Too cute!

If you haven't seen Evians baby commercial, you have to check this out, it is too cute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmamavaganza%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

BOB the Builder - CAN HE FIX IT?

So. Back from a four week !! break in Sweden (will write separate blog about this soon!) We had commissioned builders to do some work during this time, giving them three week to finish knowing they'd take longer than promised. Anyone think they were done after four weeks? F*** no. Not only was the house in total total chaos, with thick layers of builders dust everywhere... but only half of the jobs were done, and some of them to quite dismal quality even.... so, we had to clean the house properly and then escape to an hotel, as the builders were coming back to fix some of their c*** ups.

I was humming the Muppet show theme tune as they were working along..... "it's time to play the music..." Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

It also makes me think of my good friends little two year old belting out: "BOB the builder, CAN HE FIX IT? BOB the builder, YES HE CAN!

In our case this would be more like: "TOM the builder, can he fix it? Tom the builder, NO F******* WAY! N

Growing an adult?

How scary is this.... little baby E will one day be a grown woman, like me.... HOW is that possible? How can I prepare her for all the pitfalls and dangers in life when I have myself fallen into most of them? How can I prevent her doing same mistakes I've done?

How can I make sure she is a better daughter to me than I ever was to my mother?

Again, so sorry mum!!!!!!!

Scary 40!

Ha ha! Am planning a scary 40th birthday party on Halloween! Ha ha ha!!! Am enjoying the planning and really looking forward to having all my friends there to celebrate, so do plan a trip to London if you consider yourself a friend :-) Invitation to follow soon-ish!

40. Huga. big 4-0.... sounds SO much older than I feel. Should I have a midlife crisis now?

I want it all... I want it all... I want it ALL, and I want it NOW!

The Queen of Queen said it best... "I want it all..."

Am at a stage now when I am starting to feel a bit restless, and very very bored with the "baby talk" and baby actitivities that fills our day. I think a lot about returning to work - i.e finding a job as I am out of contract, and am currently finetuning my CV. Am procastinating a bit though, as am also not at all sure how on earth I can combine an interesting job with being there for baby E or how I can even manage emotionally, to outsource the care of her during the daytime... All my previous jobs, have been quite demanding, long hours and lots and lots ot travel, which I normally like, but with baby finding hard to accept.... but also, don't want to step too far down the career ladder either, as that would feel like a failure. There has got to be a way to combine career and family life right!??

I have to believe that I can have it all somehow. Just need to figure out how.

Accidental parenting...

Anyone tried the "pick up put down" sleep training method championed by "the baby whisperer"?

We have fallen into the trap of rocking baby E to sleep in the chair and now she can't get herself back to sleep on her own when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She is also fighting sleep like a fiery terrier... she may miss something if she shuts those pretty blues you know... exploring, exploring, life is simply to fun fun fun! :-) I also tend to take her into our bed when she is difficult to settle back to sleep around 04.00 when I am shattered... bad habits I know...

Anyways, time to fix this. Soon. Is also very nice and cuddly with her next to me though... but I don't sleep and am loosing it soon, so. Needs must. Really! Next week!

Nothing really changes...

....funny how quickly I fell back into old ways... when my lovely wonderful friends BB and miss Prada, took "mama out tonight" last week, I found myself by the bar, late at night, ordering Sambucas for us that none of us really needed... oh dear, and I thought I'd grown up a little with parenthood....

THANKS again BB and miss Prada, for a smashing night! You are the best!

...and so sorry baby E for all the future embarrasing stories you may hear about your mamma....