3 years....

Last week, Max and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary!  We had a rare night out (3rd since Leo's birth!) going to The Scotsman Hotel for cocktails and then our favourite restaurant, David Banns, for a lovely meal.

We got married at The Hub in Edinburgh.  We had a lovely day with photographs taken at Calton Hill, lots of champagne and music from The Upbeat Beatles.  We then had a fantastic 4 week honeymoon going all over Japan and up Mt Fuji! It's strange to think that it has been 3 years already but we have done so much together since we first met in 2006.

Not long after my 21st birthday we set off to travel round India for 3 months and then travelled the transiberian railway accross Russia, Mongolia and China finishing off in Hong Kong.
We came home, moved in together and got engaged not long after.  We married a year later in 2008.

Here we are on my 21st, sorry the pic is a bit blurry.

Since then we've moved house a few times, travelled a lot more, Max started uni and been joined by our gorgeous boy.

Thanks for being a lovely husband and great daddy to Leo.  We love you xxxx

Back again!

I'm back....been busy in our little part of the world of late. I'm back at work (boo!) after a year of maternity leave.  I was so dreading going back and leaving my little babba but really it's not that bad.  I've been back for 2 weeks now and seem to be getting used to the routine.  I shouldn't really complain as I'm only at the nursery 2 days per week.  I do miss my gorgeous boy but know that he's in good hands when not with me!

The weather in Edinburgh has been crazy recently!  Last weekend was lovely and sunny and actually warm!  However this week has been full of thunderstorms!  Thankfully we made the most of it last weekend.  My little garden is doing well and we got the paddling pool out for Leo.

Hope that you're having a lovely weekend!

Cath Love!

The home delivery network man brought a big box of Cath Kidston goodness to my little house today!  I treated myself (and Leo) to a few treats from the sale!

I love it all but think the crochet hangers and my blackberry case are especially fab! And no I'm not toilet training Leo but I thought that the pants were so cute so will keep them for when the time comes!

I also got a lovely surprise yesterday when I came home to a vase of beautiful flowers-Peonies- from Max.  I had them in my wedding bouquet and they have been my favourite ever since.

A little bit of a catch up!

Gosh it's been a while since I've been on here.  It's been a busy couple of weeks filled with cooking classes, playgroup, babysitting and bits and bobs.  And it was my birthday!  I had a lovely day filled with presents, cake and cuddles from Leo. Couldn't have asked for better!

This is the first year that I've had a little garden all of my own and I just love my little space! Here are my new gnomes!

And I even have a few strawberries....

Have been doing some crafty things but nothing finished to show you at the moment so I'll sign off for now.

Famous Felties!

After reading Mollie Makes (fab craft magazine), my mum bought this book. It has so many cute little friends to make!

We started by making a little chihuahua dog brooch each and then I made the russian doll- not sure what I'm going to do with her yet! Here they are, now they are famous!

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I want to make Mushroom Girl next!

In other news, my little bubba (not so little now!) is now 10 months old, I don't know where the time goes!

Here are my two favourite boys!

Mum's Cath Kidston Quilt

You may remember a while ago I gave a sneak peak of my mum's patchwork quilt.  I helped by sewing the patches together on my sewing machine and then she did the backing, quilting and edging by hand (all the hard bits!) and now it is finished! Think that patchwork is harder than it looks, well done Mum!!

Yummiest Gingerbread Ever!

At my cookery class on Tuesday we made the most lovely Gingerbread.  We each got a piece to take home but I knew that I had to make my own one at home and share the recipe.

Here it is! My mum and I had some with a cup of tea and it was so yummy!

Recipe is for a 2lb loaf tin. Preheat oven to Gas 4.
50g treacle
50g syrup
100g butter
100g brown sugar
175g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 egg
1/4 pint milk

Melt treacle, syrup, butter and sugar.
Mix milk and egg together
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and add in the wet to make a batter like mixture. Pour into loaf tin and bake for 1hr. You could put icing on top too....mmm.