Getting Creative

Ok so all this baby talk in the last couple days has me wanting to shop and make a nursery but since we are still sooooo far away from finding out what we are having I decided to buy a surf duvet cover I have been eying off at Adairs Kids for Jayden. It's so hard to find any nice surf stuff in a cot/toddler size! I bought this one in a single bed size and decided to get creative and cut it down :) I turned it into a toddle size duvet cover and toddler pillow! This way It's not a quilt and I can take it off and wash it easily :)

Jayden is still in a cot just until we move into our new place in a couple months and we can set up his toddler bed, which is the same size mattress but just doesn't have rails. We thought it may be a nice transition for him since that's what we did with Max when we moved into out Nowra house.

Anyway I thought I would share some pics, I love how it's come out :)

 

Wedding Video

We just received our wedding video and it is so beautiful. Andre from Poetry in Motion has done such an exceptional job I can't believe how well it's come out :) No words can describe how happy we are! He has truly captured such a special moment and turned it into something we can cherish forever.

OUR SPECIAL DAY!!

Officially MRS MCGREGOR here :) Ok so the day was perfect everything was amazing, I really don't know what to say other then I have truly married the one I love :)

Here are some sneak peek photo's from the photographer, there are way to many to put them all in a post but I will try and add them to my website gallery eventually :)

Family Photography

Just wanted to share some family photos we had taken, they so cute and turned out so well :) 

Thanks to the beautiful Hayley at

fiona-catherine blog is having a facelift very very soon. 

I am excited for the new design I have chosen :)

Jayden Baby turns One!!

Can't believe Jayden is one! We had a nice small cookie monster themed party for him. Lots of fun!

I will post some pics for you to see :)

Forgot to mention

Jayden started standing up on his own just as Ben came home last time :) On Ben's birthday to be exact lol. Was pretty cute and he was so proud of himself. Of course we were very proud to.

Didn't take him long to take his first few steps 8 days later and thank good I got it on video :) nice one for the records :) 

Also just as Ben got back he cut 4 top teeth in 5 days, unbelieveable what a week haha!!

Check out the top chompers 

Anyways I'm off

The time has come and gone again.

Ben's been home and is now off on his travels again. It doesn't get any easier each time he leaves us. If you had of asked me a couple years ago whether I could see myself dealing with the distance the answer would have been no. Sometimes I have great strength and other times I feel like I'm falling apart. I guess there's just great sacrifice for love and it's not everyday people can do it which makes me more proud of my determination to keep a great relationship that I do have, strong.

With all that said, Jayden started day care since the last time I blogged. Yesterday was his second day and I think he's enjoying it so far. He seems to be liking the new environment and playing with all the toys but its still hard to let him go when i drop him off. I wish I could get him in the same center Max is in but there are no spots available just yet.

It's Bens birthday soon and have no idea what to do. I normally have something up my sleeve but so lost for ideas :S

Wedding plans are coming along nicely, invitations are nearly all done just have to collect some information and brochures on our Dec pre wedding trip. I haven't even sent out all the save the dates yet but talk about being ahead with all the planning wow!!

Anyways it's getting late and I'm feeling drowsy! Night!

Where's my babies gone!

The kids have grown up sooo much. Max is talking to me like a little adult and has horrible attitude at the best of times but its the cute little things he does that I can't help but smile. His latest thing at the moment is "are you so proud of me mum, I'm proud of you" its just adorable. and only a couple of days ago I sent him to his room for being naughty, he stopped crying and I could hear what I thought was him playing but later that night when I put him to bed, as I walked into the room he said "do you like it mum, its clean, are you proud of me" I asked him when he cleaned it and he said "in naughty time" it makes you melt.

Jayden well he's become quite the terror. He has 2 little teeth on the bottom and he started commando shuffling backwards then slowly crawling but within the last couple of weeks he's found his muscles and his feet and now climbs up on everything and furniture walks. He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth and loves playing with cords, if there's none out he manages to find them lol. He is just sooooo inquisitive, you can see him thinking to himself how he's going to get something. He laughs and smiles every time he's being naughty, you just can't get mad, he's a little suck! He has so many cute noises and thinks he can sing to the radio in the car but it just sounds like screaming to me lol. He is definitely keeping me on my toes, especially when daddy is gone. He is the biggest daddy's boy you'll ever come across, it's just adorable the 2 of them when Ben's home. Lucky for me he's starting child care on the 11th Oct so that should keep him busy and give me time to do the things I need to. It's going to be hard letting him go, I didnt put max in care until he was nearly 3 and that was hard enough lol. But I know it will be good for Jayden to get used to different environments and different people caring for him.

Anyways as usual I have taken sooo many photo's of the kids but there are just way to many to even pick a few favs.. If you wanna check out the latest they are on my website;

(http://fiona-catherine.weebly.com/gallery.html)

the latest photos are in the album 'My Boys' 

Fiona xx

Shopping!!

I'm a girl that loves to shop!

Lots of new things mostly for the family but you know how it is when you have kids and a loving partner lol.

At the moment I am absolutely obsessed with Etsy.com they have the coolest stuff on there

I bought a blanket for Jayden's surf theme nursery but it's so cute and vintage I might have to keep it for myself lol - Thanks to Etsy shop Verdurebydesign

Also got a bunting for his room! also very cute.. - Thanks to Etsy shop Smith&Bird

I had this security blanket made for Jayden which I can attach his dummy to. It has a photo of him and Ben so he can keep Daddy close when he goes away. I absolutely love it. I have photo's but am still waiting for it in the mail. It's more then I dreamed of and can't wait to show it off. It's deff one of a kind - Thanks to Gemma from Etsy shop GemmaPayne She was so lovely to deal with and listened to my every request and I am truly grateful that she could make something to special for Jayden and Daddy. 

 It has soft minky on the back

The dummy chain I got also in the surf theme with Jayden's name on it -
Thanks to Etsy shop MichaAndMandy

I want to get a two toned cot and dresser for his room, it's the modern look and would go great with his stuff that I already have.

 I'm off to bed

Fiona xx

A New Start

So I have an old blog but thought I'd start a new one, I've put up a link to my OLD BLOG HERE because I'm just gonna start where I left off. 

A lot has happened since I last blogged. 

Obviously Christmas was one of them so you can only imagine how chaotic that was. Then Boxing day our little bubba decided to make an appearance with only LITERALLY 1 hour notice. Instead of gracefully going through all stages of labor, I went into active labor straight away resulting in nearly having him in the car but all in all he was a healthy 8lb 5oz, 50.5cm little bubba named Jayden Glenn. I delivered at 10:35am and was out of hospital at 8pm that night. Max has been absolutely wonderful with him and he is just the cutest towards him, he loves being a big brother and helping out. It is def a lot of work but so far it has been 110% worth it.

 

On a sadder note Ben left for PNG this morning, he was pretty upset having to leave me with the kids at such short notice but at least he was able to help out with Jayden for the first week. He's so great with him and I can't wait for him to come home already. I miss him so much and it hasn't even been 24 hours. He has arrived safely to a motel there and heads out to the compound he'll be staying at in the morning. I've been pretty numb all day with a few little emotional out burst but overall I'm coping for the mean time. I've been finding comfort in episodes of army wives from the start lol and also comfort in Jayden as I don't have Max until friday so been good having baby and me time with lots of cuddles and no distractions =)

Anyways I better head off, since Jaydens still figuring out his feeding and sleep scheduals any rest I can get goes a long way 

Fiona xx