the best of may

The Best of May

We are now almost half way through the year and it is time for me to reflect on ‘The Best of May’

the best of may

On the 1st of May Em, Amy and I launched our new linky Moving Pictures.  We all love capturing our special family moments on film, so this was a logical next step for us. The month had an exciting start when I announced that I had made it onto the BIBs Shortlist!

Bibs

I attended my first press event abroad in Rome with Bridgestone and I shared it in My Roman Adventure.  I wrote a post about something that had been playing on my mind for a while and it was very well received, I think a lot of people felt the same as me; Blogging; Am I lucky?

Finding a work life balance

I have recently started to really enjoy vlogging, so I started my own version of Would you rather as a tag and lots of lovely bloggers have played along.  I shared the results of my Rome trip with Bridgestone and what made me change my mind about premium tyres.

Premium Tyres

I returned to my series 5 Things and penned 5 Things: I love about motherhood, as tough as it is, it really is the best thing I have ever done.  Baby had her first day at Pre School, which was a very big deal for both of us.  Having never left her with anyone other than Mr Hubby, it was a wrench.  My #BlogClub series featured Making old posts works for you, so get making the most of your archive!

How to make old posts work for you

I was excited to announce that we are Camp Bestival Bloggers; I can’t wait to experience a festival with my little family. I had my birthday in May and shared 38 lessons for 38 years, how many of them do you share?  My lovely friend Amy over at Mr and Mrs T Plus Three and I launched our new monthly linky, Vlog Stars. We give a theme or a set of questions for you to vlog.  We are so thrilled that it has got lots of lovely ladies vlogging who were too nervous to before.

Vlog Stars Badge

I also announced that we have been chosen to be Huggies Pull-Ups Ambassadors.  We are so pleased to be working with such a well-known brand during Baby’s potty training. I shared the blog love in 5 Things: I love about my blogger friends.  My friends are genuinely the most amazing thing to come out of blogging for me.

blogger friends

Back to #BlogClub with How to maintain your blog, which summed up all the bits and bobs that you should be doing to ensure your blog runs smoothly.  I started to get in the BritMums spirit and joined in the I’m going to BritMums Live meme, while throwing in a few reasons why I think you should go too.  I can’t believe it is nearly here, I am so excited!

BritMums

I announced our appointment as Tommee Tippee Ambassadors, we are thrilled to represent such a well-respected brand during 2015.  Then I got the news that we were Finalists in the Brilliance In Blogging Awards.  Words cannot describe how happy this news made me, it really does mean a lot to me.

bibs2015

I shared some tips on how to become a brand ambassador in my blogging series and rounded up our day with friends when we met up with Katy (What Katy Said) and her gorgeous girls.

girls on a rock

I feel, without a shadow of a doubt, that blogging has changed my life and I know others feel the same.  So I called upon a few friends to share their stories in Blogging Changed Our Lives.  I thank them all for sharing their inspiring stories.

Blogging changed our lives

We brought the month to a close with a trip to Peppa Pig World, which Baby thought was amazing.  I thought it was pretty good too!.

So that was ‘The Best of May’,  let’s see what June holds in store.

 

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  1. Wow, what a month! You deserve every single part of it. I will have to go and check out your vlogging. We’ve been doing this a lot too. Will check out your monthly linky too xxx what a month, well done Aby xxx so much to look forward to in June too xxx #sharewithme

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      Thank you so much, vlogging is great fun you should definitely be involved in our Vlog Stars linky xx

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      Thanks lovely, it is quite nice to see some of the posts in summary. I am so grateful to those who shared their stories xx

  2. wow what an action packed month with so many great things happening for you all. You deserve all of your success and i will have my fingers crossed for you at the BIBs in a few weeks and hope i get a chance to say hello to you xx #sharewithme

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  3. What a fantastic and successful month you have had hon. Might I add it’s all very well deserved too!xx

  4. I love it when you post these, obvs I haven’t missed anything as I’m your biggest stalker but I love seeing it all laid out like that! Whoop whoop for vlog stars and I need to make my video he he. Lovely round up huni xxxx

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  5. Congrats on being a BiBs finalist and what a great month! I’m interested in getting started in vlogging and will look more into that. #BrilliantBlogPosts

  6. What a lovely round up of May darling so much to share and amazing adventures. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me. #sharewithme

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