M's first birthday

A year ago we woke up in a hospital next to a tiny, wrinkly, helpless baby, feeling very confused about what to do with her. Since then we've been watching her grow and learn and change a little every day, while learning and changing ourselves. It was the most challenging and amazing year. 
We love you, M. You're great. Happy birthday!

Waiters know when you'll give birth

This time last year J and I were having dinner in an Italian restaurant. He was enjoying his pumpkin soup and I was breathing through quite painful contractions. On our way out, the waiter who was watching me trying to eat, told me I was going to give birth very soon, he could tell. 
And... he was wrong. I had another 9 hours to go

Dogs are a mystery

That moment when you see (what you thought was) a male dog pee like a girl and the owner turns to you with a smile and says: "Diarrhea".

Candy Crush makes me feel bad

I'm fine with Candy Crush saying "Level failed" when I don't complete the level. But it makes me feel really bad when again I read on the next screen "You failed". Yes, I know! Why does it have to tell me twice?! Couldn't the other message be motivating? Like "I'm sure you'll succeed in removing all the jelly now" or "It doesn't matter that you're wasting your time, you're sooo good at this game!" Candy Crush makes me feel like a failure.

My life's almost perfect

I wish I had some popcorn to go with the ice cream I'm eating while playing Candy Crush with ANTM in the background.

Is my baby sick? How to tell?

Two definite signs that M's feeling really unwell: she lets me cuddle her without any wriggling and she's not even slightly interested in the computer mouse. We have two out of two tonight.

YOLO!

Already excited about putting comfortable clothes on and watching TV this evening! 

Baking sucks

I bake extremely rarely and I'm very unsuccessful at it when I do bake, but after watching The Great British Bake Off today, I felt inspired. I found a recipe, I carefully weighed the flour and butter, I took out never-before-used food processor and preheated the oven (none of which I usually do because I'm too lazy - maybe that's why I'm crap at it?) and I felt really good about the whole baking thing until I realised we have no eggs at home. I guess I skipped the first step in which you actually check if you have all the ingredients. Baking's difficult!

Baby fact

J's morning wisdom and probably the most important thing you'll ever hear about babies: "A baby without soft skin is like a duck without a face."

Another random dream

In my dream, I went for a random jog in Olympia Park because I still had half an hour to kill before work, with a huge bag full of teaching material over my shoulder, wearing my flip-flops and one of M's T-shirts in adult size. I won't attempt that in real life, sounds like a horrible idea.