New Baby Boy!

I have been away from my blog for some time now because I have had a baby and he is taking up a lot of my time.

Our little boy Joshua was born on the 18th March 2014 and is now 3 months old and its been a real journey getting to this stage.

Little Joshua was born 2 months earlier than his expected arrival and it was a huge shock!! 

Weighing only 3lb 2oz he was whisked off to the neonatal ward for specialist treatment.

My husband and I spent 7 weeks visiting our little boy and it was an up and down emotional rollercoaster.

3 months on and he now weighs 7lb 4oz and is doing very well. He is still much smaller than other babies at 3 months, but he is very strong and gaining weight every week.

My crafting has taken a back seat due to the round the clock feeds and nappy changes, but although I am sleep deprived I am enjoying every moment of it.

All photographs on this blogpost are taken by my husband James Perry, James Perry Photography ©. We are very lucky to have such a talented person capturing all of Joshua's special moments.

A rather dapper looking cat!

Meet Loki, our British Shorthair pussy cat. My husband and I picked Loki up just under a year ago and he soon became a part of our family. Loki will be celebrating his first birthday on the 15th September so as an early birthday present we decided to make him feel special by buying him a bow tie in blue to co-ordinate with his coat. Loki doesn't seem to mind his new collar at all and we were a little worried that it would irritate him, but he seems quite at ease with it and looks quite proud of himself sat at the window.

My husband and I love watching the reactions of people as they pass the window and see Loki sat there in his bow tie. Some laugh, some say awww cute and others just give a strange look as if to say the owners of that house must be insane!!

The bow tie is one of my Etsy finds and as someone who makes handmade items I like to spend that little bit extra on something that someone has taken the time to make; I just feel like it has that little extra something that mass produced products don't have. 

 The lovely lady that we purchased this from is called Chloe Griffiths and she has a little shop on Etsy called Closline. 

Chloe lives and makes these collars in Australia.

My husband takes all of the photographs for my blog and these are some of my favourites of our cat Loki wearing his new bow tie.

I will definitely be shopping with Chloe again when I need a Halloween themed collar and again for Christmas. They are fantastic quality, they tie tight enough so it doesn't just fall off, but if Loki was to become entangled it will loosen quite easily so that he can get free. The collar is made of a good quality cotton and comes with a little bell attached.

I love it and I think you will agree that Loki seems very pleased with it in these photographs as well

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