Hello Nixon | Six Months Old Little Bird

Hello Nixon | Six Months Old Little Bird

Nixie Pixie, my you have grown this month! 1.375kg weight gain to top the scales at just shy of 10kg!  Little hippo indeed. Geoff called you Little Bird on our holiday in Waipu and it’s so true, whenever a spoon is in range you open 

Second-hand dog discovers we have a baby!

Second-hand dog discovers we have a baby!

Louie, our big Shi-Tzu, noticed we had a baby a few months ago and seems to have taken on the role of Baby’s Guard Dog without much hesitation.  Dash is a bit of a ‘special’ dog and likes to take his time with things.  He 

Hello Nixon | Five Months Old Babycakes

Hello Nixon | Five Months Old Babycakes

Oh my sweet little doll-baby. How are you five months old you little maniac?  You truly are quite hilarious, your mad giggles stop us all mid-task and make our hearts sing, your little mouth smiles so big at everyone, your fat ol’ legs are just 

Surviving the 4th trimester | How Baby & I made it to 4 months……happily!

Surviving the 4th trimester | How Baby & I made it to 4 months……happily!

Phew! Can’t believe it.  Bebe is 18 weeks old. 4 and a half months ago I awoke to contractions {finally} in the middle of the night and had no idea of the body-wrenching pain and heart-rending joy that was to follow over the next 3 

Hello Nixon | 4 Months!

Hello Nixon | 4 Months!

Nixie my boy, you are large and in charge.  There is nothing subtle about you, everything you do is magnificently exaggerated and full of sass.  I am so glad you are not a girl as I fear I would have met my match.  You have 

Hello Nixon | 3 Months!!

Hello Nixon | 3 Months!!

Wow.  Three months is kind of a milestone isn’t it?  Not so much for baby, but for Mums and Dads.  Three months is coming out of the fog, settling in to the demands of the new babe, figuring your sweet little person out a little 

Throwing in the towel for today

Throwing in the towel for today

I have paid work to do, deadline tomorrow. I have a half finished painting I would dearly love to finish.  I have washing on the line that has been out too long and will now be damp.  I have chipped nail polish on my fingers and 

Hello Nixon | 8 Weeks Old

Hello Nixon | 8 Weeks Old

I realised two things last night as I turned off the lamp on my bedside table and snuggled down to go to sleep. 1.  I was so very, very tired. 2.  I was falling asleep with a smile on my face.  It was just there 

Acquisitions | Tiny Eyes Winter Collab Doll

Acquisitions | Tiny Eyes Winter Collab Doll

When Dee (who is the amaze creative behind Tiny Eyes Dolls first posted the sketch of the Little Lion Boy I knew he had to be mine Nixon’s.  As the auction for the collaboration dolls drew to a close I was at my Nana’s enjoying 

Things I’m Loving | Hello!

Things I’m Loving | Hello!

It has been SO long since I have written a T.I.L post {Hi Meg!} but in celebration of  – hopefully – putting the baby-who-does-not-nap down for a sleep, I will type like a bat outta hell and try to actually finish a post. So loving