So it's been a while, I know. Life has just been so hectic lately, and I know everyone says that, but it really is true. It was my birthday in early March (yay me) and I'm now officially the ripe old age of 32 (all the 20 somethings are like, 'ew, old' and all the late 30s/early 40s are like 'ah, you're such a baby'!). I always approach my birthday as, wow I can't believe ... Read More
Seven Weeks In: Learning to Be a Mom of Boys
So we officially made it to seven weeks. Seven weeks of being a family of four. Seven weeks of being out in the world for little Oliver Finn. Seven weeks of being a big brother for Benjamin. Seven weeks post-partum healing. Seven weeks of breastfeeding. Seven weeks of increasingly longer evening sleeps (thank heavens). Seven weeks of all consuming parenting on many levels. And ... Read More
What Peter Pan Didn’t Know: You Never Stop Growing, Learning & Reflecting
When I turned 21, I felt like I’d really reached the pinnacle of my life thus far. Since I was able to comprehend the magnitude of such an important birthday, sometime during my early high school years, a glorious celebration of reaching such a milestone was definitely on the cards. It seemed the age at which you finally become an adult (legally you do), where life was ... Read More
It’s not called The Beautiful Life for nothing
Two and a half weeks ago I was giving birth to my second little boy, Oliver and today I feel like I’m finally – and in a very overdue manner – giving birth to my blog, Lovely Happy House. So about 8 months ago I finally got my thoughts together and did all the technical bits (registering a domain, setting up hosting and spending an inordinate amount of time browsing Wordpress ... Read More