zpWusJqR4PZXc_GtIbCTzeDgl2aYcb6GSEOeRTGKcC8SU0nAMrmnQlqHX24-RZlzoGakaM3T52sFJEtc/s320/IMG_4093.JPG" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB400ItN1_5uGEt5RSe_7Tp21Y30x6JsStvUtTnUmE5-JJgOiDcVLWXl71nczHnwJ3q0nyE2cYr_2EEqH1FD7_ixtvsc3DxDPt3wxpmsJGvO0UaTMBmB-Ea04cm1OiF523LM_6xieUVI/s2048/IMG_4081.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB400ItN1_5uGEt5RSe_7Tp21Y30x6JsStvUtTnUmE5-JJgOiDcVLWXl71nczHnwJ3q0nyE2cYr_2EEqH1FD7_ixtvsc3DxDPt3wxpmsJGvO0UaTMBmB-Ea04cm1OiF523LM_6xieUVI/s320/IMG_4081.JPG" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As her room is neutral, hopefully we will be able to keep changing it gradually as her tastes change, rather than making a really pink room!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We've collected prints and pictures pictures over the years, Sophie's favourites are the personalised princess and the unicorn which are above her chest of drawers from <a href="https://rstyle.me/+fd_C5QkVkyl87qMURkz5ng" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wellies & Tutu Illustrations</a>* that I've put in Ikea frames.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; 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When your pregnant for the first time you can go into baby stores and be given a ridiculously long list of all of the 'essentials' you need for your new baby that can be pretty daunting! When I was pregnant with my first baby, my mum and sister really helped me work out what I needed, and as my sister was already a mum of two at that point, she generously lent me most of the things we needed. Borrowing, or buying second hand is a great way of saving money, as babies don't know whether the kit you use is shiny and new or not! So here are my 'essentials' and 'nice to have' pieces for the latest addition to your family, whether you are buying new or looking to borrow or buy pre-loved.</div>
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The Pram - One of the biggest purchases you are going to make.</div>
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When we had Sophie my sister lent me her Bugaboo Chameleon which was fantastic. This time round we went for the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+ojzreKx2Z4JqexqWbAiFgQ" target="_blank">Fox*</a>, which is a bit larger so more comfortable as baby becomes a toddler has bigger wheels at the front, so it better on rough terrain and up and down curbs! They are really robust, lots of storage and look great too. We also have the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+-BD8LAl5wCToE93HtCzDvA" target="_blank">buggy board</a> which has a 'bike' seat on it that Sophie sits or stands on to go to school in the morning. I also love the sun canopy which come right over, perfect for Chloe who naps on the walk home from school in the morning.</div>
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We have also had the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+rtZo93W1DLXTDkLIctimaQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baby Zen Yoyo*</a> which lots of my mum friends have been raving about, which I don't think was around whenI had Sophie. It is so compact that you can take it onto the aeroplane as hand luggage when you travel. You can unfold it and push it single handed which is ideal when your also holding hands with another child (or holding a coffee!) I keep it in my car and use it all the time that we are out and about, saving valuable boot space and it is much easier to manoeuvre around town.</div>
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The Carseat - An important first purchase, you won't be able to take your newborn home without it!</div>
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This is going to be one of the first items you are going to use and you want to make sure your baby is as safe as they can be. I recommend going into store and talking to trained car seat experts who can make sure the set you choose is safety tested in your type of car and can talk you through all the different safety mechanisms. We have the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+8Qxu_3647lcdYKhiIu2jog" target="_blank">Nuna Pipa Lite Lx</a>* which I love for the dream drape which as well as making sure the sun stays out of babies eyes can help them sleep better when they are travelling in their carseat.</div>
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We had a traditional moses basket for Sophie and she slept in it really happily. Chloe didn't take to it as well, so we kept the moses basket down stairs for her naps and had the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+CX9eAIhktKTfbg2J2vk9LA" target="_blank">Snuz Pod3</a>* next to me in our bedroom. It has zip down sides which makes it really easy to get baby out for feeds during the night, which was really helpful having had a C-section. It has some other really good features, such as mess sides so you can see baby easily, you can rock it to help baby get to sleep and it has a colic tilt which we found useful as Chloe had a cough when she was little and it helped her cough less at night.</div>
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Sleeping bags are perfect for keeping baby snug at night, and you don;t have to worry about baby kicking off their blanket or it moving. Make sure you check what age/weight they are suitable for and that you are using the correct tog rating for the temperature. I love the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+A9o6qxNc4FAiFmMFQ9X3rQ" target="_blank">Snuz Pouch</a>* as the nappy changing zip is so handy when you are doing your up-teenth nappy change of the night.</div>
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A baby carrier is an essential in my book, so you can hold the baby and still have your hands free to get on with things. Especially if this is a subsequent baby and you want your hands free to play with your other child(ren). Carriers seem to get better and better, with increased back support and super soft fabrics. We have always loved Baby Bjorn and their new <a href="https://rstyle.me/+A9o6qxNc4FAiFmMFQ9X3rQ" target="_blank">Mini and Move carriers</a>* are suitable from birth.</div>
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You may well want to wait to get a highchair for your little one until they are approaching weaning which can also help spread the cost, my parents bought us the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+CEZLofdN00ieUINuDJ_chQ" target="_blank">Stokke Trip Trapp</a>* for Sophie's 1st Christmas Present which we have loved, it grows with your child and she still uses it now. I've included it here as Stokke also have a <a href="https://rstyle.me/+HSTfI_uW95R4cwBkOQvJWw" target="_blank">newborn insert</a>* which means you can 'sit' your baby at the table with you when you are eating. This has been brilliant for a second child, as Chloe wasn't on a different level to us when I was sitting colouring with Sophie, or at meal times. It would also be brilliant if you had pets or a toddler and wanted a safe higher space for baby.</div>
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Chloe has LOVED her bouncers, which have been a life saver having somewhere to put her down when she was awake. We have actually got two - a hand-me-down from my sister which is in our bedroom where I can put Chloe when I go in the shower and get ready in the morning and one down stairs. The upstairs one is certainly 'less insta friendly' with makes sounds, lights up and vibrates, but is certainly the favourite now! Downstairs we have the beautiful <a href="https://rstyle.me/+cO5LSpF-nHebsENU4fpd0Q" target="_blank">BabyBjorn Bouncer</a>* in soft grey Jersey fabric. It fits in with our decor and looks so comfortable. Chloe happily sits in it to watch her sister playing or me doing jobs!</div>
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You may also want a play-mat for your baby, where you can lie them down with toys for them to look at. We bought a <a href="https://rstyle.me/+MPkVTru63RykyDCmRl40HQ" target="_blank">SkipHop woodland playmat</a> for Sophie that is fold away, that we have used again for Chloe. I also love the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+q1RRnIwd1O0LqA7DI3UfEg" target="_blank">CamCam Copenhagen Play Gym</a>* that converts into a tent and you can choose the different toys you like - which is more aesthetically pleasing...</div>
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A bath support is hugely helpful in making bathtime less stressful. We have the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+U6GY_4cQyn5EMkdlyIYH_w" target="_blank">Angel Care Support</a>* and it has a line to tell you where to fill the bath too and you know baby isn't going to get a face full of water. It has also meant I have been able to bath the girls together, which Sophie has loved.</div>
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Muslins are a new mum's hero item. When Sophie was a baby we went for plain white, but in the night they were camouflaged in my white bedding, so this time I went for the cutest patterns. A mix of the big swaddles, which can be used for so, so many other things, actually swaddling baby, shade, blanket, cover for feeding, play-mat etc and the smaller ones that fit in your bag more easily. I think I've tried most brands now(!) and the absolute softest (in my opinion) are <a href="https://pattieandco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattie</a> but I also love <a href="https://rstyle.me/+actLKdfYCNt3otvPaslItg" target="_blank">Aden & Anais</a>. I'd say have about 10 muslins so you've always got a clean one to hand.</div>
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You may have clear ideas about how you are going to feed your baby, or you may be waiting to see what happens. Either way, if you do want to express I can't recommend the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+CAnAFNFs-x4epEVPW8jnSA" target="_blank">Elvie Pump</a>* highly enough. When I had Sophie I borrowed my sister <a href="https://rstyle.me/+2oDRIcP8f8aEFjVtt0-QhA" target="_blank">Meduala Swing</a> which you have to hold and keep plugged in whilst pumping. For a 1st baby you can make the time to do this, which I had to, as Sophie lost too much weight in the first week and we had to top her up with expressed milk after each feed. However, when you've got another child to run around after, I don't think I'd have ben able to find the time to sit and express. With the Elvie, I had it ready so in the morning when I was getting ready to take Sophie to school I popped it on, so so easy. I even took it to the O2 - its so silent and discreet that I used it during a concert.</div>
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You don't need a steriliser, you can boil bottles in hot water for 10 mins, but steam sterilisers may be more convenient. We used the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+7gv4uHa_HhakP2HDK46k9Q" target="_blank">Tomme Tippee Steriliser.</a></div>
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You'll also want to bulk buy the nappies, wipes and bottom cream. I have worked in paid partnership with Lidl for their Lupilu nappies and I have been so impressed that they are all I have used on Chloe since trying them. I remember my mum telling me newborns can need changing ten times a day, so use that as a guide and get enough for the first week at least. We set up changing stations in our bedroom (where both girls slept for the first six months) and down stairs. You'll also want wipes and cream for your changing bag, so get at least 3 tubes of bottom cream and I'd say a minimum of 5 packs of wipes.</div>
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Back in February when Chloe was a bump we were looking at booking a <a href="https://www.markwarner.co.uk/family-holidays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Warner</a> holiday and were then asked to act as Mark Warner Ambassadors and my family of 4 were given the opportunity to visit <a href="http://tidd.ly/b43b32d6https://www.markwarner.co.uk/sun-holidays/greece/paleros/beach-resort" target="_blank">Paleros</a> free of charge. My in-laws then paid to come on this holiday wth us.</div>
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<span class="s1">This was out 4th Mark Warner holiday - we went to Levante when Sophie was 14 months, (<a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2016/08/toddler-on-tour-our-summer-holiday.html" target="_blank">see post on this trip here</a>) then again the following year with my parents and sister family (<a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/08/our-summer-family-holiday-2017.html" target="_blank">another blog post!</a>) and we’ve been on a ski holiday (<a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/01/skiing-with-toddler-our-holiday.html" target="_blank">and I wrote about that too...</a>). Its a winning formula for families as everyone has a fabulous holiday.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When you book your holiday you book the time slots for your childcare, we opted for mornings; Sophie in mini club and Chloe in baby club, both 9-12.30. We weren’t sure how much wed actually use the baby club for chloe as she was the minimum age of 4 months when we arrived. However, the nannies were really lovely, the room cool from air conditioning and lots of toys to keep her happily entertained so she went to all of her mornings.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Sophie LOVED the mini club, she wasn’t sure on the first morning for the first 5 minutes, but the nannies quickly got her engaged in the activities, she made new friends and everyday was really excited to go to ‘club’. She was also given amazing opportunities to do water-sports, going windsurfing, kayaking and sailing which was also supervised but the beach team as well as the kids club nannies. We went and watched Sophie on the water and it was fantastic to see her confident in a new environment with her little pals.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Knowing the girls were happy and enjoying themselves meant that the grown ups got some time to ourselves too. My husband had ACL knee reconstruction a few weeks before we went away, so unlike out previous Mark Warner Holidays were we did loads of activities (guided cycle rides, paddle boarding, sailing, windsurfing) we opted for a more chilled out week, which was just what we needed having a young baby!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Most mornings went to breakfast then I popped the girls to their clubs, returning to have another coffee and a pastry with my husband and my in-laws before heading to the pool and reading my book (The Rosie Project - which I LOVED if your looking for an uplifting easy-read thats not trashy!). I also loved the fact that everyone around the pool had generally had kids, so I felt much more relaxed in my swimwear with my post-baby body.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Another morning we borrowed Kayaks and enjoyed being out on the water - luckily nothing was wrong with my husbands arm muscles to I took on more of a ‘steering’ role! The fact that the actives were all included meant that we could just take the equipment out for a short amount of time rather than paying for a whole day which might have put us off, especially as we weren’t sure how my husbands knee would be. The beach staff were also amazing at helping us launch and get the boats into the beach - nothing was too much trouble.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As we’d had some time to ourselves in the morning we were really up for playtime with the girls in the afternoon which was ALWAYS spent by the pool. Sophie had only learnt to swim at the beginning of the summer on our trip to France and it came on so much on this trip as well. Hours spent playing mermaids, swimming to the bottom of the pool to pick up sinkers and playing with baby Chloe in the water are certainly memories that I’ll treasure forever. I certainly parent better when I’ve had a bit of time to myself and found that I had much more patience with Sophie, having such happy afternoons together.</span></div>
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We only took our <a href="https://rstyle.me/+HyYvTdNTpWYJD83gShv0QQ" target="_blank">Baby Zen Yoyo </a>with us - which was AMAZING, it reclined enough for Chloe to have her naps in it happily and we were able to take it on the plane as hand luggage as it folds up really complactly.</div>
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The holiday includes breakfast every morning and dinner five of the nights, the other two allow for you to go and explore the eateries in Paleros, which is a €5 taxi ride. We went back to the Yacht club for drinks and sampled the water front restaurants. There is also the option to stay at the hotel where there is a poolside BBQ.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a few days away from heading off for the second time this summer as a family of four to the new <a href="http://tidd.ly/8eb1b207"><span class="s1">Mark Warner Paleros Resort</span></a> in Greece as one of their ambassadors (which I am so excited about!) and as I delay the packing marathon I wanted to share what I found really useful on our 1st trip this year and what I’m planning to take away this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most airlines allow you to pack your children’s car seats on board, but obviously this adds massive bulk onto what you have to carry and if your travelling to resort by couch a baby’s car seat may not even fit. Our local taxi company have been really helpful, looking after our car seats for us, so we’ve taken the girls to and from the airport in their normal seats. Sophie also has a <a href="https://rstyle.me/~aW7pe"><span class="s1">Bubblebum</span></a>* seat that we’ve taken to use for short journeys whilst we are away which deflates to save precious packing space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Sophie was tiny we took our full pram away with us, which was really useful as we used the bassinet for her to sleep in rather then a travel cot that seemed so big for her! But it is big to shift around, and as it has to go in the hold it can get easily damaged. When we went to France we borrowed my sister’s Bugaboo Bee which was much smaller and on our upcoming holiday we are taking the <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/drp3sccc46x"><span class="s1">BabyZen YoYo</span></a>* which folds up so compactly that you can take it as carry on luggage, so you don’t have to worry about how to get baby to luggage reclaim when you get off the plane. As it also lies flat we will also be able to use it to take Chloe to the evening childcare for her to snooze in peace whilst we have our dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both girls will be going to morning childcare to give us a chance to enjoy the water-sports, cycling and chill out time, so Chloe will hopefully be having a morning feed whilst she is at the creche. Luckily Mark Warner are able to provide a steam steriliser for her bottles and pump so I don’t need to worry about packing these! When we went to France, I didn’t want the hassle of bottles, but during this 2 week break, Chloe decided that she didn’t like bottles and then I had a battle trying to get her back on them, so if I wasn’t going to a resort that was able to provide a steriliser I’d take the ‘<a href="https://rstyle.me/n/dnpuy5cc46x"><span class="s1">self sterilising’ bottles</span></a> that you can use a microwave to sterilise them in a few minutes. I’m also packing a bottle brush and mini bottle of washing liquid to was then our sink first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we aren’t going to take our big pram for Chloe to sleep in, I’m going to pack her <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/dnq5rccc46x"><span class="s1">Sleepyhead</span></a>* which she loves and makes a travel cot much more cozy for her and hopefully she will sleep well making us all have a better holiday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In our villa in France we didn’t have AC or fans(!) so Chloe just slept in a vest, but as the rooms at <a href="http://tidd.ly/e2f4cd7c"><span class="s1">Mark Warner</span></a> have air con I’m also going pack her two light (1 tog) sleeping bags. During the day I’ve packed cotton rompers for Chloe to wear and a couple of UV swim outfits for both girls to go swimming in and a <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/drrgescc46x"><span class="s1">baby float</span></a>* for Chloe to bob around in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am also going to take some of her favourite snacks from home that will survive the heat, such as dried fruit so I’ve got something when she is hungry in the afternoon. I think it is unlikely that she will want to have a nap in the afternoon, but to help her have some quiet time I’m packing some sticker books, I’ve ordered some of her favourite Usboune Dolly dressing up books that she loved doing with her cousin in Greece along with a few small toys and that she will choose in her <a href="https://rstyle.me/~aWbtl"><span class="s1">trunkie</span></a>* to take on the plane as well as the ipad which we will load up with some her favourite programmes that she can watch on the flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was also a side extension that housed a utility, cloakroom and conservatory which was the lightest part of the house and looked out onto the garden. It had been added to the house nearly 20 years ago but lacked insulation and was Baltic in the winter. So with the help of our architect and my amazing dad who did all our structural design we decided to take down the wall between the extension and the original house and use this space to located the new kitchen. One of the main design features we chose in he house was the crittal style full height windows with French doors out into the garden. Crittal is an insane price, so we opted for a more affordable option in Aluminium and this is one of my favoured parts of the house. Although it is contemporary, it also feels like it fits perfectly in our Victorian home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been yearning for a <a href="https://www.neptune.com/our-stores/uk/weybridge/" target="_blank">Neptune Kitchen</a> since the store opened in my local high street back in 2015. They had their Suffolk kitchen painted in Charcoal in the window and I fell in love. So when we started looking for a new kitchen Neptune was my first port of call. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We looked around all the different kitchen designs, but I knew the Suffolk was the kitchen I really wanted. The timeless shaker design is paired back to give an elegant and sophisticated look. The units are all solid wood which also lines the cabinets which makes them feel even more luxurious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike other kitchen designers, we didn’t sit through hours of drawing up the space and putting the units in on CAD, instead after meeting with one of the Weybridge directors, Chris and discussing the key features we were after - we gave him the dimensions and did the design work, sending us the plans and renders to see what the kitchen would look like in our space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were pretty clear about what we wanted, having designed and lived in a new kitchen 5 years ago there were the features that we loved and wanted to recreate, and others we wanted to do differently. A show-stopper island that was as large as possible was high on the list with seating round a corner, which is much more sociable than on a single edge was the main design feature to build the rest of the kitchen around. We wanted to position the sink in the island, making washing up etc more sociable. We wanted a butler ceramic sink (doesn’t show the water marks!) with two full size basins, as we found the half basin at our previous home quite unusable. This also gives us the space to ‘hid’ washing up in when we have guests, keeping the island clear. We were also keen to keep our american fridge-freezer that we moved with. My last kitchen didn’t have enough small draws for tea towels, kitchen foil ect, so getting a good ratio of draws to cupboards was vital for effective storage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After changing our minds once or twice, we perfected the design on version 11(!) This was mainly due to wanting a range cooker initially before deciding that a more contemporary stack of ovens, warming draw and separate induction hob would not only suit our lifestyle better, but also look more contemporary. After looking at having two oven units side by side, felt it took up too much of the workspace, so in the Neptune stake unit we could fit a standard size oven and a compact oven and one of the lower draws could, with some clever carpentry be used for a <a href="https://www.smeguk.com/product/cpr115n/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">warming draw</a> I went to the SMEG store in London to choose the ovens. We decided to go for the <a href="https://www.smeguk.com/linea/" target="_blank">Linea range</a>, as it was simple and classic with a range of features, like the pizza ‘stone’ at the bottom of the oven. For the <a href="https://www.smeguk.com/product/sf4104mcn/" target="_blank">compact oven</a>, we opted for a combination with microwave features, as at the moment we use a microwave a lot at the moment with Sophie liking her milk warmed up - but we never used a microwave a huge amount before she came on the scene, so didn’t want to waste space with a stand alone and having two ovens is so useful when hosting. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Originally I had wanted a dark kitchen, either in the Charcoal that had been in the Neptune Weybridge window when it originally opened, or in navy. However, the Suffolk kitchen comes in standard colour of Driftwood and Chris at Neptune made an excellent point of why not get the kitchen in the standard colour rather than paying extra for it to be painted, then when it was in place, then making a decision on whether we wanted to paint it. Oh, I’m so so pleased we followed this advice. I love the colour and the neutral shade of Driftwood looks so timeless, whereas I think a dark colour would have looked a bit imposing in the space.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the design features of the Suffolk kitchen is the beautiful larders, in the showroom there is the most beautiful double larder unit. Sadly we couldn’t fit this in with the symmetry we were trying to achieve, but we opted for a single larder one side of the fridge and it is really useful. The inner shelfs are perfect for storing herbs and spices that I used to have to rummage for and the inner draws are handy for storing cans and sauces accessibly too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a bin unit in our last house for refuse and recycling, which made for a much sleeker look but I also wanted somewhere to put the food waste rather than having to duck under the sink. Our design incorporated a really large bin and then two smaller bin draws, one that we use for recycling and the other for compostable waste, leaving the under sink cupboards free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Typically, after designing the Kitchen around the american fridge freezer, it decided to die on us! Luckily we really loved the finished design and decided to get a very similar looking replacement, but opting for a really reliable brand - Siemens. Having a chilled water and ice dispenser we loved in our last house so it was a no brainer to go for this again. We opted for the <a href="https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/uk/productlist/cooling/freestanding-fridges-and-freezers/freestanding-side-by-side-fridge-freezers/KA92DAI20G?cid=sie_infl_18%7Csoci%7C%7C%7Cfac%7Cinstagram%7C%7Cpost%7C%7Celibbey" target="_blank">iQ500</a> which has hyper fresh boxes keeping meat, fish and vegetables fresher for longer and Wifi connectivity so we can monitor and control remotely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spring is an amazing time to have a baby, although I haven’t got much to compare it too as both Sophie and Chloe were born in April. The last night-feed doesn’t seem too bad when then sun is starting to rise and you can hear the birds singing - you don’t feel like you’re the only one awake at that ungodly hour! Another amazing thing is that it’s getting warmer, getting out of the house is much more achievable, so getting plenty of fresh air and sunlight (all that daylight is meant to boost serotonin and help baby sleep better at night!). We love outings to National Trust venues and RHS Wisley which is just down the road where Sophie can run around, explore and burn off some energy. The coffee is strong and the gorgeous seasonal flowers make it the perfect backdrop for all the Instagram shots too… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last weekend we headed to Wisley to see one of my best friends Victoria and her family for them to meet baby Chloe. The picnic was packed, but as I am elusively breastfeeding all we needed for Chloe was the changing kit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have mentioned previously that I haven’t found breastfeeding easy, for either Sophie to Chloe, so getting the best products to help has been important to me. I have used Lansinoh nipple cream religiously to prevent and treat cracking and their nursing pads have always been my go to, so so much more comfortable that any of the competitors, it is one of the times that the top brand IS so much better than others (I have had to get rid of pack of chemist own brand as I couldn’t bear how synthetic an uncomfortable they felt). When Lansinoh approached me to ask if I would like to try their new <a href="https://lansinoh.co.uk/product/new-washable-nursing-pads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washable Nursing Pads</a> I was really keen. I hate how much waste new babies create so they seemed an excellent idea. I was so impressed at how comfortable they are, even more so then their disposable versions - I also think they are less visible as the shape looks more natural.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was then time for Victoria’s family to head back home to Eastbourne (I really, really, really want her to move back to Surrey!!!) and we headed to my parents for a family BBQ to celebrate my Dad’s birthday. My parents have the most beautiful garden (you can see some picture of it here from Sophie’s 3rd birthday party!) so Sophie played with her cousins before we feared on all of the food before heading home for bedtime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we were planning the new layout of our home, a utility room was one of the major ‘must-haves’ a space where we could have the washing machine and tumble dryer out of the way and space to hand up and dry the washing away from food smells and out of the entertaining space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had originally wanted to have a navy kitchen, but when we decided to go for a more neutral look, I thought why not go for this look in the utility space instead. The utility is situated where the kitchen was originally, which is the darker side of the house, so in choosing navy we were embracing the darkness, rather than fighting with high gloss white, which was what we initially had planned. We chose All White by Farrow and Ball for the walls which is a warm off white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We got quotes from the big highstreet retailers, but opted for local <a href="https://www.sanctuarykitchensandbathrooms.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sanctuary Kitchens</a> for the units. I loved the colour (Hauge Blue) and the smooth finish. On one wall we chose full height cupboards where the boiler is hidden and space for the hoover and mop as well as draws and shelves for extra storage - I may well have 2 draws for just candles... not that my husband thinks this is a waste of space!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For continuity we kept the same quartz worktop that we had in our kitchen running through into this space too. I wanted to go for brass handles and taps as I think this looks stunning against the navy. The tap is from <a href="https://www.franke.com/gb/en/ks/products/kitchen-taps/neptune/115-0533-345_detail.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franke</a> and the bee-hive handles are from <a href="https://www.neptune.com/kitchens/everything-the-kitchen-sink/handles-hinges-hardware/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neptune</a> and I’m so pleased with how they look together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had always wanted a matching washing machine and tumble dryer, so when we were approached by <a href="https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Siemens Home Appliances</a> to collaborate with them to try out their new <a href="https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/home-connect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home Connect</a> appliances I was delighted. Not only do these appliances look stunning side by side (especially when they are on and matching blue lights around the door are gleaming!) they are SO quiet, seriously…. my last washing machine was so noisy on a fast spin and you can hardly hear anything with these appliances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Siemens <a href="https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/uk/productlist/laundrycarecn/laundrycarecnwashingmachines/WM14U940GB?breadcrumb=null" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">washer</a> and <a href="https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/uk/productlist/laundry-care/tumble-dryers/heat-pump-tumble-dryers/WT7XH940GB?breadcrumb=null" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dryer </a>also have Home Connect technology, which is linked up to the Wi-Fi so I can control them with my smart phone. Rather than guessing when to set the timer for, I can put a wash on as I’m about to leave work so it’s ready to unload when I get home (as long as I’ve loaded it already!) and I’ve found the alert on my phone when a cycle has finished really useful - so if I’m upstairs I don’t forget about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As we had to replace all the windows in the house, we decided to for obscure glass for the lower sash. As this window looks out onto the driveway we didn’t really want guests to see all our washing... and it’s not this tidy most of the time...! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We had been indecisive when it can to whether to fork out for underfloor heating in this space, but our builder came up with a nifty solution as all of the pipes from the other UFH areas feed into the boiler, he spread them out over the floor area not covered by cupboards giving us the warmth through the floor. This means not only is it warm under foot, but the washing dries so quickly.</span></div>
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I've never been happy with my eyebrows. In my early teens they were unruly (I remember my best friend referring to them as slugs!!!) until I plucked them into near extinction before trying to grow them back without much success. Since my early thirties I've pencilled them in or used brow powder to give a stronger brow and evening them out, as the lady that threads my brows had told me that they were uneven too... I'm painting beautiful picture aren't I?! When I heard about semi-permenant make-up, I had instantly dismissed it as an option for me. I thought it sounded faddy, a bit scouser-brow and most importantly, what if I were to change my mind?!</div>
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Years later, after seeing loads of before and after pictured of microblading and just how natural it looked - I became tempted. Saving moments in the morning, having the perfect shaped brows, rather than fining out I've pencilled in a wonk or gone heavier on one side then another sounded very appealing! <a href="https://www.thelittleparlour.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Little Palour</a> in Weybridge has always been a salon I've trusted. I went to them for eyelash extensions and a spray tan before my wedding - serious trust!! So when I found out that salon owner Naomi was experienced in <a href="https://www.thelittleparlour.co.uk/treatments/semi-permanent-makeup/" target="_blank">Microblading</a> I started thinking about it a lot more seriously.</div>
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So back in the summer, I want in to discuss options with Naomi. She totally understood my reservations and promised me she would be able to create a really soft and natural look - no scouser brow! We discussed a couple of options, microblading, which is where individual hairs are 'drawn' and powder brow, which creates a softer look - like you've used a brow powder on your brows. We decided to use a combination of the techniques to create the look I was after. At the same time she performed a patch test and gave me some numbing cream.</div>
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An hour before the treatment I popped a thick layer of the numbing cream onto my brows which I then covered with clingfilm (a strong look!) don't worry, I wiped this off for my walk to the salon...!</div>
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Naomi then set to work designing my brows with pencil, measuring them to make sure they were even and consistent.</div>
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When I was happy, Naomi started. The procedure wasn't painless; uncomfortable rather than unbearable with some areas being more sensitive then others. The powder brow sections were achieved using an electronic needle, not too dissimilar to what is used by tattoo artists. The Microblading - which creates the individual hairs, uses a little (micro!) blade, to make a small cut in the skin, to which the dye is added.</div>
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At the end of the treatment (which lasted about an hour and a half), I was a little alarmed, my brows were looking much bolder than I anticipated. Larger, darker and quite shiny. Naomi assured my that they would fade and shrink and not to worry... but I felt a bit nervous still I must admit!!!</div>
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I was given instructions on how to look after them, I needed to wipe them with cool boiled water every 2 hours for the first day, and applying a small amount of Savlon every 4 hours. This became less frequent over the next few days and then after 5 days I just needed to use oil to keep the moisturised.</div>
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Four days after the treatment, my brows started to scab, which is totally normal. When I was told this was going to happen I thought it sounded horrible, but in reality what happened was that the top layer of skin just gradually came off - it wasn't painful or uncomfortable at all - I just had to resist the urge not to pick, as this can make the final brows patchy.</div>
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After the scabbing had finished, my brows looked much less intense and over the next few weeks they gradually got a little darker as the skin healed and went back to being translucent.</div>
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I was meant to go back for a top up a 5/6 weeks later later, at the end of August but this is when I found out I was pregnant and as the procedure isn't recommended when you're expecting I had to cancel the follow up. As a result, my brows are a little patchy, but only to the extent that I would notice. If I had been able to have the second appointment, I would have been a bit more daring, knowing how much they do calm down, and would go for a slightly darker shade, as because I was so nervous, Naomi went for a shade slightly lighter than my natural colour.<br />
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I do LOVE the result, my brows are now the perfect shape - and I don't need to pencil them in saving precious minutes in my hectic routine. Having stronger brows rally suite my face and is really flattering. I would totally recommend if you are considering it despite the cost. At <a href="https://www.thelittleparlour.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Little Palour</a> in Weybridge, the two treatments costs £395, comprising of the two treatment sessions with the aftercare products. The results last up to two years, when you can have them topped up.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">September feels more like a new year than January. I’m a teacher, so its the start to a new academic year, having a new timetable, new classes and often new colleagues. Sophie too has started back at school, now in the Upper Nursery with full days rather then finishing at lunchtime. New starts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So at the start of this month, I decided this was the time to get the bedtime routine back in shape - for both of us to be ready for what the new school year has to throw at us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bath time is a great way to relax and unwind - for the grown ups as well as the little ones. I’ve been strict with making sure S is in the tub by 6.15 to give her plenty of time to enjoy it before getting all dry and snuggly in her PJs and dressing gown and tucked up in bed ready for her story and a night night kiss as close to 7pm as we can get.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After Sophie is tucked up I’ve been having a bath myself. We’ve just renovated our house and getting our perfect tub was high on my list and I think we nailed it. As well as a bit of time to destress, being perfectly clean always helps me sleep better as well (so if I’m short on time I’ve replaced with a shower).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A little ritual of pouring in the bath oil, running the water and lighting a candle before getting in for a good soak gives a bit of me-time, importantly off my phone all helping me let go and unwind. I’m currently in love with the Sleep range from The White Company, which comprises of six of the most soothing essential oils – including lavender, chamomile and clary sage. It smells heavenly and burning the candle in our bedroom before we go to bed sets the tone for a tranquil nights sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Clean sheets also promotes a good nights sleep and changing them weekly helps make sure you are more comfortable and likely to drift off. I only ever buy 100% cotton - yes they are a bit harder to iron (if you’re that we inclined… I only ever iron the pillowcases!) but it makes for a much more comfortable nights sleep, especially if you go for the highest thread count you can afford.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Also having nightwear that I'm really comfortable in makes a big difference. As its getting cooler, I’m loving this super soft jersey set from The White Company. The fabric again is important - choose nothing breathable that will regulate your temperature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Window - being too hot is often the reason I’m lying awake, so if I’m not cold, opening a window and cooling down as well as letting some fresh air in is helpful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If these three don’t work and its worries keeping me awake, jotting down whatever I’m concerned about in a notepad by by bed can help. Often what has kept me awake worrying at night seems so trivial in the morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My most important tip is never, never, look at your phone. It is the quickest way to wake myself up and stop me being able to get back to sleep!! I went to a talk by Dr Chatterjee at New Scientist Live last week and he gave an amazing speech about wellness and one of his focuses was how important sleep is. Some additional tips I learnt were the impotence of getting ‘morning light’ to make sure your circadian is properly regulated - even on a cloudy day. Its really hard in the winter when you arrive and leave work in the darkness, but I’m going to try and make an extra effort to get outside. In contrast, making your bedroom as dark as possible helps to reinforce that it is night time and sleep time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was our 6th wedding anniversary last Saturday and, in previous years, I’ve relied on the husband to arrange a surprise for me, but this year I took the reins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve been staying at my ever patient parents whilst the our house renovation has been going on, so a night away, just the three of us really appealed. We had a million house jobs to do over the weekend, so staying local was key, so we decided on a night away at The Brooklands Hotel (who kindly had us for the night free of charge) for their </span><a href="https://www.brooklandshotelsurrey.com/offer/brooklands-museum-discovery-break/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Brooklands Museum Discovery Break</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (£199 - full details </span><a href="https://www.brooklandshotelsurrey.com/offer/brooklands-museum-discovery-break/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">), I've written about </span>when we<span style="font-family: inherit;"> lasted visited <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2016/09/my-birthday-night-away-at-brooklands.html" target="_blank">here</a>, if you fancy a read which gives a full tour of the room. As it was a special weekend they also upgraded us to one of their beautiful suites, which meant Sophie could sleep in a a separate part of the suite as she doesn’t sleep very well when sharing a room with us! There was also loads of space for her to play in and she loved the noughts and crosses game in the room which we played endless rounds of!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Saturday evening my parents were back on babysitting duty and I took Gareth to <a href="https://no-97.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No 97</a> in Surbiton - one of my favourite local-ish restaurants. I kept my phone in my bag and camera at home, but you can see lots of lovely pics on their <a href="https://no-97.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.They have a menu that changes monthly and we had one of my favourite seats at the bar over looking the kitchen. The restaurant has a brilliant atmosphere and sitting at the bar makes it even more of an experience. The food is divine and I think really reasonable a £25 for two courses or £30 for three with an amuse bouche and petit fours making it feel like a banquet. We ate, sipped, laughed and enjoyed each others company, thinking how quickly the last six years have flown by and how excited we are about what our 7th year together has in store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before I had Sophie, when I thought about the type of parent I’d be, there were many things I said I’d never do when it came to food and snacking:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d never feed my child snacks to keep them busy going around the supermarket, all food would be eaten at the table and all snacks would be healthy and nutritional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But boy oh boy, most of those ‘rules’ were thrown about the window very early on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When Sophie hit 18 months she decided that she’d no longer eat fresh fruit, which, to my despair, she kept up for nearly a year and a half! This made choosing healthy snacking choices even harder for my fussy eater. Sophie loved dried fruit and fruit puree which I incorporated into her diet, along with ‘toddler snacks’ One of Sophie’s favourite of these are BEAR Yoyos, but I was always a little wary about how much sugar they contained, and how healthy they really were.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During half term, on a rainy Tuesday, Sophie and I were invited to London with a group of other mums to the 'BEAR Kitchen’ to learn what goes into their Yoyos and have a go at making them for ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Being a biology teacher, I was really interested in all the science behind the nutritional information. I had thought that fruit puree would be ‘better’ for Sophie than dried fruits in my bid to get some fruit into her diet. However, this isn’t actually the case as in the production process of purees, the cellular structure of the fruit starts to break down and much of the fibre is lost, and the vitamin and mineral content is reduced (due to the pasteurization in the manufacturing process). However, with BEAR products, the fruit is gently mashed rather than liquidized so they retain a higher level of fibre and as they are baked at very low temperatures this helps to maintain a higher vitamin and mineral content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was also surprised that the ingredients for the BEAR YoYos are only fruit and veg. We made ours using 5 strawberries, 2 apples and a pear, removing only the core and pips of the latter two fruits. That’s all. So BEAR Yoyos actually count as one of your five a day and contain the same amount of natural fruit sugar as a small apples - no added sugar. This made me feel so much better - during Sophies’ fruit refusal she was actually getting the goodness from other sources and she loves BEAR products that they count as a ‘treat’ too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thankfully Sophie is eating fresh fruit again, which I owe to my ever patient mum. As she started nursery school at Easter and she had to bring fruit for her break time snack - what was I going to say to her teachers?! So a few months before, we started operation fruit-eating in ernest. We started off giving her the tiniest pieces of pear with a chocolate reward for eating them (needs must). Since then we’ve gone larger with portion sizes and she now eats pretty much all fruits, not necessarily without complaint, but we'll get there. So Sophie started nursery school confidently taking in her pear (albeit chopped up with all the skin taken off!) but we’ve progressed and now she will take a banana - much less morning prep needed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I do tend to keep a pack of BEAR Yoyos in my handbag when we are out and about, as a bribe, distraction, tummy filler or to make up part of Sophie's packed lunch. As they are so convenient; I know that she loves them (so do I, if I’m allowed to share…) they take a bit of time to eat, so aren’t inhaled and more instantly demanded and when it comes to the summer, they aren’t going to go off in the heat. Perfect.</span></div>
Blog Me Beautifulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737844251424479102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189351827542122558.post-24614623253763768642018-04-26T22:04:00.001+01:002018-04-26T22:04:06.068+01:00Sophie's 3rd Birthday Party
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Its been a full on few weeks, moving out of our home and staying with my lovely parents, the builders starting (and all sorts of associated admin!) and Sophie starting school, so we opted for a relaxed garden party to celebrate Sophie’s birthday, which is actually what we did for her <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2016/05/first-birthday-party.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first</a> and <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/04/sophies-2nd-birthday.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">second</a> birthday too!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My parents garden has hosted the best parties over my lifetime and it looked so beautiful on Sunday. The weather held and we added balloons and decorations from <a href="https://www.otherletters.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Other Letters</a> and <a href="https://www.talkingtables.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking Tables</a> to make it even more special and a summer wreath on the door from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wharfedalecottagecrafts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wharfedale Cottage Crafts</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I wanted to make little party bags for the little guests of honour and I had little Meri Meri Shell bags from <a href="https://www.otherletters.co.uk/party-bags-1/shell-party-bags" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Other Letters</a> for the girls and more traditional style bags from <a href="https://www.talkingtables.co.uk/products/pastel-treatbag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking Tables</a> for the boys filled with wands, toy snakes, bubble blowers and a piece of cake.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The last two birthdays I’ve run around with my camera trying to capture the day, but this year the lovely Pippa from <a href="https://www.phillyphotography.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philly Photography</a> came along and took all these gorgeous pictures. She sent all the images to us that evening for us to remember the gorgeous day we’d had. Until next year...!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time flies. Not that I really mind at the beginning of the year as I am no fan of January, or early Feb for that matter, but I’ve been meaning to sit down and write about our gorgeous family ski holiday that we went on BEFORE Christmas, but in the days, weeks and even months have slipped away. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">But we had SUCH an amazing time, that I knew that I must share our fabulous week away with you all before its all about looking forward to summer holidays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is the third ski holiday we’ve taken Sophie on, we’ve been lucky to go away every year since she arrived. <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2016/02/skiing-ootd.html" target="_blank">The first year we went to a chalet in Val Thorens</a> and last year to a <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/01/skiing-with-toddler-our-holiday.html" target="_blank">Mark Warner chalet hotel in Tignes</a> - I've written about both, so have a look at the links if your interested!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We tend to go on Ski holidays with my husbands side of the family and then in the summer go away with mine as my parents don’t ski. I love holidaying as a big group, skiing is the perfect holiday to go on with friends and family as then there is always a range of abilities and someone who wants to miss out the black run and stop for a Cafe au lait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This year one of my lovely brother-in-laws booked our trip to the slopes for us to stay at Chez Bear in Serre Chevalier. We’ve generally always visited the Three Valleys ski resorts and was a little apprehensive that the skiing wouldn’t be as good or varied. However, we were in for a real treat! Not only were the conditions perfect, there were beautiful tree runs and we pretty much had them all to our selves. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I am spilling a big french secret here - no long queues for ski lifts and if you had to share a slope with anyone other than your party, it was unusual. Mind blown. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">That said, the apres isn’t that of Val Thorens with quiet piste side cafes and restaurants with french-only-speaking staff rather than champagne being sprayed and dancing on tables found at La Folie Douche. Serre Chavalier might have been a bit 'quiet' for us when we were in our twenties... but it was the perfect resort for us, and as a family group of eight, we provided our own entertainment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather was pretty chilly when we were in Serre Chevalier, so we were so grateful to the lovely team at Helly Hansen for kitting us out to keep us super snug and stylish on the slopes! I've linked all our ski wear at the bottom of this post if you are on the hunt for some new ski-wear! This year we also upgraded our goggles to <a href="http://sungod.to/VA8z5wWy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SunGod</a> - which as well as looking great have really easy interchangeable lenses for different light conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After we had our fill of the slopes (normally we are 1st to last lift people - but with no queuing and a few injuries and illness in our arty, we tended to retire around 3pm!) we headed home to our luxury chalet, <a href="http://www.chezbear.com/" target="_blank">Chez Bear</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This independent Chalet was the dream. The hosts were so thoughtful, nothing was too much effort and the food was to die for! Chef Josie even made little Sophie a pie with an S on the top for her and every evening asked what she could make for her, as well as being in contact in advance of our stay to prepare for our fussy eater!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Last year I did say I’d rather not go away the week before Christmas, as it does add to the pre-christmas stress having to make sure venting was ready before we went away and I did miss the ‘Christmas Build up’ so NEXT year I really am going to not go that week... but I could totally be tempted with a little trip back to Chez Bear...</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Soon after, HUGGIES® Pull-Ups® approached us to ask if we would be their ambassadors for Potty Training to share our experiences, using the <a href="http://bit.ly/2gR5354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">6 Steps to Potty Success guide</a> and HUGGIES® Pull-Ups® potty training pants. With no pressure for it to be a success I was keen to get involved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In my <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/11/starting-potty-training.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> I outlined the steps we went through (which you can read <a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/11/starting-potty-training.html" target="_blank">here</a>) leading us to Step 3 which was to practice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I love a candle - if I were to unwrap one of these beautiful fragrances I’d be absolutely made up. A little more special than other ‘smellies’ I know that a beautiful fragrance will put a smile on the faces of all my girlfriends and family members. Also a great gift to keep wrapped up under the tree incase you need any last minute pressies. Here are some of my favourites from <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZzo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neom</a>, <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZHT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crabtree & Evelyn</a>, <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZIg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Molton Brown</a>, <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZJ0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Apothecary</a>, <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZJu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evermore</a> and <a href="https://www.sanctuary.com/en-gb/happiness-is-home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sanctuary Spa</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I remember back when I worked in London many, many years ago now, walking past Jo Malone in the week before Christmas seeing a long que of guys waiting to get a special pressie and made me smile. Jo Malone always have the most beautiful Christmas gifts and they don’t have to cost a fortune. <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZz1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This gorgeous set of soaps</a> will keep the recipient stocked up on a range of the signature fragrances well into 2018 (and beyond!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Perfumes are a gorgeous luxury that are perfect for presents. Find out your loved ones favourite and they will be over the moon to receive it. If you are going for a fragrance you don’t know if the recipient will love - pop in a tester card. I love <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZxz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cartier La Panththere</a>, a totally luxurious scent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As much as I love gift sets, choosing a few beauty products that I really love to gift is even more special. I love Bobbi Brown (who doesn’t?!) and I am obsess with with their <a href="http://rstyle.me/~adZuL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smoky Eye Mascara</a> which makes the most amazing lashes. The most beautiful <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cvxiqpcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Highlighting Powder</a> and blusher give a beautiful glow to the skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The gift of a good night sleep is high up on my list this year! Whist no promises are made, the <a href="https://www.mioskincare.co.uk/mama-mio-sleep-easy-kit/11468886.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mamma Mio Sleep Easy Mama Gift</a> set which is made for expectant mum’s contains gorgeous body butter, shower gel and pillow spray to help you drift off to sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And to help your loved ones get on the relaxed vibe ready for sleep… well cashmere socks are a </span><span style="font-size: large;">total</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> winner and I love this version from </span><a href="http://www.boden.co.uk/en-gb/womens-accessories/socks-tights/a0121-ivo/womens-ivory-cashmere-socks" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Boden</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> with the pink edging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Jewellery is another winner on the gift stakes. Add a personal touch with an initial, or the whole family’s for a really special gift that will always be treasured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A couple of my favourite personalised necklaces are this three pendant necklace by <a href="https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/racheljacksonlondon/product/art-deco-initial-necklace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Jackson for Not On The Highstreet</a> which has an initial for each member of my little family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I also adore this necklace in White Gold and Diamonds by <a href="https://www.thediamondstore.co.uk/9k-white-gold-diamond-initial-s-pendant-005ct-p19622c38.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Diamond Store</a> - choose either either the recipients initial or of someone special to them.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Can you ever have enough watches? I love adding to my collection and this paired back sleek design from <a href="https://www.triwa.com/gb/watches/womens-watches/midnight-falken/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Triwa</a> is simply stunning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And for the phone obsessed... (I think I may be on that list!) what about a new phone case. I love this design from <a href="https://vutulondon.com/product/prana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vutu</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Cashmere isn’t just for the grown ups. Little ladies love their luxury too and this little <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cvxjdccc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boden cardi </a>will keep them super snug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sophie loves putting her favourite toys in bags,which are also so handdy for going out and about as well. I love this Disney Print from <a href="https://www.cathkidston.com/disney-x-cath-kidston-view-all/mickey-and-friends-ditsy-handbag-1024272" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cath Kidston</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fed up of more plastic that all be out of favour next week? </span><a href="https://www.artisans-and-adventurers.com/collections/for-children/products/wooden-zebra-toy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Artisans & Adventurers</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> create the most beautiful wooden toys that even the adults will give shelf space too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sophie loves make believe and will play games for hours. Make fairy time even more magical with the most stunning <a href="https://www.lilyandfred.co.uk/collections/dressing-up-role-play/products/diamond-crown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crown</a> and <a href="https://www.lilyandfred.co.uk/collections/dressing-up-role-play/products/fairy-wand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wand</a> form my local children company <a href="https://www.lilyandfred.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily & Fred</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As Andy Williams (yes I had to google that!) tells us, its the most wonderful time of the year - and I for one love starting Christmas as early as possible. It is only ever my husband that tried to put the brakes on and gets me to hold out until at least December 1st.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This year however, I’ve gone early and got my tree up in November. My reasoning is that a) it is December this week b) we are going Skiing the week before Christmas so I need them up early to get my hours-worthof enjoyment and c) we’ve teamed up with <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cu52dvcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The White Company</a> to share with you our Sunday decorating the tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’ve actually been slipping in a few decorations around the home the last week or so, under the pretence that these were ‘winter home accessories’ rather than Christmas decorations, with <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cu52gbcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sheepskin rugs</a> and my <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cu52jwcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mini trees</a> either side of the fireplace. However, now we got serious! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We had a really lazy Sunday, getting into Christmas mode - with a Christmas film and unpacking all the decorations saw Sophie staying in her <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwaxvcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pyjamas</a> most of the morning. Gareth behind the lens was also dressed for the occasion in his Christmas jumper, whereas I went for a more subtle option of this beautiful <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwajjcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sparkle Wrap Jumper </a>and <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwawfcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feather Pom Pom Slippers</a>, that I can already see my self living over Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’ve had a white, silver and gold tree ever since we had our first flat together and every year I add a few more decorations. This year I chose <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwaqacc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faceted Antiqued Stars</a> which beautifully sparkly, <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwasscc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">white bells</a> which really ring and to go lower down the tree, a set of <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwanccc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mini beaded hearts</a> - that are more Sophie proof! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As well as these more grown-up decorations I also chose the cutest <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwaupcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mimi Ballerina Mouse</a> to go on the tree although, Sophie is so in love with her, Mimi has spent more time being played with than amongst the foliage!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We bought our artificial tree last year as our previous house had underfloor heating and killed off the ‘real’ trees we had bought in previous trees far too quickly. As hassle free as our faux tree is, I do really miss the beautiful pine aromas… however, The White Company has a great way to get round this. <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwavccc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little ceramic star decorations</a> that you hang on the tree with a little spritzer of my favourite Winter fragrance that keeps the tree smelling amazing, NEARLY as goos as the real thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At two and a half, this is the first year that Sophie is getting excited about Christmas, telling me what she’d like Father Christmas to bring her and she loved helping put the decorations on the tree, she was so careful hanging the little loops over the branches and choosing where she wanted to put them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She is also so excited about her stocking and that Father Christmas is going to come down the chimney to fill it with presents! I would have loved a matching <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwapacc46x" target="_blank">reindeer pompom nose stocking</a> too, but settled with the more grown up <a href="http://rstyle.me/~abHI2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fairisle knit</a> for Gareth and my stockings - I hope we make the ‘good’ list too. To make sure FC knows who’s os who’s I’ve popped little gift tag initials on - which also gives a personal touch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The big fireplace has to be one of my favourite features of our new home (teamed with the flu height bay windows where we've homed our tree) and I have really enjoyed giving it the festive treatment. I love this beautiful <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cu5zi2cc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosemary and Pinecone garland</a>, and its 180cm length means that it even fits even the biggest fireplaces. We then added our stocking hooks that my mother in law has bought us over the years as advent-treats and candles in my <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cu528tcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mercury candle pillars</a> at either end. To make the garland even more magical I've added beautiful <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cuwakzcc46x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">star lights</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All that decorating is hard work, so when we were finished it was time for a cup of tea and lots of cuddles whilst we admired our morning’s efforts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When are you going to be putting your tree and decorations up? Are you over-enthusiastic like me or are you more of a decorate on Christmas Eve type of person? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you look round a ‘project home’ with the estate agent, if your anything like me you are knocking every wall down and mentally orientating your dream layout. I certainly did this when we bought our first home and our lovely architect pretty much followed our steer, with some helpful </span>tweeks<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But THIS house has been a different ball game (<a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2017/09/our-new-home.html" target="_blank">here is a link to a digital tour!</a>). We certainly both had plenty of ideas when we looked round, more since we’ve moved in and we keep changing our mind and getting different ideas. Our architect (the lovely Clara from <a href="http://www.tlm-design.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toute le Monde Design</a>) has been able to be much more creative as this house certainly has many more options. We’ve doubled the sq footage on this move, which has certainly given us more room to play with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The main focus has been the ground floor, with the general idea is to rebuild the extension that was put on about twenty years ago, but make it integral to the main house to make a large kitchen looking out onto the garden. The grand idea is to have Critall-style windows with french doors out onto a patio. In our last home we have large bi-folding doors, but for this house, they seem too modern and not quite in keeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are currently talking to <a href="https://www.neptune.com/ie/our-stores/uk/weybridge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neptune Weybridge</a> to look at Kitchen options, as I love their beautiful and timeless shaker kitchens. I am dreaming of navy units and white quartz surfaces, but more of that to come.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We also want to make a ‘family entrance’ from the drive through a boot room, where all the coats and wellies can be stored, before moving into the main body of the house. This will be situated in the current garage which will also house the W/C.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If finance allow, we are also looking at building an extension that will be a garage/storage building for bikes, garden furniture etc. and thinking this could be clad in wood to give a 'stable' effect. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Upstairs we are keen to move the ‘servants staircase’ up to the loft room to over the main staircase with roof lights to give a grand double height stairway and then use the space where the old stairs were to become an ensuite to the bedroom which we currently refers to as the 'horror room' due to its decor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The loft room is most certainly going to be a subsequent stage (unless we winch lottery!) but we’ve come up with some ideas of a beautiful master suite. Until I pick the magic numbers, we are going to just do some reconfiguration to allow for the movement of the staircase and put in a new W/C rather than put in a shower room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">These plans are a work in progress, but after umm-ing and err-ring over a range of different options and usage of the space, this seems to be what we are most happy with and (other than opening up the kitchen, to the horror my Dad - who is also doing all our structural engineering work - as we are taking most of a load bearing wall away!) looking at the most affordable options for the building work.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This has certainly been a really exciting part of the process, picturing what we are going to create in our 'project home' and I can't wait to get started! Although before that an happen we have so many decisions to make and quotes to organise, but thats all part of the fun...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’ve always been nervous, as most mothers are I suppose, when a new stage arises. Moving Sophie into her cot from her moses basket, stopping breastfeeding and weaning all filled me with inner worry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As Sophie is now two and a half, there are two big steps that I’ve been putting off. Moving her into her big bed from her cot and potty training.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We’ve recently moved house, and have wanted to keep everything as normal for Sophie during the transition, so we’ve decided to keep her in her cot for a little longer and address moving on from nappies to pants first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We did have a go at potty training back in August, but two days in Sophie picked up a tummy bug and got really upset when I took off her nappy, so following advice we didn’t feel this was that best time to start potty training, we stepped back and gave her some time before trying again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When Huggies asked me and Sophie to be potty training ambassadors, it seemed like perfect timing as Sophie had shown some of the signs in their <a href="http://bit.ly/2gR5354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">8 Signs of Potty Training</a> Readiness. These include: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">This is the first of HUGGIES</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Pull-Ups</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> 6 Steps to Potty Success which we are going to be following in the next few weeks and months.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The second step is to say goodbye to nappies… eeeek! Transitioning from nappies to Huggies® Pull-Ups</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> is the perfect stepping stone, giving little ones a sense of independence whilst still providing them with the support they need. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">By following the 6 Step Process, we really made a fuss about putting her nappies into a special bag for the ‘nappy fairy’ to collect whilst she was sleeping, in exchange for a little present along with some Huggies® Pull-Ups</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®, </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">Sophie has a little fairy door in her room which she loves, so I told her it was her fairy that was coming and the 'Nappy Fairy’ bought her a toy potty and milk bottle for her dolly. And and the Disney Princess Huggies® Pull-Ups went down a treat!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Step three is where we are up to now, which is start practising. It’s important to be consistent and set times throughout the day for your child to visit the potty as well as sitting on the potty, pulling Huggies</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Pull-Ups</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> up and down and washing our hands. The pants have really stretchy sides which makes this nice and easy for Sophie to do herself – this is known as ‘I do’. A step also makes it a lot easier for Sophie to reach the sink and wash her hands herself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: inherit;">So far so good, but the next stage is where I’m feeling nervous. Will Sophie be able to know when she needs to use the potty? Thanks to the unique learning layer in Huggies</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: inherit;"> Pull-Ups</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: inherit;">, which briefly mimics wetness without creating a mess – better known as ‘I feel - using Huggies® Pull-Ups does make me feel a little more confident. There is also a wetness indicator, which visually signals when Huggies® Pull-Ups</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">®</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: inherit;"> are wet so both Sophie and I can check to see if she has stayed dry ‘I see’, further giving her that sense of independence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the change of every season I harp on about just how much I love it and how THIS must be my favourite. The fresh newness of spring, the long lazy days of summer and the merriment of winter. But autumn, it must be said, is where my heart truly lies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sitting now as I type looking out into our garden, seeing the dappled sunshine over out lawn, that is in need of a trim sprinted with beautiful amber leaves and apples just makes me so happy. I love getting snuggled up in knitwear, lighting candles and over eating comfort food. Weekend welly walks, long sunday roast dinners and the promise of Christmas preparation just around the corner, whats not to love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've thrown ourselves into these precious months and enjoying the mild weather. Pumpkin picking was top of my list, with the three of us heading to Garson's Farm in Esher to pick the perfect accompaniment for October. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also love visiting the Medicine Garden in Cobham, which along with beautiful Gardens and play ground to Keep Sophie occupied, there are beautiful little boutiques to have a look round and a choice of eateries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A girl after my own heart, Sophie does love a trip to a 'cafe' especially if she gets a croissant!! We are in love with the new Ivy which has come to Cobham and it is my suggested eatery at every opportunity. It is so beautiful and Sophie loves having wander round their beautiful garden which as it is closed for dining means we don't get in anyones way too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What little one doesn't love a trip to the park? We are so lucky to have one right next to our new house, which we tend to visit most afternoons that I'm not at work. Sophie has always been independent and adventurous and loves climbing, spinning and sliding - and hates having to go home again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">However, when the baby turns into a toddler, however much space you think you have, you want more. And when Gareth came home from a run having spotted a house that could be a perfect project for us to make into our ‘forever family home’ I was all ears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So two three weeks ago we waved a tearful goodbye to our special first home and headed less than a mile up the road, from central Weybridge towards Oatlands village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although we have grand plans for this house, it is very liveable, unlike our first house when we picked up the keys and we have officially moved in. I um-ed and er-ed about writing this post, as normally I love taking 'beautiful' pictures... well this is very 'real' and many of the photos where taken in a hurry on moving day and the following weeks have been crazy (esp teamed with starting a new job... but I digress...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The space is AMAZING - Sophie loved running around and has much room to play. I love the high ceilings of this Victorian house and it has so much character. The floorboards, ceiling roses, full hight sash windows and oh, the dreamist of double front doors. Sophie's favourite spot is the bay window in the lounge where we have put our upholstered ottoman that used to be at the end of our bed. It fits perfectly and she loves sitting on it looking out at the garden, at do I. And my favourite place? Another bay window, but in our bedroom, where I have put my dressing table, where I can look beyond the mirror, again to the apple tree in our patch of green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We have out architect arriving tonight - plans of moving the staircase into the 2nd floor, adding an ensuite and rebuilding the current extension are all on the list of plans to discuss. Its going to be a big, long project, but, oh, I’m so excited!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’m already planning my new kitchen, my heart is set on the beautiful navy one in the window of Neptune in Weybridge… We are also pinning pictures of grittle windows with french doors and marble bathrooms... Lets hope there is still some funds left after replacing all the original sash windows!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After moving in, the first thing we did was taken down most of the curtains, which didn't have the freshest of aromas, and clean the walls of the hall and lounge-dining-kitchen room as they were covered with black marks where frames and clocks had been for years collecting grime. The curtains from the master room we then staple-gunned to cover where the built in furniture had been ripped off the walls in what is now the play room.</span></div>
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Before the previous owner, out house was actually made up of bed-sits and many of the rooms still have the kitchenette or reminisce of. I think they will be one of the first things on my lift to by pulled out! There is so much history in our new home, apparently it was owned by royalty at some point too!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope you've enjoyed this little tour of our 'project home' if so - please let me know and I'll keep you updated on what we do next... Sophie's room has already had a little make over (I couldn't cope with her having black walls!) so </span>thats on my list to tell you all about!</span></div>
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I love working with local brands, so when my favourite shopping centre Bentalls in Kingston asked me to write some articles for their in store magazine I was thrilled. One of the articles I penned was a Summer Edit for the smaller people in our lives, which you can read <a href="https://www.bentallcentre.co.uk/kids/style-summer-kids-edit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Some of the pieces I picked I got Sophie and my gorgeous little nephew James to model. Doesn't he look adorable in these little nautical pieces from Mothercare?!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t think I’ve ever gone back to the same holiday destination twice, let alone the same hotel. However, this year we did just that, choosing to visit the exact same resort that we stayed at last year - <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=6146&awinaffid=126955&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwarner.co.uk%2Fsun-holidays%2Fgreece%2Flevante-beach" target="_blank">Levante Beach Resort in Rhodes</a>. Loving instagram and travel blogs, you’d think I’d want to go exploring new places, and I do, but what we really needed this year was to take some time to really relax and spend as a family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With a toddler in tow exploring little quaint villages and remote beaches isn’t impossible, but its not the recipe for a chilled out break. Compare this to <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=6146&awinaffid=126955&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwarner.co.uk" rel="" target="_blank">Mark Warner</a>’s sun resort with built in childcare, activities for everyone on tap and food that will keep even my fussy eater happy and this year it was a no-brainer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Having raved about our holiday last year (<a href="http://www.blog-me-beautiful.com/2016/08/toddler-on-tour-our-summer-holiday.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">see last years blog post</a>) my parents and sister and her family were all to get a piece of the action too, so we booked our party of ten ranging from 0 to, shall we say 60+ to head to to Greek island of <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=6146&awinaffid=126955&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwarner.co.uk%2Fsun-holidays%2Fgreece%2Flevante-beach" target="_blank">Rhodes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark Warner uses charted BA flights and has organised sensible flight times - I have sworn I will never again book a flight pre 8am! Sophie was an absolute dream for 90% of the journey, but the last 45mins she was not… but rather than tuts and mutters of ‘control your child’ from other passengers, I received sympathetic looks, offers of toys and understanding ‘we’ve been there’ comments, which helped minimise the stress levels. Thankfully when we arrived at the airport it was a smooth transition through security, baggage reclaim and the transfer to the resort was only half an hour, and all this excitement kew the little ones entertained.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We upgraded our room to a suite, so there was a sliding door between our half of the room and Sophie’s - which meant that everybody had a good nights sleep (Sophie decides she like to play in the middle of the night if she can see us…!) and I would TOTALLY recommend this! We also asked for our rooms to be ground floor and poolside which meant that when Sophie has having her afternoon nap we could sit outside the french doors rather than being stuck on a balcony. Our room was 5002 and we decided that if we visited again(!) we'd ask for the same room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like last year, Gareth and I tended to go off in the morning whilst Sophie played at Jelly Fish Club on little adventures, sailing, windsurfing, paddle boarding and cycling, oh and the odd morning just chilling out by the pool. One of my favourite of these was cycling the 40 min mountain bike trip to the Beautiful Anthony Quinn Bay. We wore our swimmers underneath our clothes as well as having a refreshing drink we had a swim in the beautiful blue waters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My dad, sister, bro in law and Gareth are all keen cyclists so as well as taking the bikes out for little trips, they went on the organised mountain and road bike trips - which they loved. But as there were so many of us, there was no-one that ended up being left on their own. If you are a super keen water sports enthusiast you can book different <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=6146&awinaffid=126955&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwarner.co.uk%2Factivity-holidays%2Fwatersports" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">courses</a> to complete throughout your stay, such as the RYA levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although the adults had blast, I think the little ones really had the time of their lives! George (8) and Evie (5) LOVED going to their clubs where they were taken sailing, windsurfing as well as loads of other activities. Even so, they were all so happy to be reunited at lunch time for lots of fun in the pool and so lovely to see them all playing together, Sophie donning her armbands and splashing around with her elder cousins and helping push baby James around in his inflatable.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">If you follow me on instagram you might have noticed that we’ve got home from a fortnight in Greece last weekend. I got a few messages asking about what make up I was wearing - so I thought I’d share a little post with what I used on holiday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As the temp was a scorching 30C+ most days I didn’t bother with any make up on my skin during the day as it would either melt off, or be found at the bottom of the pool! So all I did was pop on a quick layer of waterproof mascara (<a href="http://www.boots.com/smashbox-full-exposure-mascara-waterproof-10174301" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smashbox Full Exposure</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love dressing up for dinner, so despite the hotel having a relaxed evening feel, I did up my pampering as the sun set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Going for a fresh-faced look, I ditched the foundation, instead dusted my whole face with bronzer. This oversized limited edition C<a href="http://www.boots.com/clarins-summer-bronzing-and-blush-compact-10229616" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">larins Summer Bronzing & Blush Compact</a> is an annal favourite,and although it is only stocked in summer, its subtle enough to add a glow in the colder months too - if you need a new bronzer - this is THE one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To add a bit of summer shimmer, I love a highlighter on my cheekbones. Bobbi Brown is the queen of the <a href="http://www.bobbibrown.co.uk/product/14022/7612/makeup/face-and-cheek/shimmer-brick/shimmer-brick-compact--rose#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shimmer Brick</a> and going for a rosy shade (mine is actually called Rose) it doubles as a blush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I mentioned, saying in a family resort, with a relaxed feel I went for very subtle look, going for nudes and bronze eye shadows. I love the limited edition <a href="http://www.clarins.co.uk/limited-edition-4-colour-eye-palette/80021615.html#start=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clarins Summer Eye Palette </a>and didn’t use the orange colour pop. I then finished with layers of my favourite mascara - <a href="http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_154614000099?CMP=SSH&tmcampid=28&tmad=c&sku=7527551&cmp=KNC_2361363232_301398021_36021180846__&mdrt=beauty&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_JrMBRDPARIsACis1HyrXJAN-F9pxw0YpHpWIr2od7uVYgqvkR-IjAEsO6fKqllKY5TxDGQaAtsQEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Too Faced Better Than Sex</a> (although I’m not a big fan of the name….!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I do love having a ‘holiday perfume’ that when I get home reminds me of our lovely time away. I opted for <a href="https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/beauty/elie-saab-le-parfum-resort-collection-eau-de-toilette-50ml/268145492.pd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ellie Saab Resort Collection</a> (mine is last years bottle - its pink for 2017) for a fresh daytime Mediterranean fragrance and <a href="http://www.marksandspencer.com/huile-prodigieuse-le-perfume-50ml/p/p22312114?&pdpredirect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nuxe Prodigieux</a> for a more heady hot summer nights scent that I wore in the evenings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have a holiday planned have an amazing time, I'm only a tiny bit jealous that you've still got it to look forward to!</span></div>
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<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When a little one enters your life, time and sleep become a precious commodities, but looking your fabulous pre-baby self doesn't have to stop once mother-hood arrives. As my blog started very beauty orientated, I was never going to be a bare-faced mummy, and over the past two years since Sophie arrived, I’ve discovered some mummy (and lets face it anyone who’s super busy and tired!) beauty hacks.</span></span><br />
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