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It's been a sick day in the Leary household today. All three of us aren't well, plus I had my braces adjusted yesterday so my mouth is extremely painful right now 😩 and two sick parents trying to look after a sick toddler isn't the most fun. But on the plus side- so many cuddles! We even had Mia in our bed from 1.30am last night, which is very unusual for us, but the cuddles were much needed for us all ☺️❤️

My babies are feral beasts on the best of days but I wouldn't have them any other way 😍 Today Ruby decided to grab a handful of cat biscuits, when I asked her to put them back she responded with shotputting them across the hallway (and if she how to she'd of put her finger up 🙃🖕🏻) So as I mum dropped to the floor, (would say slut drop but you have to have balance and look sexy for that, this was more sheer exhaustion mixed with an extra fat roll) 😂 to pick up the biscuits Ruby decided to tuck into another snack and scoff another handful 🤦🏻‍♀️😸 After her nutritious and delicious kitty-Kat snack we spent the morning reading books altogether, playing with play dough and prepping dinner 🐷 We had slow cooker faijitas as it's Wednesday so their great grandma has been round for dinner 💗She brought the girls a book 📚 and more importantly @3girls_and_dad and I a huge box of chocolates to 'share' so I'm waiting for tom to get home so I can unpause Love Island and inhale the chocolate 🍫 🌴 (totally did a workout today and what the fuck is a BURPEE!! -I know what one is now but what helmet invented one of them? After doing several in this workout I nearly fell into the pit of despair 😩 Why can't exercise be as enjoyable as eating cake 🎂😂💗) So hope you all have had lovely days! Here's a dose of our lovely Lucy! Who now sometimes starts making grumpy noises to be picked up by me then smiles instantly! The little madam 😍✨ #lfl #picoftheday #babylove

What can you do to help prepare for a new baby? 🙄Biological or adopted, the answers are here! "Don't Overthink It" up on the @dimsumanddoughnuts blog now! 🎉 *Link in Bio* TB pic of FJC taken at @camptanuga her first summer with us. ❤️ .
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So exactly 1 year ago today this happened, and life as I knew it changed forever....my second beautiful son, who fit right in as if he had always been here. His first birthday as a little brother and next year he will also be a big brother too and our family will be complete 🎉💙 1 year young master Jesse thomas Rome 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
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From this weekend when we went to the farmer's market with all of our chickadees ☺️. I promise we left there with actual fruits and veggies and not just a popsicle. 🙄😬

I can't wait to meet you as I already love you ❤️ Now that the baby has flipped and I can breathe again I have started nesting again. I can't wait the put her in these beautiful merino wool outfits from @henry_and_grace 😍 So soft and cosy. .
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🛒MY CART IS FULL OF L♥️VE 🛒 #amore #ihavethisthingwithfloors

Discarded snacks. Half empty drink bottles. Scrunched up tissues. And that's just in the front of the car! Then there's the detritus of the back seat: shrivelled up carrot, kilos of sultanas, half deflated balloon and a random assortment of toys. It's all made worse when the toddler decides that they can haul themselves into the car by lying in this mess and discovering some 'treats' on the way up to the car seat. Delightful. #mustvaccuum #skiponwheels #realparenting #carridesurvival #notactuallysureifitscarrot

Finally starting to show?? I think so! Though, I did have a big lunch. So it could be a food baby. 🤔#gettingfatter #growingababyishardwork #cantwaittowearskinnydresseswhenimsuperbig #mummyblogger #mumblog #mumlife #mommyblogger #dailyparenting #momblog #documentyourdays #motherhood #realparenting #pixel_kids #UMH_kids #letthembelittle #candidchildhood #unitedinmotherhood #toddlersofinstagram #ig_motherhood #livethelittlethings #mom_hub #bestofmom #motherhoodrising #ourcandidlife #aussieblogger #melbourneblogger #blog #blogger #bloggersau

New baby Phal. - MR x
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River walks with friends 👐🏼🌊❤️ #adventuresofnovaandbrooklyn

Miller reading me a story. Actually just saying "spider" over and over again. (Rubbish story but very sweet.)
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**Wednesday Wisdom** I love this quote, everyone has a story. In this weeks Wednesday Wisdom post, I ramble on about stories being reasons not excuses and calling everybody a multicoloured jumper!
Go and have a read and judge for yourself how badly my brain has been addled by a week of sleep deprivation and a screaming baby 😂😂 link, as always, in bio.
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My babies are feral beasts on the best of days but I wouldn't have them any other way 😍 Today Ruby decided to grab a handful of cat biscuits, when I asked her to put them back she responded with shotputting them across the hallway (and if she how to she'd of put her finger up 🙃🖕🏻) So as I mum dropped to the floor, (would say slut drop but you have to have balance and look sexy for that, this was more sheer exhaustion mixed with an extra fat roll) 😂 to pick up the biscuits Ruby decided to tuck into another snack and scoff another handful 🤦🏻‍♀️😸 After her nutritious and delicious kitty-Kat snack we spent the morning reading books altogether, playing with play dough and prepping dinner 🐷 We had slow cooker faijitas as it's Wednesday so their great grandma has been round for dinner 💗She brought the girls a book 📚 and more importantly @3girls_and_dad and I a huge box of chocolates to 'share' so I'm waiting for tom to get home so I can unpause Love Island and inhale the chocolate 🍫 🌴 (totally did a workout today and what the fuck is a BURPEE!! -I know what one is now but what helmet invented one of them? After doing several in this workout I nearly fell into the pit of despair 😩 Why can't exercise be as enjoyable as eating cake 🎂😂💗) So hope you all have had lovely days! Here's a dose of our lovely Lucy! Who now sometimes starts making grumpy noises to be picked up by me then smiles instantly! The little madam 😍✨ #lfl #picoftheday #babylove

So Paul hands me this book and says "here you go this ones definitely for you!" 🤔 not going to lie at first I was offended now I'm 5 pages in and can total relate 😂😂😂 #scummymummies #realparenting #wingingit #wortharead

Tree time with GD...

Here, here! This is SO true. Motherhood is the most tiring thing most of us have ever done, but the rewards & happiness we reap totally make up for it. Do you agree? Also, Tina Fey is great 😉

Things that have happened on our holiday so far... 🚨Jacob set off the alarm at the airport (luckily was a false alarm, he wasn't trying to smuggle any drugs to Portugal) 👙Daddy forgot any sort of swimwear 🍕First night we realised that restaurants don't open till 7pm which is passed Jacobs bath time and feed (I'm a freak for his routine) so we ended up with takeaway pizza and the football (can't help but this think that this was planned by you know who) 🍷Jacob and daddy have a 2 hour nap in the afternoon which means Jacob is wide awake until 10pm smiling because he knows he's on holiday and can do what he likes! Mammys wine got poured back into the bottle! 🤹🏽‍♂️Jacob decides he wants to do some sort of magic trick with the table cloth in the restaurant and starts whipping the table cloth to which Mammy then panics and ends up being the one to smash a plate in front of a very busy restaurant! 👎🏽Jacob throws a paddy because we refuse to give him another bit of stale bread so instead we let him hold daddy's cold lime flavoured calippo to occupy him. Jacob then is able to remove the plastic and pop out said lime flavoured calippo onto his white tshirt. (Bad parent!) 🤦🏽‍♀️Mammy realises that you should never ever buy white tshirts! 👼🏽Jacob acts like we've took all his precious possessions away from him when we prise the empty calippo wrapper from his sticky fingers. 🤷🏽‍♀️Mammy is gutted that she can't use her GCSE Spanish skills in Portugal! (I honestly thought they'd be similar!) Holidays with a baby are so different but so special! It's amazing watching his little face looking around at everything and his smile when he kicks his legs in the swimming pool and when he tastes new foods. Today he put his feet in the sand for the first time and he loved it! Special memories being made ❤️ Krishnan family adventure continues...#obsessedwiththewashingmachine

🛒MY CART IS FULL OF L♥️VE 🛒 #amore #ihavethisthingwithfloors

Enjoying my lunch outside on this gorgeous day! #summertimevibes

When your losing your s*** because your child refuses to sit in a highchair and your Mum sends you this of you as a toddler 👀 #karma

Half way through school sport week! What have your children achieved so far? ---
It's incredibly important to involve children in sport, a healthy lifestyle has so many benefits!
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It's been that kind of day so it's gonna be that kind of dinner #realparenting #mumlife #tired #mummyblogger #fishfinger #easyfood #dontjudge #parenting #parentingtheshitoutoflife #mumduties #momsofinstagram #fishandchips #momsofig

I'd love an afternoon nap right now... zzz zzz
#dailylifewithsam #sleepingsoundly #sleepingbaby #mummyneedsanap

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored". ~Earl Nightingale~

Every now and again you gotta let go and let your child dress themselves in whatever makes them happy... like polka dots and cheetah print!

We got a thing for polka dots.

Seriously?! 😍❤️ #CutestThingIveEverSeen#whennovasleeps

My Parsley seedling is so cute! 🍃🌿🍃