My pad....Cake & coffee event 3 & 4

My pad,

Day 1 - Thursday - Event 3

No never, so that's what I thought, after a mad quick tidy up, my home was ready to welcome every one in,

Yep I was very nervous, not knowing who and when was coming,

However my yummy mummies never fail me, and of course they turned up, who would not miss Nicki yummy blueberry cupcakes, Kirsty yummy cheese cake and Tasha feet biscuits and petit cupcakes,

This was also Anna's last mummy meeting, as she has now gone to live in pasture new, some people you meet, and they really do touch you.

Just as I was preparing to have lunch, more of my yummy mummy's turned up and next door neighbours, sometimes you just want to pinch yourself.....

Day 2 - Friday, Event 4

Very nervous again, not sure why as you think by event 4

Siobhan great auntie Pat came down to help by minding my princess, who is so very busy these days, growing up too fast.

Then more of my yummy mummies turned up :)

And my last minute letter posting actually worked, and had some of my neighbors turned up that I have never met, sadly one informed me of there granddaughter passing too soon,

So even though the week ended with a high, it does sadden me hearing of peoples losses.

But that is when I know that why I am doing this, so needs to be done.

Not only I'm I raising funds for a great pprom project and charity, it is making people talk, the whole baby loss taboo, so needs to be talked about.

Cake & Coffee Morning At Nicki Toms Home :) Event 2

Event 2, Yummy Cake & Coffe at Nicki Toms Pad.

Nicki Toms offered to do my 2nd event, and kindly open her doors to her pad for all mums and babies. A Wonderful Host, a other great baker :) 

We decided to bake at Nicki's house and let Siobhan and Chloe play, this time we decided to make less cakes as we had lots over from the 1st event.

Nicki made some very yummy tasty Rhubarb, Cherry and Custard Cake, and we both made Carrot Cake, Victoria Sponge. Emma Bannister offered her excellent baking skills and baked Chocolate Brownie and Bakewell cake. 

 Again all of the yummy mummy's turned up and kept use busy till the end, and this time I felt a lot more relaxed and had time to chill out with great company. 

 Our babies decided to all play with the baby slide all at once, like babies do :) So very cute, this time Siobhan decided to have a long nap.

 Overall a other excellent day and even sold the rest of the cakes this time, thanks to Anna Q, and the Women's Group at New Mills Sure centre. 

I am so looking forward to my next event and hoping to organize a bigger event, hoping that Mandy is still loaning the venue so I can do this,also need volunteers and will be also organizing a curry day, need to decide if this should be day time or night time. 

 Really hope I have the confidence to do this, with training as well. Please pray that I can :) 

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Emma B's Host Coffee and Yummy Cake Event 1

Yummy Cup Cakes :)  

All The Yummy Cakes :) mmmmmm

Welcome to the Tommy's Baby Charity Ciara & Friend's Fundraising Page

I wanted to share the good work of my friends and write a record of my journey of raising funds for this great charity. I had my first Cake and Coffee morning at Emma Bannister's home, on Friday 1st June 2012. I have to say Emma was a Great host and made lots of yummy cake, chocolate brownie was very yummy indeed. Nicki Read brought lots of chocolate cake, flapjack and cup cakes to the event and kindly watched over my special rainbow baby Siobhan. Helen brought a yummy Lemon Cake. Me and Emma baked on Thursday, Siobhan & Oscar enjoyed playing with the basket of toys and were on very good behaviour, me and Emma spent the evening organising the table and decorating the cup cakes. On the day, Nicki R came round to help, looking after Siobhan and helping with collection of funds, We had thought that no one would turn up at the starting time, but we were all over the moon, when all the wonderful mums and baby's turned up, and it was a constant flow all day :) Everyone loved the cakes, and enjoyed the flow of coffee and tea. The weather was fab and the sun came out, and overall was a very good day. See photos showing our creations. I really would like to say a big thank you to my hosts and friends for all there support :) Following this great day my friend Nicki Toms offered to do my next event watch out for my next blog

Please feel welcome to sponsor me at


1. Just giving page for Ciara & Phil  or
2. Virgin donation page Ciara & Phil (just in case you cannot link to other page)

Event 2 blog; Event 2: Yummy cake at Nicki's Pad :) x

PPROM Project

PPROM Project

Fundraising For Tommy's and my journey and reasons behind why I wish to raise 60k plus,

also note not to forget to follow links for all fundraising that me and my fellow team mates have done up to date, 

Why Tommy's;-

As they have agreed to work on a pprom project with me if I raise the 60k plus, if one family can avoid going through what I did then my loss will not  be in vain

What Tommy's do: they research in baby loss and promote having a healthy pregnancy and for woman that have loss, providing this valuable research enables them to understand there loss and learn of ways to enable them to have a family 

So what is PPROM, is medical term for  Premature rupture of membranes, other wise premature birth and other terms is waters breaking. 

Reason why;-

After losing my first born in April 2010 I found ways that the hospital could of prevented my loss, sadly it did not happen, so I promised my little girl that I would make a difference 

About me;-  I am one of nine, my dad was in army I have lived in many places and was totally naive in to thinking that I would have a healthy pregnancy little did I know what I was about to experience my worst nightmare 

Me, be a face of loss.