A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th January

January's photo an hour ended up being a bit different. I originally chose Sunday 29th - mainly for selfish reasons as it would be Lily's first birthday party - but Jane's email reminder said Saturday 28th.

So, we gave everyone the choice: Saturday, Sunday or even (as I decided to do), both days!

Here's what the bumper photo an hour weekend looked like...


Saturday 28th January

9am - Morning smiles.

10am - Packing things for a birthday day trip.

11am - On the move.

12pm - Still on the move.

1pm - Picking up some birthday party bits.

2pm - More party prep.

3pm - Sweet potato fries while Andrew was off with Lily at a soft play centre.

4pm - It seems someone rather likes going down slides headfirst!

5pm - Last bit of food shopping for the birthday party.

6pm - On the way home.

7pm - Back home and clearly not worn out just yet.

8pm - Missed 8pm as too busy with party prepping!


9pm - Everything packed and ready for the morning..

Sunday 29th January

9am - Early morning playtime.

10am - Breakfast sizzling away.

11am - Breakfast turned into brunch.

12pm - Quick shower for both me and Lily.

1pm - Setting up things for the party.

2pm - People arriving and starting to enjoy the inflatables and toys.

3pm - When she can't see mum, she's happy to play...

4pm - Party time's over.

5pm - On the way home.

6pm - Lots of birthday presents to open.

7pm - Testing out the birthday cake.

8pm - Cleaning up in the kitchen sink after lots of cake-eating.

9pm - And amazingly she still has energy to play.

10pm - She's finally asleep so we get to catch up on 'Call the Midwife'

Head on over to Jane's blog for a look at what she was up to in January.
 

Also, check out what I was up to in...

January 2016

January 2015

January 2014

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 23rd July

This month's photo an hour was chosen by me and fell on Saturday 23rd - purely for selfish reasons as I knew we'd be having an interesting day!


Here's what the day looked like...


7am - Morning stretches from our little alarm clock.

8am - Shower time.

9am - A quick feed and then a successful transfer into the car seat!

10am - Helping to set up stalls for a local fun day.

11am - Alfresco playtime with friends.

12pm - Having a go at being the driver of dad's vintage lorry.

1pm - Sleepy time.

2pm - Then a bit of playtime!

3pm - On the road again, off eastwards towards London.

4pm - Essential motorway items.

5pm - Travelodge Dreamer beds make perfect large playmats.

6pm - Off again to go and visit Carter's Steam Fair in West Wycombe.

7pm - Evening dinner at the fair.

8pm - Lily's first ever fairground ride (despite the freaked out look, she did actually enjoy it!)

9pm - Ghost train.

10pm - Fireworks (which Lily also seemed to enjoy!)

11pm - #facesinthings of course...

Jane will be choosing the date for August and doing the round-up of photo an hour-ers so pop over to her blog to take a look...

 

 

 

Also, check out what I was up to in...

July 2015

July 2014

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 19th December

December's Photo an Hour challenge fell on the last Saturday before Christmas - the 19th December.


9am - At 35 and half weeks pregnant (almost 37 at the time of writing this post!), my bed is filled with pillows and cushions to prop me up.

10am - Bending over is another thing that's difficult to do whilst pregnant, which conveniently gets me out of filling up the dishwasher!

11am - Trying to finish writing our birth plan (which I imagine will end up being absolutely nothing like what actually happens...)

12pm - Off out to the post office to send off a Christmas present.

1pm - We popped into one of the local butchers to pick up some ham.

2pm - Back home and polishing off the last bits of birthday cake from the previous weekend.

3pm - Muppets!

4pm - Writing some Christmas cards to take along to a Christmas party that evening.

5pm - Party time at a friend's house.

6pm - Obviously the only handbag I could possibly take to any Christmas party.

7pm - Whilst all the adults were gossiping at the party, the kids were having a Nerf gun war...

8pm and 9pm - No pictures as my phone was buried under a pile of coats, we were all too busy talking and I didn't really want to enter into a war zone!

 

 

10pm - Just leaving the party.

11pm - A little bit of bedtime reading.

This month we had 22 lovely bloggers joining in:

Alex from Odd Socks and Pretty Frocks joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Amy from Fluffy Owl's Adventures joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Janet from Words That Can Only Be Your Own joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Rebecca from Writing, Fatshion, Me joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Elizabeth from Home, Make, Be joined in on Instagram and on her blog
Kerri from Crumbs in the Bed joined in on her blog
Elise from Elise and Life joined in on her blog
Siobhan joined in on Instagram
Kim joined in on Instagram
Laura joined in on Instagram
Hannah joined in on Instagram
Rebecca from Just Me joined in on Instagram
Laura from Make Do and Mend joined in on Instagram
Cate from Cate in the Kitchen joined in on Instagram
Rachel from The Inelegant Wench joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Laura from Eyes That Listen joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Erika from Quiet Girl Noisy City joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Jane from Is That Your Darling joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Liz from Distract Me Now Please joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Nicola from A Lifetime of DIY joined in on Instagram and Twitter
And of course, myself here on this post, plus on Instagram and Twitter :-)


The first date for 2016 will be Saturday 16th January - three days before my due date. Which I imagine could mean one of three things on my Instagram page: either I'll be sat around bored and fed up; at home/hospital in labour (which you probably *don't* want pictures of); or it could be 12 hours of newborn baby spam. I'm taking bets it'll be the first option...

 

Also, check out what I was up to in...

December 2014

December 2013