get out the hats and mittens

autumn/ winter has arrived in London this week. We have put the heating on and my coat is all dusted off and has had 3 outings this week. Lily has started to wear her adorable red coat and new hat. She drew lots of stares and smiles and aaahhhhss when she was out in it on Wednesday. She looks so cute its unreal.

I have been having one of those homesick weeks. I really am missing my friends, my mum and dad and my brother Andrew. It was Andrews birthday on Tuesday and although I know he was working and I probably would not have seen him , I still feel unsettled when I am not around for a birthday.

I also switched on my old laptop in order to retrieve some old photos on there. I found these from our time in Cape Town 2005. Steven and Veronica got married, I was newly pregnant and we had the best time. these photos just made me feel so weepy. what a sap I am

Ever the artistic bunch. we can spend whole evenings taking mad photos!!!

This week we met with Nicola (cheeky monkey) and the cheeky monkey himself. We had a walk round Greenwich and a play in the park as well. It was lovely to see them and the bump.

Lily is just being adorable at the moment. She has started doing so much. The beginnings of talking are there . she is saying ball and daddy and dadads ( grandad) she says hi as well. We have started a new routine of watching " in the night garden" at night before bath and bed. she loves it. she has started copying them and clapping blowing kisses and even touching her toes. when she sees the characters in the shops she recognises them and gets ever so excited.

The best was tonight when I bathed her first. she was very tired so I thought we could bath and then watch. while we were getting dressed in the bedroom the music came on. At the beginning a little child is always in bed and his/her mummy is circling on the palm of the child's hand like round and round the garden

So my brilliant child hears the music and starts doing that on her hand. I tell you your heart can burst from pride. then you tell anyone else and they stifle yawn!! Its just amazing as they start to understand the world.

I will leave you with some photos of Lily watching night garden in her towel and then in her coat at the park

xxx