Insiprational Pins - A Pretty Pastel Easter

A Pretty Pastel Easter by Torie Jayne
Today in my series of posts "Inspirational Pins", I bring you another Easter Inspirational board. I am loving the pretty pastels in the above images with the bright pop of sunny yellow. I so need to have a go at the custard filled egg shells and make a decorated Easter cake or gingerbread house!

Have a sweet day!

14 Week Bumpdate

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Photo Notes: 1. It is extremely hard to do these pics. I can never see where I'm aiming!  2.  I need a self timer and tripod... or Hub to just do them!  3. Disregard the pajamas :)

How Far Along: 14 weeks!  
Total Weight Gained: None!
Sleep: Is the same- good except getting up three times a night to pee!
Best Moment of the Week: Seeing our baby moving about and kick me (even though I can't feel him/her yet) I'm still in awe!
Food Cravings: No real strong cravings yet. I'm still loving fruits & salads. And Rita's...It may become my downfall all summer! (If you've never been to one I suggest you find the closest location, asap).
Food Aversions: Meat. The thought of hamburgers & hotdogs makes me queasy. And, still, large pieces of chicken/steak/etc. gross me out. 
Symptoms: Fatigue is finally going down!! But I still have to keep up with morning sickness by taking Zofran everyday. And nights are just awful.. I feel so full it's uncomfortable (I know I have a long road ahead).
Hubby's Symptoms: He always has one of my symptoms! I swear it's something new every week ;)
Movement: None that I can feel yet! I can't wait for that day though.
Gender: No idea!
What I miss: Cold cuts. Especially turkey. It's just not the same heated/toasted. 
What I'm looking forward to: Hitting 16 weeks/4 months... 2 weeks to go!
Weekly Wisdom: Tums! Though I may switch to Pepcid... heard it's better for indigestion. 
Milestones: Officially out of the first trimester!!! Here's to a great second! Baby is now able to squint, frown, pee, and suck his/her thumb!

Nuclear Power


I had a great time meeting up with my Mum and Dad and siblings on Saturday night. Al and MultipleMum had just been to the AustBlogCon, so after a quick catch-up on who's who in the bloggy zoo, we were free to just hang out with The Rentals and my youngster brother (aka TICH). It had been years since it was just the six of us sitting around the dinner table. Just like old times, except that despite my most persuasive efforts, Mum and Dad refused to move their chairs around to the heads of the table, so it wasn't quite like the old days, but, hey, close enough.

What a privilege it was to step away from my every day responsibilities and regress, just a little. Not parent-me or wife-me or even grown-up-me. Just a sister and a daughter basking in the company that has known and loved me my whole entire life. We were silly beyond words, occasionally serious (religion! again!), always scathing of anyone who dared to hesitantly raise an opinion that differed from the gang. Ah, family.

There is something deeply comforting about my nuclear-six. My marriage is a beautiful one, my darling children aren't going anywhere, but there was a comfort-level on Saturday night that I felt cocooned by. These are my people.

They know me. They grew me.

Have you caught up with your nuclear sans new family lately? 
Do you have a good time together? What do you usually talk about?

[Image by Amanda Gilligan]

My Big Little Treat to Myself!

On Sunday, I awoke feeling... well... a little less than 'fresh', shall we say. I think I may have had a small bout of food poisoning from some Thai the night before. It was bucketing down with rain, Dan had the day off work and really I had all the excuses in the world to just lie in bed for once and do. nothing.

But I didn't, of course. I'm not capable of that. So I dragged myself out of bed, decided eating was an activity that should best be delayed for the next 24 hours and decided to go shopping!

I had a $100 David Jones voucher that had been mocking me from it's magnetised clip on the fridge for the better part of a month. A world record, by my usual standards! And this time, this time I was determined to buy something for myself with it, rather than clothes for the kids, which is 99% what I do with gift vouchers these days...

Feeling a litte worse for wear, I was only at the shops for under an hour, but after circumnavigating DJ's a few times, I kept coming back to the one item I've coveted for a long time and that I've gazed at longingly every time I go to DJ's. Something extravagant. Something decadent. Something I didn't need. But something I'll look at every day and one day pass down to Fern. It's this:



It's the Jasper Conran Chinoiserie Green platter by Wedgewood. I didn't have quite enough money on my gift card, and had to fork over an extra $50. But I think its worth it. And I'm really glad I bought something for me. Which is probably why I then hit the kids section and bought clothes for the kids! teehee.

How often do you treat yourself to something you love?

Hope you have a great week... x