Freckled Kirsty

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. Thankful...

So following on from my 'Year off of blogging' post, we now have a baby. Matilda Ann arrived on the 29th March via c-section as she was stubbornly breech throughout the pregnancy, weighing in at 7lb9. Having a daughter has definitely been the most incredible but challenging time of my life. They say you don't know tired until you have a baby and this is so true - apart from the waking every couple of hours for feeding, which is exhausting in itself, you have the staggering amounts of washing to fit in, as well as looking after yourself and family. We are now at 6 weeks and I feel like last night was the first good night we have had - fingers crossed this continues and I start to feel more human and less zombie. In terms of blogging I am undecided on how to continue. There is so much to be said relating to the joys and challenges of parenthood, but this is primarily a baking blog so therein lays my dilema. I don't have much spare time to fit baking in, as I am on mum...