When it comes to buying houses and mortgages, I honestly relate that back to a time of such stress and turmoil. Whilst I now sit in the armchair of our recently finished extension, I can’t help but pinch myself and wish I could go back and tell myself at the time of buying this place, that it wouldn’t fall through, that it would all be ok.

and they lived happily ever after…

That’s what we’re told isn’t it? So no wonder we feel like a failure when you are in the trenches of your relationship, wondering how the fuck you will ever be ok again.

I actually bloody love a new year. Just like I kind of love a Monday (I know, what a weirdo).

I don’t think anything can prepare you for becoming a parent. I also think I kind of knew this as soon as I was pregnant. I didn’t read any books or any blogs, I kind of just carried on as normal and hoped I would know what I was doing.

Now is the time for me to admit to something that I keep as a closely guarded piece of information, mainly for the fact that I know those eye rolls and I DO know of sleepless nights and how hard it can be, but I was blessed with not one but two good sleepers. Both of my girls slept through from 8 weeks old ish (please don’t hate me).

I am a bit obsessed with hair. I spent my teenage years hammering the GHDs and trying absolutely anything to get rid of my frizz and curls, lo and behold I now have two girls with the most beautiful heads of curls you have ever seen (if I do say so myself) and I truly hope they never grow out and lose them.

In a matter of weeks, Isla will be two years old. I sometimes cannot believe I have survived the last two years. I have never shied away from the fact that they have been tough. Not just because of two tiny, very important, little humans to look after but also a house move to contend with, relationship struggles and a whole other heap of stuff going on.

I love food. My days revolve around my meals, my work is food, a lot of my childhood memories I can remember certain days/occasions because of what I was eating… and despite this I have only come to terms recently to the very negative side to my relationship with food.

In a week where I have been seeing and reading so many amazing, inspirational, thought provoking posts about Maternal Mental Health, why have I felt so stumped.

I am ridiculously proud and excited to say that this year I will be working alongside Johnson’s Baby. I have been so fortunate to already be a part of two campaigns for them and as a brand we use daily in our house and genuinely love, I’m looking forward to learning more and sharing more about the brand, their values and of course their products.

I find it so hard talking about how I’m feeling, what I’m doing weightloss/diet/life/exercise wise which is so weird as that is how my Instagram and Blog started out, I would quite happily share photos of my body at any stage and all my meals etc and talk openly about wanting to change what I saw in the mirror.

I remember being pregnant with Abbie, thinking about what she would look like, what would she be like, would she be a Mummy’s Girl or Daddy’s Girl, what would she want to be when she grows up etc etc… not once did I think ‘Oh I hope she has good mental health’.

This year on social media I’ve seen a lot of mocking of the usual ‘new year, new me’ stuff we tend to see in the bucket load during the last week of December/first week of January. It kind of pisses me off because so what if someone wants to make changes? Wether it be to lose weight, be more successful, be happier, whatever… so bloody what?

Confidence, something I sought for so long and finally found, you know when you think you’ve cracked it and that’s it now for the rest of your life, you are just confident right?!

Firstly I want to start by saying this isn’t sponsored in anyway, I just had a fair few messages about Glasses Direct and I was so shocked by how easy it was to order glasses, that I thought I would share all the details in a blog post for anyone who wants to know more or feeling a bit worried it’s going to be a pain in the arse (it really wasn’t at all!) to order specs online.

So we are two weeks into School and I thought I would share my thoughts so far.

So following on from my Blogger Picks post for Wayfair, I thought I would share some photos and info about our new bed and the fun we* (*Kieran) had putting it together.

So a few weeks back I asked about Wayfair on my Instagram stories.