Friday, Friday...gotta get down on Friday!

It’s Friyay!

I think everyone loves Fridays! It is the end of the working week and the weekend is here!
So before I was a mummy, my favourite way to enjoy Friday was to just chill out at home after a day at work! I would sit on the couch and watch something. It usually was date night for me and hubby too. We would go have dinner somewhere and maybe catch a movie. It was wonderful!

But that was before our little boy came along! So our schedule has changed and I’m at home for the next 7 months or so! My Fridays look different. My favourite way to enjoy Friday is to do little photo shoots with my son. He was born on a Friday so we currently are doing weekly photo shoots.

We have these milestone blocks that I use in the photos and I worked out I can go up to 32 weeks. So I have 11 more weeks left of weekly photo shoots and then I will just do the monthly ones....which I also do on the 4th of every month. I’m going to miss doing them once he is past 32 weeks though so I may have to come up with some other way to enjoy my Fridays. I guess it could be the other thing we do currently...we to go to our local library for baby rhyme time. My son loves it and I get to get out of the house! At first it was just for me but now he totally gets in to it.  Here are the past 20 weeks. I’m yet to do today’s and I’m not sure what the theme will be...but enjoy and see how much he has grown in 20 weeks!

So what’s your favourite way to spend Fridays? What did you do today, if it is Friday when you read this? What makes it special? Leave a comment, I’d love to hear from you! 

Xoxo Maija

Growth

One way I would like to grow this year is by becoming less selfish and secretive. I often will keep snacks and things for myself and I would like to use this year to share more. I see it as a barrier in my relationship with my husband. I hide small things from him and want to be an open book with him. I think I hide these small things, like my plans for the day or a snack I’m about to eat, because I think he will laugh at or scold me. Which when I say that is ridiculous because I’m no longer a child.

And breathe...

Everyone gets stressed at times. Some are always wound up. But even the most chillaxed people get stressed at one point or another.
I am more towards the constant on edge kind of people. My mind is going constantly unless I’m asleep...and even then my subconscious is concocting dreams that are so bizarre they give me food for thought the next day!
So what is my favourite way to relax? Well I actually have a few ways. So I’m going to mention them here...

If I’m feeling stressed out and tense from a long day(s) at work I like to draw myself a bath (weird term...draw a bath.. lol), make it all bubbly and just breathe. I like this because being stuck in water for awhile I can’t do anything about my thoughts and the sensation of being surrounded by warm bubbly water distracts you and entices you to stay so long you begin to wrinkle.

If I’m super stressed and I’ve either got a lot of work to do (reports or marking) or I’ve jut done a heap of work I like to relax by getting a massage. Positive touch, dimmed rooms, gentle music and not being able to leave for at least half an hour is like the ingredients for the relaxation recipe.

My go to relaxer when I have no option but to get the work done but still need something to take the edge of stress off is to listen to music; either praise and worship or my favourites playlist.

So those are my favourite ways to relax. Comment your tips on staying relaxed!

Proud mumma

What I am most proud of currently is my son. My precious little baby is hitting milestone after milestone...and is so healthy! We have been having issues with his catnapping but after starting the save our sleep routine for his age group he is improving his day sleeps. God has greatly blessed us with him and I look forward to seeing him grow up and accomplish all that God has in store for him.

I now know what it feels like to be a mother and I’m thrilled with it! Regardless of the hard times and sacrifices you make having kids it is totally worth it!  Just look at his grin when he looks at me! Melts my heart every time!