Toddler Outfit of the Month: January

January's outfit of the month is a cute denim skirt paired up with a pretty jumper and some knit tights. The star hair clips match perfectly with this outfit to complete the look. 

Denim Skirt- Next

Tights- Next (set of 3)

Jumper- Tesco 

Boots- Cherokee at Target

Hair clips- Gymboree

The boots are Calleigh's favourite at the moment. A new program has just started on Disney Junior called Sheriff Callie's Wild West and Calleigh is obsessed with it. She finds it amazing that it has her name and she's also a cat. It couldn't be more perfect! 

Calleigh calls these boots her "Sheriff Callie Boots" and wants to wear them pretty much all the time! 

 

I asked her to pose for me and this is what she did...

Hmmmmmm...

Night Time Nosebleeds

Yesterday morning Calleigh woke up with a rather blood stained nose.

Our biggest concern was that she had fallen out of her new toddler bed and banged her nose on something (even if the bed is only 1 foot from the floor). After cleaning her up there appeared to be no bruises or other telltale signs of a bang to the nose and we also spotted quite a bit of blood on the bed sheets and pillow and also on the sleeve of her Pyjama's.

So we concluded it had to have been a little nose bleed.

Calleigh has never had a nose bleed before so it did worry me a little bit, especially as it seemed that she had slept through it. I do remember, from when we took Calleigh to the doctors, that he had noticed the back of her nose was a bit sore, presumably from a cold, and for the past couple of days she has had quite a runny nose and a cough. So it made sense to me to just put it down to that. Although I have been keeping an extra eye on her to make sure she's okay.

I never suffered too much with nose bleeds when I was younger but I do remember my sister having them quite a lot. That girls nose could turn a white dress red in seconds. I do hope Calleigh doesn't start to suffer with them regularly. There's nothing worse than seeing your little one covered in blood.

Our English Christmas Day

Calleigh spent Christmas Eve night round her Nanna and Grandad's house. I was a little bit sad that I didn't get to wake her up on Christmas morning and surprise her with gifts but we decided it would be nice to let Nanna and Grandad have that pleasure. Instead Daddy and I got to spend the evening together and we went out for a few drinks in our local. 

In the morning we went straight round to Nanna and Grandad's to see our girl. She was already up and playing with her new toys. She got a big cardboard house which she loved going in and out of. She also got a balance bike and helmet along with lots of other little goodies. She loved the bike and had so much fun walking it around with her helmet on. Unfortunately it was a little to big for us to bring back with us, so we will have to make sure we get her one to have here.

This Christmas Daddy and I decided not to get Calleigh much for Christmas. With going back to England it made it a bit awkard. We didn't want to buy presents over here, take them back to England for her to open them and then bring them back again, seemed a bit pointless. And on the other hand we didn't want to buy her loads in England as we knew family had brought her gifts and we wanted to bring them back with us. Although I couldn't resist buying her a few things including some Octonauts Teddies.

Back at Mee-Maws house we all opened some more gifts and then sat down to some yummy Christmas Dinner. Calleigh didn't eat much aside from quite a large amount of onion and garlic dip (strange child). She had much more fun playing with the party blower that great Nanna had brought round from her night out. 

The whole day flew by pretty fast to be honest. Before we knew it we were tucking Calleigh into bed and getting ready to watch the Doctor Who Christmas special. 

So that was how we spent our Christmas. I really enjoyed spending it with family but I am looking forward to having our own little family Christmas in St Louis this year. As Calleigh will be 3 and much, much more aware of what Christmas is we think it would be best to keep her here and give her an amazing Christmas and start our own family traditions. 

Of course if family would like to come over and spend it with us here they are more than welcome! 

Cut it Out Wall Stickers Review and Giveaway

At the moment we are in the process of giving Calleigh's room a little update. She is no longer a baby any more and I think the time has come to give her her own little space. Obviously as we are renting at the moment we have had to look a little outside the box when it comes to decorating the room to make it "hers". 

So when I was contacted by Cut it Out Wall Stickers and asked if I would like to review one of their lovely wall stickers I jumped at the chance. Cut it Out Wall stickers create beautiful and personalised Wall Stickers that can add that special touch to a room. 

They have a lovely and extensive range from stickers for a girl or boys room to stickers to spice up your kitchen and living spaces, all at very reasonable prices. My personal favourites are the inspirational quote stickers. 

The sticker I chose for Calleigh's room was the Personalised Once Upon A Time sticker.

I was so happy when the sticker arrived and couldn't wait to get it on the wall. I went straight to their website and their How To Guide so I knew exactly how to put it up. I must admit it wasn't as easy as the video made out, in fact it actually took a really long time and it was quite fiddly, you can see in the picture below where I struggled and screwed the "e" up. Luckily, It's not too noticeable.
So one thing I would say when you go to apply your wall sticker, make sure you have more than one person!

The end result though was completely worth it. I love the wall sticker, it really adds a personal touch to Calleigh's room! I am really looking forward to buying all her new furniture and seeing her room transform.

And now you can win your choice of wall sticker from Cut It Out Wall Stickers. Just enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter form below.

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*This giveaway is open worldwide. You must complete the entries to be entered for a chance to win, all entries will be verified before a winner is chosen. The giveaway runs for 2 weeks from 17th Jan to 31st Jan. I am not personally responsible for the delivery of the prize, I will pass on the winner's email to arrange delivery* 

England.. Part One

We really enjoyed being back in England. Spending so much time with our families was great and Calleigh loved all the attention! 

When we first landed it was a bit of a mad rush to go and see everybody, we were a bit jet lagged but wanted to at least show our faces to people we hadn't seen in 9 months. Calleigh settled well back in Mee-Maws house and loved staying there. I think that was mainly to do with Kitty. She loved that cat, although I'm pretty sure the feeling wasn't mutual. Whilst Calleigh would spend all day running around after her, shouting kitty, pulling at her, throwing things at her and emptying a whole packet of treats into her bowl, the cat spent her days running away, hiding, hissing and getting fat eating far too many treats. When Calleigh was asleep however the relationship changed and kitty would sit herself near to Calleigh and take a little nap herself. It was really great to see! 

Sneaking up on Kitty

Both having a nap together

Trying to get a sneaky stroke

Kitty needed a check up

We went out for lots of meals and Calleigh spent a lot of time with Nanna and Grandad as well as round her Great Nanna's! 

Playing with the toys from the crackers

She acquired a liking for Brie

Showing Great Nanna the Calender she brought her for Christmas

At least one of them was looking (this was the best I got haha)

Loving her Balance Bike round Nanna and Grandads

We also spent some time in the pub to see our friends from the village and Calleigh was also able to spend some time with Grand Pops when he came up to visit. 

Trading her Do Do for Grand Pops glasses

Having a ride

Weeee