mother/sons

My journey through motherhood with my two wonderful sons.

Month: July 2017

Photography with Georgie

Local photographer and friend Georgie Bottriell was kind enough to capture some lovely family photos of us ready for our ‘baby announcement’ earlier this year.

We had a great time on shoot at our local beach & woodland which made for some really nice natural photos together. Georgie arrived with some great equipment and props to help capture the right lighting and style of photos we were after.

I couldn’t have asked for better as we love the outcome and it was a great experience having her photograph something so important and dear to our hearts, as our new little addition Brody’s baby brother is a true miracle baby after a few pregnancy losses and a really difficult few years for us … finally we can look ahead to a brighter future becoming a family of four. Our Rainbow baby will soon be here and we truly cannot wait!

What I loved about our shoot is right from the start we were able to openly discuss some photo ideas with Georgie about the setting, planning a good weather day and time which is so difficult to do especially in February! But nothing was too much of a bother. We could take as much time as we needed and she is a really friendly and easy person to work with, and the communication leading up to the shoot was great.

Here is a little gallery of some of the images from our shoot.

You will see from the two links below how natural and classic her photography style is, and her portfolio is varied to cover weddings, newborn and baby, family portraits plus much more. If you would like to read and see more about Georgie Bottriell Photography click below.

https://www.georginabottriell.com/

https://www.facebook.com/georgiebottriellphotography/

Love Katrina x

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A special day out with little Brody – “Bike & Buses”

We had a great day out yesterday on the island just the three of us (well plus little baby boy bump) and had a few special treats lined up for Brody. 

He is one of the biggest Bus, car, train enthusiasts I know (any form of transport really!) So we decided to pop his bike and helmet in the car boot and head off to Newchurch, where there is a great cycle path and cafe we’ve not visited before called Pedallers. 

Whilst we were there we had a rather relaxed walk whilst Brody rode his bike along, enjoying the countryside scenery and we spotted some horses en route, then  stopped off for a bite to eat. The Pedallers cafe is set in a lodge type building in a quiet, rather Idyllic area serving delicious fresh homemade food and drinks, ice creams. 

Perfectly set up for cyclists of course, walkers, dogs are welcome here and those driving past that may wish to stop off and visit. It was a lovely first time for us there and we will definitely be back again soon. See photo gallery below and check out the Pedallars Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Pedallers-637769089687988/

After this we planned on visiting our local Bus museum in Ryde. Brody is a junior member and we do love visiting this place it’s great for all ages, entry is FREE and donations are welcome, run by such friendly enthusiastic volunteers! I am a firm believer in ‘if you don’t use it you will lose it!’ So having access to places like this and supporting them is so so important in today’s world!

There is a tuck shop & souvenirs to buy, a kids activity room what more could you want, as well as learning all about the old buses local and from afar too! We also love cars, buses and a bit of history so Brody has been very lucky to visit places like this museum at home and away with us too. 

If anyone visiting the Isle of Wight is looking for something different or Free to do with the family why not pop in and visit them in Ryde! 

Throughout the year there are regular events being held such as Beer & Buses weekend which is a pretty big event here and very popular! Bus ride outs for families and children who are members of the bus museum. 

We picked up a few things from the museum such as some cards, old magazines & a little toy car for Brody to take home with him. 

We did then plan to end the day visiting a car boot sale in hope of finding some more old transport memorabilia items for his new bedroom project however sadly we were a little late so that will have to wait for another weekend. 

Brody’s pennies will be burning a hole in his pocket by then  I’m sure as he was so happy and excited about buying some little trinkets for his bedroom. However we can make use of the bus museum items we picked up and get a little crafty! ready for the ‘Vintage car’ themed bedroom we are planning for him. See image gallery and video below!

Please check out the Bus museum’s facebook page too – Link below!

https://www.facebook.com/isleofwightbusmuseum/

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Getting ready for baby! Woodland theme nursery

From the very first moment we decided to try for another baby and buying our 1st home back in 2014, the creative mind has been over flowing with house interior ideas & future nursery decor in our 3rd bedroom be it for a little girl or a little boy. So this has been a long time coming but we have done great over the past 3 years doing bits and bobs to our house and now finally …. clearing the 3rd bedroom (or junk/storage room!) as it’s been known as up to now. I think this happens in every new home at first doesn’t it!?

Anyway with our 1st son we decided to go with a cute Jungle animal themed room, which back then was great. However living in a rented property we weren’t able to do much in the way of decorating etc. So this time around we knew we could literally create anything we wanted to, and both wishing to know the gender of the baby at the 20 week scan helped this immensely! I am such an organised person and adore home interior ideas, preparing and nesting for a baby anyway.

We had kept hold of several baby items during the move to our new house which could be used for a boy or girl so that was great, and set us off in good stead. Aswell as getting rid of a fair few things as it was time for a fresh new start I felt in the new home too.

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Learning to ride a bike!

Boys will be boys! and our little boy has always had a fascination about anything with wheels. Not only does he LOVE Cars, Trains and buses … pretty much any mode of transport to be honest! Since the age of about 1 we have been through so many ride ons, scooters, trikes and bikes. My true little favourite out of all of them though has to be the Scuttle Bug! It’s a perfect size for toddlers, great little wheels and best of all folds up so compact to take on your travels with you. It will even fit into a standard pram basket pretty well! Brody had one like this and it has lasted really well so has been put away for baby boy no.2 to use.

They come in a 3 or 4 wheeled version and you can find out a little more info HERE https://www.mookie.co.uk/news/scuttlebug-and-scramblebug-unique-toddler-ride-ons-mookie

  

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