You know you’re a mum when…

Lots of things change when you have a baby, nothing more so than you now devote all your time, love and attention to this tiny little human being.

But there’s a few more things that change, including our attitude towards things like, staying up late and having clean clothes…

You know you’re a mum when…

• Your baby dresses better than you do.

• You never leave the house without some form of milk/food stain accessorising your clothing.

• Mini cupcakes are a good enough breakfast for you because you forgot to eat, are starving, running out the door and haven’t done the groceries.

• If you’re still awake at 8.30pm you’re cheering, 9.30pm must be a special occasion, 10.30pm whoa hold onto your hats, that’s like 3am in pre-mummy speak.

• A 20% off kids clothes sale at Target is the highlight of your day. No week. No, actually month.

• You enjoy going nuts at said Target sale and would rather shop for kids things than things for yourself.

• Drinks at the pub are replaced with picnics at the park.

• Dinner parties are replaced with daytime BBQs.

• You talk far too much about poo.

• You celebrate bubs every burp, and fart, the relief so great you might as well have done it yourself.

• Your boobs become part of everyday conversation.

• You’ve never had so many random people talk to you.

• Having a baby is by far your greatest achievement.

• The only place you want to be in the whole world is at home with your little family.

What would you add to my ‘you know when you’re a mum list’…?

Disney Live!

It wasn’t that long ago that I was borrowing my niece so I had an excuse to go and see the wonderful Disney on Ice show, Princess Wishes! Now just a couple of years later I have my own little excuse, I mean daughter, to take along to all things kiddie, because let’s face it, us adults really do enjoy all the kids stuff just as much as them, if not more!

So when I was approached through this blog to jump on the latest Disney show promo bandwagon, I was of course tickled pink!

And this just isn’t any old Disney stage show. No siree, this is Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival!

The whole Disney Live gang!

Mickey Mouse and his band of friends, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, will perform in the musical extravaganza these summer holidays, and the show is coming to Newcastle! Joined by Disney favourites, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story, this fun-filled concert experience will entertain the whole family!

Disney hits are remixed to the hottest sounds of today featuring hip hop, pop, swing, reggae, rock, country and much more! The line up of performers including, Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy, Ariel, Sebastian and Ursula; Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie, Woody, Buzz and Jessie are among the more than 25 Disney stars featured in this jam session!

You won’t be able resist dancing, singing, playing your air-guitar and laughing with this band of characters!

To get your foot tapping, check out the video below!

This awesome show will hit the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on January 17-18. Tickets are already on sale through Ticketek. Follow the link HERE.

And just to top it all off, Puff Pieces will have 4 tickets, yes 4 tickets to give away to one of the Newcastle shows! Stay tuned…!

One already…

1 today!

The day you find out you’re pregnant all you can do is think about meeting your little one. For me, I felt like I was pregnant FOREVER. Even my sister in law commented she felt like I had the longest pregnancy in history! But then once you have that tiny little newborn in your hands, time does something totally cruel and decides to speed up. That newborn stage is scarily quick. Blink and you’ll miss it. Blink again and your baby will be turning ONE!

One minute she’s rolling for the first time. Then next she’s sitting on her own, then all of sudden she takes off crawling down the hallway at a million miles an hour, starts understanding what you’re saying to her and happily obliges to a cuddle request, pulls herself up on her feet desperately trying to reach her puppy dog Jack snoozing on the lounge and then starts scooting around the furniture on her feet! And while I watched and encouraged her with excitement and pride I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t genuinely shocked at how fast everything kept happening!

And now today, our tiny little squishy gorgeous chubba bubba with the big blue eyes, ringlets framing her beautiful little face and her Daddy’s big chubby cheeks turns ONE.

A whole year since we welcomed Sophie Grace into the world on that very special date 10.10.10.

Miss Sophie you have bought more smiles, laughter and joy into our lives than we ever could have imagined. Happy 1st Birthday beautiful girl! xxx