Weeks 45 to 48 – bringing up baby

Where oh where does the time go? It’s like Ioan eats it with the same enthusiasm with which he eats his fingers (teething, wow, that’s not exactly a bundle of fun is it?!). Anyway, I have been planning my menus, but each time Sunday pops around I realise I don’t have time to write up my blog post because *someone* is expecting a bath / feed / cuddle (and that’s not even Andrew).

Today, I am trying to make a real effort to blog. Over the past weeks I have managed a few moments of deliciousness, including lamb stew served with cheesy pearl barley (as seen on Jamie Oliver’s Superfood programme):

img_9183

French onion soup with cheese toasties:

img_9234

Homemade pasta and meatballs:

img_9255

Pumpkin soup:

img_9383

Fish curry:

img_9624

Hot smoked salmon kedgeree:

img_9764

Minced beef  and stilton ‘wellington’:

img_9767

Vietnamese style caramelised pork:

img_9983

This week the freezer clear out starts in earnest, so the plan is as follows:

  • Tonight – vegetarian lasagne for meat free Monday
  • Tuesday – lamb stew from the freezer
  • Wednesday – salmon curry
  • Thursday – M&S chicken in breadcrumbs
  • Friday – takeaway!
  • Saturday – sausages and jacket potatoes
  • Sunday – corned beef pie from the freezer

And onto some photos of the boy himself, in recent weeks Ioan has been … an Irish leprechaun:

img_0014

Kermit the frog:

img_9910

A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle:

img_9632

The stay puft marshmallow man (from Ghostbusters):

img_9793

2 Replies to “Weeks 45 to 48 – bringing up baby”

  1. Gorgeous boy! x

    1. He certainly is 🙂

I love getting comments so please leave yours here