Christmas 2018

Christmas Eve

 

Christmas Morning

 Christmas Dinner

Nursery Photo Shoot 2018

Two and a half...

You have changed in so many ways these past 6 months. You look more grown up. Your speech is ridiculously good and you talk non-stop! You level of understanding and ability to follow instructions is growing. And quite naturally, with all these overwhelming changes happening at once, your emotions can't always keep up with ever changing world around you.....

In layman's terms, that means that you are stroppy. And over-sensitive. And highly strung. You don't think twice about making a scene if things aren't going your way. Basically you're a little diva!

We get lots of side glances and huffing and recently at the dinner table, daddy was on the receiving end of an eyeroll. AN EYEROLL!!! How does a child your age even know how to do that?? You are definitely a teenager before your time.

But along with all the sass (which part of me is secretly proud of you for) you are so bright and clever and loving and funny and adorable, argh! You're just bloody amazing.

We had your 2 year check with the health visitor a few weeks ago and we were told that physically, you are spot on. Developmentally you are flying! She was so impressed with how chatty you were and some of the words you could say.

Some of your current favourite words include:

• delicious
• excellent
• awesome (you got that one from Dexter)
• beautiful
• amazing

Oh and of course:

• no

You look up to your brother with such awe. You follow him round and mimic his actions and learn from his behaviour, and you are the apple of his eye! Like, he seriously loves you so much even when you're being a meanie to him. Every evening before you go to bed he says "night night, love you, be a good girl" because me and daddy used to say it when you were a baby and we were hoping you'd have a good nights sleep (so that we could have a good nights sleep haha).

(There's just too many cute pictures of you together that I couldn't narrow this down more...)

We are definitely going through a frustrating time with your behaviour at the moment and add on top of that, that no sooner was I counting my lucky stars that you still napped during the day, fate decided to slap me back to Earth and you mostly refuse to nap now.... but the personality and sense of humour that comes with all this is so rewarding - don't ever stop being you! I don't doubt that this is temporary and you grow and learn at such speed that this will be over before we know it and I'll be all sad that you're not this little adorable toddler anymore.

Two Years Old

My beautiful, intelligent and funny little lady. Your 2nd birthday did not go anything like I ever imagined it would. Mummy was in hospital recovering from surgery & you were at home with daddy getting over the most poorly you have ever been :(

This post had to be written in hindsight because at the time, I was just not well enough to sit down and put into words all the wonderful things you had learned and how much you had changed. You developed so quickly in such a short space of time that it's difficult to remember where you were at as you turned 2 and what came afterwards.

Things I know for sure:

• Your speech had been developing rapidly and you were learning new words daily. 9 times out of 10 if we told you a new word, you would do your best to repeat it back.
• You could count to 10 and beyond & knew your colours & shapes.
• Books remained one of your favourite things and we would read the same stories several times in a row without you ever getting bored.

I got out of hospital on Friday 23rd February 2018 and we celebrated your birthday the very next day.

You opened presents, played with toys and indulged in some yummy cake. It wasn't anything extravagant as mummy was still very much in recovery mode but I had missed you terribly over the three days I was in hospital so celebrating the occasion just as a family was all we wanted. And there will be many more to come where we can spend a fortune on giving you the party you want and inviting the friends you have made so I was happy to make the most of having you to myself this year.

Happy (belated) 2nd birthday baby girl, we love you so much xx

Today you had a seizure....

The date was 15th February 2018. After being under the weather for several days with a virus all of a sudden your temperature spiked and you had a febrile seizure. My knowledge of these types of seizures was non-existent up until this day. You had been quite lethargic, breathing rapidly and felt very hot. We rang the NHS helpline for advice and at that moment you began to shake. It was the most frightening experience of my life. We travelled by ambulance to the hospital and spent 6 1/2 hours having your observations taken. 

We got to take you home that night. I was so relieved but I was panicking at the thought of putting you to bed alone.

You always amaze me with how fast you are growing up but in that moment, I was reminded of how small & helpless you still are.

I hugged you so much tighter that night <3

Say hello to your new little friend

Chewie (aka Chewbacca) - 8 weeks old