Doing the write thing ;)

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I am totally loving being able to write again 🙂
I have been doing some freelance wedding and engagement stories and have a couple I’m working on at the moment-it has been such a fun thing to do!!!
Check out some I have done recently:
 
A whole plane full of people get involved in proposal – http://www.peherald.com/news/article/22251

A surprise proposal on stage – http://www.peherald.com/news/article/21579

A couple DIY’s their wedding – http://www.peherald.com/news/article/22054

A couple goes back to where it all began for their wedding – http://www.peherald.com/news/article/20893

A woman gets a movie poster proposal – http://www.peherald.com/news/article/22833
 
 

So I’m learning to make balloon animals :)

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Did you know I can make balloon animals, well technically I can make, a dog, a elephant, a bird and a flower, which is a far cry from when I could only make things like sausages and worms…
Why do you ask? Well because I have always wanted to know how and because I think it would be a pleasant addition to my son’s first birthday party….
I know I have been all ho hum lately and that is just not me, so I thought I’d share some pleasant news J
IM IN THE PARTY ZONE PEOPLE!!!
Any regular blog readers would know I LOVE LOVE “WISH IT WAS MY JOB” LOVE planning parties/get togethers … funny enough I’m not big on hosting I just want to plan and step away…
Right now I’m in the midst of planning things pretty close to home … here they are in order of date…
-It’s my turn to host the mommy’s get together lunch…everyone is coming to my hometown for snacks and cupcakes and chats about everything , and I mean  EVERYTHING! I find you can’t do too much different with a picnic for 10 moms and their busy body baba’s , but I’ll add a touch of me to it, because I can J
-Then it is my niece Taylor’s birthday, her mom wanted to do something small yet pretty for her little princess and we have just had the biggest blast looking at ideas to bring a little “royal tea-party” together. It’s going to be held in our front yard  with the emphases on “tiny royals” Tay is pretty easy though, she’d be happy with a cake and a pretty dress, but we are trying to amp it up because she deserves it.
-Then the one that’s giving me a little stress, my own baba’s 1st birthday party, we going with a barnyard picnic theme and I’m super excited to share this momentous occasion with all our loved ones…. I’m thinking little picnic baskets, farm themed foods and a jumping castle, but mostly just family hanging out  and thanking God for this amazing year J Yes there are  practically three more months to go, I like to be prepared, hehehehe
*Will post tons of pics*

Happy Monday peeps

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I’ve been super emo and introspective lately…Like what is it I want from my life and so forth and so on. . .
Eish this happens every now and again…the curse of the creative I think, OVERTHINKER DELUX!!!
Went to the park with my lil family to clear my head, it helped a bit, sometimes you just need to chill…
HAPPY MONDAY ALL!

Feeling a lil sad this morning

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Last year around this time I had three months before my son got here and the doctor gave my aunt roughly that long to live as her cancer was progressing,FAST. It was the most heart wrenching time of my life, after losing Logan pregnancy was nerve wrecking I just wanted him in my arms where I could see him and every pain wouldn’t send me into a frenzy, but if I wished time away I’d lose my aunt faster…I ended up losing her the week he was born, I think she knew she would never get to meet him…at first she lapped up stories of ultra sounds and was super excited to see what I had done with his room, she touched my stomach and felt him kick and discussed the importance of a good name, but later she only glanced at scans, changed the subject and even said she hopes she gets to be there for me and Aidy stopping the conversation right there…I miss her so much! especially now as I’m planning Aidan’s birthday party, she LOVED planning things and would indulge me as I spoke ad nauseum of silly things like what I wanted cake to look like-my mom on the other hand is of the, “do whatever you want Elle, I’ll support you regardless but I don’t plan so far ahead” school of organising.
The idea that my aunt never got to meet Aidan breaks my heart, when he sleeps I sometimes just hold him and cry for all the people he never got to meet like my aunt, his grandfather and his big brother … Morbid I know but all the losses were so condensed I don’t know if I ever worked through them all, this includes the friends I lost. Aahhh guess I’m just having a sad day, life has been very overwhelming of late and I find myself deeply “just leave me here with a slab of chocolate and a box of tissues” sad. Have you ever had those days when you know you have a lot to be thankful for, but things you are unthankful for like no time with your baby, no clothes that fit, comments about being fat, Your husband’s PTSD, your own depression, and so on and so forth overshadow them…I just want opt out of life every now and again and today is one of those days…I need a hug, feel free to send virtual ones.
The sun will come out tomorrow. . . Just venting 😉
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My 9month old

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APPEARANCE:   My big strong curly haired boy is as adorable as ever and seems he has eyes that change colour between brown and light hazel, a def mix of his dad and I (brown and light green)

PERSONALITY: Aidan is such a busy body! He is always chatting and moving around and trying to escape from any door he can find. He cruises along furniture and crawls so fast you need to be crazy aware of him at all times. He is also at that “take out and take off” exploring age which can be exhausting, like yesterday when he was sitting on floor of our room while I packed my gym bag, turn around and he had wiped my cream blush all over the floor and himself…EVERYTHING was pink. He is so fearless too, he kept crawling to the bathroom to play in the bin(kids are strange) Rob switched light off to discourage him but he just continued playing with discarded toilet paper tubes.
 
ROUTINE:  He sleeps much better BUT eating is a fight and a half!!! He could just not be bothered, even drinking he does as fast as he can then he throws bottle away to get up to play and in evenings and mornings when he is breast fed he wants to sip and play sip and play, NOT my idea of fun

LOVES: The outside and getting all messy – stereotypical little boy

DISLIKES: “Weird” textures, like he wont pick up any foods that are to wet or mushy and if he plays in the sand he wipes his hands on his top (same kid that will happily play in mud-go figure)
 

MOM:  Doing okay, just wish cleaning lady could come back from her holiday, never knew how messy such a young kid could be