A Friday at the DFO

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I hit the shops with one of my girlfriends today. We went to DFO out by Brisbane Airport (DFO stands for Direct Factory Outlet I think), I was hoping to find some clothes at bargain prices... I'm out of my maternity clothes, but still not fitting into all of my regular clothes. Which is unfair seeing as I've lost all of my pregnancy weight. I think my stomach has changed shape, and not for the better.

Anyway, I didn't find much in the way of clothes that I liked, but I did still manage to pick up a couple of bargains. My favourites?

These shoes:



Gorgeous and only $40!

Now I just need to buy some clothes to wear them with....

T xx

Being a Mum

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I think I am starting to get the hang of being a stay-at-home Mum (not sure how much longer I'll be doing it for before I go back to work though). I really understand now how the whole day can go and nothing gets done...

Every time I get up to do something Max will decide he wants hugs, or milk or a clean nappy or something. Not that I'm really complaining, Max time is still one of my favourite things!

That said, we are starting to get into a bit of a routine. We go to bed at around 9.30 or 10pm each night and Max wakes up to feed around 2am and again between 5 and 6am. We laze around in bed after the morning feed and get up with the Big Man at quarter past seven. After that it's playtime, like I said the other day Max loves to play on his play mat, but I try and mix it up with other baby games as well. After about half an hour Max gets bored and I pop him into the front pack while I try and get some housework done. Not really that easy at the moment, I am starting to get achy again and I think it is from doing laundry and unloading the dishwasher with Max in the front pack. It has only been five weeks since I had the caesar, I'm sure it will get better soon.

Max tends to fall asleep in the front pack and then I can put him down for good sleep. The middle of the day is spent sleeping and feeding (Max), watching tennis or cricket and working on my computer (Me). If I need to go out this is the best time of the day. Today we went on our first solo grocery shop. I was a bit nervous, but it went really well. No tears and I managed to get everything done without any dramas.

Max has his cranky-pants time late in the afternoon. It is impossible to get anything done. He just wants to be held and fed constantly for about two hours. Afterwards though he crashes out and sleeps through until I feed him before bed.

It might not seem like a very exciting day, but I love it! I'm also glad that he's getting into a bit of a routine, it makes it a lot easier for me to plan my day too.

Here's hoping he sticks with it and stays a happy little baby.

T xx

Yesterday afternoon I had my first trip out of the house without Max. The Big Man and I went grocery shopping and left the little guy with his Aunty Jenny. It went really well, and I only cried twice.... the first time I was checking the Big Man's iphone for a twitter update from Jen and saw Max on the screensaver (which made me miss him like crazy), the second time was when Jen tweeted to say that Max was awake and a bit sad. The folks at Aldi probably think I'm a nutter :)

It went fine though and Max wasn't even crying when I got home. Doesn't mean that I am in a hurry to be away from him again though, I think I will still keep him nice and close as much as possible!

We went out again today (the Big Man, Max and I), we took Max to my work so that I could show him to all of my work mates. He was great, he was passed around from person to person and only started to get a bit grumpy after about half an hour. I spent most of my pregnancy at work so it was really nice to be able to share him with my team mates.

Now we're back at home, he's bathed, well fed and having a nap.

I love being a Mum!

T xx

Pram

Yesterday the Big Man and I made our first big 'baby purchase', a new pram! Mum is actually buying it for us, but it was on sale so we went ahead and picked it up and managed to save her almost $100 (you can thank me later Mum ;) ). It was so much fun trying out the different prams in the shop, pushing them around, collapsing them and trying to work out how to use all the different features... I think that because it was the first big thing that we have bought for the baby, it really reminded us that in less than 3 months we are going to be having a baby (duh)!

Once we got it home the Big Man put it together. I tried to push Cooper around in it, but he got scared and jumped out. Ollie on the other hand loved it!


T xx

Presents Galore

I love giving presents, I love giving them about as much as I like receiving them and that is saying something since I really, really like getting presents.

This year I have been really unsure about what to get all of my family..... every year it seems like they have more of the things that they want, leaving less things for me to get for them....

Luckily though one of my favourite blogs - working girl - had a link to a great personality test, gift generator..... It is so much fun and surprisingly accurate.

I did the Big Man first and here is what I got:

Personality Type - The Geek (haha so true, even though he is also a very manly man)
Friday Night Date: Battling for supremacy in an online gaming tournament.
Uniform: Glasses and Blackberry holster attached to his belt.
Ride: Segway - Ok.... maybe this one was a bit wrong
Reading List: PC World, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, CNET, Gizmodo.
On his TiVo: Increased memory after he hacked into it.
Native Habitat: TED Conference, Silicon Valley, his desk glued to his high-powered PC.
Famous Examples: Bill Gates, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Shawn Fanning.

Those of you who know him will know how spot on this is...... and those of you who don't, you will just have to trust me when I say that have hit the nail on the head. The site also listed some great gift ideas (which is the whole point really).....

I'm off to work out what to get for the rest of my family!

Happy Holidays xxoo

Bargain Shopping - I Fail

A little while ago I posted about the great bargain price that I bought my wedding shoes for...

Turns out I am not as good at bargain shopping as I hoped. I found these great shoes for my bridesmaids and accidentally bought a pair for myself too. They will look so perfect with my dress and I just couldn't help myself.



So now I have to pairs of wedding shoes. I think I will start out with my new pair and then switch over to my bargain ones when my feet start to ache unbearably :o).


When the Big Man finds out I am going to console him with the fact that unlike some brides that I have read about, I only have one gown!

T xx