The past Eleven months have flew by in a fast, manic blur. It honestly seems like only yesterday that Noah was born and all of a sudden I was responsible for this little life and he was all mine.
So much has changed in the last few months, and I know it'll continue to change in the following months. There's one thing I'm sure of, babies grow up far too fast!
To try and focus on all the big changes I'll go through all the standard milestones first. Although I'd always been told "Oh as soon as they're six months old they'll be crawling around the house and there'll be no stopping them" in Noah's case this couldn't be further from the truth. Noah has never really showed much interest in all of the physical things like crawling and sitting up- He didn't sit up confidently on his own till about 9 months- At the minute he is still yet to crawl and he isn't showing any intentions of learning anytime soon. He has, however, started rolling everwhere so he is now getting into everything! He is also really good at standing with just a little bit of support which he's been practicing a lot lately.
   Although he hasn't tried to crawl he loves babbling! Most days when I go to pick him up from nursery, I can hear him babbling away loudly or singing as soon as I enter the building. He's constantly trying to say new sounds and words, repeating them again and again until he gets the hang of it. At the moment his favourite words are dada, mama, nana and ta. In the last few weeks he has also begun to connect the words with the people as well which I'm so proud of. As always he's a really good eater and always devours his milk and meals with no hesitation. Every day when I look at him I see how he's starting to grow into an independent little boy and I know he's not going to be a baby much longer (although he'll always be my baby) and although it can be a bit emotional at times seeing him grow up, I'm so proud of the boy he's becoming.

Hi guys, before I even start I’d just like to apologise about how long it’s been since i’ve blogged! Honestly it’s been nearly three months which there’s just no excuse for, I’ve just been so busy with Noah and starting University that I just haven’t had the time, but I’m back now and I’m going to try to blog at least once a week from now on. Although it seems like just yesterday that Noah was born I now find myself sitting here writing his 6 month update! When people tell you that the time flies and they grow up fast they really aren't joking, every day Noah changes and learns new things and it’s already getting hard to remember that little tiny baby who did nothing but eat, cry, and sleep all day long.
     Since I’ve started University Noah has started going to nursery three days a week. At first I was really nervous to leave him, I mean who wouldn’t be. Up until then I’d spent pretty much all day every day with him since he was born so it was a bit of a shock getting used to that no longer being the case. Although for a few weeks we had problems with him not really sleeping when he was at nursery (he’s always been difficult to get to sleep for anyone other than me) he’s now settled in fine and is really enjoying himself. I can honestly say that it’s the best feeling when I pick him up at the end of the day and as soon as he sees me his face lights up with a massive smile!
  
We started weaning about two weeks before he turned 6 months, just giving him little tastes of things. At first he wasn’t that interested in food, although he liked it he’d only one two or three spoons then be done. However it seemed like almost overnight he gained a massive appetite and he’s now eating three meals a day! So far he’s liked everything that he's tried, although he did pull the funniest face when he tried pears.
     Just a couple of days ago Noah started being able to sit up on his own, although its only for short amounts of time. He has the strength and balance to sit up on his own, but he’d rather be kicking his legs and playing with his feet so that’s what he usually does! He now has his two bottom teeth, which luckily didn’t cause him any pain when coming through and literally popped through overnight.

Looking back over the past few months time really has flew bye. It really does seem like just yesterday that I experienced one of the best days of my life as Noah was born. Although four months isn’t that long in the grand scheme of things, I really find it hard to imagine a time when Noah wasn’t a part of our lives. Already in such a short space of time he’s grew and changed so much. He’s gone from our wrinkly baby who was always screaming, to our smiley giggly baby who loves eating his fist! Noah’s personality is already shining through, he loves chewing and sucking anything that he can get his hands on, and he’s always grunting in frustration if there’s something he can’t quite do. 

Some of you may or may not know that I love tattoos. I got my first tattoo three days after I turned 18 and I'd wanted one for as long as I can remember. I've always loved tattoos and see them as beautiful pieces of permanent artwork. For a while now I've wanted to have a mermaid tattoo; I've always loved mermaids and all the old sailor stories about mermaids luring ships into the rocks. After doing a lot of research I decided I wanted a sailor jerry traditional style mermaid on the bottom of my leg. Originally the writing on the tattoo said "forget me not" but I decided to change it and added a Mumford and sons lyric from The Cave "make your sirens call" as its one of my favourite songs and it fits with the mermaid. I decided to have my tattoo done by Greg Moore at Ghost House Collective. All in all it only took an hour and a half to do and I was really pleased with how it turned out.

Hi guys, so I know it's been a bit quiet on here for the past couple of weeks but I had a good reason I promise! On the 31st of March 2015 at 18:33 me and Matt welcomed our gorgeous son Noah James Fearn to the world, weighing a hefty 8lbs 15ozs! As some of you may know I was due on the 18th of March but noah just wasn't ready to come out so I ended up going to get induced on the 30th. Eventually after 17 long hours of labour (and many doses of epidural) we finally got to meet our little boy. After waiting 9 months to meet him It really was a surreal experience, the instant love you feel when you first see your baby is impossible to explain. I really do feel blessed to have such a perfect little bundle to call my own. The past two weeks have really flew bye, I've been so lucky to have Matt here supporting me and helping with everything, I honestly don't know what I'd do without him. Both me and Noah are doing great, he's already gained tons of weight and now weighs 9lbs 9ozs!

 Me and my fiancé Matt are expecting our first baby and although it came as quite a surprise and wasn’t planned at all, everything seems to have fallen into place and we couldn’t be happier. I found out I was pregnant quite early at only 4 weeks so the past two months have killed me not being able to tell anyone, but now at last I can! Our beautiful baby is due March 18^th (just before Easter) and we couldn’t be more excited.

I've been wanting to write my first lifestyle type post for a while now. Although I love writing about beauty I love reading lifestyle blogs because it gives people a better view of who you are.