Xmas kitsch

I am so excited for G's first Xmas! We (okay just me) are hanging out for Santa photos :-). I picked up these cute shoes for her Santa outfit - Target $6.

Quirky Clips

I am totally addicted to Etsy!  I picked up some clips for G's hair, she still is totally not bothered by clips in her hair - yay!  They were $38 including shipping so not exactly cheap!  But I love that they are so quirky.  I hope G grows up to share my taste lol.

Evolution

G is now pulling herself up on furniture and standing up! And as you can see in this photo she is walking around with her walker! 10mths and 3 weeks old :-). I also picked up a couple more shirts on sale at Cotton On Kids, one says 'I love my dad'. She has finally moved up into her size one clothes. This time last year I had a month to go before my G arrived!

Travelling in style

First plane trip with G on the move! It went really really well, she has separation anxiety at the moment (google 46 weeks Wonder Week) so she was happy to cling to me on the plane lol. I went to buy the Phil and Teds portocot and realised it wasn't what we wanted, it was to small. So then I went to Target and got a traveller portocot for $59, I will be honest - it's a bit clunky to get up and down. But it does the job so far. While I was in Target they had 30%off babywear and I couldn't help myself and picked up heaps of size One clothes.

Summer!

I realized after finally sorting out G's clothes she actually didn't have that much in size one and also not much for Summer! So I promptly bought some more clothes online at Cotton On Kids using a 30% off code. I couldn't resist adding a baby denim jacket - so cute!

Because I am on a personal shopping ban

I am buying G clothes because I am on shopping ban for my own clothes, I am splurging a little bit on G.  She still hasn't transitioned into many of her size one clothing.  It was so true what people told me, once they start crawling the weight falls off and they end up staying in size zero longer than expected!  Now she is crawling I have reevaluated all the dresses I have bought in size one!  I thought it would be easier as she doesn't love getting changed, so I didn't want to complicate things with multiple layers.  But now she is crawling everywhere I can see that dresses are going to be annoying for her as they sometimes get caught on her knees.  So I wanted to buy some more leggings/pants - but not jeans or hard pants as she has big legs so that would be uncomfortable for her.  I ended up getting a Minnie Mouse onsie/overalls from Target - 20% off $16, footless tights all were on sale for $1.80 - that was a $4 saving each pack! A coat for next winter for $5.  And from Big W I got a Minnie Mouse pajamas for summer for $15.  I am starting to get impatient for her to move into the size ones already, she has so much stuff to wear!

XMAS! The very first one

Excuse my excitement of my babies very first Xmas, but it is her very first one!  Last Xmas I was PRAYING that she would come early and be a Xmas baby, no such luck.  This years it gives me a week and half more breathing room after Xmas to buy her presents (which means every year I can get her presents on sale!).  This year in my excitement I have bought her so far 3 Xmas outfits.  One from Target, one from Big W and one from Ebay.  Ta Dah!  I have no idea how I am going to have three occasions to wear the xmas outfits but wish me luck (well one for Santa photo, one for Xmas and one for...boxing day?).

I also wanted to buy some cute Etsy xmas bows for G's hair, but postage from America is a killer so I ended up looking at Big W and Target who had some  - priced more expensive than Etsy but no postage costs so were a lot cheaper!

Crawling....eeeek

While G has been able to move for awhile, now she can move but is also curious!  So all bets are off :-).  She is getting into everything! We had to put up safety gates as she is exploring the whole house, so safety gates up on the steps and in the kitchen.   We bought these gates for $49 each which I thought was quite reasonable!  I think we might need a playpen as well, putting her in the backyard is not as easy any more as she makes a break for the garden beds every time.  I am unsure about the time limit on playpens though, how long until they can knock them over etc - I will have to do some more research!