ootd - is it cool for boys to do this???

Right, my shirt / trousers / belt are all from Next.....and

the hoover is from Dyson.

Watch was a very cool gift from MissBB (Thank You)

And finally my shoes are from Red Herring from

Debenhams.

Lee

Step-Parenting

You all probably know Ella already, she's quite the youtube star and budding personality. Anyhoo back to the main reason of my post.......step parenting!. Firstly i can tell you it's not easy and to be honest i didn't ever expect it to be. One of the reasons is what role do you actually play in your step childs life? how are you supposed to discipline or lay ground rules for a child who already has a mum and dad to do that?. And also in our situation the impending arrival of baby Zach and will that affect our group dynamic...? Firstly what role..this is tricky as Ella has her parents already and has equal time with both so my role is more one of her friend but always encourge her to be doing the right things, and kinda take a back seat if im honest as there is already a parenting team in place. I know this is going to be so much more difficult when the baby comes and i'll be responsible for him...i'm hoping its a smooth transition!eek. Fortunately we have been really lucky so far and Ella is a generally well behaved kid who's very intelligent and we get on well and have a good relationship, infact she often gets up early to watch UFC on weekends while we leave mummy to have a lie in!lol. I'm no expert on step parenting by any means but in conclusion, it can sometimes be hard but more than worth it..

Lee

Ella Explains The Miracle Of Conception

too funny!

Work, work, work

Ok so just to let you all know im currently on 'garden leave' which unfortunately is the result of my last company closing our regional office. I wont tell you what my job was as its far too dull and complicated, anyhoo it was my first official day of garden leave today and instead of relaxing or laying in knowing im currently getting paid for nothing, i was up at the crack of dawn for an interview for a new and more lucrative job offer. I have a further 3 interviews lined up this week also, i know it may sound sad but i enjoy work, i enjoy doing a good job. My question is would you cut garden leave short to start a new job and earn a potential extra wage one month or take the full month off to relax as its paid anyway???

Lee

What's In A Name?

I discovered once I'd started this blog that I had less to say on the subject of babies than I thought...

It also penned me in so I wasn't able to blog about topics that I actually did have something to say about. With this in mind I have changed the name of my blog to "Life According To Lee" Given the few followers I have right now I figure it will have little to no impact on people missing my posts.. hopefully it doesn't cause any disruption for those of you that do read. You can expect more frequent posts now that my horizons have been broadened,

Fighting Fashion

Ok so with the impending arrival of little Zachary we've been looking at tons and tons of boy clothes which I've got to be honest some of them are pretty awesome! here is just a little snapshot of what we have come across..

I think everyone can agree baby grows are cute but this little baby sleeping bag thingy is soo cool;

Pretty cool right?...and finally just cost I'm a huge UFC freak....

The last one is quite fitting as Khila said he's constantly practicing his kicks!lol

All in all everyone is really excited to dress him up already, Ella has already put herself forward to be in charge of dressing the baby and playing with him she's nominated mummy to help in this task with the additional task of cuddling him. I however have been nominated for nappy changing and sick duty...yikes!

The time is literally flying by and he'll be here before we know it!...and we can't wait!

Lame Baby Name?

Firstly i would like to say a big hello to my new followers!...hello! This week and probably every week since we found out we were having a boy we've been stressing about names. Its such a big responsibility, he's going to have to live with it for the rest of his life so we have to get it right...no pressure! :o

You name it we've probably considered it as a name, some we agreed on and some not so much..kash and chase for example which i think are really cool but khila didnt share my enthusiasm! Probably for the best as we live in england not LA! One name we were stuck on for a while was Dylan which we all liked....except Ella!aaarghh!. Another problem choosing a baby name..keeping everyone happy! Anyhoo enough rambling,we've pretty much settled on Zachary Lee Michael which we like and no doubt loads of people will hate but hey ho thats life!.....thoughts?

PS. You can now tweet me @babydaddyblog

(I am so down with the kids)

Bye for now