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Baby Shower 👶🏽🎉
Yesterday was our baby shower and it was the loveliest day! I’d never actually been to a baby shower before so wasn’t really sure what you’re supposed to do at them 🙈 but luckily @jennyeldridge_ supplied the games (as well as the cutest guest, baby Olivia 🥰) and it was so much fun!
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I loved having all our loved ones together to celebrate our baby girl, as well as see our new flat now that we finally have all the furniture! I can’t believe all that’s left to do now is finish her nursery and wait for her arrival... Next month I should be holding her in my arms, crazy! 😱
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#mumtobe #mumtobe2020 #dadtobe #babyshower #babyshowerideas #babyshoweruk #newarrival #momtobe2020 #mummytobe #mumlife #nextchapter #babygirl #duefebruary2020 #duedatesoon #mumlife #babyshowerparty

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MY 2019 TOP 9 ✨
I barely posted on Instagram this year (only 46 times!) but I’ve had a truly great 2019 💕
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Of course, my highlights are honeymooning in Bali, finding out Michael and I are having a baby, loving my pregnancy, moving to a new place & getting to decorate (I love interiors!), celebrating our 1st Wedding Anniversary, creating my first vision board and actually achieving a lot of it, managing a team at work and planning for our little one’s arrival 🙌🏽
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I can’t wait for 2020, a whole new decade and my first journey into Motherhood. My life is about to change completely & I’m the type of person that likes to plan everything and be in control, but there will be a lot that I can’t plan for or control as I get to know my little girl. Instead of letting that scare me, I’m embracing the unknown and going with the flow a little more 👌🏽
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What were your highlights of 2019? What are you looking forward to or hoping for in 2020? Here’s to the next chapter 🎉
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#2019 #2019highlights #topnine #top9 #top9of2019 #topnine2019 #highlights #highlightreel #gratitude #yearinreview #yearreview #mumtobe #firsttimemum #pregnant #pregnancyannouncement #mummytobe #mumtobe2020 #newyearseve

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BIRTHDAY BOY 🎉
It’s my best friend’s birthday today and at 30 years old, what a man he is! Michael, I’m so proud of you & the man you have become. Since we were 16 I’ve watched (and I like to think helped a little) you become this gorgeous, confident, courageous, determined, funny, loving man. I’m so inspired by how you push yourself and challenge your limits. When you say you’re going to do something, you do it. You jump in feet first and worry about the details later. You welcome everyone with the biggest smile. You make me laugh until my sides hurt. You keep everyday with you fun and lighthearted. I can’t wait to see the man you become when our little girl arrives and you enter fatherhood. Here’s to 30 Michael, here’s to the new decade and here’s to experiencing parenthood with my best friend. I love you @theurbanchallenger 🥰 Happy Birthday 🎉
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#happybirthday #birthdayboy #happybirthdaytoyou #capricorn #capricornseason #myhusband #ilovehim #husbandgoals #couplegoals #couple #love #birthdaylove #husbandandwife #team #dreamteam

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MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄
From me & mine, to you & yours 💕 We’ve spread out our Christmas celebrations over a few days to ensure we see all the family and I’m not mad about all the food - eating for 2 and all that 😂
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I can’t wait until next Christmas when it will be our first as parents and we’ll get to introduce our baby girl to the magic of Christmas 🥰 Only 7 weeks left until we’re due to meet her! 👶🏽
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I hope you’re having a lovely Christmas whatever you’re doing and whoever you’re spending it with 💕
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 🎁
Ad. I’ve already started my Christmas shopping and it’s not even December yet - I think my last-minute days may be behind me! 😂. This year I’ve teamed up with @BootsUK to find out what makes us the happiest during the festive season. Did you know that 69% think roast potatoes are the most essential part of a Christmas dinner? I love @theurbanchallenger’s legendary roast potatoes, but my number one fave has to be pigs in blankets 😍
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Check out my blog post to see my top Christmas gifts from Boots and learn more stats about Christmas 🎄 .
Also, you can WIN a @soapandglory Advent Calendar to help you get in the festive spirit ✨
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To enter:
1. Follow @SimplyCantara
2. Like this post
3. Tell me, what’s your favourite part of Christmas dinner?
4. Tag a friend
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This competition closes Sunday 1st December and the winner will be chosen at random. You must be over 18 & a UK resident to enter. This competition is not affiliated in anyway with Instagram. Good luck! 🤞🏽🥰 #BootsBeauty

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BABYMOON COMPLETE ✅
Our time in Greece has come to an end and we’ve loved it. This trip turned into a combination of my 30th birthday, Michael competing in the Spartan World Championship & a babymoon getaway. It was a lot to ask of one holiday & I think it delivered! ☀️
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For now, I’m going to soak up the last of this sun before we head back to winter 😔
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Then it’s time to get back home, start decorating the nursery and get ready for our little one’s arrival in February. I can’t believe how quickly time is going. We’ll be parents before we know it @theurbanchallenger 😱
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#babymoon #babymooning #getaway #winterholiday #wintersun #greece #greece_travel #pregnant #pregnanttravel #babybump #babybumplove #sixmonthspregnant #pregnancy #mumtobe #mummytobe

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RACE READY 🙌🏽
Michael, that is, not me 🙈 Let’s be honest, the real reason we came to Greece wasn’t for my birthday, it was so that Michael could compete in the Spartan World Championship in Sparta, the home of Spartan. That’s pretty epic & I’m so excited to cheer him on today & Sunday as he completes 3 races & a total of 50km.
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Michael has such a passion for Spartan races that I’ve no doubt that he’ll be getting our daughter involved as soon as she’s old enough (if she agrees of course), so it’s fun to think she’s now been here in my belly and one day might be back here racing herself!
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For now, the two of us will be cheering on her Daddy! @theurbanchallenger Spartan, what is your profession? AROOOO 🎉
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#Spartan #Spartanrace #spartanracegreece #sparta #spartagreece #spartangreece #spartanworldchampionship #spartantraining #spartanocr #aroo #ocr #ocrathlete

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BIRTHDAY GIRL 🎉
I thought I’d be sad turning 30, mourning the loss of my 20’s and entering a new, unknown decade... but my birthday has arrived and I couldn’t be happier. I’m in Greece with the love of my life & he surprised me with these gorgeous balloons in our hotel room as well as a card from our daughter 🥰
Earlier this week my colleagues at work surprised me with balloons, a gorgeous handmade cake and such thoughtful presents 💕
I’m so blessed, there’s no way I can be sad about turning 30! Here’s to the next chapter! My last birthday before our daughter arrives! 😍💕
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#1stnovember #scorpio #birthdaygirl #scorpioseason #happybirthday #30thbirthday #30 #happy30th #happy30thbirthday #birthday #birthdayballoons #blessed #loved #happy #grattitude

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BALI TRAVEL GUIDE ✨
Let’s not talk about how long it’s taken me to get this live 🙈 but my Bali Honeymoon Travel Guide is finally live on the blog!! 🙌🏽
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I share everything about where @theurbanchallenger and I stayed, what we did, where we ate... I even share the story of us having our money stolen 😢
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If you’re planning a trip to Bali, this post is for you. Or if you simply want to know more details about what we did on our honeymoon, this is also for you!
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It’s been so much fun reliving our trip, especially as we now know that we fell pregnant somewhere in Bali, so it will always be a special place in our hearts 💕
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Read the full post now at simplycantara.com

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MY LITTLE ONE ✨
Pregnancy is beautiful but also nerve wrecking. I thought getting past the first 12 weeks would be the hardest as that’s when the chances of something going wrong are the highest.
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But I still worry now. I can’t feel my baby move yet so everyday I worry & pray that my little one is OK in there. Some days I wake up and my belly looks small, almost like my pre-pregnancy belly. Other days I wake up bloated and feel like I have a huge bump. Sometimes I think I feel the baby move, but it could also just be wind 🙈 Pregnancy is a rollercoaster of emotions, I’m constantly flitting between overwhelming love, excitement and worry.
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Although yesterday I had a midwife appointment and we heard our baby’s heartbeat. I can’t tell you how relieved I felt, knowing that my little one is doing OK in there 🥰
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I love you so much little baby, but my gosh you don’t half make me worry and you’re not even facing the big wide world yet 💕
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MY BROTHER’S GETTING MARRIED ✨
I feel like I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time haha but today the perfect couple that is my brother & my sister-in-law are making it official 💕
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I bloody love weddings and haven’t been to one since my own last year 🙈 Bring on the wedding bells! 🥰
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#kwesiandlauren #laurenandkwesi #wedding #weddingguest #love #couple #weddingbells #wedding2019 #family #familylove #marriage #married #husbandandwife #brideandgroom #couplegoals

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REFLECTING✨
This was the first year I’d ever made a vision board and I’m so glad I did because looking back at the pictures I put on it makes me realise how much I have to be grateful for this year.
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Ok, so I haven’t achieved a @nicole_mejia style fit & toned body & I won’t this year now that I’m growing a 👶🏽 but I HAVE made progress in my job and I’m now managing a team, Michael and I have made improvements to our diet, we had an amazing honeymoon in Bali & plans for a babymoon/my 30th/Spartan World Championships trip to Greece later in the year, we’ve moved to a more spacious home and best of all, we’re having a baby!
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These are just some of the goals I put on my vision board & wrote in my bullet Journal, but more has happened and I’m so grateful.
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Have you paused and reflected recently? What are you most grateful for right now? 💕
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