Why are there so many different colours of paint?!?

Still trying to decide what colour to paint the majority of walls in our house... today I am thinking possibly Solver Smoke Pearl - got my inspiration from here

Our house looks to be of a similar era with the arches and as we have decided to leave them a nice grey would probably modernise the place...

Paint colours, baby names...so many big decisions to be made around here!!

Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet Ivy...

10 weeks pregnant (catch up)...

My lovely friend has started her journey to becoming a photographer and I am so lucky that she is using me and my pregnancy as part of her learning process!!

 

These shots were taken a couple of weeks ago, when I was 10 weeks pregnants and I LOVE them!!

 

 

I am excited to be sharing this special time with her and to be documenting this pregnancy as it progresses...

 

 

She has some great creative ideas and I'm looking forward to sharing them with you...

 

 

You can read more about her photography journey here.

 

 

 



A good thought...

Stick with it...

So, I will be the first one to say that I am very bad at sticking with things...

 

I get very excited and enthusiastic to start projects and after a while my enthusiasm wanes and it falls by the wayside...  You have probably already realised this by reading this blog!!

 

Well, once again I am starting a new photo challenge started by my friend on her blog 'Forever in Time Photography' - you can read her blog HERE.

 

My goal is to start taking more photos to post on my blog as I have been a bit lax of late...

 

so lets do it!!

Today I am feeling peaceful...

This morning I attended my very first yoga class...

 

and absolutely LOVED it!!!

 

I think this may be my new obsession...

 

I feel lighter...

 

happier...

 

more relaxed...

 

looser...

 

healthier in both mind and body...

 

Doing yoga just made me feel like I could just float away...

 

I am feeling peaceful :-)

 

Ready to take on another week...

 



What's in a name?

So today I reached the magical 12 week mark of pregnancy...

 

So around 6 months to come up with the perfect name for the little human being growing inside of me...

 

This is one of my favourite things, I really love researching and coming up with names, nothing too unusual or out there but meaningful and (in my mind) fit for this new special little being to walk around with for all of his/her days...

 

Our first child, we called Ivy Jewel.  For a long time we were going to name her Eilley but changed our minds a couple of weeks before she was born as Ivy sounds similar, would not need to be constantly repeated and spelled when people asked her name and also is in memory of my late grandfather, Ivan.  Jewel is because I bought an album of lullabys by Jewel Kilcher that I listened to continually towards the end of my pregnancy and continue to listen to it now.  It is just so beautiful and relaxing... I also have loved Jewel's songs for a long time and think the name is lovely...

 

So we don't know if bub #2 is a boy or girl yet but one idea is to look at names relating to Autumn  (as the baby will be born in May) examples are...

Autumn

Scarlet

Hazel

Ash (Ashton/Asher)

Hue (Hugh)

Hunter

 

I have loved Scarlet for the longest time and it is definitely on top of my girls list at the moment, I also like Lola at the moment as well.  For some reason I find it a lot easier to come up with girl names than boy names...maybe this is a sign that bub#2 is another girl??  I don't mind either way but secretly I wouldn't mind another girl as I didn't have a sister (I did have three brothers though!!) and I would love for Ivy to have a sister to grow up with...

 

This post is just the start of the naming journey I'm interested and excited to see where it takes us and how many mind changes happen along the way!!