Happy Halloween

 Pimping our house in prep for Halloween 

Couples questions challenge vid

 

Our own version of the old TV show "Mr & Mrs" Oh, and for the record, Bear initiated first kiss AND I am most certainly the best cook lol! 

 

Barbie Girl

Love this little clip of Scarlett Grace singing and dancing my Mum filmed when she stayed at her place at the weekend. God forbid, I will never be a pushy Mummy, but she does seem to really love to perform so why not support and encourage her? 

I've been in contact with Sylvia Young Theatre School. Currently on a waiting list to start the known stage school in January 2018, and we're beginning with Saturday school only - but watch this space! 

She loves her grandma!

Video message from Scarlett Grace to my Mum ❤️

Saturday Song #OnRepeat

This takes me right back to when I moved to London in the early 90s, and listened a lot of hip hop and Rn'B like Mark Morrison, 2Pac, Biggie Smalls and 112 etc. 

Bruno Mars' first release from his new album, "24K Magic" is simply fab, and referring to it he said: "You can call it my first single, but I call it the invitation to the party" LOL! 

Iphone Images of our week

Vid clip of Seany 

Oh how I wish I had French doors like Mum

Erik and John's Mini Cooper -AKA "Black Betty"

Al fresco lunch at the Waterway with Johanna and Daniel who visited from Sweden

Train Travel - heading to Grandma's 

On Tuesday we went to the high street in Amersham and had lunch at the very child friendly Cote Brasserie 

I met with Kat near her office at the beautiful Rosewood Hotel  (first time there but deffo not my last!)

Mind the (tooth) gap! ;-)

Miss Goldilocks at Zizzi's on Paddington Street

Sleeping beauty

Fitness Friday - work hard play hard!

Scarlett Grace in action

"Hej Mummy"

Video clip of Scarlett Grace that I can watch over and over again

Baby in Burberry (video)

And she's off!

I look away for one second, and she's off on a suicide mission lol! Check my Vine account for more short film clips.

Sean, the entertainer

 Love this clip of my babies - makes me smile every time!

First laughter captured!

By pure luck today, I had my phone ready to capture Scarlett Grace's real first laughter, three days before she turns 6 months.
My oh my, I've been waiting for this! Must have watched it at least twenty times, and each time my heart melts!

Life lately

Because Sean's doing so well in school, as well as playing and learning his piano homework every week, I wanted to reward him.  And this toy, Transformers, he got to choose himself. Watch a video of him of when he first received it here

Blissfully snoozing on Daddy's lap on a deck chair in Regents Park

Scarlett Grace typically naps 2-3 times a day, but only between 10-25 minutes at a time

My friend Anna's older boy Nick is 7 months older than Sean, so there was always a gap in the development with them two.
But Christopher (above left) is only 11 days younger than Scarlett Grace, which is nice as we can watch them hit all the baby mile-stones at the same time.  

Anna (who lives only 5 mins walk from us) and I meet up at least once if not twice a week, for lunch, coffee and play-dates in various cafes, restaurants and parks around central London

Awww chubby baby thighs... (yeah mine too haha!) Scarlett Grace has grown in to a proper little chunky monkey!

Erik and John come over for quality time with the kids whenever they can. Last weekend they came by and took Sean out for a full day so Bear and I got some time alone with our daughter.

Here we've just arrived at Andrea and David's, popped open some bubbly and were about to watch England play in the World Cup, followed by a sleep-over

David is famous for barbecues, and as it was a beautiful Summer's evening we enjoyed it in their garden

Sean has become a real football fan since the World Cup started and really loves watching the games with Daddy, and loves to google the different countries taking part, and learning their capital cities and other info.

Munchkin still sleeps wonderfully well. We put her in one of her many grobags (love this concept of her in a sleeping bag that keeps her nice and snug instead of under a duvet that she most likely will kick off anyway) in her cot around 8pm-8.30pm and on average she sleeps 10/11 hours continuously, wakes up for a feed around 6.30/7am and then goes back to sleep again for an hour or so. 

Her motor skills are developing really well. At 5 months she reaches out for the milk bottle when I shake it, grabs it, puts it in her mouth and feeds herself (see video on my Twitter). She also loves to roll over from her back to her tummy, and pulling her socks off LOL!

Lunching with the family on Selfridges new roof top restaurant Q Grill - great food and fabulous views over the city.
These three particular individuals are simply my life, my world - gosh I love looking at this picture!

On Saturday evening after shopping for furniture all day, we swung by Hyde Park to check out the  Swedish Midsummer celebrations. My friends Sussie and Jenny got to meet Scarlett Grace for the first time and were cooing over her for a very long time :-)

Motherhood is a lot more relaxed and enjoyable the second time around! I would recommend everyone to have a go ;-)

Let it Go

Like most 5 year olds, Sean too loves the movie "Frozen" and has watched it numerous times. But it was only last week we realised he knew the whole lyrics to "Let it Go, so Bear then decided to capture that on film. Totally adorable if you ask me :-) 

Uncle Erik visiting

Video of Sean wishing you all a Merry Christmas, with his side-kick Erik who's entertaining on the piano! (you'll find a snippet of another vid on my Twitter)

Today my brother (who had the day off work) came round to celebrate with Sean. Yes, a little late, but when you're a junior doctor, you never  know when you get time off! 

Nonetheless Sean was of course delighted as it was an extension of his birthday, with more pressies, and yet again he got undivided attention :-) 

Baby kicks

Video of my little busy bee kicking 

This time two years ago (Oct 2011)

Happy honeymoon memories xxx

Hello I'm Sean, I'm 4 years old and I can read! :-)

Sean is making really good progress in school with his reading, and Bear and I couldn't be more proud of him! Here's a little extract of what he's currently learning from this week's book:

"I am Lotty. The happy puppy. Look at me." - "Lotty looks at the fat frog in the mud. "

Difficulties staying awake part 13

A little someone was so tired after a full day at nursery yesterday, so much so that he fell asleep in the funniest position, fully dressed and all! :-)

Erik, the entertainer!

Apart from being accepted and now studying Medicine at Imperial College, which is ranked top ten of world's best universities, (after already finishing a 3 year degree in Biochemistry and Forensic Science), my little brother is also somewhat of a musical genius, playing both the guitar and the piano. Here's a clip of him playing at my Mum's house last week - totally unaware of me filming.

As Sean is totally in awe of him, I'm hoping he will follow in his uncle's footsteps! No pressure there my son! LOL!

On repeat

I cannot stop listening to Rihanna's stunning new reggae-tinged track! Guessing I'm not the only one addicted as it's the most viewed clip on YouTube now!