Birthday Celebrations....

No, not mine.... the Blog's!

If you 'like' my page on Facebook you might have seen me mention that my first ever blog post was on 7th January 2011 (you can view that post here). I am so pleased that my blog is still going strong a year on and am really grateful to all those who read my blog and keep me motivated to write it. I have some exciting plans for 2012 so this year will be well documented on the blog.

I also want to celebrate the blog turning one with you all so keep an eye out this week for news of a giveaway!

Some of my personal favourite posts over the last year:

My New Year New Me Plan

From Bump to Baby Part 1

From Bump to Baby Part 4

My Pet Hates

My Little Water Baby

My Relationship with More Magazine 

Juggling Uni and a baby, how it really feels

My Darkest Hour: What it feels like to be sexually assaulted 

How to Look Good Whilst being Pregnant: My Maternity Fashion Guide

Cameron's Weaning Journey: My First attempt at homemade purees

Cameron's Christening

How I Relaxxxx

Things I wish people had warned me about before becoming a mummy

My Day at More Magazine

I'm in Mother and Baby Magazine

Bride for the Day

100 Things that Make me Happy

Topic Tuesday: The Breastfeeding in Public Debate

My Experience of Uni

New Season, New Blog!

Tonight I decided my blog was starting to look a bit tired and out of date so I changed the background and made a brand new header of more recent and relevant images. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Let me know if there is anything you would like to see more of on the Blog! I love hearing your opinions and suggestions. Also, look out for some mini giveaways and fun features in the upcoming weeks. I love the festive season and want to share my excitement with you all!

All Change?

I have been blogging now for 10 months and I am still loving it just as much, if not more, than when I started back in January. Since then, I have also guest blogged for a couple of fellow bloggers, a top dating website, and a top women's magazine.

I blog almsot every day, it has become a part of my lifestyle now. Back when I was fresh to the blogging scene, I thought it was a good idea to gain followers by holding competitions, but I now realise that is not a good path to take, if people need an incentive to follow your blog it should be the content, not the prizes. I have around 130 followers and am grateful for each and every one of you. I write for myself, but also for you, so thank you for keeping my blog worthwhile.

I have had a huge rethink about my career in the last few weeks and have come to the rather worrying realisation, that I no longer feel passionate about events. I never wanted to be one of those people who did a degree and then didn't end up using it in their career, but now here I am, unsure of what next step to take.

The thing is, writing this blog has reminded me of how much I love writing. I have written from a young age, and wrote my first short story aged 12. I would absolutely love to get into writing professionally, but I am not sure how I could do this without even A Level English. I am hoping to do some work experience with a couple of magazines in the new year, but for now, if anyone has any advice?

My Blog Interview on Life of a Sweetaholic!

Please check out my interview on Rachel's blog here.

Also, while you are there, if you don't already follow this amazing blog then I think you should, it truly is awesome!

A Few more Features

So a little while back I had a little revamp and added in a few new features such as 'Cuddles with Cameron' and 'Friday Feelings'. I wanted to add a couple more to keep things interesting and add to what my Blog offers its readers!

Topic Tuesday - If you read the blog reguarly, you will know by now that I can be pretty opinionated and do like to talk about more serious issues from time to time. I will be using this feature to cover these types of topics and allow feedback from you, the readers, if you want to get involved.

Wednesday Wishlist - I am pretty poor and of course put Cameron's wants and needs before my own. But a girl can still dream, can't she? These posts will show you what I would be buying, if I had the money, and what I will be adding to that Christmas list in a couple of months time!

Songs for Sunday - Until I have my new phone all sorted, and have set up iTunes properly etc, I am relying on good old YouTube to help bring music to my ears. I will be using this post to tell you all what I am currently listening to!

I also want to start back up my photo of the day as I felt it helped sum up each day in a short post. I won't be forcing this though, and if for example I stay in all day and don't really do much one day then I won't be boring you all with a mundane or repetitive photo.

I always love to hear feedback from my readers, so if you think that anything could be improved, or if there is a type of post you would love to read about on the blog then please get in touch by email or by commenting on this post or via the Facebook page.