Babies and Cameras

My friend's baby's getting bigger every day, and we've been meaning to do a photo-shoot for fun before we blink and he's walking and talking.

It's crazy to think that I knew him when he was just an idea in my friend's mind, and now he's here and growing faster than a weed!



I don't think he's ever seen me without a camera stuck to my face, and I hope we're still in London so I can watch him grow up and become a Wolverhampton fan to spite his Arsenal dad.



Watching my friend with her baby is pretty amazing.



She can make him laugh even when he's tired and cranky, and she can tell when he's getting too hot in his clothes.



I love watching them together, but it made me realise how very difficult being a mother is. She had brought her lunch, but she didn't have a chance to eat it even though I was there to help with the baby. Sometimes, no one but mommy will do. I got exhausted just watching her, which makes me think that a baby is still very, very far away in my future. 

Gone to the Dogs

Still not working, and I guess that's not a bad thing since there's been a ton of work going on in our flat!  Our fridge needed repairs, and our windows are being refurbished as part of the building works. J is crazy busy at work, so I guess it's a good thing I'm around to make sure we still have windows at the end of the day!

When my flat isn't being torn apart, I've been gallivanting around town and visiting friends during their various lunch breaks/ afternoon teas.

One of the funner outings was taking my friend's dog to the pool for doggy swimming. He's got a bad hip so this is actually doggy therapy to build up his leg muscles.

The water was quite warm, and we had the pool to ourselves so we had a blast throwing the ball and watching him swim after it. Doesn't he look adorable in his doggy life vest?

I also got to spend some more time with the baby, who's getting even cuter every time I see him! He's such a happy baby, and I rarely see him kick up a fuss.

I love talking to him, but whether he understands anything I'm babbling about is a question mark.

More good news: spring has finally sprung! The temperature these days is actually nice enough that I can get away with a light jacket, and I've finally resumed running outside. And not a moment too soon, as I have a rather long race in October that I need to be training for. I've managed to work my way up to 9 miles, but I still feel like I'm behind in my training plan so I'm using the time off to catch up a bit on my exercise. Fingers crossed I stay injury-free!

Babies and Cupcakes

It's seems like it was just yesterday when I was helping to organise a baby shower for my close friend S at Bea's of Bloomsbury at One New Change...



I was the token American, and it was the US apparently that gave birth to the idea of a baby shower so I was responsible for knowing what was supposed to happen. Since this was a first for me, I thought it'd be nice if we stuck to the basic idea that we all show up and bring baby presents for the expectant mother. Works for me! Since we are in the UK, we had a traditional afternoon tea to celebrate.



I guess we had the tea in the nick of time because the baby arrived soon afterwards, three weeks before his due date! I was fortunate enough to be one of his first visitors, and he was either yawning or sleeping during my visit. I had never seen anything so small and so stinking cute!





Since work is slowing down again, I spent Monday playing hooky from the office and visited S and the baby. I missed celebrating S's birthday, so I baked some cupcakes for her to enjoy.



I couldn't send J empty-handed to the office so he got a batch to share with his workmates as well. I wonder what happened to the sixth one??? ;)



It was so nice seeing the baby again, and this time I wasn't too scared to hold him. I've never held anything so small and so breakable before so I was a bit terrified at first but I got the hang of it pretty quick. I had too much fun cuddling him and joggling him, and it was hilarious because he was awake and made the cutest faces if I paused mid-joggle.

Now that my work project is on hold and possibly coming to an end, I suppose it's time to decide what to do next. Find another project? Maybe go to pastry school? Things are a bit unclear at the moment, so I'll probably be puttering around the kitchen and back to running at the park since it looks like the cold snap is finally coming to an end. Hallelujah!

Sketchy Babies

An American friend of mine recently announced her pregnancy, and I think it's much more exciting than Kate Middleton's baby bump. Unfortunately, she and her husband are moving back to the US at the end of the year, so we had a baby shower afternoon tea at Sketch Parlour this past weekend.

Although the tea was a bit expensive (£34 per person), the setting was interesting and the food was delicious! All of the tea things were an eclectic mix of styles and sizes, and we got both savoury and sweet things to nibble on with our tea. And the toilets are inexplicable - I can't explain, you just have to see it for yourself.



But best of all, we got to buy super cute baby things and watch her open her gifts! There is close to ten million baby clothes shops on my high street, and my favourite is The Little White Company. I swear if they had this in a larger size, J would come home to find me relaxing on the couch in this outfit.



It was a really fun time and three hours flew by as we chatted about all things baby.



And yes, I cut and colored my hair. But it's already different by now. My project at work is on hiatus at the moment, so I decided it's a fun time to "experiment" on a nearly weekly basis. ;)

I Have a Nephew!

Baby boy Trevor, born yesterday at 1:26PM! At one hour old... =)