ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: March 2016

March has been a big month for learning new skills and consolidating old ones. Isabella now says 'Mumma' rather than repeating the 'Mamama' sound, has taken her first steps, can blow kisses, climb up and down stairs, wave, turn herself around to slide off the sofa safely, cuddle and clap on request and so much more...what a busy month! It's been an emotional, exciting and exhausting month and our last month of having a baby under 1. I literally can't believe it.

FAVOURITES: March 2016

March has been such a busy month with my birthday, my Dad's birthday, Isabella's party preparations, returning to work, settling into nursery, Mother's Day and two first birthday parties in our NCT group. Phew! It was the month I had been dreading for ages, but it all turned out ok in the end and has actually been such a fun month. Isabella took her first steps and I couldn't have been more excited/proud. Now onto April when my little baby turns one!

ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: February 2016

Thanks to February being such a short month, even with the extra day we have this year, it's already favourites time again! Isabella turned 10 months at the beginning of February and has really come on leaps and bounds. She's constantly chattering away to herself, to us, to her soft toys and it's the cutest thing to watch. February was also the last full month of my maternity leave, so we've been making the most of every single day. Lot's of trips to the park, a holiday, playing with new toys and enjoying being able to try out new baby classes.

FAVOURITES: January 2016

 

January was a funny month, one that I had dreaded as it bought in 2016 but it actually ended up being a lovely month filled with so many happy memories. We had almost every weekend free to do what we wanted as a family, a rare luxury these days. We filled them with swimming, wandering around cute towns, sale shopping (much to my husbands delight), countryside walks and visiting friends. Absolute bliss.

ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: January 2016

Isabella is now almost 10 months and is really beginning to interact with toys that she used to just ignore (or attempt to eat!) It's incredible how much she has already learnt and how quickly she is learning new skills. We can now play with her toys during the day, one of our favourite games has been rolling different balls backwards and forwards. At the start of the month Isabella would just pick up the ball and chew on it, but now she picks the ball up and 'throws' it towards me. I can't wait to see what she'll learn throughout February!

ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: December 2015

Over the past month or two Isabella has reached many milestones and her interest in the world around us has increased massively. Now that she's crawling she loves nothing more than testing her boundaries and exploring wherever she can get to! However when she's done exploring and fancies a change these have been her favourites over the past month. 

1) Wooden blocks - We picked up a box of wooden blocks from a local NCT sale and they've been one of the best toy purchases we've made so far. They've been perfect for chewing while Isabella's been teething, she loves tapping them together, passing them to me and they're small enough to pop a few into the changing bag for when we're out.

FAVOURITES: December 2015

 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! 

Hope you all had fun welcoming in 2016 - I was fast asleep because the last time I was up until 12am Isabella didn't sleep all night and it took me over a week to recover from. Sensible and boring I know, but sleep is precious!

FAVOURITES: October 2015

It's favourites time again and October has been a very busy month, with two long weekends away, new baby classes and lots of birthdays on my husbands side of the family. Seeing everything turn autumnal has been making me feel all cosy!

FAVOURITES: September 2015

 

Autumn has well and truly arrived - the days are cooler, evenings are darker and the urge to have all things cosy is real. I love everything about autumn and this is the first autumn I'm a parent, so it's extra special.

ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: September 2015

September has gone so quickly, but has seen Isabella hit so many milestones. She can now sit up all by herself, has started weaning and got her first TWO teeth! Busy month for developing, so I'm hoping things will calm down slightly in October.

FAVOURITES: August 2015

 
I can't believe we've already come to the end of August - where was the summer? Here's to hoping that September offers us some sunshine. August has been a lovely relaxing month filled with meeting friends, family get togethers and watching Isabella grow into a little human being.

ISABELLAS FAVOURITES: August 2015

 As I was writing my own favourites of August I noticed I was actually including a number of Isabella's favourites. So I thought I would do her top five favourite things of August 2015, as it would be a nice way to document things that she enjoys as she grows older.

FAVOURITES: July 2015

I've never done a 'favourites' blog post, though I watch and read so many of them at the end of every month. So I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and share with you the things I've been loving during the month of July. My favourites will include anything - from make up to baby products to places to clothing. On with my favourite things of July, in no particular order...

1) Little Dandies Personalised Babygrows* - Little Dandies is a company started by two sisters, who after having children wanted to create quirky, bright animal printed baby clothing. I love all of their designs and the fact that you can personalise the babygrows, t-shirts and cushions with your child's name is such an original idea! All of their products are also printed in the United Kingdom.