Then there were 3!

Life is perfect....

2012-01-10T05:43:00.000-08:00

and this is why

My naughty daughter

2011-12-02T12:15:00.000-08:00

So Tayla, Jensen and I were watching Cbeebies the other morning it had been a LONNNNNG night and I must of dozed off ( for seriously like 2 minutes before someone calls social services) when I opened my eyes this is what I saw....

Sudocream strikes again! I don't know how she manages to find it no matter where I hide it!
Meanwhile this little boy was being as good as gold!

Tayla is loving her baby brother..... Sometimes too much but what doesn't kill him will only make him stronger!

Introducing.....

2011-11-24T04:00:00.000-08:00

Jensen Carter Mateer

November 13th 2011

2.25 am 8lbs exactly

Only 7 days late

We love him.....

10 days

2011-10-26T03:20:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am not thinking this baby will be here on time or even early ( I mean lets be fair Tayla had to be forced to enter the world kicking and screaming) but hey my due date is in 10 days which means I have like a max of 22 days of being pregnant!
Its a very weird feeling- don't judge me but I do not know how I can love another little baby as much as I love Tayla! I don't want to have favourites but at the moment she is obviously it and I can't imagine it changing! I am sure it will and every one keeps telling me it will all be ok!
We have got loads going on in the next few weeks but for the next week and a bit things are slightly more chilled out ( yes baby now would be a fantastic time for you to come!) Would be perfect just in time for halloween then I can eat tonnes of sweets and chocolate and not feel like I am sending my baby crazy!
But right now I seem to be craving serious amounts of random foods like mexican food and chinese food and I am desperate for crate loads of brownies mmmmm!
Anyway this is just my random pregnant lady ramblings putting off packing and other things I really need to do!
Maybe next time I post will be introducing our little baby boy ( I WISH!)

Oh on a side note this little lady

has finally figured out how to sleep and eat! She has a monster appetite and since she has been eating more she has been sleeping WAY better we get up a max of once a night and she takes a 2-3 hour nap! I am loving it and loving her she is a major chatterbox and loves to give hugs and kisses which is something I have missed when she was in her crazy can't keep still phase!

US....

2011-10-10T05:20:00.000-07:00

It has been way too long since I last blogged and I will get onto it once I get my house packed (yes we are moving....AGAIN), baby stuff organised and my ironing done but just incase you are missing news from the Mateer house......
This is what she looks like

This is what we look like...

and yes baby boy Mateer is due in 4 weeks! Life is going to get CRAZY, but we couldn't be more excited!

2 good 2 be true!

2011-06-01T02:43:00.000-07:00

Yup Steve and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on monday! Lucky us it was a bank holiday so we got to spend a nice long weekend together, (AND Steve's dissertation got handed in on friday so tayla and I got him all to ourselves and didn't have to share him with the library!)
It has been a CRAZY 2 years but we have had lots of fun! With hundreds (seriously there have been hundreds) of exams, a baby and one on the way we have barely slept for 2 whole years but it has been worth every second!
Time is flying here a re a few pics from the last 2 years!

No I didn't eat too much chocolate over easter

2011-04-28T02:16:00.000-07:00

there is another reason I am starting to pack on the pounds.....

No Tayla is not ticked about the news she was just a poorly little girl!
Yes we are crazy but seen as we are up all night anyway why not throw another one into the mix.... I mean who knows maybe they can teach Tayla how to sleep at night... We can but dream!
So yes come November the Mateer family will be growing!

Tayla turned 1

2011-04-17T11:56:00.000-07:00

Well on April 5th our baby became a "big girl" she turned the big 1! We decided to celebrate it with a little family party with all her aunties and uncles around. It was a girly butterfly theme with all of her favourite foods. We managed to find the ONE thing Tayla is scared of..... cake yup when the birthday cake came in she burst into tears and refused to touch it! Her chance to make the worlds biggest mess (which she does with her dinner on a nightly process) and she cried.... there is no understanding this little girl!
Anyway we are loving having a one year old in our home she is so much now she is walking and "talking" ! We just can't wait for the day we can understand what she is saying!
Here are lots of pictures from her party!

Perfection...

2011-04-13T02:38:00.000-07:00

I am striving for it! I want a pefectly tidy house ALL the time... not just for the 2 minutes after I clean it. I want everything to have a home (possibly labelled.....too far?)
I want my ironing pile to be non exsistant... maybe the clothes could iron themselves or I could just be THAT good and have it done the day I wash it!
I want my blog to be up to date ( both blogs with interesting posts!)
I want a baby that sleeps all night long- ok doesn't need to be all night just like 10-7, 12-7 if I am nice!
AND
I want to look perfectly put together every single day.... even when wearing trackies!
BUT
seen as I know none of this is possible. I am very very happy spending every day cuddling up to this chunk of cuteness! Who cares if my house is a mess (sorry Steve) but she is growing up way too fast and I am just going to spend my time chilling in pyjamas playing head shoulders knees and toes! She is PERFECT!

My baby...

2011-03-30T03:50:00.000-07:00

Unfortunatly my Mac has died so there won't be any photos with this post! Which is why I haven't posted in FOREVER as lets be honest a post with no photos not so fun!
But..... I thought I would give a quick update on our exciting lives! Well Tayla has proved she can sleep through the night, (7-7)she still refuses to do it consistantly but she has done it 4 times in the past month which makes me very happy, and on most occasions she manages to do at least 10-5/6 which I can handle.
It is hard to believe my baby will be one next week! I can't believe where the time has gone! Who knew a year could literally fly by! She is walking and loves to chatter away her audible words are "hiya" and "ook" while she points at whatever we have too "ook" at! She also loves to sing head shoulders knees and toes. She currently only points to her head but we are working on the rest of the song!

Steve is temping in London and loving it and I am enjoying living near lots of other young mums!

Well I need to get back to planning Tayla's party! I will get photos up asap!

Nothing to wear....

2011-02-09T04:41:00.000-08:00

Steve will kill me for saying this but I have nothing to wear..... yep you heard me NOTHING! yes I have tonnes of clothes but I have no inspiration! I just stare into my never ending (i wish) wardrobe and then pick out the exact same thing I wore the week before! I mean I can stand there forever and still come out with nothing more exciting that my t-shirt/ vest and cardi combo.......it just SCREAMS boring mum clothes! So I need help, like serious help! Any offers? I want to be able to dress like this

AND not feel like an idiot trying to pull off purple and yellow together! Or actually any colour other than black because I mean everything goes with black right......
Anyway I need to find me a stylist (possibly Gok Wan) who can go through my wardrobe and sort me out some new outfits......anyone????????

"Say Cheese"

2011-01-31T09:05:00.000-08:00

Tayla learnt how to "smile" for the camera! This little girl cracks me up!

LOVE her face!

2011-01-31T09:00:00.000-08:00

Today Tayla and I wanted something fun to do but it is freezing outside so we decided to have a little photo shoot because I think she is wayy to cute AND to celebrate her sleeping from 11pm till 8am... that is ALL night as far as I am concerned!

To do....

2010-12-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

I know it is way to early to be thinking about 2011, I mean we still have Christmas to come and go but I am sat thinking about the things I want to achieve next year and I figured if I write them down here and you all see them I will have to keep them!

Learn how to use my camera properly... I have a big nice camera and all I ever do is point and shoot.... What a waste! So 2011 will be the year I start artsy photos!
Because of my found talent with the photography I plan to take more photos and not just of Tayla- want to look back and realise Steve and I were both around too!
Start to use all my crafty bits and pieces and put them to good use!
Complete my wedding planning course and become fully qualified
Get into shape..... by June 25th I plan to be looking all tight and toned at Ryan and Emmas wedding- I will start exercising ( i mean we are moving to a top floor flat that counts right?)
Use all the food and craft blogs I read and become a craft goddess and have my husband fall more and more in love with me with each culinary masterpiece I whip up. Although I am not sure how well goals number 6 will help number 5!
Get Tayla to sleep through the night!

Most of my goals next year seem to relate to the "talent" side of my life but I have decided it is definitely time for me to get on that! Might as well make my home look pretty for as cheap as possible! Plus it gives me something to do while Tayla sleeps! If only Jo-anns or Michaels were nearby!

Holidays are coming.....

2010-12-13T05:58:00.000-08:00

Cola advert....... Check
X factor final..... Check
Presents bought....Check
Felt bad for about 5 seconds for not writing christmas cards....Check
Pulled Tayla away from Christmas trees for the 500th time....check check check

Tonight Christmas baking with Steve and I am very excited! Christmas is coming and I am soooooo excited! Steves major exams are over and we are getting into the christmas spirit! I am so excited for Tayla to open all her presents she loves paper,ripping things and pulling things out of boxes, so she will be in her element!

The last thing on my Christmas list..... take Tayla to see santa! I am ready for tears ( most likely from the santa when Tayla gets hold of that beard!)

I hope you are all getting ready for Christmas and have fabulous looking christmas trees that I can be jealous of! xx

So excited!

2010-11-17T02:21:00.000-08:00

My brother and Steve's sister have just announced they are engaged! YAY! So excited for them! But it has left us all asking various questions.......Is Ryan my brother or my brother - in law? Is Steve Emma's brother or brother -in law, and the corker is my husband my brother in law? Maybe we need to invent a whole new name for a brother and brother in law, any suggestions? Tayla is super excited for her first auntie/uncles wedding! We can't wait to hear more details and regardless what steve says..... get shopping for new outfits! Yay! Got to love a wedding!

But anyway we are so happy for Ryan and Emma and can't wait to welcome them into the family (again!)

Sometimes....

2010-11-14T11:15:00.000-08:00

after I have got the baby to bed and it has been one of those days ( or weeks!) I just want to curl up with a large box of chocolates, a yummy drink, some ice cream and watch a chick flic with a mega box of tissues and my super comfy duvet! That is what I need but due to it being sunday and we have no chocolates, ice cream or yummy drinks in the house, it looks like tonight is not the night for my seriously indulgent evening! Maybe tomorrow! Am I the only one that has days like that?????

3rd post of the day

2010-11-09T02:28:00.000-08:00

Seen as Tayla is taking an uncharacteristically long nap and it looks like we will not be attending baby group thought I'd share my other project with you all......www.happilyeverafterwp.blogspot.com

Seven Months

2010-11-09T01:40:00.000-08:00

That's right our "baby" girl is not so much of a baby anymore... Whilst this does make me a little sad, it is so exciting to see her growing up each day! She is a very active little girl, gone are the days of cuddles on the sofa, she is in to everything! She has not yet mastered crawling forwards but she is pro at the backward "crawl" I will have to get a video on here to show her skills! She rolls, drags and shuffles herself around. She will not keep still for anything. She is weighing just under 20lbs ( yes she is a chunk!- I think its all in her thighs!) She loves her walker and has recently mastered moving the walker around the room. Even though I have been trying to get her to eat solids consistently since just before the 6 month mark she has only just gained a love for her food. It is so much fun to watch her try new foods. When she is hungry she goes "mmmmmmm"

She makes lots of little noises and loves to just "chat" away! She sits perfectly well by herself and her favourite position to sit in seems to be the splits ( I wish I had that flexibility!)Oh and both her bottom teeth r in and she has the cutest little toothy grin! ( Well I think so and yes I am bias!) But all in all she is a very healthy happy little girl. No she still does not sleep through the night I am giving up stressing about it though we have tried everything it just doesn't work. She is a stubborn little girl so I guess she will sleep when she wants to. Anyway who needs sleep when there are so much more exciting things to do!

Steve....

2010-11-09T01:14:00.001-08:00

So my husband is amazing there is actually no two ways about it!

For the past 18months that we have been married (yes 18 months crazy where has the time gone?!) He has worked, studied and had a major calling at church which keeps him pretty busy and still had time to be fantastic husband and daddy! Yet he has still found time to get his dream job! He technically did not qualify but he has decided he will be taking like 17 exams between now and next september plus writing his dissertation to make sure he can start on September 2nd! We are all so excited about it (especially Tayla she cannot even sleep due to excitement.....) It will be a new start for us all as we will be moving to a new house, new ward and new town. There are loads of little girls in our new ward so I am excited for Tayla to have lots of little friends! All in all we have got a HUGE year ahead of us! Well done Steve!!!!!!

Nearly half a year.....

2010-09-13T02:38:00.001-07:00

In 2 weeks time this little bundle of joy will have been with our little family an entire half year.

She now weighs 17lbs 5oz! She can kinda sit up (see above photo) and has started solids she is a big fan of broccoli and today we will be trying out the sweet potato!yum yum.......No she is not sleeping through the night but she is sleeping so I cannot complain!

IN the past month she has become quite the traveller we went to spain for a week and she LOVED swimming! We have a little water baby on our hands!

We've also been to Michael and Faith's wedding which was a great excuse for us all to get dressed up!

As you can also see I really am not good at getting the photos in the right place the all upload at the top of my blog post soo if anyone can tell me how to do it properly it would be greatly appreciated!

Well thats all for today!

I wish....

2010-08-12T03:41:00.000-07:00

I could write like this or like this but unfortunately I can't and you have to deal with my random ramblings!

As a family (well as a couple, Tayla hasn't really been sharing any pearls of wisdom recently...although she does blow a mighty fine raspberry) we've been sitting down trying to figure out what the future holds for the Mateers, as individuals and as a family and it has really made me think what I want out of my life. I LOVE being a mum but some days I do feel like I want something else to do, I mean once the baby is in bed and the house is tidy I need something to fill my time other than Wii Fit (which I am a huge fan of now days trying to get my pre baby body back) so I am looking at courses I can take to make me more well rounded so when Tayla and her future siblings ( no this is not an announcement.... don't be expecting one for a longgggg while I can still kinda remember child birth!) are in school I have something to do with my time.

We made family goals which include getting our butts out to America, buying a house, travelling a bit more and getting Steves education finished! I'm excited for all that our future holds its quite exciting setting some concrete goals!

Well I feel like I can't post this without some Tayla facts..... She now weighs 15lbs, we've got a fab nighttime routine which means we have her in her bed by 8pm and she gets out of bed between 6:30 and 8:00am, with just 2 or 3 wake ups most night.....which is a HUGE improvement that I am loving. Shes now fully on the bottle and seems so much more content since we switched her over and for some reason in the past fortnight has become a dummy baby! She loves them and she looks pretty cute sucking on it so I can't complain!

Anyway she is getting more and more fun each day, she rolls over one way and on occasion can go from her tummy to her back but its rare! She went on her first swim and didn't seem to bothered by it, she wasn't smiling but she wasn't crying either so we'lll take it as a positive!

Anyway life is great!

Englands new dribbler

2010-06-19T13:56:00.001-07:00

I'm pretty sure she's better than the ones on the field. Daddy's dream of having a son to watch the football with have had to change slightly but as long as shes got a bow in her hair mummy is happy and in matching outfits so is daddy. Especially since Tayla screamed unless she was watching the footy!

I love being a mummy!

2010-06-19T13:50:00.000-07:00

Well wouldn't you if you got to look at this little one all day long!

Tayla is now 11 weeks old and we are loving having her in our home, yes we miss sleep and eating our dinners hot but we wouldn't change a thing!

Other news in the life of the Mateers Steve has finished his exams for the summer (yay!) So we are loving having "daddy" around!

6 weeks old!

2010-05-22T08:44:00.001-07:00

What a poser! Loving her tutu from Auntie Coco

6 Weeks Late......

2010-05-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

Due to a situation involving a slipping baby and a falling laptop we have been without internet so I haven't been able to log to announce the arrival of our baby GIRL... Tayla Indah Mateer, born 5th April 2010 weighing a healthy 8.10 1/2! All I have to say about the labour...EPIDURALS are great! Best decision I made!

Now that I am getting the hang of sleeping in 3 hour blocks during the night and getting covered in various bodily fluids I can't imagine life any other way!

Tayla is a little madam but we love her! She can get away with murder especially when her daddy is involved!

Full term + 10 days!

2010-04-03T07:26:00.000-07:00

I do not know what this baby is waiting for! For the past few months all I have heard is you are huge there is no way you will make it too your due date...... well this baby is adamant that they will prove you all wrong! I am being induced tomorrow at Full term + 11 days (ok 41 weeks +4 days) Then this baby is going straight on the naughty step! Will be a fun way to spend easter sunday thats for sure. I think i deserve lots of easter eggs! Anyway we are so excited to finally be able to meet this little baby and find out if we've got a little boy or girl coming to completely mix up our lives! Bring on tomorrow! (Although knwing this baby its more likely to be monday before we know!)

One Very Spoilt Baby!

2010-03-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

We knew this baby was loved but we had no idea just how much! Our mums threw us an amazing baby shower and this little bundle of joy got soooooo much stuff! We may have to move to a bigger house just to fit in the babies stuff! We got 2 amazing nappy cakes! The baby shower had a great pink and blue theme! Its interesting to see how many people believe this baby is a little boy and others who are equally convinced its a girl! Steves aunty Julie has been convinced baby was coming on sunday (7th) so we spent all day ready and waiting (well not really!) but alas still pregnant! Our house is now all ready for this baby to get here! We just have to pick up the pram on saturday (hopefully) then we are all ready! Everyone is so excited to see what this MASSIVE baby looks like (its guna have to be massive thats the only explanation for the size of the bump!)

Mum then threw a little baby supper on friday for friends from maidstone and that was lots of fun with lots of delicious food (lasagna and layered salad my favs!)

Well anyway we are so excited for this little baby to get here so we can dress them up in all their gifts and start using all the fun toys! I'm also a little excited to have a choice of clothes again! Maternity clothes don't offer that much selection!

xxxxxx

p.s i can't work out how to get the photos in the right place so this is as good as it gets!sorry!

Hello 2010!

2010-01-14T10:03:00.001-08:00

Figured its time I blogged again because its been a while but we have been crazy busy, we've had my birthday, steves exams, christmas, new year and we've moved (in the snow might I add!)
But we've got loads of excitement coming up this year! Now that we've moved and are somewhat settled we need to get ready for this babies arrival! Only 10 weeks till due date (although i'm about 100% sure i'll be late so my countdown is 12 weeks!- I don't want to be disappointed when baby mateer has not made an appearance by March 24th!)
We got a nice new camera for christmas so now that I have a tonne of time on my hands I am going to learn to use it so we can put up some nice new photos! The most recent photos we have are from christmas when I was 6months pregnant, and yes I know I am huge! I have been told by everyone! This baby is obviously a big one! (Which leaves me VERY nervous!) Anyway just wanted to do a quick update! I will be better at blogging this year! 2010 is going to be great!

We're over halfway there!

2009-11-22T09:27:00.001-08:00

Seen as I have been bombarded with people wanting photos of my increasing fatness! Here is one to keep you quiet! 22 Weeks and a massive bump has appeared as if out of no where! This baby must be growing at quite the speed!

17 things I have learnt......

2009-10-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

For any of you that do not not know I am pregnant! Yup we know that was quick! I am 17 weeks today and still not quite believing it, I am sure once I start too look pregnant it will be easier to believe! In my 17 weeks of pregnancy I have learnt....

1. Morning sickness occurs all day long nothing morning about it

2. Morning sickness stops when it wants not 12 weeks or 14 weeks or 16 weeks, fingers crossed its not something that happens for the entire time!

3. My husband is a stud.... i already knew this but this has been clarified BIG time

4. Gaining 4lbs in 17 weeks is actually quite scary because that means one day I will wake up huge having gained the rest of the weight!

5. The first trimester is absolutely shattering- I have NEVER been so tired, even finals week can not compare! I have never been one to go to bed at 7 but for 6-7 weeks that was my life!

6. Little girls clothes are so much cuter than boys clothes.....

7. If its a girl my husband wants to use the moses basket for the exact same reason as moses mother..... note to self do not leave steve alone with baby if girl!

8. People feel the need to touch my stomach regardless of there being a bump there or not

9. EVERYONE has advice!

10. Its the one time it is acceptable to eat whenever I want!

11. Suddenly I no longer care (as much) about shoes but when it comes to prams/ strollers/ travel systems I get ridiculously excited!

12. Picking names is hard, 2 people 2 different tastes= very hard!

13. Tuc biscuits are the best things ever invented! I could eat them alll day long!

14. Indonesian names are definitely a no go if we want our child to have friends!

15. It is possible that future grandparents are even more excited than we are!

16. Having a baby over winter seems a lot easier than being pregnant over the summer!

17. I am so excited to meet this little baby, March seems so far away but we are both very excited!

As soon as I start to look pregnant and not just chunky I will post some photos!

A quick catch up......

2009-09-28T04:43:00.000-07:00

(Sorry the photos r in random places can't work out how to put them where they should be!)
Well I've realised I haven't blogged in a long time so I should get back on it, we've had lots of fun recently but the biggest announcement is I am pregnant! Baby Mateer is due March 24th 2010, I would put up belly photos but at the moment there isn't anything to really see but as soon as there is I'll get them up!

I think the highlight of the last month for Steve is he took me to my first Arsenal Match! Arsenal vs West Brom and "we" won 2-0 it was a very exciting game, with a west brom player getting sent off for punching an arsenal player! Right in front of us! I thought i'd just sit there and try and get into it but I was well into it! I loved singing along with the chants although I didn't get a lot of them! I mean we weren't even playing Tottenham but we had to keep standing up coz we hate them...... wierd! But I had a great time!

This summer seems to of been the summer of people getting married! Everyone we know has got married or engaged! Heres a few photos from the few we've been too!

Other than that we've just been getting our heads around we're going to be a mummy and daddy! Trying to find names we can BOTH agree on! We've got just under 6 months left so hopefully we'll figure something out by the time baby actually gets here!

Obviously I was meant to be a hairdresser.....

2009-08-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend Steve was in serious need of a hair cut but was not wanting to pay for one so decided i should do it!

Yep I was really nervous! If i messed up i would still have to walk around next to him and act like i know him. Well after like an hour we realised I am actually a pro! Steve reckons it was the best haircut he ever got ( sure he was just being nice!) Such a handsome man!

The adventures of newlyweds!

2009-07-30T01:28:00.000-07:00

I'm having some serious problems with the internet so there may not be photos with this blog! The past few weeks we've had a great time building our furniture to make our flat more of a home as opposed to just a big old bunch of rooms! Even though a new appliance breaks practically every day at the moment we have no oven which is always an adventure trying to cook!

We had lots of fun berry picking a few weekends a go it was a great date and Steve loved it because it was "cheap". I got dinner to the Harvester ( my fav!) as I just could not be bothered to cook one night! Then I got really lucky and my gorgeous husband cooked a nice indonesian meal for me! 2 nights of not cooking in one week!

I got a great recipe from our friend Holly for Banana Rama Muffins and they are delicious! I am officially an amazing house wife :)

Anyway I should prob do something housewifey n get the washing on! Such excitement! But I have to admit I LOVE being married!

In the Beginning.........

2009-07-20T09:43:00.000-07:00

We finally did it! I've been wanting to start a blog for AGES.... n now we've finally got around to it!
We figure by starting a blog it means we will have to make sure our lives stay exciting!
Steve and I dated for a year and half before we got married for time and eternity in the London Temple on May 30th!
It was an amazing day...the best ever in fact! We got lucky with the weather and the only hitches involved me being late (oppps) and us having to hitch a lift back to the reception with the photographer when my mum left with our car keys!

Having this blog also means we're guna have to take a tonne more pictures! Especially of our little flat and the things we're getting up too!
Can't wait for the rest of our adventures to begin!
Need to get the hang of this whole blogging thing thats for sure! Hopefully they will get better and more interesting to read!