update

hey y'all
jeez, have i been scarce or what?
Its not for lack of trying, rather just for lack of time. I am trying to plan this wedding in the few hours that Ben sleeps during the day and its MAD.
South Africa is just shocking when it comes to its offerings or maybe I just havent found the right things? I am spending half my wedding budget on UK magazines at the moment due to the fact that SA mags are absolutely awful- either the editors have no clue and have never actually had to co-ordinate a wedding on a budget or on their own or just dont have staff who actually put some effort into the content.

ANYWAY, later for that.
My boy Ben is getting so big. he is all of 7.5months old and crawling and standing all over the show. The cat- his favourite one Talula- is one of his most favourite objects to stand on- poor thing.
Little Ben still doesnt sleep through every night, but we are kinda used to it these days.
He eats like a little machine and he is just the happiest kid on the block. I totally love him.

Other than that, I turn 25 in a week...mmmm....been looking forward to that.
Paul and his team at Vida opened a store in London recently- its a little gem situated on Regent street- corner Regent and Air.

And my little boy has just woken up from his lunch nap!

so obvious

i had a chat to my mom this morning and although i usually tend to ignore my parents advice, my mom was actually so spot on that i couldnt.
we were chatting about the wedding and i told her how paul and i nearly killed eachother the other day. she asked what it was about and i told her that he feels he should be doing the bar, but when we talk about how the bar should be done, our views differ so dramatically that i fear for our marriage should he fuck it up. (the venue doesnt have a liquor licence so we bring in our own bar and own liquor and staff etc)
so she said, just let him do the bar.
silence
mom, you are a genius.

so of course thats the answer, just let him do it. its the second most important thing on the day, its his only task and if he is clever he will stop being so stubborn and get someone to do it for him. simple.
if he fucks it up, we will just have to have the marriage anulled.
but he wont. he cant.

so now i feel better and to some it might sound silly, but if we are blowing 120k on one day of our lives, best it be the most perfect day ever. its gone beyond us exchanging vows, its this huge shindig now with over 140 people. its going to have to rock!

i am off to breakfast and a bit of a gossip session with a good friend of mine.
i wish wine was included with breakfast. or vodka.

monday....

its monday
i know you all know that
i just thought i would spell it out
ben is a genius. he has started pulling himself into standing position....i try to explain to him that he needs a plan from there on out, but he is quite happy just standing in his cot....the floor is littered with huge soft pillows should he decide to have a plan and take a leap. its not that we havent dropped the cot already, we have- twice- but he still finds his way up.
brat.

so, i need to talk about this wedding planning stuff- its driving me nuts.
i nearly postponed the wedding due to paul and i trying to kill each other over it. since when are men so involved in wedding planning. pssshhh.
and he is stubborn. by god the man is a mule. i am no better. so its two dumb heads against eachother and neither plan on backing down.
crap.
its really crap

i did events for a living way back when- ok i didnt do a wedding, but i dont just see a picture, i see every single detail and he just sees the picture......anyway, i love him very much, but he really is a brat. wonder where ben gets it from.

anyway, the wedding planning continues, T minus 208 days to wedding lift off and all i have done is book a venue....genius.

also, i need a stay at home mom day job.....but i just dont know what......
oh, i love mondays