Saturday morning was a lazy one - Ethan decide we needed to make a den in his cot which gave me some peace and quiet to potter about doing a few jobs. Tom also decided to take the dryer apart as it's making a weird rattling noise and has thankfully figured out what was wrong with it. I also sorted out all of Ethan's old 0-3 month baby clothes and I'm pleased that there is very little I need to buy for No2. Side note, how was he ever this tiny?



I accidentally ordered too many eggs so this weekend involved a lot of baking! First up, an iced lemon traybake from Mary Berry's Baking Bible.


We didn't fancy  venturing too far from home this weekend but with the weather dry on Saturday afternoon we walked over to our local park and let Ethan burn off some steam. Usually he's a lazy walker and wants carrying but he happily walked all the way there and back.



Once the little man was in bed we had a lazy evening chatting baby names (still no closer on deciding) and watched another episode of Next of Kin. Have you seen it? It's amazing!



Somehow I got roped in to getting up with Ethan again on Sunday morning but he was no trouble and happily watched Minion clips on YouTube while I tackled yet more laundry and general household jobs.



Oh look, more baking! This time I played about with a recipe to make some banana and chocolate muffins. They aren't quite right yet but Ethan enjoyed them so I've frozen them for him as a handy snack.

Tom was also a gem and serviced my car for me as it's due an MOT soon. He debated putting both cars in the garage but when he was quoted £250 each he decided to do it himself.



Sundays are made for snoozing on the sofa, right? Usually Ethan naps in his cot but he lay down on the sofa next to Tom after lunch and promptly fell asleep. I couldn't resist not photographing him. My bestie Rhianne made him this blanket, isn't it gorgeous??

While he napped I edited the previous weekend's Vlog and took some time out to relax. I'm almost 6 months pregnant now and I'm realising that I can't do as much these days.

Dinner was a Mexican feast of chicken fajitas with nachos, salsa and home made guacamole - delicious!

• Preheat the oven to 160c (fan)

• Line a muffin pan with cases (I love these ones from Lakeland)

• Whisk the flour, sugar and stork together until it resembles breadcrumbs

• In a jug beat the milk, vanilla extract and eggs

• Slowly add the wet mixture to the dry and whisk until it is well combined

• Using a ice-cream scoop divided the mixture into the cases and bake for 22-25 mins until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

• Leave to cool on a wire rack

• Add the butter, icing sugar and milk to a bowl and using an electric whisk or mixer beat for about 5 mins until it is pale and fluffy.

• Add more milk if the buttercream is too stiff; you want it soft enough to pipe but still hold its shape.

• Once the cupcakes are cool use a sharp knife to cut out a bit of the centre, pour in a tsp of jam (or enough to fill the hole) and place the cut out bit of sponge back on top.

• Fill a piping bag with the buttercream and pipe a generous swirl of icing on top of each cupcake. I like to use the Wilton 1M nozzle.

• Sprinkle with the freeze dried raspberries and enjoy!