Stories That I Never Told

Well, apologies to anyone who's been checking back to see whether we've updated the site and has concluded we've all carked it from Swine Flu.

We're still sorting out the new kitchen - though it is the very last few bits now. It has taken inordinately longer than we anticipated, and we anticipated it would take longer than the builders said it would. Things have not been helped by our flooring supplier falling victim to the recession, necessitating a refund and starting that side of things off again from scratch...

Grace is doing very well. She learned to crawl about three weeks ago and now whizzes across the floor and pulls herself up on the furniture. She has a face and head covered in small bruises from all the tumbles she's taking and despite the same thing happening with Olivia, when K___ took Grace to see the health visitor for a check up, there was a tiny niggle that worried that they might think something was awry.

In the last few days, Grace has started talking. Her first 'word' was 'Dadadadada', which I know almost certainly doesn't mean 'Daddy', but anything and nothing. It was followed a day later by "Nananan" and yesterday, "Mumumum", and that really did appear to be directed at K___.

Olivia continues to do well with her potty training. She's dry all day now, and we've taken off the sides of her bed to allow her to get out and use the potty during the night too. Unfortunately, this means that at the moment we're experiencing quite a lot of night time messing about. In the week that she's had the new bed (with Balamory duvet set, no less) she's come into to our room at least once a night. Here's hoping that stops soon...

Here's some pics from my camera phone last Thursday - apologies that the quality isn't better.