Hayley’s Joys Has A New Look

Welcome to my new website!

I am so excited to share my new made-over space on the internet with you.

I’ve had help from the wonderful Andrea from Bird and Design in terms of branding & design and Nicola Tweed helped me with a new theme. I am madly in love with my new logo and theme, it’s just so me… Andrea just got me from the start and Nicola made the process completely seamless and stress-free.

Besides the need for change, I wanted Hayley’s Joys to be more inviting and easy for you to move and find your way around.

Since starting the blog, the minimalist theme and logo remained the same with not many changes. The content of my blog has however evolved as I have, and so the time was perfect for a fresh new look and feel. I really do hope you like it.

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So I Quit My Job

Today marks the first day of the last week of my career at a major Financial Services Company – six and a half years after starting with this organisation and over 10 years into a career path I once wanted more than anything else!

Why? Because I want to be Happy…

Let me get things straight – 90% of the time, I was really happy in the specialised job I performed and I can honestly say I gave it my all and learnt so much during this time. You know that elusive question that gets asked in almost every job interview? – “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” Well, 5 years ago, I would have said I saw myself as head of Department in my specialist field!

And today? I find myself looking in a different direction…

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**WIN** A Pampers Pants Hamper – Competition Closed

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I’m having a lot of fun on the blog this month looking back at some old memories of planning for babies arrival and then also making some new memories like we did celebrating Alyssa’s 4th birthday. It’s hard to digest that Alyssa wearing Pampers diapers and Pants is but a distant memory. It really feels like it was just the other day!

It was also so overwhelming having 2 kids in diapers!

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Making Memories With Pampers – How I Prepared For My Babies Arrival

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Those weeks leading up to my both my babies birth’s were really exciting!

Knowing that our bundles of joy were about to grace us with their presence, we wanted to make sure that we were prepared!

Naturally, we were a lot more prepared with our first born Alyssa – mainly because she was our first child, so we really only had ourselves to worry about. Alyssa was also almost 2 weeks overdue, which gave us extra time to be prepared.

With Aidan on the other hand, he was born at 37 weeks and 3 days – so he was an early surprise. Alyssa also just turned 2 at the time, which meant we had a busy toddler on our hands while trying to juggle getting everything ready to bring her little brother home.

Nevertheless, and as most parents will come to realise, things don’t always go according to plan. You can, however, plan and prepare as far as possible and things will eventually fall into place. As a new parent, you will quickly learn to prioritise and quit sweating the small stuff!

For us, prioritizing meant focusing on the below, in order to welcome our babies home:

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