I've ummed and arred about buying a new house since my marriage ending in 2014. Now of course, the children's Easter Bonnet Parade at school is not a competitive sport and the aim is for each child to enjoy creating something lovely to show off in assembly and feel proud of their creation. Learn about cookies and manage your preferences on our cookie policy page. We booked a suite, I wallowed in the claw tub bath, we watched crap films, went cray with room service, everything. The house I lived in was a joint home with joint memories and also, it was always meant to be a 'starter home'. The name Louise Pentland may not ring a bell immediately when you hear it, but if you are a regular in YouTube and is a fashion and makeup enthusiast, chances are you have come across her super successful channel Sprinkle of Glitter. Louise Pentland has been through a lot. I will say, if you have a friend or neighbour who is heavily pregnant, make an effort to phone them or visit them. I did want something bigger though, I needed a little more space and really, deep down I did need that fresh start. I can't wait to do it again for the next one! This error message is only visible to WordPress admins. I never fail to be impressed by your support and enthusiasm so a big, big thank you for that! I can't not. No regrets. I look forward to seeing you going through the these real life, suitable for your age (and mine - 35, f), experiences! I'm the biggest baby going for EVERYTHING medical but I promise you, it's not nearly as troublesome as everyone portrays it to be. A big highlight of my September was meeting and doing a panel with. Sprinkle of Glitter was started by me, Louise Pentland, in 2009 as a place to document my love of life, review products and experiences and discuss the highs and lows of motherhood. I think comparing it to our usual destination, Orlando, was a mistake because it really is not on the same level. If you'd have seen how nervous and anxious she was of the pool a few months back, to how much she loves it now, you'd be as proud as us. Ok, so out of over a thousand pictures in my Disney'17 album, I've only selected 3. Oh Hai! I obviously also took the opportunity to co-ordinate outfits with Darcy, something I don't think I'll ever tire of! To build ourselves up in business, to step out of our stereotypes and to help other women reach their full potential. I still don't know what to do with Darcy's room. Darcy took this very seriously and we celebrated the fact she had wished for a baby and now we were getting one. louise@gleamfutures.com or louise.pentland@hotmail.co.uk. I thought I'd done this every single year but it seems I missed a couple when life was being a bit shoddy. She knows me well enough to not do the games and things I'm not into and the whole afternoon was just super low key, snacks, drinks, chats and friendly faces. Time flies! Not really but it feels like! Sometimes a single event shapes the rest of your life. Happily for me, Emma and Katie were not far away, nor were their lovely children who I think had a great time playing with Darcy and enjoying all the best bits of Summer- like sprinklers, swimming costumes in the back garden and lots of ice cream! The last thing I did in March was hot foot it down to YouTube HQ for a round table chat with Susan Wojcicki who I got flustered with and called 'Sarah'. A great honour for me was to be asked to share a stage with Nicky Gumble at the Royal Albert Hall, to talk about how The Alpha Course profoundly changed my life in 2011. but I still did the blood work/syrup drink jobby. I haven't included pictures of the other children because I don't have their Mum's permission. Louise Pentland is a British Youtube sensation, blogger, as well as an author. Bit of a meh month I'm afraid. I vlogged about this but I couldn't not mention it here too. I have to admit, I didn't really have the best time on this trip. Teamed with the ongoing sickness I was feeling, I wasn't very well and spent a lot of time at my house, arranging playdates and people to come over to keep my mind off things. A friend of ours had a cat who had kittens and so we took them off her hands and I've never regretted it (except that time last month when Orbit wee'd on my mattress, then I bloomin' did!). Mid month, Liam and I had a spare weekend and decided to drive down to The Grove (my favourite country hotel) for a night of luxury. Although I enjoyed seeing Darcy love it (she still talks about it), I felt really poorly. For those of you who might be facing this, let me tell you, it's fine. Ha! I really, really hope 2018 brings more weekends like this. Isn't she fabulous! Epic. 5 ft 8 in or 172.5 cm. One thing I do like to do though is 'A Year In GlitterWorld'. Days at home with good friends, hot tub spas and a garden full of sweet littles were a tonic. Clearly though, wine hasn't been on the agenda for me and August was the month my bump popped out a bit and I went from 'ohhhh is she just quite fat?' F**k that, it's competitive, I bought a glue gun, I'm already researching ideas for March this year. I felt like a really solid community built up around it and look forward to growing and nurturing that this year. I wrecked my pelvis (google SPD), sang on stage with Marcus Butler and met hundreds of you lovely lot! Your email address will not be published. The crazy kids over at channelmum invited me to #MumVidCon where I finally got to meet the joy that is Reb (. It did have it's charms though so I will re-visit and give it a second chance! Hurrah for now though, life is shod free and here I am, blithering on about what the last 12 months have dished out- you are welcome! I have a high BMI and so I was more at risk of having gestational diabetes than those with a regular one. The problem I has was that I loved it. You were amazing and the love and support has been felt very strongly for all of these months, thank you. Home » Blog » Louise Pentland Weight Loss. I thought they'd be sore and miserable for a few days but they didn't seem to care a jot and were charging about in their cones within hours- amazing! I couldn't not include this photo of my Auntie Judith at the wedding. You only young enough for these things for so long so I sort of think, 'screw it, you have 3 princess parties in a row if you like!'. I told him how life felt flat, I couldn't seem to feel joy or excitement or prolonged happiness through this strange fog and how I felt minimal excitement for a new baby arriving in our lives. The previous owners left it in a beautiful condition and it's been a joy to get used to. Every smell seemed more intense and mostly I wanted to throw up, cry and sleep- Lucky Liam!! I wouldn't normally include a pudding as a year highlight but my god, this needs to be included. I'm not a prude by any measure but my God it was like an attack on the senses that screamed 'HAVE SEX WITH EACH OTHER! Well, slowly, slowly Darcy's been taking on more of these tasks herself and now I barely have to do anything! I was so thankful for the friends who did make the effort this past month and of course to Liam who has been nothing short of amazing! Also, it has dear little Zula the cat in it who is no longer with us. Also, I HAVE A DRESSING ROOM! Of this total $750,000 was received as a salary, $281,250 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $10,139,564 was awarded as stock and $14,200 came from other types of compensation. Just after I took the picture above, a huge wave surprised everyone coming up to that blue bin thing and a lot of people were soaked. We also told Darcy this weekend that I was pregnant and took great joy in letting her spill the beans to everyone at the wedding (Dad and Tina already knew and weren't worried about 'thunder stealing' or anything like that) and watching their surprise. She asked for it again for her 7th but I'm going to see if I can tempt her with something else! Mostly we were thinking about wine. As a Mum, it's felt so good to see my little person overcoming a fear and feeling proud of herself. to 'oh she is quite fat but also she is pregnant' and that felt good. I uploaded this picture of my Dad and his Brother (Uncle Christ the best man) and a lot of the commenters thought they were the happy couple which made us all chuckle a bit. Happy memories. Louise Pentland is who I'm here to see, with or without the glitter. Sprinkle of Glitter was started by me, Louise Pentland, in 2009 as a place to document my love of life, review products and experiences and discuss the highs and lows of motherhood. Cool. For YouTuber Louise Pentland’s, this when her mum died of cancer, when she was just seven years old.She writes exclusively for Glamour on how this has impacted her own experience of Mother’s Day, now she’s a mother herself. Robin Wilde is acing life. Next up was Liam's 40th and so we flew out to Malaga, Spain, with some of his friends and met his parents out there too. Bonnier, you're the best! June began in the most magical of places - Disney! These are sarcastic smiles. Keith-Hardy, S.C. Tripathy, K. Jain. Luckily, Darcy and I were stood really far back, unluckily for Liam and his suede shoes, he was not! I've found that forcing myself to get dressed and not wallow in PJ's all day is a really good blues fighter and something I hope to continue with when baby is with us. A great day, a big privilege. Your email address will not be published. I'm Louise Pentland, an optimistic Mum of two daughters (Darcy, 9 and Pearl, 2) who makes videos about Motherhood & Lifestyle. He'd known I had felt down but I don't think I'd really explained the extent of it. Another big pregnancy turning point for me was meeting. I've also been so touched that Liam has been so supportive and patient. I think the highlight of May was love. There's something about the new year ticking by that fills me with fresh motivation and positivity. I felt like people knew what was in my head and I was safe because they were caring and supporting from the sidelines. Here we are on a giant fake beach in a shopping centre. Later in the month E and K came over again for an 'Epic Mum Sleepover'. Bonnier threw a couple of rather smashing parties to celebrate the book, both of which I was very jealous of all the cocktails I couldn't enjoy but will make up for double time for the second Wilde book which is actually available now to, Also in June, I was completely thrilled and honoured to be the cover of. I'd like to go back in 2018 or 2019 though and experience it in full health and knowing more about what it was like. It was lovely! Something sort of flipped and for a few days, each day, I felt a tiny bit better. First trimester sickness was rife and throwing up a nutella crepe in fantasy land was a real low. For the last weekend of the month, we took Darcy on her first European jaunt to Alicante in Spain. I don't know if it's just a festive thing or a forever thing but in December I discovered the sticky toffee bundt cake from Pizza Express and honestly, I think of it daily. If you're a bookworm like me, you will understand the joy I had in my heart for the opportunity to take afternoon tea with the one and only. Sadly though, Richard Madley seemed more interested in asking us about how much money we earned and telling us he was rich which was a bit weird but a fun morning out none the less! Saturday night was great. As you can see from the photo evidence, not a lot happened in December and I feel a bit sad about that. Lifestyle Louise Pentland Louise Pentland Blog Louise Pentland New blog LouisePentland.com MumLife Sprinkle Of Glitter The First Seed. It's such an unusual treat (as in you have to have written your own book to sign it....unless you like like writing your name in random books of waterstones lols) and one I treasure and cherish. What began as vlogs about wall paint and lipsticks has turned into something of a public diary that has seen mum-of-two Louise, 35, from Northampton, through some of her best and worst times, including motherhood, divorce (she split from her first husband Matt in 2014) and dating, which led to her meeting her now-fiancé Liam, 42, in 2016. There is nothing greater to me than a drive out to a quaint village with shops and tea rooms and just mooch for a couple of hours. Mostly now you'll find me over on my YouTube Channels (Sprinkle of Glitter and Sprinkle of Chatter) or Twitter and Insta (@LouisePentland) but this blog will always be my first love. It was this month that I found my vlogging mojo and decided to give 'Weekly' vlogging a go. I subscribed because I felt a connection with your personality, your style, and your sense of humor. I bet even Beyonce wasn't as glamorous as this when she was 'in the family way', eh? You're welcome. I'm 100% saving this trick for Summer 2018 because it was easily one of my finest Mum moments haha. The kind that I need to sit in a quiet ... Aloha Sprinklerinos, It's 8.30am on Monday morning and I've been up since 5am, having cuddles, feeds and nappy changes with ... Aloha Sprinklerinos, I spend so so much of my time talking about Motherhood, friendships, personal growth and work adventures on here... Oh Hai,  A story about breasts for you today. No. The fact that this is the best picture of the night says it all! The best thing of June though was finally letting the cat out of the bag and telling you all about our baby secret. We took D, AD How old were you when you had your first b, Once #covid has f***ed off, I’m REALLY looking f. Ad Do you love finding second hand treasure? Not Sarah. ), public speaker (book me for your panel, I love it) and all-round social media-er. That's how you get pregnant of course, you make a wish. My changing body, changing chemical make up (like in your body not cosmetics) and changing lifestyle (we cut out all flying and big trips because I felt so travel sick) REALLY got to me. I don't think any of you are going to fall over backwards in shock if I admit that I'm a bit crap at being regular on this here slice of web. I couldn't seem to bring my moods up and felt like the pregnancy and hormones were overcoming me. July ended with making the most of the sunshine, getting out and about to parks and playgrounds and generally feeling quite out of sorts. By J.Z. Large. Once back, we celebrated Grandma and Grandad's 70th wedding anniversary. I love that Darcy still enjoys the Princesses. All requests welcome! I felt ugly. We use cookies on our website for identification, analysis and advertising purposes. x. Hmmmmm July is a tricky one. I very much enjoyed getting to know some of the other people in the industry and also swishing about in this cerise coat. A great way to end a much better month. Leave a Comment Cancel reply. The book was officially a Sunday Times Numer 1 bestseller for 2 weeks running and to me, this was the 'made it' moment. The final chapter of the year! Back home I tried to fill my days with homey, cosy, Darcy things and found myself at a lot of play centres! HAVE SEX NOW!'. Copyright © Louise Pentland 2020 Louise Pentland, Little throwback to our gorgeous #BlueChristmasTre, Ad ✨ Have you started your Christmas shopping ye, We’ve made it to another weekend in #LockdownTwo. My Dad married Tina, my super lovely step mum in the most beautiful church/country wedding. First Darcy's, then Liam's, then mine! Some lipstick and a nice dress go a long way for a girl. Her intimate, and often emotionally raw, videos have clocked up more than 237.4 million views, and this year she was hailed the UK’s most influential mother – or ‘mum-fluencer’. Louise is down-to-earth, funny and incredibly kind. We literally moved in, put our stuff in, I fell pregnant, sickness and fatigue hit me like a tonne of bricks and any aspirations to interior design went out the window. As Executive Vice President, Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer at PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC, Louise Pentland made $11,185,014 in total compensation. Turns out I was fine with no diabetes (yay!) I'm a Disney mega geek so I'm always going to love it but watching Darcy enjoy it and Liam experience it for the first time was incredible. I hope the new year brings some new inspiration! 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