but not to have my baby! Unfortunately, the pity party continues here at retro mummy as my OB put me into hospital on Friday. I’ve spent the last 2 days hooked up to a drip to rehydrate this poor little sick body of mine. I had to listen to the little newborn cries of other babies and […]
{Keep Reading...}new fabrics
October 5, 2010 By 8 Comments
Thank you for your kind words yesterday. It’s another home day here as I’m still munching away on hydralyte ice blocks and not straying too far from the bathroom, but so grateful all the little people are better. And just when I thought I couldn’t possibly fit more fabrics in this house………another box arrived jam […]
{Keep Reading...}the bug
October 4, 2010 By 13 Comments
Remember when it was just you? Ok, you might have to really go back now. And remember when you got sick? You’d take a day or two off work, catch up on some oprah on the couch and take it easy. All you had to do was worry about yourself and getting better. Fast forward to running […]
{Keep Reading...}sisterly love
October 3, 2010 By 28 Comments
Yesterday, I managed to whip up a dress in the christmas fabric I was just itching to use. I had planned just to get my little model Keira to pose in it but before I knew it tillie was whipping her clothes off and insisting on a ‘dwess’ too. So they modelled sweetly while the rain stayed away………… but […]
{Keep Reading...}endings and beginnings
October 1, 2010 By 18 Comments
I know I’m supposed to be slowing down and taking it easy but it’s never a dull moment here. Firstly, I was told the sad news this week that Notebook the lovely magazine is closing. You can read a bit more about that here. My first thought was for all of the gorgeous people who worked there and worked so […]
{Keep Reading...}feeling festive fabric
October 1, 2010 By 16 Comments
As I walked into SL yesterday, I turned to my mum and said this is one of the stores I never brave on my own with these three. Only 20 minutes later and there was high pitched screaming that my mum could hear from the other end of the store – that would have been Tillie. […]
{Keep Reading...}new shoes
September 29, 2010 By 18 Comments
Well today was a new day! Everyone woke up happy including this mummy because she knew retro daddy was home for the day and then a gymboree order had arrived on her doorstep. We decided to head up to Avalon for some lunch and to pick up some Salt Water sandals ……we were in desperate need […]
{Keep Reading...}one of those days
September 28, 2010 By 13 Comments
Firstly, don’t worry – the Cottee’s $1,000 giveaway is coming back. Sorry, but the Terms & Conditions just have to be approved but all of your entries have been saved and the competition will go live again in the next day or two! But boy it’s been one of ‘those’ days. A day where I think my […]
{Keep Reading...}dresses, dresses and more dresses
September 27, 2010 By 20 Comments
Deciding to do Mathilda’s next month with a new bub is not something I would have done with my other babies. But we have sooooo many bolts of fabric here at casa retro that I decided I just had to go. Retro Daddy will be my helper for the day (can’t wait to see him in […]
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