Bump Update!

How far along? 31weeks and 3 days :) 
Weight gain: Haven't weighted myself this week so il update next week ;)

Maternity clothes: I'm usually in hoodie and trackies by the end of the day, as all I want is comfort. So the maternity clothes are only worn when I want to look half decent (LOL)

Stretch marks? I think my old ones are starting to stretch again so they might become longer, but I'm at least remembering to moisturise before bedtime :)

Sleep: I can nap perfectly, but once its dark outside my body likes to reject sleep and becomes really anxious for some reason? I still toss and turn to get comfy and I have noticed that I am more tired theses days. Cant wait to just rest!!!

Best moment this week: Ask me next week HAHA! So stressed with college, trying to finish everything in one week is impossible, I'm even dreaming about what I've to do for the next day 
:(

Miss anything? Not really...

Any movement? Tons! I can now feel the baby hiccup, which in fact it hiccups quite a lot! 

Food cravings: No, I just want to eat what I smell?? Firelighters smell amazing!! and so does my sister's makeup remover! YUM! starting to crave the smell go Vick.. (Same as Kayden)

sickness? Nope :)!

Gender: Surprise :)

Labour signs: Starting to get braxton hicks contractions.. I never experienced them with Kayden. They are super uncomfortable and only last a few seconds! Ive a lot of pressure at the end of the day aswell! 

Symptoms: HEARTBURN! Dam thing is so annoying :( can't even drink water... 

Belly button in or out? In but getting close to popping!

Happy or moody most of the time: A bit moody, just due to being uncomfortable and sore most the time. My back is killing me and I can barely sleep! 

Looking forward to: handing up all my college work at the end of year... I just want to get rid of it at this stage!!

Thanks for reading:)
Aisling xo

The countdown is on :')

How far along? 30weeks :) Cant believe there is only 10 weeks left!! Its so crazy how fast this pregnancy is going!
Weight gain: Still no weight gain, but pretty sure these last ten weeks il pack on the pounds :)

Maternity clothes: Yes, wearing them all the time, feeling a bit huge these days :(

Stretch marks? No new ones as of what i can see anyways ;)

Sleep: Sleep has gone completely out the window theses day.. Im so uncomfortable at night time. Tossing and turning all night PLUS the bathroom trips!!! Ugh i just want comfort :P

Best moment this week: So last week, after all the stress from the doctors i was finally told the baby is going great :D Im in such relief and just so happy to hear that. Even my blood works came back normal! My diabetes is under control and they are happy with what I'm doing :) So far so good :) fingers crossed it stays that way!

Miss anything? SLEEP! :P

Any movement? So I've noticed this week, that I'm not getting kicked as much.. its more like  body movements than kicks. So i feel a random foot or hand.. Or even the baby turning! My belly goes crazy. I just love it :D

Food cravings: no food cravings.. but my smell is gone so crazy! everything smells so GOOD!! Ugh, a friend in college was cleaning and my god i wanted to drink the stuff, it smelt amazing!

sickness? Nope :)!

Gender: Haha, i might swell get rid of this since were leaving it a surprise :)

Labour signs: Nope, just feeling a ton of pressure. nothing to be concern about since it was the same with Kayden :)

Symptoms: my energy has seemed to of disappeared :( So tired, and napping doesn't help either! Heartburn is a major issue :( !!

Belly button in or out? In!

Happy or moody most of the time: A little stress from college but I'm usually in a good mood :)

Looking forward to: relaxing :) On the go with college work and I've only 3 weeks left :( I'm starting to get upset of the thought of leaving... :'(

Fingers crossed the next hospital appointment isn't going to be as dramatic as the last ;) Will update then :)

Thanks for reading
Aisling xo

26week update!

How far along? 26weeks :) two more weeks and I'm in my third trimester :D !!
Baby is the size of an eggplant, 9inches long and around 2pounds.

Weight gain: Haven't put on any weight in two weeks, other than.2kg which isn't even a pound, little worried about weight gain as I feel I should be putting on more. Unless my body is waiting for the last trimester to pile them on ;) So its still at 13 pounds weight gain.

Maternity clothes: Guess who went maternity shopping yesterday :D! ME! New Look has lovely summer clothes at the moment. Got three tops and a nice pair of jeans :) Pretty chuffed with what i got. 
I'm usually not the one to go for 'cliché' tops like 'hands of the bump' 'Pregos' but i couldn't resist this time around! might aswell take advantage of this bump while I can, I'm sure i'll miss it once its gone!!

Stretch marks? Ive noticed a few of my old ones are turning more redder :( so pretty sure its the start of them now. Not moisturing as much as i should be so I'm not trying my best to avoid them either! 

Sleep: Its been a hard week of trying to get comfy, between bathroom breaks and dead legs i can hardly get comfy, but as soon as i drift of, I am out for the night! Starting to get harder to get up in the morning :( Kayden comes into my room as cheery as ever 'GOOD MORNING MAMMY' ..... my response ... '5 more minutes'  LOL! he's a gem in the morning, has no problem getting in beside me playing with his toys and reading his books, those extra minutes really do count ;)

Best moment this week: Nothing exciting this week, other than my easter break :) its so nice to be at home with Kayden and not having to worry about college the next day! 

Miss anything? Not really, since I can go for naps with kayden and at home all day, its been a pretty well rested week :)

Any movement? This baby is strong LOL! More kicks over my belly button this week which could mean he/she has turned (Still a lot of time to do so anyway), My belly is starting to move with the kicks so I can actually see when he/she is kicking which is pretty cool :)

Food cravings: Not really, just if i see chocolate... i have to have it haha! 

sickness? Still feeling nausea after showering, woke up this morning feeling a little ill, but i think I woke up to fast LOL :)

Gender: ;)

Labour signs: Nope!

Symptoms: Tiredness, low energy (Get so tired from cleaning the house lately) HEARTBURN!! my god its been crazy lately! I've been feeling pretty great other than that :)

Belly button in or out? In!

Happy or moody most of the time: Both!

Looking forward to: I've my scan tomorrow which I can't wait :) then just enjoying the rest of my easter!! As when i get back to college its going to be cray cray :( 

Thanks for reading :)

Aisling xo

BUMP UPDATE

How far along? 25 weeks :) (Tomorrow)

Weight gain: Haven't weighted myself this week (oops!) 

Maternity clothes: Yes! I tried on a maternity top yesterday just to see how it looked, AND it was a shock to see how much bump has grown! my blouses still fit so ill wait out a little longer ;)

Stretch marks? No new ones :)

Sleep: Starting to get uncomfortable, but still sleeping okay :) 

Best moment this week: Finally getting my broadband sorted :D! Still have to wait a day or two until its activated but YAY! been almost a month without wifi :( !

Miss anything? Being able to walk up the stairs in college! oh my, its starting to take a lot of effort haha! 

Any movement? Yes!! I can tell already this baby is going to be an early bird in the morning! Must take that from his/her daddy! Myself and Kayden LOVE our sleep ;)!

Food cravings: Nope :)

sickness? yes! I've noticed after the shower I get a little nauseous, not sure its from the heat of the shower or standing up for too long?? never experienced this with Kayden!

Gender: SURPRISE!

Labour signs: Nope!

Symptoms: Hunger! It struck hard this week haha! 

Belly button in or out? In!

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy this week! :) I think LOL!

Looking forward to: My scan is next week :) Haven't seen the baby since January so that's pretty exciting :)

Thanks for reading :)

Aisling xo

Struggling Being A College Momma.

Well, that was a fail! 

The start of summer I told myself to blog more & do so much more things in my life..

And no. I didn't do one thing that I wanted.

It's been.. 3/4 months since I've blogged (OOPS!)

I honestly forget to blog, or I'm just too busy.

But anyway.

Im currently in 3rd year in college (I know, I didn't think I would be a 3rd year LOL!)

It's the last year of my course, which means

WORK, WORK, WORK!!!!

AHHHHH!

And with being a full-time college momma, It's very hard to find time to myself!

When i'm at home, I'm constantly thinking of what I've to do for college the next day or next week.

And when I'm in college, All I want to do is go home & see my little pumpkin! (SADFACE!)

With Kayden being 2, He's starting to notice that I'm going more often & it kills me.

But I do get a BIG hello when i come back!

It's crazy to think that, this time next year, I could be graduating.. and have a degree as a graphic designer!!!

I'm trying to work my butt off with all the briefs, but it can be exhausting. I literally have about 4 weeks to get 5 briefs done. :( 

which includes a draft of a dissertation.... YIKES!

And I'm here, blogging LOL!

I'm not sure what I am going to do when college is over, it's kinda like my safety net! 

There is an add-on year.. but honestly the thoughts of another year in college!!!

But, i'll see when the time comes.

My weekday routine is basically;

Wake up at an annoyingly early hour (Still dark outside)

Make my face look half decent.. Especially when I'm up at all hours.

Wake Kayden up, & get him changed and dressed.

Drop him off to be minded.

Go to college for the day.

Come home, pick up Kayden.

Make dinner (If I'm not tired enough..)

Give Kayden a bath, and dressed for bed.

Give Kayden his Supper..

& put him to bed.

And thats when I put myself to bed.

And I repeat that the next day. Its exhausting!

but there is time where he stays in his daddy's house.. which can help but I'm still exhausted!

And with ALL that, I try and get as much college work as I can, to try and be ahead of things.. but at the moment... Im WAY behind LOL!

It's hard to blog, look after a crazy toddler and be a college student all at once.

When I do get time to myself, I really do make the most of it and do 

NOTHING!! lol.

But yeah, thats basically me right now.

I'm either tired, cranky, stressed or happy.

but it will be all worth it in the end.

fingers crossed!!!

Thanks for reading

Aisling xo

I'M BACK!

Hey Guys!

I'm Back!! :)

It's been such a long time since I blogged last. 

I got caught up with college a lot this semester! between all the briefs - we didn't really get a break.

But since we are coming to the end of this semester of college, I'm now heading into my Summer Break :) YAY!!

I'm currently on a two week easter break, I then have four days to prep my end of year portfolio, and submit it.. and then its the waiting game for the results :( !!

I must say, college this semester has been stressful! It's been hard for personal reasons, I've had a major change and still adjusting. But hopefully by september everything will get back to normal!

The college briefs this semester have actually been fun. ALOT OF HARD WORK, but the end result is great!

I've made my first animation (Not as good as i hoped) 

no excuses but that its done!

I designed an App (Not published on android, just did the design.)

and a few small others that were group work and project design.

My Animation was close to my heart! (Soppy Aisling)

As soon as they mentioned it to us, i knew straight away what i wanted to do.

I had different ideas how to make it but as soon as i went at it, it got harder to make!

So, I painted. I painted every single little thing in the animation and my god i was sick of it!

And then, I had to photograph (while Kayden was running around at some point)

Have a look! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZkCj1-zpU&feature=player_embedded

The animation is based of the circle of life. The mother is singing the song to her child as he grows up, he leaves to live his life and returns with his own child, the mother, now a grandmother then sings to the newborn.

Thanks for reading!

Aisling xo

Christmas & College Update!

Hey Guys :)

20 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

I'm So Excited!

This year it's Kayden's second christmas, which is scary. The time is going way to fast.

Last Christmas, We spent christmas eve in my parent's house, waking up on christmas day to lots of presents from santa!

Then went over to Pietro's Parents for christmas dinner and spent the night there as it was Kayden's Auntie's Last christmas together before she headed off to Australia!!

This year, we will be spending Christmas eve in Pietro's parents house waking up Christmas Day to santa :) then heading to my parent's house where we will have family dinner. 

We are having a very BIG family dinner this year, as my grand-parents will be joining, My uncle and his fiancé are flying over from England, and also his fiancé Mum is also coming.

Hopefully next Christmas we will have our own house so we don't need to travel so must, as it is very exhausting, especially since we have a little toddler to think about.

Christmas Shopping is nearly done, have a few more bits to get. I'm so proud of myself for being so organised this year, Last year I think i was even shopping on christmas eve.. which I HATE! so busy and everyone stressed and rushing. 

This weekend, We are putting up the decorations up in my parents house, I think we are the last people to put them up in my estate LOL!

So, I will be doing family photo-shoots, and of course of Kayden on his own too.

Right now, College is being so time-consuming. Everything is due next week, and I have to put my end of semester portfolio together.

I have also be giving a week extension for a brief, it's the first extension I've asked for, and pretty bummed about it because i hate being behind other classmates.

It was a week where I had two presentations, a brief due, and that brief due.. I just had to ask for an extension.. It was hard to get everything done with a toddler. 

But, i'm on track now! YAY!

Kayden putting up the star in Pietro's Parents house. 

My Advent Calender :)

One of my briefs design.

Last week at Diversity.

So, that my christmas & college update.

Thanks for reading

Aisling xo

TODDLER UPDATE!!!

Hey Guys :)!!

So I haven't really done an update on Kayden, so I thought I would give it a go :)

AGE: 15months/1year & 3months

WEIGHT: Last time I weighted him, was about two weeks ago... he was 1stone and 7pounds. 

(I Think! LOL)

HEIGHT: Honestly, haven't a clue LOL, he is way too wiggly to measure, but i'll try for the next one :)

SLEEPING: Currently, not that well. I honestly don't know why he is waking up. Some nights are good, some nights are very bad! Hopefully it is just a phase!!

TEETH: 5 teeth in total, two on top & three on bottom. They seem to be taking their time...

PLAYING: He is so good playing with his toys, he'll just go and toddle of and grab a football and play catch or kick it around! 

PERSONALITY: He is one cheeky little toddler, the looks and the attitude from such a small person is unbelievable.. he's at the stage of seeing how far he can go without being told off.. and starting to ignore the word "No" but honestly he is such a happy chap, would make you smile just by looking at you. just a chatter box, will blabber on & on! 

CURRENT CLOTHING SIZE: Well, 12-18 in most clothes. but getting into 18-24, he had a narrow waist, so its so hard to get jeans to fit him. his upper body is bigger so it mostly depends on the shop!. 

I usually shop in Pennys, Tesco & H&M.. 

DIAPER SIZE: Size 4/4+ he wears pampers nappies. 

WORDS: Dad, Catch, Thanks, Eye, "Ahhh Da". Last week I asked him what was he going to call me... mam, mammy, mum... and he answered "MAAA" -_- cheeky boy! but he will not say mama even if you had chocolate.. & I know he can say it, because he says it when i'm not around! Its like he knows...

RECENT MILESTONES: Hmmm... He has recently learnt to take a few steps before kicking a ball. he is starting to copy what you say! which is cute but scary (Have to keep an eye on what I say)!! He has all his injections done, until he is in School! He knows how to turn on the iPhone, and swipe pictures on the iPad... techno baby!!! He is currently learn how to feed himself, he can put the spoon in the bowl and then to his mouth, but can't grasp getting the food on the spoon LOL. But in time he will learn :). 

Thanks for reading!!

Aisling xo

RELATIONSHIP AFTER A BABY!!

Hey Guys!!

It's been a while since i've blogged.. College is catching up on me again! Only three weeks left and i'm on my holidays :) YAY!

So i thought i'd do a 'Relationship After A Baby' blog..

It took a while to get Pietro to come around to the idea of this blog... and we had no idea on what questions to ask ourselves!

But here goes...

Q1. How do you think our relationship is after having Kayden?

Pietro: I don't know.. I don't think we have changed really. We still get along great, but we can get under each others skin, we are around each other nearly everyday, and we know how to annoy eachother.. We are defiantly stronger than before, like as a couple! we still have fun, like were serious.. but not serious if you get me? 

Aisling: Well, i think we have got to be closer than before.. like the process of having a baby together, that we made... we bonded over it and no-one can take that away from us (bit soppy!!) we have more fun, defiantly with a baby as wired as Kayden! keeps us on our toes.

Q2. Do you get in fights on how to raise Kayden?

Pietro: No usually we agree on most stuff.. if it came up in the conversation either one of us would agree. its hard to explain, but we have the same idea on how to raise him.

Aisling: I wouldn't say fight.. like disagreements but we rarely have them.. and if we do, it wouldn't be about Kayden :)

Q3. What's the main topic that you disagree or agree on the most?

Aisling: We usually disagree on money, like if i wanted to go shopping.. Pietro would say no, i dont need clothes etc etc LOL like i get time to go shopping.. i online shop ;) HAH!! We agree on nearly everything.. not being fake, we just don't take things to heart, which is a good thing in a relationship!!!

Pietro: I actually can't remember anything we agree or disagree on.. its so little at the time that it just slips my mind LOL!

Q4. What's the plans for the future?

Aisling: Moving out of my parents house... probably wont happen anytime soon, but it will eventually! finish college, (Year and a half left!!!) maybe get more qualifications, would love to do makeup and photography! also maybe set up a little job in photography.

Pietro: Also move out.. maybe get a better job, one that will allow me to spend more time with kayden and that had good pay.. more money is always good!! LOL

I've ran out of questions :( .. if anyone wants to ask any questions on anything at all, comment below :)

But yeah, that's us!

Thanks for reading

Aisling xo

CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!

Hey Guys!

SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Yay!

I'm so excited, I love christmas!

Especially since Kayden is here now, I've something to look forward to! Even though he still doesn't understand just yet what christmas or santa is all about but it is still an exciting time!

This year, Santa is being told 'early' of what Kayden would like!! LOL

'He' has come prepared this year in getting Kayden's presents early!

In the other hand, christmas shopping has started!

I like to be prepared and not be completely broke at christmas so I'm spacing everything out and getting everyone decent presents! LOL

Kayden also has some presents to get, he's a little bit young to pick them out just yet, but we will think of a way to have Kayden pick and choose, to have his own little touch!

Last year was Kayden's First Christmas... and he slept all the way through it! 

So this year he will be more awake and running around the christmas tree, pulling things down and knocking things over! EXCITING!!

But hey! that's the fun with having a toddler! :)

I think i'm more exciting of taking them Christmas picture, with Kayden all dressed up. And of course of us. Myself, Pietro & Kayden!

Here's some pictures of Kayden's first christmas, he was about 4-5 months old.

 And this picture is of what santa got Kayden!

Thanks for reading!

Aisling xo

Halloween Design Party!!

Hey Guys!

It's Nearly Halloween!! YAY!

As any artist/designer knows... it's dress up time!!!

So, as every year, the design department in college have a design party, where everyone dresses up and goes on a big session!

Last year was a little bit of a fail, so this year we were expecting high hopes.

And, everyone that was in the making of the party pulled it off! it was a success.

Everyone dressed up, some scary, funny, casual etc.

It was touch and go with myself going to the party, about half an hour before hand i made the last decision to go, Which meant... half an hour to do makeup and props.. AHHH!!

I decided to go as a "Doll" i went as one before and it was the easy way out of it, but didn't have much planned! I rushed & rushed.. and finally got everything together and it was time to leave..

As living in Tullamore and having to travel to Athlone.. It was hurry, hurry, hurry.

When I arrived, Our class all gathered at our friend's apartment, We had pre-drinks, laughs and gossips and then headed to the main party.

The pictures taken on the night was hideous, so please excuse the messiness! LOL

The picture above is myself & a good friend. Her costume was amazing, she went as a pin-up girl, which a bullet hole in her head.. her slogan for the night was "This bullet-hole was where i was pinned up..." Lol. 

The party was held in Charlie Browns. A pub across from A.I.T!

The crowds were amazing, and everyone was very sociable..

After we heading to town.. where the rest of the night was deadly.

If i could do it again, i would prepare my costume so much better, everyone looked amazing!

I honestly cant wait for next year's design party!

Thanks for reading!

Aisling xo

Sick Baby & Intro To Amber Beads!

Hey Guys!

Sorry haven't been able to blog in a while. Kayden was teething and has been a hectic week between college and a sick baby!

Kayden currently has four teeth. Two on bottom and two on top. 

In all fairness to him, he didn't struggle with the first four. he literally didn't have a good night sleep and BAM.. two teeth broken through, and the same for the next two!!

He then had a break from teething for a good few months!

But the last month has been tough for him!! he had an infected eye and was on antibiotic, literally came on over night. i didn't put it down to teething at all because he was sleeping all night!

Then for the past two weeks, he hasn't been sleeping all night. I put it down to his teeth But they just seemed like they weren't coming up!!

But, one night (the night i was out in Athlone for my birthday) he didnt sleep at all, screaming with pain!!

So went to the doctor and he had an ear infection :( !!

Another dose of antibiotic! 

then all of a sudden a tooth broke through (HURRAY!) 

I've been checking every day for the other tooth and today i think i found it but its just about to break through the gums :(

Now, with that in mind. i've heard a lot about "Amber Beads" 

so of course i did my research as every momma does.

To my surprise it had good feedback.

But of course it had the bad things... chocking, breaking etc etc.

I ordered them anyway, it took two days.

the only bad thing in ordering them was that i thought they were all girly!! i couldnt find a boy one. so i ordered the "mixed"

To my surprise it actually fitted good, it was long enough to tuck under his t-shirt. but short enough that he couldn't get it into his mouth, and he barely noticed it all day (which is a bonus!!!) 

I take them off for naps and bedtime, and i've told my family if they see him fiddling with them to tuck them under his t-shirt and distract him with something else LOL!

The amber beads are meant to release some sort of remedy that helps with teething and the bad things with teething such as red cheeks, infections, bad nappies, rashes etc.

Usually he would get cranky and moody and i would notice a lot of chewing, but today, he was a little moody but wasn't chewing on much and i didnt have to give him calpol or any other pain killers.

So, its good so far, but I'll give a proper review in a week or so!!

College this week has been a disaster lol! 

Back to being behind but i know a good week while make me catch up again!

New brief is that we have to design a T-shirt, but haven't been in all week so il find out tomorrow what i've missed. Uh-Oh lol!

Thanks for reading!

Aisling xo

College, Briefs and the Hardship.

Hey Guys!

For the past... four weeks now, I've started back at college. 

Passed all my exams so start into second year which is a complete shock to me. Never thought i would get into first year, never mind second.

My course is a level 7, Design communications.

Basically Graphic Design.

My modules for this semester would consist of Design History, Business Management, Design Technology, Photography/Printmaking/Media and Design communications.

As its coming up to halloween break, everything is piling in on top of each other, and it can be very very stressful. 

Our briefs are quite simple, but very "tasky" (You need to be a Adobe Nerd,

and i'm simply not that!!!)

Our first brief was to design a "Urban Fashion Logo"

(simple i know)

BUT!!!!

the name was "SKY RAT"

yuk, i know!! 

But thankfully we could change the name so i decided on "URBAN GURU"

This was my first idea, black spray paint in the background and font over. so then I live traced it. and of course the lecturer didn't like the trace and i was pretty fond of it!

Above is the trace.

so eventually, i was able to impress him with my fabulous talents in illustrater (LOL)

& came up with my final logo. I still have a problem with picking between the two.

Sorry about the blur, its taken from a computer screen.

But anyway, college work this year is so much harder with Kayden. he's running around everywhere now, getting up to every sort of mischief!!! So, i have a content eye on him now. Even though he is amazing at playing with his toys all by himslef, he still wants me to play along with him most of the time. So now I Usually have to leave college work until he is asleep which is about half 9, and mostly my college work could take a few hours.

Sometimes, I will ask Pietro, or if i'm very stuck in college work I will ask my Mam to mind him for an hour, but thats rarely!

It's getting harder to get up early in the morning to go to college, and i'm very tired coming back home. I'm usually in college from 10-6. or an hour in difference.

During the week, i only get to spend some hours with Kayden before he heads to bed! and i hate it!!! I miss summer where i had all the time to cuddle and play. but college has to be done so i'm sticking though it. (hopefully)

I've a book brief as well, but i haven't made any progress, so i'll post it when it comes along nicely :)

Thanks for reading

Aisling xo