A Year in Pictures: Week 10

Saturday 5 March

I love getting flowers. Especially when they're from the garden ;).


Sunday 6 March


I mentioned to Jon that Mum used to make smoked haddock on toast for Saturday lunch when we were kids, and I hadn't had it for years and years, so he made me some :).


Monday 7 March


Since she's been on solids, Daisy only wakes once in the night, sometime between 11pm and 1am, then she sleeps till about 7.30am. When she wakes up in the morning, it's not usually because she's hungry but because she just isn't tired any more. So this is generally what I see when I go in her room in a morning.


Tuesday 8 March


Nothing particularly memorable happened today, although we did go to the weigh clinic and she weighs 14lbs 9oz, which is a bigger gain than the growth chart suggests; I put that down to solids. She's still small for her age at just above the 9th centile, but in the past 6 weeks or so she's jumped up from the 5th centile. I forgot to take my camera to the weigh clinic so here's another shot I took of her today when we got home.


Wednesday 9 March


The bald patch on the back of her head is slowly regrowing some hair, now that she can sit for significant periods unaided.


Thursday 10 March



Daisy had her first train ride today! We went into London to see Eva, Juergen and Fabian and the day was pretty much a success. She was really well behaved all day and she and Fabian took a liking to each other, although it doesn't appear so from this picture. Fabian seems content to read Daisy's book while she parties :).


Friday 11 March


Fresh off the back of our train trip yesterday, we went on a road trip today - to Auntie Jen's in York via Manchester, which isn't really on the way (it's a 50-mile detour) but we couldn't resist a visit to this little man and his Mummy. James is 11 days old and weighs less than half what Daisy does - and I could definitely tell when I picked him up :). Catherine looks fabulous. Jealous.

A Year in Pictures: Week 9

Saturday 26 February


Spring is on its way! This is what I see when I pull into my estate.


Sunday 27 February


Daisy, Jon and I went to Jon's niece's 3rd birthday party today. Daisy was really well-behaved. Well, unless you count farting loud enough to stop all conversation...


Monday 28 February


I love this casual, arm-up-on-the-sofa look :).


Tuesday 1 March


On four occasions in the past week, I've put Daisy on her back on the play mat, then gone to the loo or even just turned round to do something, and when I looked back she was on her front :). I'm pleased that she can do it, but I just wish I could have seen it, even just once! I've sat and watched her for hours, then typically the times she rolls over are the times I'm not watching ;).


Wednesday 2 March


As well as mastering rolling over, Daisy has really got the hang of sitting up this past week. She's gone from being really unstable a week ago to being able to sit for periods of a few minutes without toppling over. In fact, I put all these cushions round her in case she did lose her balance, but she didn't for the whole 20 minutes she was there :).


Thursday 3 March


I stepped out of my front door yesterday in flat shoes and promptly went over on my right ankle, ending up in a pile on the ground. Daisy was already in her buggy outside - I've run up and downstairs with her so many times, and yet thankfully I wasn't holding her the one time I fell. I sat on the ground for a minute or two, assessing the damage. My ankle actually didn't hurt as much as I expected it to when I got up, so we stuck to our plan of walking into the village. However, by the time it came to walking back from the village, it was quite painful and I had a bit of a limp. I also bruised my back, where I hit the doorstep on the way down, and my left arm, when I put it out to break my fall. But the thing that hurts the most is my right middle finger - I had my house keys in my hand and I think I twisted my finger when I hit the ground. It's really swollen and painful this morning :(.


Friday 4 March


I see this face a lot. This is her inquisitive look.

A Year in Pictures: Week 8

Saturday 19 February

I didn't take any pictures today, but if I had they would probably be of the M25 or the M3 as I spent much of the day in the car, so instead, here's a picture of something far better looking than the motorway.


Sunday 20 February

Awwww...


Monday 21 February

Got some beautiful roses today :).


Tuesday 22 February

This girl is getting more and more determined - this was the result of her reaching for a particular toy on the play mat :).


Wednesday 23 February

Up to now Daisy's been having her 'proper' meals in the Bumbo, but she hasn't been all that keen, so I decided it was about time we got a big girl chair for her. So cute!!!


Thursday 24 February

My Starbucks mug collection has grown from 3 to 8 in the past month...

Friday 25 February


I took a video of Daisy eating her porridge this morning, and somehow I also took a couple of still images. I really need to learn how to use my video camera... Anyway, this looks like it was taken not long before the bit on the video where I tell Daisy she's got porridge on her eyebrow :).

A Year in Pictures: Week 7

Saturday 12 February

This is the face of a baby who's slept much better on the return flight than she did on the outbound... :).


Sunday 13 February


Anyone who knows my boyfriend won't be surprised to learn that he got me Glee pyjamas for Valentine's Day ;).


Monday 14 February


Happy Valentine's Day!


Tuesday 15 February


We started solid foods this week. It was a qualified success - some foods (carrots) were better received than others (bananas) - but one thing I can say with certainty was that it was a very messy affair...


Wednesday 16 February


Becky and Ethan came round to visit this afternoon. I remember when my baby used to snuggle like this...


Thursday 17 February


It was the final Baby Sensory group of this term today. We had a great time at the classes and I've learned a lot about how to keep a baby entertained :).


Friday 18 February


I rode the Waterloo & City line for the first time in years today. It was about as busy as this too (this isn't my photo; I stole it from Wikipedia again. I draw the line at trainspotting).

A Year in Pictures: Week 6

Saturday 5 February

A 9.5-hour flight to Orlando. For the 30 minutes that she did sleep, her arm was like this most of the time...


Sunday 6 February


We spent the day lounging around and getting over our jet-lag, then we had burgers and watched the Superbowl in the evening. Actually, everyone else watched the Superbowl - I went to bed at 20:00 as Daisy had decided that from 03:00 to 06:00 that morning was her awake time...


Monday 7 February


Annabelle bought herself and Daisy some co-ordinating outfits. So cute.


Tuesday 8 February


Annabelle's 5th birthday. We went out for dinner at the Melting Pot. Tuesday was also the day that Keri found out that her new baby will be a girl :).


Wednesday 9 February


Miss Ginny took some photos of Daisy in the Florida sunshine.


Thursday 10 February


Daisy & Annabelle's co-ordinating PJs.


Friday 11 February


At the zoo with Auntie Jen.

A Year in Pictures: Week 5

Saturday 29 January

This picture is a total cop-out as I didn't take it - I stole it from Wikipedia :). But it does show where I was today, and I loved the show the fourth time even more than I did the other three...


Sunday 30 January


The ubergeek strikes again. I even have a porta-puzzle carrier for it :).


Monday 31 January


This girl just loves bathtime.


Tuesday 1 February


On the left, the number of dirty nappies we usually get through in a week (roughly one a day but not every day). On the right, the number of dirty nappies we've been through in the past 24 hours. And also the number of outfits.


Wednesday 2 February


Kisses with Daddy.


Thursday 3 February


Phone-quality instead of camera-quality, but I still love it.


Friday 4 February


I finally got started on packing for Florida tomorrow...

A Year in Pictures: Week 4

Saturday 22 January

I make carrot & coriander soup on average every 4 or 5 days. Carrots, onion, vegetable stock and coriander. So simple even I can't mess it up.


Sunday 23 January


This kid is going to grow up with square eyes...


Monday 24 January
This is what my weight loss chart looks like so far. 14lbs down, 20 to go...


Tuesday 25 January


Isla came round today. They were both full of smiles until the camera came out ;)


Wednesday 26 January


In a bid to stop my brain from atrophying, I did this jigsaw puzzle this evening. That's right, I am a geek.


Thursday 27 January


We went to see Becky and Ethan today. He's 5 weeks old tomorrow, and his due date was 3 days ago :).


Friday 28 January


This is what the lounge looks like on any given day: toys all over the place, a child in the bouncer and Baby Einstein on the TV...