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All Things SMASHED!

Posted onJune 27, 2016June 26, 2017AuthorMrs Lighty34 Comments

If you’ve been hanging around All Things Spliced of late, you may just have noticed that it has recently been a certain little baby’s first birthday. As part of Baby Lighty’s birthday celebrations, Mrs Lighty Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, PhotographyTagsCake, Cake Smash, First Birthday, First Birthday Celebrations, Photography

Baby Lighty, Week by Week

Posted onJune 23, 2016AuthorMrs Lighty8 Comments

Something which Mrs Lighty really regrets is not taking regular bump photos whilst pregnant. Yes, I’ve got the odd bump photo here and there, as you’ve probably seen crop up on All Things Spliced, but Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Photography, Random MusingsTagsBaby Photography, Bump to first year, New Baby, New Mummy, Photography

Celebrating Our Little Boy Growing Up!

Posted onJune 23, 2016October 20, 2016AuthorMrs Lighty15 Comments

Before this post had even been written, it took a twist within its tale. When I imagined writing this post, I envisaged it to be a descriptive piece about how I made  beautiful (in my Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Parenting

The Lightys’ Naming Day Script

Posted onJune 17, 2016AuthorMrs Lighty1 Comment

As promised, here is the naming ceremony script we used. With very many thanks to the lovely mum that posted on Hitched.com for freely publishing hers and allowing others to borrow from it, as this Read More …

CategoriesCelebrationsTagsNaming Ceremony, Naming Ceremony Script, Naming Day, Naming Day Script

You’re Only One Once…

Posted onJune 10, 2016October 20, 2016AuthorMrs Lighty5 Comments

Earlier on this week, we celebrated Baby Lighty’s first birthday, hurrah! I know that he won’t remember it as he gets older (although as an aside, Mrs Lighty’s earliest memory is from her first birthday Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Out and About, ParentingTagsBirthday, Birthday Brunch, Champagne Brunch, Colchester Zoo, First Birthday, First Birthday Celebrations

On your First Birthday, I want you to Know…

Posted onJune 6, 2016October 20, 2016AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

So the day is finally here, you’ve been here one whole year! Baby Lighty, you’ll never know how much Mr Lighty and I longed for you, fought to get you, how we loved you from Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Parenting, Random MusingsTagsBaby Lighty's First Birthday, Birthday, First Birthday, Happy Birthday!, One, One Year Old

Due Dates

Posted onJune 2, 2016June 1, 2017AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

This time last year was a day that I’d been looking forward to for 40 weeks. A little over 9 months. In many respects, as our journey to have a baby wasn’t as simple as Read More …

CategoriesPregnancy, Random MusingsTags40 weeks, 40 weeks pregnant, due date, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Announcement

Daddy Daycare

Posted onMay 29, 2016September 13, 2017AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

In the almost-a-year that Baby Lighty has been here, there’s only been a handful of times when he’s been looked after by anyone other than myself or our lovely childminder, including Mr Lighty. When Mr Read More …

CategoriesChildcare, Help and Support, Married Life and All Things Spliced, Parenting, Working MummyTagsChildcare, Childminder, Daddy, Daddy Daycare, Parenting, Return to Work, Working Mum

Encouragement: a Guest Post by Rhyming with Wine

Posted onMay 26, 2016AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

When Mrs Lighty started blogging nearly a year ago, I ‘met’ via Twitter the lovely Dawn from Rhyming with Wine. We quickly struck up a friendship over virtual cake and wine, and she has been Read More …

CategoriesGuest PostTagsEncouragement, Guest Post, Mummy Pride, Poetry, Pride, Rhyming with Wine

Motherhood: Who Needs an Endurance Race?!

Posted onMay 14, 2016May 13, 2017AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

A few months back, when one of Baby Lighty’s Godparents asked her if she’d like to take part in a local endurance and obstacle race, there was only one resounding answer: Nope, nope, no, no, Read More …

CategoriesOut and About, Parenting, Random MusingsTagsDay Out, Endurance Race, Nuclear Races, Obstacle Course, The Mummy Olympics

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Hi, I'm Nicola, or Mrs Lighty as I'm more commonly known. Welcome to my little corner of the internet! You'll find lots of parenting highs, lows, loves and laughs here. Got any questions? Feel free to contact me at: mrslighty@allthingsspliced.co.uk

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