*Yawn!*

So I'm led here at 3.29am with what can only be described as a banshee feeding off me. I think it's safe to say Max is still not feeling great. He's refusing any kind of bottle or cuddle and will only calm for boobies (which currently feel like I've been horrendously tortured and not in a Christian Grey kind of way!) 

So as I'm up and led here, nose blocked and running at the same time, sweating as the hubby cuddles up under the covers, I thought I might as well post an update on our bank holiday weekend!

I'm not sure what's going on with blogger- I think my time settings are wrong, but the last blog I wrote was Sunday morning - meaning the walk I wrote about was on the Saturday. 

Sunday we spent the morning taking photos. We really wanted a photoshoot of Max doing but with me being on statutory maternity pay and us now owning a very cute financial leach, it just wasn't going to happen! So I got our digital camera out, and an editing program and tried my hardest to get some semi professional shots (all encouragement/criticism/help would be accepted gratefully!)

Here is my favourite photo:

I'm incredibly biased but I think he's the most gorgeous baby ever!

Later on my brother was racing his motorbike just over a mile away so we had a walk down as the weather was lovely! My brother has raced since he was little and is fairly good! My dad would have Max on a motorbike from as soon as he could walk but I'm so not liking that idea! He did look super cute sitting on his uncles bike though!

That night we had a BBQ which Max slept through, before sitting and watching War Horse, which he also slept through! All the walking and fresh air tires him out! He's not the only one and I was feeling sleepy too but it was lovely to spend some much needed time with the hubby.

Monday was fairly chilled, we did our shopping in the afternoon and put Max in the trolley seats for the first time. (We normally just push the pram as well or use the trolleys that allow you to sit your car seat on, however I always end up banging my head on the car seat part when trying too get food from under it at the tills!) I was a bit worried he'd hate the seat and we'd be pushing the trolley around in a way that could only resemble an episode of supermarket sweep, with a screaming baby and disapproving stares from other customers! However, I think it's safe to say he loved it!

That night we went to visit Dave's dads.

We were lucky in that hubby had the Tuesday off work too as it fell on my sisters birthday. She turned 16, and I couldn't believe it. I can still remember helping mum looking after her at Max's age. Here are some photos from the day:

(An outfit my sister had bought him!)

Happy birthday Lou xxx

Bracelet :)

I had to go to work yesterday. As much as I miss max like mad, it is nice to have a little break. I work with about 50 men, and the banter and joking about is refreshing, especially today. I had a huge presentation to give this afternoon which would normally be enough to get me worked up, but as it happens - when you need your sleep you don't seem to get it! I got up around three to give max his feed and I just could not get back to sleep, despite being exhausted! So I rocked up to work at 7.15 like a zombie - and although working with lads is fun, it also means they won't think twice about telling you look like crap! It was a long day but I got my presentation done and had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got home!

I've been working on a pandora bracelet for a while that represents Max. I saw the idea on Instagram and thought it was brilliant. I have a few charms already, although they're not genuine charms so they slide about a bit which is annoying. However the bracelet looks really good and I love it!

Most of the charms are from eBay so it was fairly cheap to make (I already had the bracelet), with the charms costing roughly around £1 each. There are a few baby related ones (a bootie, bottle etc), one with an M on, and the rest have his birth stone in :) I do wish I'd used genuine charms on it but I honestly couldn't have afforded it - I'd probably only have one charm for the same amount of money as all those above.

You can make your own bracelet with bracelets from the pandora shop/website or replica bracelets from eBay, etsy or Argos!