The last four weeks of my life have been a complete and utter whirlwind. A rollercoaster ride of sleepless nights, poopsplosions, endless snuggles and more love than I could ever have thought possible.
We welcomed our mini adventurer, Evie Alexa Warner, into the world on the morning of 22nd March 2017 and our lives haven’t been the same since.
It seems like only a few days ago I was still pregnant – uncomfortably and frustratingly so! – so I cannot believe that my tiny little princess is already four weeks old today. But it also feels like she’s been in our lives forever. It seems like nothing we did before she arrived matters anymore. In fact, I can’t even remember what we did pre-Evie that was anywhere near as important as our little girl now is.
I won’t go into too much detail about the birth except to say that it seemed I had a very stubborn little girl on my hands who just wasn’t ready to come out into the big wide world. She finally decided to come along naturally ten days late and, thankfully, two days before I was due to be induced. It was all pretty straightforward to be honest – I had the amazing water birth that I had been dreaming about for months and apparently I’m pretty hardcore (who knew?!) as I was the quietest person the midwife had ever seen in labour!
The days and nights have all blurred into one another in a mix of feeding my little boobie monster, changing nappies, lots of napping and cuddling (she loves all the snuggles!) and mastering how to eat one handed. Both Mr Ayla and I find ourselves just staring at her all the time because she is just so god damn cute and we can’t believe she’s ours. She pulls the funniest squishy faces and makes the sweetest little sounds that have us laughing one minute and crying the next at how completely perfect she is and in awe that we made her.
We’ve already had a few days out including a picnic in Greenwich Park and a day at the zoo although I’m not sure Evie was particularly interested in the animals quite yet!
Watching the lions with daddy
Our little flower
My adorable little Easter bunny
So much love in one family selfie!
If you want to see some more pics of our new little adventurer (with the occasional travel pic thrown in for good measure!) you can follow along here:
Mama Ayla's Adventures 
She is soooooo pretty!! She will have a blast getting to see the world. Wish you lots of more joy and sleep! xx
Thank you so much Isabel! Lots of joy but not so much sleep haha!
Congratulations! She’s just gorgeous 🙂 She’s exactly a month younger than our little monster and it’s such a special time so enjoy every moment!
Aww hope you and your little one are doing well too!
SOOOO beautiful! Congratulations again 🙂
Thanks Jessi 🙂
Oh congrats! How wonderful! Seems like lots of the bloggers I follow are having babies this year! 🙂 I’m jealous of your Paris trip.
I know! Everyone seems to be having babies! Can’t wait for our first adventure 🙂
warmest congratulations !
Thanks Andy!
I adore this post, and I can’t wait to follow your adventures with little Evie ❤ You two are going to be amazing parents!
Thanks hun 🙂 Evie is looking forward to more cuddles with Auntie Kasha soon!
Oh my goodness, Evie is completely adorable Ayla! I can see why you guys are so in love. I’m loving all of the cute photos on Instagram and can’t wait to see all of the family adventures you guys go on xx
Thanks lovely. If it’s even possible we love her more and more every day:)
Little angel ❤ sooooo adorable and a true miracle! Congratulations once again, your family is so beautiful.
Thank you so much Nano!
She is utterly, utterly gorgeous lovely!
Aww thanks love 🙂
Awwww, congratulations you guys! x
Thank you!
Awwwnnnn what an amazing post! Im sure you are doing just fine as mom, and soon you will be mastering doing everything with one hand haha!!
Im so proud of you regarding the birth, you are my inspiration!!!
He pictures as incredibly cute and gorgeous, Little Miss Ayla is the most amazing baby blogger! Congratulations to you both, and many trips for you 3!!
I have totally mastered the one handed thing – even making spaghetti haha! You’ll have to learn soon as well! 😉
she’s so cute! congrats! I’m due very very soon! sooo looking forward to my baby boy:)
Ahh thank you so much! Good luck with your little one. Such an exciting time 🙂