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A letter to my husband

To my dear husband, I meant to write this yesterday, but well, you know, I had a bit of an emotional day so I never got around to it. So yesterday we celebrated being married for 5 years. We didn’t really do a lot as since little man arrived, we don’t get chance! But I don’t care, I love spending time with the two of you. I really enjoyed the meal that we went out for, just the two of us. And even though we don’t get along sometimes, your dad is a good egg really (don’t tell him I …

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3 of the Best Silver Christening Gift Ideas

3 of the Best Silver Christening Gift Ideas Christenings are always a wonderful occasion – whether you’re religious or not, the ceremony is a lovely way for friends and family to celebrate the new addition together. It’s traditional to give gifts at christenings, and some people may struggle with what to buy. By the time the baby is christened, it’s likely that you already bought a gift when it was first born; in fact, the baby’s first birthday or Christmas could also already have passed, meaning you might have already bestowed quite a few presents upon the baby. So, what do …

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The ‘Berry’ Pregnancy Diaries – week 6

Monday 1st July – 6w 1d More strange dreams to report. This time it involved one of my forum buddies (let’s call her D – though she knows who she is anyway! I always seem to dream about them when pregnant). We all lived in Cleethorpes, the seaside town just down the motorway from me, and one day I had gone out without little man and hubby (little man was with grandparents, hubby at work). Whilst out I received a phone call from D telling me she knew what I was doing and if I spent less time on facebook …

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Messy play – card painting

After receiving a lovely handprint butterfly card from little man for my first Mother’s Day, I thought we would do the same for Daddy. Well, something a little more manly… And a little more creative, hubby has no clue really! After doing a little researching, I decided on a tree. I painted the trunk and branches and then little man & I got to work together! First we did his handprints for the leaves. We use baby safe paint as everything ends up in his mouth! He had a look at what he had done, I think he was pleased …