Yesterday was Australia day! We celebrated being Australian by doing the typical Aussie thing, hanging out at the beach of course!! Well kind off! My Dad bought himself a boat a few months ago, and I don't get to play as often as I like cause I work on Sundays, so it was good to be able to head out with my family and enjoy the water! Of course even though we were slathered in sunscreen and I was sitting under the little roof in the front of the boat, I still managed to get some sunburn, ouchie! We were planning on having a barbie, but the barbie's were constantly occupied so we ended up settling for fish and chips instead :)
I'm starting to slowly think about plans for Lily's party, still a while away I know, but good to have some ideas right?
I'm leaning towards a chabby chic frilly look, but still ummming and aahing as I was going to do a 'you're my cupcake' party and have one of those MASSIVE cupcake cakes as her cake, too many cute things out there to do hehe :)
So far I'm leaning towards making a frilly Martha Stewart Cake
And having some 'mini' snacks, mini pink donuts etc.
Then I'm hoping to have her dressed in a frilly tutu that I will buy off ebay
and then having some triangle birthday banners hanging around the patio. LOVING those atm.
Some of her bits and pieces that I want to record for this last month :)
Personality - She is still the sweetest most content little bubba girl! She is always full of smiles. She LOVES to play chase, she gets so excited! She still kicks her legs like there is no tomorrow when she is excited to see somebody she knows. She loves to chat, 'mummmma' is still the only word she really knows, but we get lots of other sounds too. She is VERY BUSY she explores every inch of this house and turns everything upside down. Every single thing needs to go into the mouth. But she is usually very content just playing and exploring when she is awake, so I can usually get on with housework or freelance work while she is happy :) She has a super sweet friendship with her sister, I love watching them play!
Teeth - Her bottom two teeth is very clearly visible at the moment, so cute!! For most of this month she has had the most horrible white bulges on the top as the teeth made their way down, the right one has just the tiniest sharp point protruding and the top left won't be far off from making its break through. She has really been a trooper through it all, very rarely did I get tears and moodiness from the pain.
Developments - She is a super crawler by now, I'm amazed at how fast she can crawl from one spot to another! She can pull herself up without any worries. And she can go all the way on her tippie toes in order to reach up high for something she wants. She can easily open up the toy basket while using the other hand to pull out some toys.
Walking with some support or by touching the walls is a hot favourite atm and she will easily challenge herself by going from the chair to the wall and letting go for a little while. She has already given 2 steps by herself, falling over on the third, so I think walking is def not far off.
Sleep - Sleeping in her 'big' cot in her own room now. She adjusted really well and even though I think we both still miss our little cuddles at night, her sleep is so much better now! I still get a wakeup for a feed during the night, not that I have tried to hard to get rid of it though mind you, cause it is so easy, I just make her a bottle, pass it to her in the cot and she will just lie down drink her bottle and go back to sleep :) Sweetie pie! She has been waking up anywhere between 5-6 though, so that has been tough as I am a night owl and don't 'do' mornings very well!
Day time naps are pretty good too! One thing she does that Katie NEVER dis is to rub her eyes! When she gets tired she fists up her hands and rubs her eyes or crawls to me and asks to be picked up and pops her head down on me to give me a clue lol. Katie hated sleep, she still does, and she never just fell asleep while playing or eating as some kids do, it was ALWAYS a struggle to get her to sleep. So it is nice to have a girl who loves to sleep a bit more :) I still pat her bottom to get her to sleep, but just sitting down on my bottom, so no rocking/singing or anything, and usually it only takes 5 minutes or so :) She does object to being popped down in the cot, but usually settles herself back down after a little while of whinging. She has 3 naps, around 9am, around 1pm and around 4pm, on busy days it is usually only two naps and she copes okay with that too :)
Eating
Boy does this girl love her food, I think she will have food above her bottle milk any day! She gets her breakkie, lunch and night as solids plus bottle and then occasional bottles in between too. She mostly gets food from the bubby food bottles, and she goes through about 1/2 a bottle for her feeds, she seems to be liking anything and everything at moment, haven't picked up on any objections yet. When we eat, she makes 'clicking' sounds to signal that she wants something for her mouth too hehe, so cute!
Favourites
Favourite toys at the moment is def Katie's tea set, she loves munching on the pretend pies, cupcakes and drinking from the cups.
She loves her cornpopper and loves walking and pushing it all on her own, she is so proud of herself when she walks behind the thing too!
She ADORES playing 'peek-a-boo' and wants to do it over and over again. When she finds anything that will work as a blanket like a tea towel or her muslin blankets, she will pop it over her head by herself and giggle and then pull it down. This can keep her busy for ages! It is simply adorable!
And then we have one of those 'door' toys and that is another HOT HOT favourite, together with the indoor bins and the toilet of course!! doh!
On hot sweaty days her curls are clearly visible, I think I'm going to have another curly top girl on my hands :)
Well I'm excited cause it is SALSA night tonight!! Have a good day!
Some of her bits and pieces that I want to record for this last month :)
Personality - She is still the sweetest most content little bubba girl! She is always full of smiles. She LOVES to play chase, she gets so excited! She still kicks her legs like there is no tomorrow when she is excited to see somebody she knows. She loves to chat, 'mummmma' is still the only word she really knows, but we get lots of other sounds too. She is VERY BUSY she explores every inch of this house and turns everything upside down. Every single thing needs to go into the mouth. But she is usually very content just playing and exploring when she is awake, so I can usually get on with housework or freelance work while she is happy :) She has a super sweet friendship with her sister, I love watching them play!
Teeth - Her bottom two teeth is very clearly visible at the moment, so cute!! For most of this month she has had the most horrible white bulges on the top as the teeth made their way down, the right one has just the tiniest sharp point protruding and the top left won't be far off from making its break through. She has really been a trooper through it all, very rarely did I get tears and moodiness from the pain.
Developments - She is a super crawler by now, I'm amazed at how fast she can crawl from one spot to another! She can pull herself up without any worries. And she can go all the way on her tippie toes in order to reach up high for something she wants. She can easily open up the toy basket while using the other hand to pull out some toys.
Walking with some support or by touching the walls is a hot favourite atm and she will easily challenge herself by going from the chair to the wall and letting go for a little while. She has already given 2 steps by herself, falling over on the third, so I think walking is def not far off.
Sleep - Sleeping in her 'big' cot in her own room now. She adjusted really well and even though I think we both still miss our little cuddles at night, her sleep is so much better now! I still get a wakeup for a feed during the night, not that I have tried to hard to get rid of it though mind you, cause it is so easy, I just make her a bottle, pass it to her in the cot and she will just lie down drink her bottle and go back to sleep :) Sweetie pie! She has been waking up anywhere between 5-6 though, so that has been tough as I am a night owl and don't 'do' mornings very well!
Day time naps are pretty good too! One thing she does that Katie NEVER dis is to rub her eyes! When she gets tired she fists up her hands and rubs her eyes or crawls to me and asks to be picked up and pops her head down on me to give me a clue lol. Katie hated sleep, she still does, and she never just fell asleep while playing or eating as some kids do, it was ALWAYS a struggle to get her to sleep. So it is nice to have a girl who loves to sleep a bit more :) I still pat her bottom to get her to sleep, but just sitting down on my bottom, so no rocking/singing or anything, and usually it only takes 5 minutes or so :) She does object to being popped down in the cot, but usually settles herself back down after a little while of whinging. She has 3 naps, around 9am, around 1pm and around 4pm, on busy days it is usually only two naps and she copes okay with that too :)
Eating
Boy does this girl love her food, I think she will have food above her bottle milk any day! She gets her breakkie, lunch and night as solids plus bottle and then occasional bottles in between too. She mostly gets food from the bubby food bottles, and she goes through about 1/2 a bottle for her feeds, she seems to be liking anything and everything at moment, haven't picked up on any objections yet. When we eat, she makes 'clicking' sounds to signal that she wants something for her mouth too hehe, so cute!
Favourites
Favourite toys at the moment is def Katie's tea set, she loves munching on the pretend pies, cupcakes and drinking from the cups.
She loves her cornpopper and loves walking and pushing it all on her own, she is so proud of herself when she walks behind the thing too!
She ADORES playing 'peek-a-boo' and wants to do it over and over again. When she finds anything that will work as a blanket like a tea towel or her muslin blankets, she will pop it over her head by herself and giggle and then pull it down. This can keep her busy for ages! It is simply adorable!
And then we have one of those 'door' toys and that is another HOT HOT favourite, together with the indoor bins and the toilet of course!! doh!
On hot sweaty days her curls are clearly visible, I think I'm going to have another curly top girl on my hands :)
Well I'm excited cause it is SALSA night tonight!! Have a good day!
6 comments:
Ohhhhh she is soooo beautiful !!!! xx Tina
That girl is going to have one awesome party!! Just don't stress yourself out in the process..supermum!!
Just love the frills everywhere !
Should make a lovely party for a lovely bubba !
What a gorgeous wee angel!! you are going to have years of fun scrapping this wee luv x
What a gorgeous pic of Lily! Love the frills on that gorgeous MS cake BTW! Good luck with that one! Might need to start a couple of days before, me thinks! How on earth do they do that???
Lily is just beautiful Jolene! I can't believe how fast our baby girls are growing up! I adore that frilly cake :) Hope that you have a great week, Tatum xx
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