Baby Style || Pretty In Pastels

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Since I haven't done an Baby OOTD since THIS ONE in February, I thought it was about time I did another. I tell you what though, making a toddler stand still for long enough to focus your camera is about as easy as solving a problem like Maria (hope you get that Sound of Music fans). In summary, photographing a tot is hard! I'm obviously not going to force her to do it so we're gonna work with what we've got.

This photograph was taken at Easter outside our church and is what she wore to the service. We don't always dress up too fancy but since it was a special occasion (good old Jesus rising again etc- don't go mad at me for having a religious moment please), we made an effort. 

Pink Hair Clip - H&M

Cream Vest Onsie - H&M

Mint Cable Knit Cardi - Primark

Pink Bow Tutu - Gifted from Marie

Cream Tights - H&M

Baby Blue Sparkle Pumps - Next

I tend to steer Baby Glitter's wardrobe towards pastels because I think they suit her and she's such a little girlie girl that she is happy to wear them. Oooohhh ggaawwdddd I love dressing that kid!

As you can see, all of Darcy's clothes are from highstreet stores (except the gift) and I think they look amazing. If you have the money and you want to go designer then yay, but for us, we love a good bargain! We look in stores, supermarkets, charity shops, consignment fairs and boot sales for clothes and often find absolute gems. 

I will do more of these Baby Style posts as and when the kidling permits me to get a good shot of her. 

Where do you shop for children's clothes? Do you secretly wish you could wear that cardigan too? I know I do!

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Toodlepip!

xx

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Strength

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

I've really been enjoying the last two weeks of blogging every day and being a bit more focused on the things that mean the very most to me in life.

Quite obviously, the thing that tops that life list is Baby Glitter. 

"I love you not only for what you are but for who I am when I'm with you".

I often talk about how much I love her (like HERE in my Darcy Day Date or HERE in my Change post) and which amazing things she's done to make me grit my teeth with joy and adoration but I rarely touch on me in those scenarios. 

It's true that Motherhood changes your life. You loose touch with people, you function on less sleep, you adapt to a safety proofed house and learn to navigate a stair gate in the dark. You find yourself spilling over with love at the smallest things which to anyone else would be trivial (I nearly cried the other day when Darcy put her own wellies on) and you marvel at the tiniest of things.

But it is also true that it will change you as an individual. I feel, and please don't think me arrogant, that it has changed me for the better. I feel as though I have a new found strength and confidence and not only can I carry a baby, a buggy and my car keys all in one hand, but I can see the wood for the trees that little bit more. The insignificant worries are less of an issue and I feel a deep sense of determination to achieve my goals and dreams. After all, I'm not just achieving them for me now, I am achieving them so that when Darcy is older she can talk about me with pride. 

I want to be very clear in that I don't think determination, strength and confidence exclusive only to mothers, I have plenty of non-parent friends who totally astound me with there steely grit and gung-ho for the world. I am saying that for me, motherhood was the catalyst for these qualities and I couldn't be more grateful.

If you are a 'mother' (to anybody- you might be a carer, animal owner or relative to a child), what qualities do you think this experience of responsibility has instilled in you? Am I the only one who feels this way?

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Toodlepip!

xx

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February is Love

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Roses are red, violets are blue, I love this blog, and it loves you too. Now feel free to throw up. Heh heh.

Despite our smooshy start, I promise I'm going somewhere with that. 

February is the season of amour. The season of roses and chocolates in heart shaped boxes and a general hope that your true love will come through and surprise you. Well, one of my true loves is this blog. I love it like a member of my family. However, in the last six months my life has been pretty hectic with Baby Glitter, spending a lot more time with Matt, YouTube being such a big part of my life and a few other projects, that I had let it cool down a bit. I never left, I just set it down quietly in a corner and gave it a loving look here and there.

(My baby baby and my blog baby makes me a very proud mama)

This month I feel ready and able to make more time for my second baby. I am going to challenge myself to blog every single weekday, come rain or shine. I will uploading my posts at roughly the same time every day so you will know where you are with scheduling (I'm anal and like it when other bloggers do this), so if you pop on over here at 10am GMT every week day, there will be something waiting happily to great you. If I am feeling extra wild (look at me living on the edge there), I will possibly do a couple of bonus posts in the evening too (9pm GMT)- woah there!!

Post style won't change (I feel happy with it for now), but over the next month, you may notice a few little layout tweeks. It's healthy to tinker. 

If there is anything you would like to see, please do let me know in the comments of this blog post, I'm pretty open to suggestions. All the regulars will be here- reviews, baby talk, pinterest love, projects, hauls etc but I may also bring back a few LOTD's and incorporate more of my videos too.

I'm excited for a new wave of blog joy. Are you?

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Toodlepip!

xx

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