Valentines weekend

I woke up on Valentines morning to discover a nice surprise downstairs I had some lovely flowers and a Mary Berry cake book :) 

So this year trying to do something different I decorated the kitchen for us to have our valentines meal. I crocheted 60 little hearts to hang from the ceiling. I got the pattern from this blog: 

http://www.inverleith.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-02-18T13:44:00Z&max-results=5&start=30&by-date=false

I also made red paper hearts to hang from the ceiling with reasons why I love my hubby :) 

We treated ourselves to the m+s valentines meal which was yummy! Even Nemo enjoyed some! 

We had a lovely evening, now I just have to work out what to do with 60 crocheted hearts!

On Saturday we went for an gander to ikea. It's a great place to take Nemo, it's so easy to push the pram around, it has cheep meals and Nemo always seems to fall asleep as we wonder around! We discovered that with an adult meal you get a free sachet of purée food. I wish I had noticed this before as I could have been stocking up on ready made purées for traveling! We saved one and let Nemo eat the other- he really enjoyed it! 

Nemo loves sitting at the table with us. I realise I forgot his bib however was impressed with my muslin cloth substitute! (I wish I could take credit for it but I noticed another mum do it once!) 

Unfortunately whilst this picture was being taken Nemo was having a rather large and explosive 'movement'. When we took him to the changing room we saw that he had leaked poo onto his vest trousers and top! Normally we would just chuck Nemo in the bath however being in ikea my husband suggested we should put him in the sink instead. This turned out to be a good idea, Nemo loved it! 

On Sunday we stayed at home as Nemo was a little under the weather. I have a very lovely husband who helps me catch up on any housework that has got behind during the week. It is so much quicker doing things when one person can keep Nemo entertained! 

I think my parents have pictures of us like this as children. 

I then put my new recipe book to use and make some double chocolate cookies. 

I love how no nonsense the recipe was, no demands for high percentage cocoa solids chocolate, seiving flour etc! They were so gooey warm shame they don't stay like that when they cool!

Unfortunately Nemo became more unwell with his breathing during the night. We took him to the out of hours Gp who ended up calling an ambulance to rush him to hospital. It was all a bit scarey but Nemo was gorgeously happy throughout the whole thing smiling at everyone I felt reassured. He had a little monitor with a red light on his toe and he kept on playing with it! 

The paramedic loved Nemo and let us keep his oxygen mask as Nemo enjoyed playing with it! 

I couldn't have been prouder of Nemo as he stayed so still for his chest x ray they only needed to do it once. Nemo's oxygen levels improved returning to normal during the night and he was discharged on Monday morning. He has been referred to a consultant paediatrician because of the ongoing issues with wheezing and breathlessness. My poor hubby had so much work to do he grabbed a couple of hours sleep before heading to work-what a star!

Nemo has steadily got better over the last week but his breathing still isn't quite normal yet. Luckily I think he's used to it and he doesn't let it stop him! 

He is playing with his big sister Poppy