THE MUM LIFE || MY FIRST DAUGHTER TURNED 2 || FUN THINGS TO DO IN ACCRA

I gave myself enough grace because guys, I pushed out a whole human being. Like I've pushed out two human beings. Hey guys, what's up? So today is Sunday. Um, tomorrow is Simon's birthday. My first daughter is turning two tomorrow. And earlier today, we had a photo shoot at home. It was a bit chaotic, so I couldn't vlog. However, yeah, we had a photo shoot at home today, and everybody's asleep now. It's 10:47. Everyone is asleep. I'm just about to do like a cute setup for her so she wakes up tomorrow morning to I mean a setup and her birthday present. I just finished putting her to sleep. Like I fell asleep myself and yeah, I managed to wake up. So I'm just about to quickly get the setup done. Then I can also go to bed. So, she wakes up tomorrow to a nice birthday setup. So, sorry guys, my voice is a bit I don't know because I slept I slept off. So, um our theme for her second birthday is Minnie Mouse. And so, I'm about to do a Minnie Mouse theme um balloon decor for her. Then, um I get her gift ready. So, her daddy got her a car cuz she's been so obsessed with cars lately. So, we got her um a car. So, I'm just about to do the setup, then have her car here. So, when she wakes up, she wakes up to, you know, her her setup and her car. Like I said, our photo shoot today was chaotic. Um, for her first birthday shoot, we went to like her studio to have it done, which was very chaotic as well. I posted like a recap of it on Instagram, I think last week, and I was like, I'm contemplating if I should actually have a birthday shoot for her for her second birthday. And of course, her Instagram aunties were there fighting for her freedom fighters that yes, she deserves a second birthday shoot. So this time around I was like you know what in order for her to be you know very comfortable let me not go to the studio let me have the photographer come home. So we had the photographer come home so she would be you know comfortable to do the shoot and just as expected madame was not having it like I feel this time around she knew what she was doing. It's not as if she knew. And the funny thing is even right before the photographer got here, she was on a video call with my dad and she kept saying it's my birthday and she was holding balloons and saying happy birthday and stuff like that. And even now she picks up your phone and she says cheese. She even goes to the extent where she picks up my my camera, my Canon M50, and she comes to me to say cheese. But then, as expected, when she saw the photographer, when she saw like a different face, she said she was not going to say cheese for the camera. But anyways, we managed to get some cute, you know, photos, which is fine by me. I mean, I'm just keeping it for for memories. So, yeah, that's just about it. I'm just about to quickly do um a nice birthday setup for her. Then, I can also go to bed since everybody is asleep. So yeah, that's what I'm up to. I'll keep you guys posted. I'm so excited. Like, I can't believe my first child is turning to like where did time go? It feels like just yesterday when I was when I was in the hospital. But yeah, God has been good. Nat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Do you do? Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, guys. So, I put together these goodie bags for Sibon's classmates at school and her cousins at home. So, I got these Minnie and Mickey themed um bags with Minnie and Miki themed um coloring books. So, in this bag, we have these name puzzles. It has the names of all her classmates, which I believe is a fun way for them to learn how to spell their names since they are like they are all literally now about to learn how to spell their names. So, I thought why not. Then, I put in these um cute silicone bags for the older children um her cousins. Then for her classmates, I put in these um mini purses. They also silicon purses. Then we have sunglasses for both, you know, um male and female. Then I added these um rainbow springs. And we also had juice, biscuit, and candies. And this was her cake for the house and some cookies as well. I couldn't get a picture of her cake for school, by the way. Hey guys, what's up? So, I just dropped Simon off at school. Um, I actually miss doing school run with her. Um, I've not been doing that for quite some time now cuz we got a driver and all of that. So, I barely do um school runs these days, but whenever um I have somewhere to go, maybe in the morning or like even if I'll be in town in the afternoon around um her pickup time, I do it myself just so um I also get to do it sometimes. So, yeah, today is one of those days. I have this um I RSVPd for like an aqua yoga session at Chickik Monkey. So I just dropped Simone off and I just got to Chiki Monkey. I'm a bit early cuz I think it's for 10:00. It's 9:09 now. So I'll just wait in the car and then get some editing done. I brought my laptop. I know. I know. I said I was going to be very consistent or not like a very I I said I was going to be much more better this year with my consistency, but it looks like I'm not doing any better. So, I took my laptop along um just to try and use this time to edit a vlog cuz I've been editing this vlog for the longest time. So hopefully I'll be able to finish editing it whilst I wait cuz I'm almost done to be fair. So that's what I'm about to do now. Just sit in the car and edit the vlog. Um so yeah, that's about it. I hope I I love the Aqua Yoga. So the reason why I RSVP, it's like a free session. So they're having a free session today so that um you get to experience what the whole Aqua Yoga is about and if you like it you can you know sign on. My second princess is 6 months now with Simon. I think I started the gym around 7 months like when she was 7 months. And one thing about me with both um babies I know like I don't rush my comeback. I give myself enough grace because guys I pushed out a whole human being. Like I've pushed out two human beings. So right now that Serena is 6 months, I think I can gradually start my, you know, getting active again. And to be fair, I don't think it's worth it um going to pay for, you know, a gym subscription because I would only pay for a gym subscription when I know I can make it to the gym at least three times in a week. And the reality now is I can't. It might not be possible. like I might not be able to do that every week, like at least make it to the gym three times in a week. So, I'm looking for other alternatives to stay active, to lose a bit of weight and all of that. As it stands now, I know I've lost a bit of weight cuz once my ring starts to, you know, fall off, become a bit loose. I know some some weight has been shed off. So, yes, I know I've lost some weight, but I need to be a bit more intentional about it. So yeah, that's why I RSVPd for the Aqua Yoga. I want to see how that goes. I mean, I want to see how that goes and also know like how many times they're going to do it in a week or like what the schedule is like and if I can work around that, if that, you know, um works for me, then I'm going to fully commit to aqua yoga. Another thing I'm looking into is to start playing tennis again. So, I started playing tennis with my dad some time back, but I don't know what happened. So, yeah, I want to get back to playing tennis. Um, I had my dad bring over a racket for me. So, I have my racket now. I still have my very first uh tennis kit from my dad. I just hope it will still fit cuz I would love to wear that. I would love to wear that. So now I'm looking for a tennis court um a bit closer to my house so I can get back to playing tennis. So yeah, I think I that's what I'm going to do. So yeah, if this aqua yoga works for me and if you know the timing and everything works for me, I'll do aqua yoga with tennis as you know my way of you know keeping active. Then um maybe like later on when I have sort of figured figured how I'm going to go about the gym then I can you know fully also commit to the gym. So yeah that's what I'm doing today. Soon I'm climbing all four walls in my apartment. I can't spend another second with my brain. Got to get up and get out. But there's a problem. Every time I go outside, I see your face. Wish you could be here right now. Lay here by my side. All day. All day. All day. Tell me it's going to be all right. We going to work it out. No way. No way. No way. The floor is cold. It's chills. I'm all alone. So amazing. It's been a month since you been gone. I'm all alone. So amazing. Hey, I'm still there. Where you at? Where'd you go? Babe, can't you see that I need company? I'm losing it, losing my way. Only get through when it's you plus me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Honestly, can't you just call me? Where you at? Where'd you go, babe? Let me fix my mistakes. Wish you could be here right now. Lay here by my side. All day. All day. All day. Tell me it's going to be all right. We going to work it out. No way. No way. No way. Yeah. The floor is cold. It chills my bones. I'm all alone. It's been a night since you been gone. I'm all alone. Yeah. Guys, so we're done with um Aqua Yoga. Um it's actually called Aqua Fit, but we had like a yoga. So we had a hybrid session. So like a yoga session and then like actual workouts. So like it combined the two. Um so it was just like a trial session and I really enjoyed it. Like it was not as scary as I thought it was going to be. I found my balance. Like I was doing fairly okay. I was so surprised and I was so surprised because I've not been to the gym in quite a long time, but I really enjoyed it. And yeah, um I'm planning to, you know, sign up for the regular um sessions. Um they yet to decide on like the how the shadow is going to be like I mean on which days, what time and all of that. So hopefully it works for me and I can sign on. Um, so yeah, it's been a fun one and it's an actual workout. Like it's an actual actual workout cuz I'm tired. Yeah, ma'am. Yeah, guys. So, like I was saying, it wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be. And surprisingly, like I did fairly okay or I did very good. Like I mean I wasn't expecting it to be that easy for me mainly because I haven't been to the gym in like so long but it was it was good. Like I enjoyed it and yeah I'm definitely going to do it again. So hopefully the timing for the actual sessions um I'm just hoping that the timing for the actual sessions would work for me. then I can fully commit to it. But I really enjoyed it. So yeah, that's just about it. I'm on my way back home to Serena. Then I get other then I get other stuff done before um Simon gets home. Um I need to drop off her uniform with my Sims dress. Simon has started wearing uniform. Um she started wearing it today and she looked so cute. My baby girl looked so cute in uniform. I can't I can't really believe that we've gotten to this stage. But yeah, so um I'm just dropping off the one I I picked up today cuz they're a bit know big for her. So just going to get some alteration done so it fits her perfectly. So yeah, that's just about it. I keep you guys posted. Ew. Guys, look at my skin. It's not as if I've been doing any proper skin care. But yeah, we thank God for this.