Happy 1st Birthday Little Dude

Wow time really does fly when being a mum, it's been a year since we welcomed Seve into this world and it only feels like yesterday I was announcing I was pregnant. He has grown in to an extremely funny and cheeky little boy. I'm not going to say this year has been easy in fact being a mum has been a lot harder than I ever thought it would be (blog post to follow) but I can say I now feel human in myself and each day Seve amazes me with his development. 

We haven't got a walker just yet he's cruising everything and everybody he can, I don't think it will be long he just needs to get the confidence to take them first steps. 

For Seve birthday party I decided to do a Mickey Mouse theme as he really enjoys the Mickey Mouse clubhouse. We had a little gathering at our (nearly complete) house and invited close family and friends. We hired a DIY hog roast from a local company and I made ham and cheese sandwiches and pizza for the children. I also took on the mammoth task of cake baking including cupcakes and mini snickers cheesecakes which were absolutely amazing thank you A Pumpkin & A Princess for the recipe I did add some salted caramel to finish. 

One of the highlights of the party was the soft play we hired from Big Fun Soft Playit was amazing and kept all the children occupied so the adults could enjoy the afternoon. Even the adults enjoyed the bouncy castle. 

Some of the presents he received were Scuttle bug, Gruffalo puppet, Smart trike, touchy feely books, clothes, vouchers. His two favourite presents which is was lucky to receive was a Range Rover remote control car (I know too spoilt) and we brought him a sensory crocodile to put up in the play room. 

Seve enjoyed his birthday and gifts and slept like.......................A Baby! 

Blinging up my Bugaboo

From day one (of being pregnant) I had my heart set on a Bugaboo Chameleon. There were a couple of times I swayed to other buggies like the Uppababy vista and the Mima, but Grant preferred the Bugaboo so Bugaboo we got. I'm not one for having the same as everyone else so we got the limited edition khaki however they then brought it out as standard so I've seen lots of mummies casually strolling around our little town with the same buggy. So I decided to bling up my Bugaboo!

I found a lovely lady on Facebook called Cathy's Crafted Leather who makes leather handlebar and bumper bar covers the set cost £45 (inc delivery) and included three real leather covers, needle, matching thread & instructions. They arrived within a few days and I couldn't wait to put them on. The instructions were really easy to read and overall it probably took me 45mins to sew the covers on.

How the covers arrived

Lovely tan leather

Matches my Pacapod leather perfectly

Snug with the John Lewis Footmuff

Cathy has great customer service, very easy to purchase and apply. She offers lots of different leather colours and can make them for most buggies and strollers. They do attract lots of attention and are really functional by saving the foam from marking and ripping. 

My next step is to get a fur trim for the hood from Fur Coat No Nappies (love that name) then we will really have a very posh buggy! X