Introducing...

Introducing.... our little bubba!  The sweetest little face, I just can't wait to see him for real.  I just can't wait.  And yes, I said 'him', we are having a little boy baby!  My bump is getting so big and I still have 15 weeks to go.  I have been going through my wardrobe today and found another dress that just about fits - today is a good day.  We are going to start rearranging the bedrooms today so Ben will move into the study downstairs, he is so excited about this, it's quite out-the-way of the rest of the house so it's like he has own wing.  Right next to the kitchen.  And the back door.  Not sure how good an idea this is but we will see.  The baby's room is my next project, we have been collecting little bits and pieces so I just need to get putting it all together and I have been gathering inspiration from all over the place.  I love the vintage pictures held up with pegs!  Just adorable! 

Sneaky Sneaky...

I have finished the first piece of furniture in my new fave colour (Farrow & Ball ~ Arsenic) and I just can't stop looking at it!  It is gorgeous and I am just making a list of things at home that we need to take to the workshop and get painted in the same dreamy colour.  I am going to paint Nathans chest of drawers (this will be a surprise as I think he may protest but believe me, he will love them when done.  How could he not?)  I am also going to paint our chapel chairs as they are in need of a little something.  We have a pretty little bedside table at the workshop which would look fab (again, this will be in the form of a present for my man.  I really think it would look great in or bedroom and there is no space down my side of the bed.  A present can never be turned down as that would just be rude).  I started a lovely pine corner cabinet and a pretty set of wall shelves in this colour aswell which will be going on the website next week, I know I may be going OTT with this paint but I seriously love it.  If you love it too take a look as I am sure Nath will not be letting me get another tin.

Today...

Just had to convince this little one that the brown sauce in her steak pie was not chocolate.   Dinner time can be challenging.

In other news, I have found my new favourite colour, one that I would quite happily paint every piece of furniture in my house in.  It is simply beautiful and we have been using it at Old White today so expect lots of furniture in this colour on our website...

Deeeelicious.

Our Christmas

 It's January 7th already!  I really can't believe how quickly time is moving forward.  I have been blog absent for a while due to Christmas which always comes with heaps of things to keep us busy.  We took the children on a very special trip to Disneyland Paris at the beginning of December and it really was the best holiday we have ever been on.  Seeing Daisy so captivated by the magic was the best Christmas present I could wish for, she totally believed that all the characters were real - it is such an amazing place -  the boys got so into the Christmas spirit - we were so very lucky to have been able to go.

 Christmas has been so lovely as the first one in our new house, my mum came over and stayed Christmas Eve night and we all woke up together.  Well, kind of.  Nathan and I could wait no more for the children to wake up and woke the whole house with "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' full blast from the stereo.

So now here we are in January and my bump is getting bigger and bigger.  We are all just so excited to meet this little one.  If I said I was due in 2 weeks you wouldn't think I was small but I have to fit 3 more months of baby growing in somewhere!  I feel there is no more room at the inn and I am quite worried about how I will be able to get up off the sofa come the end of April.  But am planning lots of crafts to get done whilst stuck on said sofa so I am going to learn to crochet.  I got lots of crochet books for Christmas and wool, I have got a new sewing machine which I am in love with!  So the living room is becoming a mass of floral fabrics, wool, 'How To...' books and pins that I keep spilling all over the floor.  Tis great fun.

Christmas Market Time

 We have a great day in the shop, I love days like today when time just goes way too fast but you feel like you have got a lot done.  We have decided which markets we will have a stall at over Christmas which I am really looking forward to.  We will be at Bargate, Southampton on Thursdays and Saturdays, Winchester on Fridays and Sundays and the brilliant Vintage Market in Winchester on 4th December, and finally the Christmas Extravaganza in Eastleigh for the grand turning on of the Christmas lights. Phew!  I know that it will just make the run up to Christmas even more Christmassy and give me more of a chance to have a sneeky browse round the markets...

Tomorrow I am heading up to London for a day out with my mama at the Country Living Christmas Fair which is going to be brill, my mum is panicking about whether there is enough oil in her car, water in her car etc etc, which is not that much of a problem as we are only driving to the train station but never the less, she has asked if Nathan could check it for her in the morning.   

I have just got round to looking through the pictures we took at my brothers Halloween party, eeek!

love it.

Remember the remember the 5th of September (according to my 15 year old - although he is not sure why we should need to remember this date)

Gunpowder, trees and glot. (as recited by my 5 year old)

This is my favourite time of year, I just love it. Halloween, Bonfire night and my birthday all on the run up to Christmas.  Cosy evenings, leaves everywhere and the need to drink hot chocolate and eat marmite on toast for supper.  

It has been a busy couple of weeks, we went to a Halloween party at my brothers house which was such fun, apple bobbing, sweets hidden in bowls of flour... trick or treating with Daisy and even though she is only 5, she knows that a cute outfit and a winning smile = lots of sweeties.  The boys are finding trick or treating slightly harder now they lack the 'ahhh' factor, its quite hard to come across as cute when you are 15, smiling looks more sarcastic than sweet so they just ate Daisys sweets instead.  Meanies.  I love how much effort people go to at Halloween, dressing up and decorating their houses.  Brilliant!

My birthday is on Friday and Nathan and I are going up to London for the day which will be great fun and then picking up my new car on the way home, my mum and I are going to the Country Living Christmas Fair on Thursday which is just shopping heaven.  Highly dangerous.  

 I can't stop talking/thinking/planning Christmas Day, I know it feels early but in about 3 weeks we will be starting to put up our decorations!  I can't believe it, and containing my excitement is getting quite hard.  I seem to get all crafty when the evenings are dark so early and I just want to make stuff - I have cut out lots of pieces of fabric, lots, with all sorts of grand plans in mind so we shall see!  I did make a rag garland last night which I actually started in 2004 - I really was a proud lass looking at the finished product and I think I shall make some more this afternoon, some Christmassy ones, or at least start them. 

Special news.

It's been a very hectic day today, I could actually fall asleep right this moment.

 So, back to the real reason why I have been a blog neglecting tired unorganised young lady.  We have recently moved and after all the move and the excitement I was feeling quite exhausted.  In fact, I don't think I have ever felt so tired in my life, falling asleep on the sofa which I NEVER do and I just had this 'I just don't have the energy to do a thing' feeling all the time.  The move was pretty heavy going as was the shop so I put it down to overdoing it a bit.  But, turns out, we are expecting baby number 4!  Oh my goodness, what a wonderful, surprising, exciting and overwhelming piece of news it was!  I really thought 3 children was where we were at but no, its actually 4.  4 children, mother of 4, that's quite a lot isn't it?

We had our 12 week scan today and saw the little bambino wriggling and fidgeting about,  how amazing!  We saw its hands! And it had a little pout! I absolutely cannot wait to meet our little being...

I have some gorgeous scan pics which I will put on here tomorrow but its too dark to get a good shot.  But these are more pictures of how the house is coming along...