The Nursery!

Here it is! Baby bump's own room, if you detect a sense of pride well I have to be honest... I do feel quite proud. It's been a real labour of love and it's such a great space to chill in whilst we wait for baby. I can't help but drop in after Euna is in bed... Sit in the chair. Think about another little one's babyhood. Think about nursing. Think about little clothes and swaddling blankets. Touch the fabrics and the painted woods. Imagine a little girl. Then imagine a little boy.

Wondering... Anticipating... Waiting...

Here, take a nose!

The cot, my cot, now baby's cot, a big piece of family history for baby to sleep in...

Ikea armchair, Ikea rainbow cushion and Widgey nursing pillow (old design, bought 2 years ago for feeding Euna, total non-essential)...

From the door, one day soon I'll walk in and see this but with a baby in there...

Euna's canvas crafting with apples...

Made with love...

Aqua chevron fabric from Plush Addict...

Nursery canvas crafting...

Walls are Dulux "Wellbeing"...

Matching handmade bunting using fabric bundles from Ebay...

Emile et Rose moses basket, a total luxury splurge from last time and I am so excited to wake up with this next to my bed again...

Jojo Maman Bebe rainbow blanket (beautiful gift), rabbit comforter from our French holidays and a Sophie Giraffe Teether (an essential so I hear)...

I saw one of these on a blog I love last year and promised myself we would 

Introducing Pink Cheeks Studios, the home of Nichol Brinkman's innovative and beautiful handmade and personalised soft toys, pillows and baby mobiles...

Every piece is a one off and this is her very own Family Us design... 

Euna looking over her little baby sibling as he/she sleeps...

Baby A and guess who...?

There is nothing better than a handmade gift and we couldn't be more in love with this very special hand-crocheted blanket from my wonderful friend over at Thursday's Child Friday's Thoughts...

Insert baby toes here...

Old wardrobes upcycled with love by my very skilled Uncle at The Blue Goose...

Mismatched handles from ebay and Ikea...

Bespoke baby change unit from my Mum, also from The Blue Goose and Drona storage baskets from Ikea...

Next ceiling light...

Baby we love you and we wait for you... You are so so welcome xxx

Check out my Pinterest Nursery board to see what inspired me!

Our Duo Isn't Forever...

Baby grows. And grows. And amongst all the wonderful reasons to be excited and happy as baby grows, one sad thought recurs to me; it'll also be the end of an era.

By the time baby comes there will have been 20 months of Euna and I on our own. Of course Steve is here on weekends and other people drop by. But the two constants are us, Euna and Mummy.

Thing is we're a team. For as long as I've been on this Mummy-train, she's been there with me. Everything I've learnt about being a Mum has been with her. That accounts for the wonderful, the beautiful, the exhausting, the life-changing, the frustrating, the fun, the bits when I didn't want it to end and the bits when I wondered would they ever end?! She's been my muse, my guinea pig, my first baby love, my crash test dummy, my lead product tester and my chief in charge of parenting quality control. She's been it all.

Equally I've been everything to her. For 9 months I was literally her universe whilst she became her. Then I fed her, just me, for 6 months. I'm her chef, her bum changer, her beautician and hygienist, her maid, her chauffeur, her... This list is boring me... Just everything!

Team Euna and Mummy we are. Though this duo is soon to change. And whilst this makes me happy in so many ways and there are so many wonderful things to come from the upgrade to a trio... There is part of me that is sad to see the back of so much exclusive Euna and Mummy time.

Nothing lasts forever right? Few things in this life are permanent. And I suppose fewer things would be special if they were permanent.

At this point in a post I like to kind of round things up positively. Fact is there is a sadness here, be it immensely outweighed by so much happiness to come, but there is an ending approaching to what has been the most wonderful time of my life. Truly. I don't regret the end, not a bit, I simply recognise it is to end and it was wonderful.

Thank you Euna, you've been beautiful. xxx

 “...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...” John Geddes, 'A Familiar Rain'

Woodland Family Shoot

My latest family shoot! Absolutely loving these gorgeous people... 

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