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Nixon’s First Birthday Party

Nixon’s First Birthday Party

Bunting Stickers for cake topper from Typo So initially when I realised that Nixon was indeed going to turn one against my wishes, I was planning on having a “small, easy party”. Maybe we would just invite friends and no extended family?  Or just family and 

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” nixon: happy birthday my darling baby!  and you are still a baby, so much more so than your big brother at one and that’s just fine with me.  you had an amazing birthday, 

Cool Stuff | Little Ones Care Pack

Cool Stuff | Little Ones Care Pack

It’s a fact.  I can’t resist mystery packs that arrive in the mail.

I spied these gorgeous Care Packs around and about on various social media over the past few weeks so when Little & Loved posted a coupon code on their FB page I had to jump on the bandwagon and get amongst the goodness.

Care Pack is a monthly subscription service, delivering a box of curated product to your door for a flat rate including shipping.  Choose between the Care Pack, The Little Ones Pack or The Mum to Be Pack, starting from $30 per month {subscriptions can be cancelled at any time}.

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The Little Ones’s Pack was tailored to Nixie’s age and gender and I was stoked to see a pair of Lamington Merino Socks (RRP$15.95) included, I have been wanting a pair of these for the Little General for ages!  The Rainbow Ribbon book is a wonderfully sweet board book and the Kiwigarden Yoghurt Drops are a hit with both my 1 year old and 9 year old – will be buying these again for sure.

So looking forward to trying out the other products in the days to come – how cute is that little wooden Hape boat?

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PS. NOT a sponsored post, just wanted to share x

Realising you were doing it all wrong; the bedtime breastfeeding debacle.

Realising you were doing it all wrong; the bedtime breastfeeding debacle.

Today, on the eve of Nixon’s first birthday, I woke up without having left my bed at all {!!!!!!!!!} the night before.  My serial night-feeder only woke once and settled himself back to sleep after about 5 minutes of fussing.  This is a huge deal for 

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” nixon: your last days of babyhood are upon us!  you walk when you feel like it, you talk all day long, you are stroppy and know what you want and you are the 

This Week…….

This Week…….

  • I took time out to visit a dear friend and we laughed and laughed and ate pies and sushi together and discussed how we like drinking bourbon at the end of a long week {or just a long day}
  • I took my vitamins 1/7
  • I caught up on Project 52 – so, sorry about the rush of boring posts!  Half way through the year holy moly
  • Had so many ideas.  Just ideas
  • Had no hospital or doctors visits!
  • Took Nix to Mainly Music for the first time and remembered how much fun it was with E
  • Saw a beautiful estate gold and garnet ring in one of our local vintage shops and bought it for myself.  Who does that?  Me that’s who
  • Cleaned up Vaseline from the carpet, heater, drawers, toys et al in Nixon’s room after he did some re-decorating.  Should have known he would be that kind of baby
  • Did some serious party planning for Nixie’s 1st birthday
  • Had a great chat with my brother for the first time in ages
  • Had my highest traffic day ever on the blog!
  • Only lost one dog, one time
  • Found dog.  Damnit
  • Spotted the rare Maxican Mango at Pak ‘n Save

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All in all, the best week in ages!  How about yours?

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” ethan: you were so inspired by ben smith’s amazing tackle in the 2nd all blacks test against england that one of your favourite new pastimes is watching youtube videos of try-saving tackles.  i guess 

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” nixon: such a horrible week for you, more biopsies which really knocked you around resulting in four days in starship.  your hirschprungs journey has just begun but we will be there with you 

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A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

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nixon: i was about to dress you when i realised that i really needed to enjoy your baby chub more often. so we turned the heat pump on and you had a lovely play in your nappy and i went a bit snap-happy.  you are such a very scrummy baby!

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ethan: june was a lucky month for me, i won two tickets to the all blacks v england at eden park so opted to let you and your dad have a boys night out.  you guys had some fast food for dinner and rode the train to town where you had a blast watching the first nail-biting test.  it was a timely treat as you received player of the day again at your own rugby game!  you are so handsome and growing so fast at the moment, that’s my kathmandu jacket you’re fitting rather nicely!

linking with www.practisingsimplicity.com

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” ethan: you are having a seriously good year at rugby.  you have settled into your position in the front row, finally, and are using your huge strength and power they way we knew you