sushi roll baby

Um, found this via Etsy today and I am so tempted to get it for Tallulah to wear to her first birthday party! HA! I am in the midsts of planning/DIY-ing/creating Tallulah's Japanese first birthday! Wouldn't this be the cutest thing ever, but alas I have ordered an equally cute dress....but maybe I should get this too or maybe make a version of it for cake-eating? It's seriously the most ridiculously cute thing ever!

true oh-so true

I love Miranda July and discovered this little clip on Bluebird's blog! So super cute and yeah I kind of need to do this RIGHT now! haha

P.S; I am way excited about seeing Miranda's new film The Future

quite handy

As you might have noticed Ross & I like to eat out and about. Now we have a kiddo who likes to be tucked up in bed by 8pm we enjoy going out for brunch instead of dinner! Lots of the places we go don't offer highchairs and thats cool by us as Tallulah has never really been that fond of them.  Though she is soooo wriggly that we have to take turns eating which means one of us ends up eating cold eggs...yum! Anyways, one of our favourite haunts doesn't have highchairs but we noticed this super cute couple who had this clever contraption which hooked onto any chair so their baby could sit at table with them. I sent Ross over to spy on the brand and when we got home we googled it and discovered it called the Handysitt and was made by those design-savvy DutchDanes! Anyways we priced them in Aus and they were over $100 and out of our budget but then I thought to try my old friend eBay and found one which was pick up only in PERTH...omg the eBay gods were looking out for me!

So I had a bidding war and won it for $24...omg I was jumping up and down in excitement...Tallulah thought I had gone loopy. Now I just hoped Tallulah liked it haha. Well, we took it out for a test run on the weekend and its super super! She loved it and Ross and I got to eat at the same time which is a nice change! I have to say its great to BYO high chair as you can keep it clean and there are no long legs that seem to always get in the way and seriously some of the communal highchairs are super gross and grotty! Yay for the Handysitt which at the moment its my new favourite baby item!

i agree

I really enjoyed reading this post by blogger Jess from irocksowhat. I can relate. Being a mama is sometimes quite hard huh?

mojo

oh yes, its a been a action-packed weekend! Weddings, picnics with overseas-visiting friends, fashion shows, champagne and baby cuddles! Its been real nice...though not without a little drama (from me not Tallulah!) as I got all stressed/nervous about going to Student Runway at Perth Fashion Festival (my work!) and had a little meltdown (about my hair and a belt....haha) but I was just being silly as the event was gorgeous and seeing all my work friends and boss and brilliant and cemented how ready I am to return to work and get busy! Its going to take a massive effort of organisation to juggle the mum/work thing but totally know its going to be amazing and I am a wee little excited! I got that buzz which I think I've been sorely missing this year but it actually hurts my brain to even think how I would have coped if I had gone back this year. This year about about learning how to be a mama but we are at the pointy end of the year and I've started to look forward to getting a bit of my old life back. Bring on 2012!

top ten

So my baby is officially in double digits. I think I am surprised she is this old already, every month I am surprised how fast yet slow it is all going! 10 months is quite similar to 9 months for us....I haven't noticed any major changes or milestones this month.

Some nifty and not so nifty things you are currently doing is;

-you like to climb into the toybox all by yourself
-you giggle and laugh a lot more and at just random things, its real cute
-you have mastered climbing off the bed without any help (impressive!)
-you can go up and down stairs
-your hair is growing yay!
-you have moments where you let go and forget you are not leaning/holding onto anything and stand by yourself
-you have little tantrums...oh yay
-you really suck at eating it make me sad as I fear I will be nursing you FOREVER!

I'm loving this age, its a whole lot more interactive and I'm sure it'll just get better and more fun as you grow! The one thing which frustrates me is your eating habits. One day you consume my whole fridge and I'll think yes this is it, then the next day you purse your little lips and turn your head at everything...To be honest I would like to quit breastfeeding yesterday but you are determined not to be weaned so I am being patient. You have definitely taught me patience! Lucky your cheeky little smile and laugh makes all my stress disappear! Naw baby girl you are darn loveable!

Beards

Earlier in the week I got together with my babygroup and we were chatting and gossiping like we usually do when one of the girls admitted that she felt totally naked when she went out without her baby, especially without her pram. A couple of the ladies agreed how they felt most comfortable hiding behind their prams and it was almost like an invisible neon sign letting everyone know that the reason for looking a little rundown/shabby/messy was because they were a mum. Its an interesting thought. Have you ever felt like this?

I think for me in the early days I may have felt a little like this though I have never been a big lover of the pram as I prefer to baby-wear Tallulah. Though I must say when I do wear her I may as well be invisible and I'm pretty sure I could be wearing a rubbish bag and no one would notice as everyone fusses over the little lady!

I secretly love going out to run errands without Tallulah. Not only is it a whole bunch easier and quicker its nice not to have strangers gawking at the little human attached to you!