Over here……..

15Oct08

http://bumpbabybeyond.wordpress.com/

:)

Still need to fix up a few things but this is my new and permanent address!  Hope to see you there!


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Sorry…

11Oct08

Dear everyone,

I’m writing this post to tell you that I am not sure I can keep up with this blog.  I have enjoyed keeping it and love having a place to write down my thoughts and share the stories of our family but I feel that it is taking away from the time I spend with my family.  Recently it has become hard work trying to find a moment in the day to write a post and it has become more of a chore than an enjoyable half hour of blogging that it used to be.  Blogging here has become a daily pressure and I find that I feel bad and guilty when I don’t blog in a long time!  I also find myself becoming obsessed with checking stats etc and this is not the reason I started blogging!

Here is what I am going to do…

Before Ollie was born I kept a blog called Bump, Baby and Beyond… but when he was born I started this one rather than carrying on the “beyond” part of my previous blog.  Well, I have uploaded any relevant posts (I have left out my photohunt posts, menu plans etc as I feel they are not applicable to what I really want to write about)… to my old blog and am going to carry on with this.  My “new” blog will not be updated daily… I’m not even going to try to do it daily… but I will update anytime anything relevant pops to mind that I want to document.  I want to keep a record of my family’s happenings but I want to keep it fun and not a pressure.

I’m sorry to those who read this blog and enjoy the recipes etc… but I feel my family need more of my time… and I will still see you over at my other blog.

I will post the address in a couple of days when I have things tidied up a bit more over there…

Sorry again… I do hope you will still come visit me over at my new (old) hehe place!

Thanks for all your lovely comments over the past number of months :)

Emma xx


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Ollie’s growing up!

02Oct08

Not reeeeeally but I am so surprised at how fast time is flying and how much he has grown and developed in that short space of 4 months!

My little baby is big… now weighing a whole stone (14lbs)!!  He is now able to lift his head, neck and shoulders CLEAR off the ground in tummy time and his head is so steady!  Ollie also likes to chat A LOT!  He babbles all the time and hardly ever cries now.  It’s adorable.


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Week 19 – 25 September

02Oct08

19th September

We put proper bubbles in the bath for Ollie and he loved them!  He loves the bath!!

20th September

On Saturday, my mum came and collected Ollie for the day.  We had originally planned that he be babysat so that we could finish sorting out the house but instead we went out for lunch and had ourselves a day-date :) We did get some housework done but not as much as we should have!

21st September

0o0o0oh!  Look at ehat Ollie got in the post!  Our friends in Canada, Pamela and Paul, sent these over for him and a book called “Be Quiet Oliver!”…he feels super trendy now!!

Go see Pam’s blog! It’s cool!

22nd September

We picked up this gorgeous sleepsuit for Ollie the other day because the nights here are getting quite nippy now.  He also got one with cars on.  They are a little big at the minute!

23rd September

Ollie eating his baby rice.  We have not started weaning him properly yet.  He has only tried the rice a few times.  I think were waiting just a couple more weeks to start properly… he is very excited about it though!!  He seems to love the rice and porridge!

24th September

The above photo is of Ollie in his car seat ready to go to Granny’s for the NIGHT!  Yes! For the night!  Ollie had his first night away from home.  James and I went on a date to Tony Roma’s and had a couple of cocktails.  It was lovely but weird at the same time… I missed Ollie a lot, but less than I thought I would!  He had a great time at his granny’s and I don’t think he missed me at all!

25th September

Ollie’s first airplane journey!!  This is the plane we went on and the journey was fine.  He was a bit bored to be honest and the takeoff and landing didn’t seem to phase him at all… I think the noises might have been surprising to him but other than that there was no fuss at all!


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oops…

01Oct08

I did not know that I had put that many photos in the last post!  Sorry about that!  I hope the page loads ok! (You can click them to make them bigger!)


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Ollie’s first holiday!

01Oct08

Our first family holiday was a success.  Were back from 4 and a half lovely days of relaxing, eating lovely food and viewing the amazing Scottish sights and scenery!  It was great to have James for a long weekend instead of just the normal two days and Ollie kept quite happy almost the entire time!  It was so exciting bringing Ollie over to Scotland to meet his Great Grandparents (my Granny and Grandad) for the first time.  They were so pleased to meet him and spoilt him with cuddles hehe!

My Granny and Grandad moved to a place on the Scottish Borders called Kelso in May.  Kelso is a very picturesque, pretty and historical town with cobbled roads and old abbey ruins!  My Granny is an archaeologist so it is a brilliant location with lots of interesting things for her to see!

While we were in Kelso we saw a lot!  On Friday we went to visit my Uncle Damon and his children (my Auntie was picking my cousin Ellie up from boarding school so we didn’t get to see much of them).  I got to meet my 6 year old twin cousins, Toby and Oscar, who I have never met before and also saw a cousin, Hamish, who I have not seen since he was a baby!  He is now 9!  They adored Ollie and gave him lots of cuddles!!  My Uncle built his own house and it’s fabulous!  Hamish gave us the tour!

Friday was my Auntie Tammy’s birthday so we all had a nice dinner together.  James and I made stuffed meatloaf for everyone and it went down a treat… Uncle Damon and the boys came up for cake later in the evening.

On Saturday we packed a picnic and went to Holy Island/ Lindisfarne.  There is a causeway you can drive over but only when the tide is out and when the tide comes in your stuck there until it goes out again!  We went over at 12 midday meaning that the tide was coming in and we could not leave until about 5.45pm!  Luckily there was plenty for us to do.  The Island was adorable… so so pretty… with a castle, saxon church, priory, gift shops, beach and little cafes.  Ollie enjoyed all the fresh air!  We got the best weather!

On Sunday we had a more relazed day and went to visit Uncle Damon again.  The scenery around their house is just amazing so we went for a short walk in the hills.  We then took Granny and Grandad out for dinner to a resturant called Cross Keys and they enjoyed it thoroughly!

The flights were fine both there and back… I thought the air pressure would hurt Ollie’s ears but it didn’t.  He had his dummy to suck on the whole way and he didn’t cry at all the entire flight!

Not sure where we will go next but were definately going back to Scotland next August so we can see the Edinburgh Military Tattoo!!




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“My First Baby” Meme

01Oct08

I pinched this from Cassie over at Southern Domestic Goddess…

Me and My First Baby!

1. Were you married at the time? Yes… we started trying quite soon after the wedding.

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? We found out in October after getting married May.  Reactions were disbelief, fear and excitement.

3. How old were you? I was 23 when I found out.

4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Having tried for a couple of months beforehand with no success I had become obsessed with testing about 4 days before I was even due!! Hehe… and when I tested I really thought there was no hope and that I would be disappointed again… but there was the teeny tiniest faintest line there and then I was confused unsure whether it meant I was pregnant or not so I did a digital test and there was just one word… pregnant :)

5. Who did you tell first? James was with me at the time… but then I phoned my mum who didn’t believe me and then we told James mum.

6. Did you want to find out the sex? Yes… I’m very very impatient!

7. Due date: 18th June 2008

8. Did you deliver early or late? Early!  He arrived almost 2 weeks early on 5th June… and he gets extra cuddles every day for coming early… I literally could not move any longer!

9. Did you have morning sickness? Nope… I was very lucky.  I did have bad nausea non-stop for 2 weeks.  I also can no longer look at or eat potato and leek soup or lamb stew without feeling queasy!

10. What did you crave? Indian Take-Away!!!  King prawn bhuna with pilau rice and onion bhajis was my favourite and still is hehe!  I also craved Dominoes pepperoni pizza with the dominator base!

11. Who irritated you the most? The sonographer who did my 20 weeks scan.  She was a student and there was a proper sonographer with her and they kept discussing (in very hushed voices) things that can be wrong with a scan… meanwhile I am freaking out thinking that it is me they are talking about!  How unprofessional!

12. What was your first child’s sex? Male.

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?About 30 I think!

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? I had a bleed at 5 weeks and we were told it was too early to do a scan so we went for a scan at 6 weeks and there was a little bean beating.  I also had to have a 9 week scan just to check the progress.  I had another bleed at about 18 weeks but again things were fine.  Eventually I was signed off 3 months before my due date due to stress!

15. Where did you give birth? In the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

16. How many hours were you in labor? … established labour (where you have started to dilate) – 9 hours… but I had been having contractions since the night before… so TECHNICALLY…22 hours!

17. Who drove you to the hospital?A taxi!  James was in the taxi too… he just had not done his driving test yet .

18. Who watched? James.  They were strict in Dublin and would only allow one person in!

19. Was it vaginal or c-section? vaginal

20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? I was given an epidural.  It was super!

21. How much did your child weigh? 8lbs 1ounce.

22. What did you name him/her?Oliver Charlie James Hughes!

23. How old is your first born today? 16 weeks and 6 days!

I’m not tagging anyone so whoever would like to join in let me know and I’ll come look at your answers!


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I’m more nervous than I thought I would be!

24Sep08

Ollie is spending his first night away from home with my mum tonight.  I’m not nervous about my mum minding him for the whole night… I’m just nervous about missing him dreadfully… I don’t know.  I guess the first time is supposed to be a bit scary.  I just wonder does he know he is going there and won’t see me until tomorrow… and does he think were giving him away?  Who knows what little babies think!

When my mum picks him up James and I are going out for dinner… our first proper date night in a while.  Were going to Tony Roma’s, a delicious steak and ribs restaurant in Belfast.  When we get home we are going to pack!!  I know… fun!  We have a long drive to Dublin tomorrow afternoon to catch the plane.  I’m nervous about taking Ollie on the plane too!  What if the air pressure hurts his ears the same way it hurts mine?

We are away from Tomorrow until Monday… I can’t wait… it is our first family holiday and although we are not travelling far, I can’t wait to get over to Scotland and relax with my grandparents… and it will be nice to have James off work for a few days!

I’ll not say bye bye yet… I’ll still be posting my 365 tomorrow!

x


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Ollie during tummy time

23Sep08


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My blog keeping skills…

22Sep08

of late have been a bit more than awful…

I promise promise promise promise I’ll make a little bit of time for myself to blog in the evenings.

Life has been hectic since we moved back here… we LOVE it and since moving back and seeing family and friends again… our social life has just exploded.  I know that’s not a proper excuse and should not count as to why i haven’t been blogging as much, because I love blogging and really should take that little bit of time out to post!

We now visit my mum for dinner every Sunday and we visit James mum for dinner ever Monday… other days I have been spending with my mum (hey, we have 2 years of only seeing each other once a month, to make up for) because she works near where we live and often she pops in to say hi before or after a shift (she is a nurse)… I’ve also been spending time with my best friend Charlene and her little 11 month old darling Josh.

James and I still have a lot of decluttering and organising to do on the house… we got a good bit done on Saturday when my mum took Ollie off us for a few hours.  We even had a date on Saturday!  Not something we get a chance to do much!!

I am going to be going to a mother baby group as of next Friday and I’m really looking forward to it.  It is about a 2 minute walk from my house and I’ll be going with my friend Clare who has a 10 month old baby called Ruby.

This Thursday James, Ollie and I are heading off to Kelso in Scotland to visit my Granny and Granda.  It will be the first time they meet Ollie and Ollie is very excited to meet them.  I can’t wait.  It isn’t often that great grandparents get to meet their great grandchildren so we feel lucky that Ollie will have the chance.  I haven’t seen them since my wedding in May of last year.

These are all the plans I have so far, but hopefully you get an idea of how busy I’ve been lately.  I am going to set aside time every day to do my blogging as I have really been missing it!!

O0o0oh and Ollie has had a couple of spoons of baby rice and he loved it!  He is 4 months this week so we are going to start weaning him properly either this week or next.  He is definately ready and I can’t wait to let him try all the lovely food on offer!

He is also getting his vaccinations tomorrow.  Fun.

Anyways!  I hope you girls (and guys?) are all fab!  I’ll be back very very soon with proper, regular blog posts, pics of Ollie, recipes etc etc… in fact I have one waiting here for stuffed meatloaf… huge success by the way!!

Emma xx


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Ollie learnt how to laugh…

22Sep08

…and it was my mum that got the giggle out of him!  She tickled his belly.  This happened a couple of days ago and ever since I have been trying my hardest to tickle him in the same way and I just can’t do it!  James hasn’t made him laugh yet either!  I don’t know the secret…. sigh…

Guess I’ll keep trying and then eventually he will just have to laugh at my hilarious and desperate efforts!


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Photohunt: Road

19Sep08

A pretty country road here in Ireland in a place called Delamont.  Not the nicest day but the view was glorious!

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Week 12 September – 18 September

18Sep08

12th September

This is Ollie in the bath!  He LOVES the bath :)  We recently bought him this bath support because he had outgrown his baby bath and this way James or I can take a bath with him and not have to worry about him falling under the water etc.  It’s great and he seems to enjoy it.  He wouldn’t smile for the camera though!

13th September

We bought Ollie Linky-loops and he loves them!  They can hang anywhere!

14th September

On Sunday we took Ollie swimming for the first time.  He really enjoyed it but got cold quite quickly.  To be honest it was not the best pool in the world and we have decided on another one for next time that doesn’t have a freeeezing toddler pool!  All considered though we had fun and he looked adorable in his little trunks.

15th September

Ollie with his grandad!

16th September

Ollie during tummy-time :)

17th September

Teething has not gone too badly so far!  I guess he is only at the beginning though so it’s probably likely to get worse soon.  He opens his mouth and chews just about anything he can get his hands on including other people’s hands!! YUM!

18th September

Ollie’s first trip to Ikea today!  He had fun!

 


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boo…

15Sep08

My lovely little man didn’t sleep through last night.  He woke for a feed at 3… at least we got 5 nights in a row from him though… maybe last night was a one off and he will go ack to sleeping right through again tonight hehe.  Fingers crossed… I was seriously enjoying it!


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Tagged again :D 6 quirks!

13Sep08

The Rules:
*Link the Person who Tagged you.
*Mention rules on your blog.
*Tell about 6 quirks of yours.
*Tag fellow bloggers to do the same.
*Leave a comment to let them know.

I was tagged by Chelsea to do this meme!

  1. I don’t drink milk, eat cream or butter… unless the butter is melted on toast or melted on something else… it has to be melted.  I can have milk if it is in hot chocolate…. but can’t have milkshake as it makes me feel sick.  As for cream… I won’t have it plain but I can eat ben and jerrys… but hagan daas is TOO creamy so I can’t eat that…. don’t ask me why… I’m not lactose intolerant because I can eat cheese and yoghurt!  I think some of it is psychological and all in my head… but
  2. I have the biggest fear of spiders… in fact, th house we just moved into happens to have THE biggest spiders I have seen in my entire LIFE!  I am terrified.  It’s making me recosider buying this place!
  3. I sleep in my pyjamas AND dressing gown because I’m always cold!
  4. Everything has to match.  My underwear, cutlery on the table… clothes etc etc…
  5. I now feel GUILTY when I don’t blog enough…
  6. I hate to walk slowly… I never walk slow.  I walk really fast everywhere.  If the people in front of me are walking slowly and are taking up the whole pavement I get frustrated and overtake hehe.

I tag Jia!


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Photohunt: Wild

13Sep08

This weeks photohunt theme is Wild…

I was unable to pick just one photo of wild animals from my trip to India, so I just included them all.

The first monkey was outside the window of our hotel.  There are bars on the windows so the monkeys can’t creep in.  The monkeys in the second photo were just hanging out with a bag of bananas in a park.

The third and fourth photos include 2 cows (considered sacred animals in India).  There were cows about everywhere just casually walking about wild.

The last photo has a lizard.  The hotel we stayed in where this photo was taken had a huge 2 inch gap between the bottom of the door and the floor!  Everything came into our room under that door… hehe.

Happy Photohunt everyone!


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…he did it again!

12Sep08

I think were onto something with Ollie sleeping through the night.  This is awesome.  I feel so rested!


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Tagged

11Sep08

I was tagged by Lauren over at Testing These Wings….

Basically I must take the first answer that comes into my head for the second half of each sentance.

I am… sooooo scared about dentist tomorrow :(
I want… to cuddle my boy but he is in bed
I wish… hubby and I could afford a holiday
I hate…. when people walk really slow in front of you and don’t make way for you to pass them
I miss… Tulsi… my favourite Indian Takeaway in Dublin
I fear… death!  I know… completly irrational phobia but there ya go!
I feel… content
I hear…James playing Grand Thefet Auto 4 on the Xbox360
I smell…clean laundry
I crave…Tulsi Takeaway (see above)
I search…for Ollie’s soothers
I wonder…if we will be lucky enough to buy this place…
I regret…worrying about things too much
I love…my husband and son
I care…about the way I look
I ache…in my back right now
I always…break dishes when I wash up!
I believe…babies are smarter than we give them credit for
I dance…while I do housework
I sing…ALL the time
I cry…when James and I fight
I don’t always…tidy up after myself
I fight…with James about silly things
I write…on my blog
I never…forget birthdays
I listen…to The Terrible Twos!  Ollie loves them!
I need….lots of cuddles (James is sitting beside me reading this and just said “personality transplant”… nice.)
I am happy…most of the time :)

I tag Cassie, Jia and Kimberly!


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sleep little baby!

11Sep08

My boy Ollie did it again last night… sleeping right through.  What a clever and angelic little guy!  You must have been crossing your fingers!!!  Keep them crossed because I’m enjoying these nights!


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Week 5 September – 11 September

11Sep08

5th September

My little man sleeping on his play mat.  Actually he isn’t sleeping.  He is peeking sneakily!  He kind of sleeps with his right eye open ever so slightly.  I think he is afraid of missing something!!

6th September

Ollie’s very first pair of shoes.  He never had any shoes, I always just put him in socks because he was normally in his pram with a blanket over him… but we had him in the sling the other day and goodness was it cold!!  We stopped in H & M and picked these up… he looks so cute in them!

7th September

Lazy Sunday with Granny and Granda Ross.

8th September

Hehe… I picked this top out for Ollie because we both thought James would like it.  Ollie apparently very much agrees with the slogan “If you think I’m handsome, you should see my dad!” because he is pointing at it.

9th September

…I’m going to be brave… were taking Ollie swimming this weekend I think.  I’m not being brave because I’m afraid of having Ollie in that big pool… I’m brave because I’m going to be wearing a swimsuit!!  The pool isn’t even deep because it is the kids pool.  It will barely even reach my ankles, nevermind giving me a chance to cover up a bit!  My worst stretch marks form pregnancy are down the fronts of both my thighs… goodness only knows why they are there… but seriously, it looks like someone has got a cat to run it’s claws down each leg.  The swimsuit however is a shape enhancer one apparently.  We will see.  It’s going to be so much fun taking him in the pool though!

10th September

Pretty fridge magnets… that is all…

11th September

Today we gave Ollie his very first taste of baby rice.  He loved it!  It was very messy with the spoon though as he thought he was havin a bottle and his tongue kept spitting it out… we got most of it in anyway.  We only made up the tiniest amount but he enjoyed it and still finished his bottle.  I know he is a couple of weeks early but he is definately ready, even for this one teaspoon of rice a day.  While me and James had been eating over the past weeks he has been imitating our mouth actions… the opening and closing etc.


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Something to think about…

10Sep08

One of the search terms from today that led somene to this blog….

Pregnancy and baby poking out….

em…. what does this mean?  My mind boggles!


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Sleep

10Sep08

Oh my goodness… what a difference a whole nights sleep makes.  In… em…90 days I haven’t really had an entire nights sleep… completly unbroken and deep… but last night little Ollie slept the whole way through!  Recently he has been going to be at 8.30 – 9.00 and I give him a dream feed (when he doesnt even wake up for it) at about 11.00 or so and then he wakes again for James to feed him at about 3.00am.  Well this morning James woke me to tell me that he hadn’t needed to get up to feed him…

A WHOLE night!  The little man went without food from 11.00 – 7.00!  A whole 8 hours.

Hmm… I’m just wondering now though if it was a one off or if this is going to be the way it is going to be!  Fingers crossed pleeeeease!


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Talk About Tuesday: Our new house!

10Sep08

So… as some of you may know I moved back to Belfast last week.  My husband and I had been living 100 miles away in Dublin for the past 2 and a half years and we decided it was just time to come back.  We got engaged while we were living in Dublin, married and even had a baby while we were living in Dublin.

House prices in Belfast are on the decrease and James and I are still currently saving a deposit so that we can get a mortgage… the house we want to buy is the house we are currently living in… which we are currently renting.  Eek… we love it loads.

We got all our furniture in Ikea and James spent countless hours putting it all together.

Above is our little entrance way.  It’s tiny… but I think it’s cute!  I love the wooden door as well.

This is our kichen/ dining room.  For our dining room table, James chose the benches instead of seats.  I think it goes really well with the kitchen that was already fitted!  This kitchen has 11 cupboards!  My last kitchen only had 5!  So even though this house is quite small… it is a mansion compared to my shoebox sized apartment back in Dublin.

Lovely and airy :)

This is Ollie watching me take photos of the house.

Our landing is teeny tiny (as is everything else) but it’s cute.  There is Ollie’s toy box!

Our little bathroom.  Now I ADORE this bathroom for the simple reason that it has a bath!  My apartment had no bath… only a shower,  It’s divine having the option to shower or bath!  Especially after working hard all day.  The other reason, Ollie has grown out of his baby bath and needs to get washed in this bath.  What would we have doine at the apartment?

I love our bedroom…. and I love the furniture.  It will be a lot bigger when Ollie moves into his own room at 6 months.  There are pretty fairy lights at the top of the bed.  It makesd it easier to give Ollie his night feed than being in the dark or turning on the full light!  I love our bed.

…and the dresser to match.  I get one side and James gets a side!

…and the matching wardrobe.

This room is Ollie’s room… but currently it’s called the miscellaneous room because it’s full of junk we still have to sort out and find a place for!

…and last but not least, this is our garden, something we didn’t have in our apartment.

So there you go… the short tour of our lovely and little house in Belfast.  Our dream house with a garden and a bath and room to extend if we plan to.  Everyone please cross your fingers that we might be able to buy this next year sometime.  It’s a place I could see us living for a long time… and now that we have a garden, maybe I might be finally allowed a dog!

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My Weekend

09Sep08

I had a wonderful weekend (kind of our first proper weekend here since we only moves in last weekend) back here in Belfast.

Friday night we had my best friend Charlene and her husband over for dinner as they had not seen the house yet.  They brought their adorable 11 month old son Josh also and he is nearly walking!  It was lovely to see her and catch up a bit after not seeing her since July!  Were both pretty excited to be living so close now and already have arrangements for next weekend!  The size of us (us, the husbands and the babies) are all going for lunch to Ed’s Grill in Lisburn.

We went to St. George’s Market which is in a massive indoor ‘bit of everything’ type market.  James and I both LOVE markets and neither of us had really been to this one and we loved it.  It is held weekly and we are definatly going to go back.  We picked up some angus burgers, smoked cheese and chilli burgers, spicy lamb burgers, steak and guinness sausages, chilli sausages and 2 tubs of fresh mixed seafood which we normally make into a chowder.  Our new freezer is now stocked!  Hubby and I have this dream of opening a stall ourselves… we would sell chilli.  James is by far the best chilli chef I have ever come across.  We have to investigate what it would cost though and what sort of a licence we would need but we reckon it would definately be a hit!

On Sunday we visited my mum.  She lives out in the fields in a darling little cottage.  We decided when we moved back we would have a set day that we visit my mum and stepdad for dinner and a set day that we visit James folks for dinner too…. that way, no matter how busy we are in the week, at least we get to see them both at least once.  We want to start some traditions with Ollie and think this is a nice one.  Anyway, this was our first Sunday doing this!  My mum cooked a lamb roast with all the trimmings…. roast potatoes, vegetables, yummy gravy and mint jelly. YUM!  After we had dinner we went for a walk down the road with Geordie the dog on a lead and Ollie in a pram :-)

It just feels so so awesome to be back.


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My Husband Rocks Friday!

05Sep08

This Friday my husband rocks because he worked so hard on the move to our new house…

We moved all the way up from Dublin to Belfast… more than 100 miles and by the end of the Friday his hands were red, his back was sore, his legs were sore and he was mega tired.  If this was not enough he then spent the entire weekend building our furniture… we got it all from Ikea so that meant it all came flat pack and all needed to be assembled by hand.

I LOVE the furniture and couldn’t have had everything looking so nice without him.  I love our new little house but I love my hubby more!


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