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Babies and birthdays

I recently celebrated my 30th birthday - a big moment in a girls life, saying goodbye to a decade which has seen university, making life long friends, partying hard, love heartbreak and more love, travel, house buying, puppy adopting and the birth of my beautiful Tilly. However, life with a 7 week old meant that I didn't make any plans as we live day to day depending on the little one's mood. The few things I wanted were a cake, pizza and prosecco, and a card saying happy birthday mummy. I got two of these on the day.....
The night (or early hours of the morning) did not start well, they were filled with a lot of sick and poop from the baby and not much sleep for me. And these themes continued through the day - Tilly had a poorly tummy which led to 5 outfit changes and a very upset baby. Also, it poured with rain all day which led to an upset mummy. I felt sad because I couldn't make her feel any better and that we couldn't go out and enjoy our day together. Thankfully, by the evening she was a bit better and the three of us made it out for the aforementioned pizza and prosecco. I was also spoilt with flowers and a new Fitbit, which I am very greatful for.
But I have decided that I am going to do my birthday again in September, and have a special day out, go to the theatre, book a nice resturant and celebrate with family and friends. And pretend that I am starting my 30s in true style, the way all my friends seem to be doing through the many facebook photos I see!
Although I felt sad on the actual day, the following day I went out with my NCT mums and Tilly and I had our first cinema trip, the sun was beaming down, Tilly was happy and I ate bacon sandwiches and ice cream. And that almost made up for the bad birthday, and my other half has been informed of the protocol for cakes and cards for the future! Lets see what 31 holds when I have a 1 year old!

Tilly is clearly too young for present buying, so I picked this out on her behalf.

White chocolate and strawberry cake from M and S - this was amazing and shared with my lovely neighbours over the weekend.

I was given a Fitbit Blaze and yep, turns out mum life involves a lot of walking - little one is happiest when over the shoulder being walked around!


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