Girls night out soirée

Kisses and cuddles with Scarlett Grace before heading out to meet the girls on Monday night

Friends and fizz at Cecconis on the first girls night out since my baby was born

Little Brother

How have I managed to miss this guy?  L.O.V.E him! I recently came across this Swedish incredible singer-songwriter. With his acoustic guitar and style of music, he really reminds me of Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel. This song is too good to not share. Enjoy! 

Snippets of our weekend

Keeping the cold at bay in this gorgeous knitted Winter dress from Baby Gap

Picking out drinks for our guests on Saturday evening at The Winery on Clifton Road - With it's log fire (it's like stepping in to someones living room!), and wines that are all personally sourced by the owner, makes it a little gem in central London

Proud brother insisting on pushing his sister around town

Our little family gathering around Scarlett Grace as she is being bathed

Getting on the bus with a big pram like my Stokke Crusi could be intimidating, but as I'm used to the equally large Emmaljunga pram, I have no problems manoeuvring it on to London's not too buggy friendly double deckers 

My little angel is on average only awake two hours a day, but on Saturday we managed to keep her awake for four hours, which is a record by far!

Bring out the tissue box pls! It gets me every time I see my two children snuggled up together and I'm simply bursting with pride!

Minute steak and vino for lunch with Erik and John at a French restaurant in Maida Vale 

The dutiful uncle

Night night precious xxx

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Superficial love

Finally, in today's sunshine, I was able to wear my new animal print woven cape/poncho (thank you Erik!), together with my new Gucci aviators with the gold logo on the lower left lens (thank you Bear!)

Finally, in today's sunshine, I was able to wear my new animal print woven cape/poncho (thank you Erik!), together with my new Gucci aviators with the gold logo on the lower left lens (thank you Bear!) 

A welcome visitor..

On Monday, a week after bringing home my daughter, I was finally ready for non family visitors, and Andrea was the first one to come and coo over Scarlett Grace.
She slept the whole time which allowed us to catch up on birth stories, comparing c-section scars and planning the next girls night out!

Think pink!

Pink for me is synonymous with sweetness - all kinds of pink shades that is.

...baby pink, hot pink, blazing pink, blush, bright pink, cerise, nude and soft pink (and my latest love is the colour combo dove grey with pink)!
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Oh the sheer joy of dressing my girl in my favourite colour :-)

Scarlett Grace's first week

Belle Princesse 

Cuddle time with Daddy

For those of you who don't know, I was induced at the gestation of 39 weeks and 5 days for PSD (pubic symphysis dysfunction) and also due to very painful and bulging varicose veins in my groin

Battered and bruised, the day after the night before

Sean has really been a true sweetheart in every sense of the word, and he hasn’t shown any aggression or jealousy at all so far

Dilated at 9cm, there was fetal tachycardia (Scarlett Grace's heart rate too high), which resulted in an emergency c-section

Bear didn't waste any time to nurture the Father Daughter Bond 

The baby blues kicked in almost exactly 48 hours after giving birth - I was so touchy and teary, and I spent more or less all of that day crying - the hormonal changes are for real, and they are so intense! 

Mummy's nose, there's no doubt about that!

Uncle Erik found time in his busy schedule as a junior doctor to come and visit on the second day

My breast milk came on the second day and we were all eager to see if Scarlett Grace latched on ok, which she did! 

After three nights at the Lindo Wing, it was time to say good-bye to the wonderful staff..

...and off home we went! 

Monday, day 3: My health visitor (whose job it is to support me and my baby) came round, and had not been in the house for more than like one minute before she asked me to drop my undies, so she could check on my stitches LOL - according to her the wound is gratefully healing well

Two more little hands, Two more little feet, Now our family is complete :-)

Pram Premiere - I was itching to get out of the house despite being in a lot of pain, and after finally waking up in my own bed on Tuesday morning, I felt great mentally and insisted on getting out and proudly walk around town with my daughter

Tick Tock - it's Champagne o' clock! Scarlett Grace's first visit at the pub was on Tuesday - only 4(!) days old

  

It feels so surreal to finally have her in different places around our flat, that we’ve pictured her in for so long now - here in Sean's first Maxi Cosi car seat

The past few days have brought so much magic and happiness into our home, and I can't wait to discover more about our little girl with each new day..

Long periods at a time are being spent snuggling with Scarlett Grace on the sofa or in bed, and it totally melts my heart when Sean leans over and gives her these sweet kisses on the head

I can stare at our tiny precious person for hours, and I just love hearing her make her sweet little sighing noises ♥

Uncle Steven was down from Scotland and joined us for dinner at the pub followed by drinkies at home (perhaps a few too many judging by this pic LOL!), and said hello to his new niece 

We try to stick to a feeding routine- courtesy of Gina Ford - every four hours (roughly 90ml at a time), and it seems to be working really well - she is a good eater and has quite an appetite this young lady!

Brunch with my girlies on day 5 at Canteen on Baker Street

Some days are worse than others, and I am physically limited in what I can do, which I find so frustrating – I just want to go out and DO things, which thankfully is possible with a little help from my Mum!

Scarlett Grace had her first trip to Zizzi Restaurant on day 6 - and the Paddington Street branch is perfect for a large pram

Total happiness! 

Day 6 and she still hasn't lost her stomp! 

Mum has now been here for precisely a month and I got used to having her around, so it will undoubtedly be difficult when she's going back home next Saturday

Someone special, Someone dear, Someone new to love is here  ♥

Our first week at home has of course been an adjustment – but overall it's been absolutely wonderful!

Thanks for all your kind congratulations and sweet messages! We are so grateful to have a wonderful network of support – virtually, by you guys, and with my doctor brother and Mum here in London too.

Again, a heartfelt 'Thank You' for the well wishes -I've loved reading every single one of them! 

C

xxx