Hi guys, happy new year to you and your families.

Lately I’ve lost my blogging mojo but maybe with the new year and all I will regain it. I’ve also been super exhausted lately. Siobhan comes back from maternity Monday, though I’m off all week and I feel a certain duty to make sure everything is up to date and in the same way she left it. I’m not looking forward to going back to my old role at all. Time for a new job me thinks. Oh to not have to work for a living!

Plenty of things have happened so I will catch you up briefly. Saran, Sean’s sister, had a beautiful baby boy on the 17th of December a full day after she was induced! Mother and baby are doing well!

Introducing Jack Patrick Milane

Sorry about the poor photograph, I didn’t take it obviously *cough* Sean *cough*, he wasn’t so happy to be photographed, but I was happy to be holding him.

The next day, a full 8 days late, Nelia Lubar entered the world! Pics are to come but she is absolutely adorable. We went round to the birthing center when she was just 1 day old and again this evening. Lisal, the new mommy, is a much better photographer than Sean so will let her photo’s do her daughter justice. She put on the hat I made for her and apparently it’s a big hit. It’s the go to hat as it fit’s so well so I’m so glad. It’s a newish pattern for a new baby hat that will stay on a wriggly babies head. Think a cross between a bonnet and beanie. I didn’t think to write down the pattern but I am going to do her another, babies grow so fast! Once I do I will share the pattern.

I’ll round off this brief post with cupcakes I made for Lisal and Lee’s New Years dinner today….

…because everyone loves cupcakes

Pssst I made those flags. Real easy, rub-offs, ribbon and double sided tape attached to lollypop sticks.

Let’s hope theres another post from me this year hehe.

I am a bad blogger. I know, I’m sorry. Seems like thats all I have said the past few months. We are not very organised.

I have been very busy with the new house and new job and everything else that is going on and I just haven’t had much inclination to blog. We are still on the crappy mobile internet so I haven’t been able to do much of anything. I have however been stalking many of your blogs.

I know this is suposed to be more of a craft journal but I’d like to make more of an effort to blog and in doing so will probably blog more about my day to day life a bit more. Hopefully you won’t mind. Doesn’t seem worth hosting a blog and not putting anything in it!

I still have no pics. I have been taking photos with my phone and have lost the cable, doh! I now know where the cable for my camera is though. I haven’t really made anything new though. I’ve baked a little, attempted to make some vinyl bibs (awful) and got a new Sophia Carry All on the go. I haven’t however got much sewing done as I haven’t got a good place for my sewing machine to go as yet. I’m still waiting for Sean to put the wardrobe up for me. I really need to get on the baby crafting too as the baby shower is in 2 weeks EEK!

I also missed my boggerversary but maybe I will have a chance for a belated celebration later in the month.

I’m gonna search out some food now TTFN!

Ok so it was my birthday 20 days ago. I’m slacking… I know. Sorry!

Apologies aside, I had an excellent birthday. Really REALLY good. Didn’t actually go out on my bday cos it was a Thursday but the OH made me dinner. Paela with chorizo and prawns, was so good! For my actual birthday I went to a local bar, was meant to be a bar in North London but so many people weren’t sure about it I scrapped the idea. My sisters came over, did my hair. I did my make up, put on my shoes and off we went. Well you can see from the pictures we enjoyed ourselves.

See that hat? I stole it

Awwwww!

I stole Anthony’s (unpictured) hat again this year so I now have 2 Fedora’s I doubt I’ll wear very often but are so cute! My sister and I are looking more and more different! Guess who’s older…

In crafting news I have finished my baby cord bag and I LOVE it. Even better than Sepia. I’ve named it Dora. No pics as I have been using it for a month so it’s not looking so hot tbh… It’s well loved. I still have 2 bag’s to make. Both are for christmas so cutting it fine. Are you done with your christmas crafting??

My Uncle Tom

23-09-2008

Though you were far away you were never forgotten and never will be. Rest in peace uncle.

Blogging put off till next week. I’m sure you all understand.