spot the difference

Here is a 1 week old Lily in her bugaboo pram

And here she is yesterday laying in it as I cleaned it all ready to sell. boo hoo

The spoilt little girl

Yes, That's my little girl!

She deserves it though for being the most divine creature on earth. The spoiling began at the beginning of last week when we bid on a new pushchair on ebay. We presently have a bugaboo, the most amazing pushchair/pram, however after 10 months of putting it up and down we really wanted an easy ,small one to fit into the back of the car. The bugaboo has served its purpose and we have loved it but its off to a good home to some other ebayer soon.

Then on Wednesday we had an appointment with mothercare for a new forward facing car seat. It seems like just the other day we got the infant carrier!. she is now over the weight limit and staring at the back of a seat is not very interesting for a little girl who is very interested in the world around her.

After a fraught 2 hours trying every seat in our car the poor woman finally found one that actually fit properly and off we went into the shopping centre for a day out. I was baked by the sun outside. I had no idea car seat fitting was so complicated.

Here she is in her little seat.........

Lily's last bit of spoiling was her first pair of shoes. (complicated once again) they are called cruisers as she is cruising( walking holding onto things) therefore the shoes must still be very soft and flexible and not too small. her size is a 2 1/2 E. they are the cutest things LOOK.........

Otherwise all is well. We have been away to Lily's nana for the weekend which was nice bar the awful weather we are having.It may shock you but its raining again.

Lily is being a little charmer and has us in stitches. her new game is chasing me around the couch. she squeals with delight when she catches me and then head butts me for some reason. I am of course getting all my exercise this way. who knew crawling was such hard work. she is just so mobile now its frightening but she keeps us well and truly entertained.

On my weight loss front I lost 5 .5 pounds the week before last but stayed the same this week. I have lost over a stone now and am very chuffed. I am finally feeling a little more comfy and my baby belly is shrinking a bit. wow only 9 months for that to start happening

hers a few of the monkey chasing me

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bedtime battles

Tonight we have had a victory. I have been pondering victory through life, when you are a toddler its walking or tying your shoe laces. Then at school, its school achievements or sport ,and then onto higher education its a whole new ball game. Your work life is peppered with small victories and promotions and then...............you have a baby and victory is getting them to eat a small piece of broccoli!!

We have had a very unhappy little girl at bedtimes. she is just having such a ball during the day that when night time arrives she just does not want it to end ( haven't we all been there?)

Lily has always gone to bed so beautifully, but the only certainty with parenthood, I have discovered, is that it can all change in the blink of an eye.Change it did and we had to take action as she was going off at 8 eventually and we were so stressed.

I had spoken to Verons sister Nicola and she asked me if I was doing the controlled crying correctly. sheepishly I admitted no. I just cant leave her , it breaks my heart. She told me it took 4 nights with Dylan and he was on track. sigh.................. you all know what I had to do :(

We tweaked it somewhat in that when we went in to her we picked her up calmed her down and then put her back down.this is called the pick up /put down method. yes it has a name.

We did it for 2 nights . first night it took 7 gos in and out . then yesterday it was 4 . tonight Kristian put her down and turned her on her side . gave her her muslin and went out. and...........yippee she went to sleep not a peep.

now its for me to continue it and not be a woes!!!

here's some new pictures of princess Lily Luby...........We LOVE her SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much

A lily update

Yes its that time again. the time for you all to be bored with details of my beautiful daughter and all the fabulous things she can do!

here goes

Lily Grace Humble

Age: 9 months 3 weeks old

Eating:

lily is doing fabulously with her eating. all my hard work making and pureeing has paid off and she will eat almost anything ( bar sweet potato and chocolate) her favs are butternut rissoto , fish and mash with tomatoes and cheese and a variety of veg, all fruit, sandwiches with dairylea, and of course her all time fav ,avo. she has also been introduced to scrambled egg now which she loves and makes for an easy lunch of supper. yogurt always goes down well.

She will hold and eat things with not much mess. her actual meals are lumpy and textured now and she loves it. I mash most things.

Sleeping:

still does her 11 - 12 hours. she is on an 11 hour thing at the moment and we are having a few bedtime dramas but she is so good on the whole but goes through these sleeping phases and then the next week she fights the sleep again. I learnt a long time ago to go with the flow and let her have what she needs. I could however do without the 5 30 wake up call. lily , if you are reading! her naps are still only 45 min to an hour. she has 2 a day. sometimes, once a week she will have an hour and a half in the afternoon.

mobility:

her crawling has taken off , literally, she moters around the flat so fast that she "trips" over her arms sometimes. she is really exploring things and is quite obsessed with the kitchen and all its cupboards. we have now babyproofed some of the house like the cleaning cupboards and her drawers as they are on runners and if she got her fingers caught in them it would be nasty. she is standing now as well, supported of course. she can pull up on anything that stands still for long enough and has started to wobble her legs a bit and try to step forward or back :)

so all in all she is very mobile shall we say.

cute stuff she can do:

clap hands , listen to the command "clap your hands "and do it , wave at everyone but especially herself in the mirror, giggle insanely at the wierdest things(yesterday me chasing a fly to kill it- bad karma yes yes I know but they are annoying) , say mama , dada , baba and a variety of other sounds, chat to things like books and birds, crawl really fast after birds. at this juncture you may have sensed a bird theme. I don't know if its just Lily but this child seems obsessed with birds. Looking at the amount of kids throwing large chunks of bread at innocent ducks at the park I am assuming children like birds. she can squeeze her bath toys now and is getting really good with grasping things. she passes things to us and then holds out her hand to get them back.

likes:

the swings, being sung to,exploring , birds , tickles ( she lies really still and closes her eyes while you tickle her ) , eating all her favorite foods, going for walks in her pram

dislikes:

sweet potato , going to bed , napping for longer than an hour , getting into her pjs after her bath , getting out of the bath

So thats it, lily in a nutshell

Here in the humble valk household we have recently got a webcam and mic and are now chatting away to mum and dad and Steven and Veronica. It has been really fun as they have been able to see lily and all her cuteness.

other news is Congratulations to our friends Gavin and Catherine on the birth of their little boy , Max Davis, I have yet to see him but he looks amazing on his photos. Gav came to have a beer with us last night and after we left Kristian and i spent ages discussing and reliving Lily's birth and early days. Something that will be happening for many ,many years to come I am sure

Nana Fi has gone home

Yes she has left on a jet plane this evening. We had a drink this afternoon and then drove to heathrow to drop her off .

We have had the most wonderful time with her. Lily loves her as she sings and plays with her all the time.

since my last post we have been very busy. we were away in wiltshire over the bank holiday weekend. Good food and wine and excellent company led to a wonderful weekend in beautiful rural setting. Lily loved it all and got on very well with everyone especially the little poodle , Lucy. she screeches at birds and small dogs now.

In the week we went into London 3 times. the first day we went to the national gallery and looked about. it was foul weather and we were rained on most of the time. the next day we met a friend of mine from SA, Jenny,in St James park where we had a fabulous picnic sitting on the deck chairs and then walked miles seeing Buckingham palace, and walking the north bank of the Thames. the weather was amazing for us .

Yesterday we went into London from Greenwich Pier on the boat. it drops you at the London eye. we then went up in that which affords you the best views of London. The highlight for me was the boat trip as you see London differently and it was just so relaxing. water does that to me.

So a very weary Wendy is saying goodnight tonight. Its been a wonderful 2 weeks... back to normal tomorrow. I will update on Lily tomorrow.

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swan lake and other lovely things

My apologies to all who check for a new post and are left frustrated by my lack of new material. I have been busy , busy the whole weekend doing fun things.

When I last blogged (or as my mother says podded. ?) I was about to go to see swan Lake a the royal opera house in Covent Garden. Lily had given mum and I a pair of tickets for Thursday night. I have never seen ballet like it. The royal ballet must be amongst the best in the world. you just want to cry its so beautiful. I have always been a fan of the ballet. it reminds me of my childhood as every Christmas I would go with my mum to the Nico malan all dressed up in my finest. I love sitting there clutching my programme whilst the orchestra tunes their instruments and then the thrill of the lights dimming and the curtain rising to show off some sumptuous set design.

The royal opera house is out of this world. its so ornate with rich red seating and a ceiling that looks like a wedgewood design. The sets were the best I have ever seen in anything including phantom of the opera which is my favorite and the dancing was spine tingling. I really had to gulp back some tears.

As you may have gathered I loved it. an experience of a life time, and one I hope to share with my daughter one day.

Friday morning saw us packing up our tiny noddy car and driving to Wiltshire where our friends Dave and Flo and her daughter Lee and her family live. we always stay with Lee and her husband Dave and her 2 daughters have recently moved onto a farm where their house is the converted stables. Its an acre of farm land and is stunning. it was wonderful to get some fresh air and be in the country. We had a weekend of amazing food , good company and lots of laughs. lily was a star charming the pants off everyone and being generally cute.

she has discovered that standing is a wonderful new trick and last night had me giggling (inside) when I went in as it was bedtime and she was crying and she had managed to pull up into standing in her sleeping bag and was hanging onto the cot bars crying at the bedroom door. I, of course ,could not laugh. I just had to put her down and say time for night night.

So we are going to enjoy our last days of fun with nana Fi before she goes back home on Sunday but we are feeling better about it as in 60 more sleeps w will be with all our special people in Cape Town. Grandpas, Uncles and honorary Uncles and Aunties.

just one last congratulations to Mari and Bob on the birth of their little boy , Bayden. We have all been waiting and are so excited for you. I hope he settles in and the 2 of you settle in quickly. Enjoy and remember I am only at the end of my blog if you need any advice

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nana fi is up and running

Hello people
I too have comment moderation ( see purple Ronnies blog) so no one nasty come on here!!
Well my mum now has her blog up and running and I have nearly pulled out all of my hair!
it started with me asking so whats your username and password?
she answers I don't know nanafi? so after much typing in of a variety of different usernames and passwords she finally remembered the right one and the rest as they say is history.
I have added her link on the left for anyone who wants to have a nosy. i hope you find her as amusing as I do.

We have had a fantastic day in London today. I have developed a love /hate relationship with London. It was the most glorious day today. clear skies and sun shining but not so hot that its unpleasant, just perfect. Mum , Lily and i set out on the train this morning into Victoria station. From there we took the bus to kensington gardens. I had to have photos taken for my dutch passport. this is the 4th set I have had done. all the others have been returned to me with a variety of unpleasant comments on them. this last one claimed my face was too wide! the last one claimed my ears were not visible. everytime i take them into my passport place and say no try this fork out a fiver and send them off. this time I have used their recommended photographer in kensington who charges £13 yes people £13 do any of you smell a rip off!! I am fuming and I better get the passport now as presently I am passportless and travelling in 65 sleeps!
Ok now my rant is over, after that we go into kensington gardens and we sat at the lake and fed the ducks. Lily was screaming at them. she loves birds flaps her arms around like a mad baby.she is so vocal at the moment she says mama , dada, nana , ye ye ba ba and various other sounds. She was delightful today and had a ball. We went to the princess Diana memorial fountain and splashed our feet which was great.
then we set off home . back to Victoria. It was filled with people and I mean filled. there had been some sort of fire so all the trains were being diverted from charing cross and London bridge leading to pandemonium. all the trains were being cancelled from Victoria for some reason and we waited and waited for a platform number for our train. It turns out that all the hundreds of people on the platform also wanted our train.
We had to squeeze onto it I was separated from mum as there was a seat and she has many ailments. I wanted lily safe so I gave her to mum and then i stood with the pram.then 40 people tried to squeeze onto the train. let me explain here that I am a very claustrophobic person. we were all sweating and I just wanted to kill everyone. then lily started to cry. we sat there for 15 min before the train departed. In short it was a nightmare and something i loathe about London. when the transport is good its very ,very good but when its bad its horrid.

raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Well its been a whirlwind here at the moment. Nana Fi arrived fine and well last week with only a slight limp ! she has been amusing me with all of her faux pas's starting with putting brown sauce in her coffee as she thought it was brown sugar.

she has been having a ball with Lily singing away as she loves to do. She insists that lily loves it and to be honest I think she really does. Lily has a few favorite things at the moment that are keeping us entertained. firstly , drawers, not of the underwear sort but the sort that you store things in and open and close. these hold great appeal for Lily and now that she can crawl over to them she spends ages opening and closing them. I am starting to say AH AH to her and move her but it has no effect at ALL. secondly the radiator is just her best she sits there pounding on it. the third favorite thing is clapping. we just say "lily clap your hands" and she does. lastly she is quite fond of blowing large wet raspberries at us, which she finds highly amusing.

My picnic went very well on Sunday. We woke to sunny skies and spent the morning preparing our picnic plates. we all met at 12 :30 and made our way to the spot. We all had a wonderful day sitting around eating and drinking. By the time we arrived home I was shattered and spent the evening vegetating in front of the TV.

Today we went to the beautiful Canterbury. Its about an hour away from us and once again we had a lovely day , so sunny! we browsed around there and had our lunch in a park. it was a great day. my mother is now passed out on the couch. holidays plus baby are a tiring combination for a nana!

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It's my birthday!

Yes the 19th of May has come around and I have turned 30. I have had the most fabulous day. starting bright and early when Lily was so excited she woke up at 6 to wish me!

I then got up at dyed my hair in preparation for my birthday.(actually to get rid of my greys:( I am NOT being 30 and having greys)

Then I opened all my pressies. I was thrilled with them all. My wonderful husband to be gave me a tanzanite set in platinum with diamonds ...YES I actually got that. I nearly peed my pants.Then he got for my mum and me (from Lily) 2 tickets to the royal opera house to see swan lake the ballet. I LOVE the ballet and the royal opera house is amazing. I was SO spoiled.

Then, onto the train to the south bank of the Thames. we got off at Waterloo east and walked to the London eye. from there we walked along the bank and went to wagamamma this fab japanese restaurant. I had a noodle soup coconut based with prawns , chilli, ginger coriander. It was so divine. after that we went along the bank a bit further seeing those great statue people. You know the ones that dress up and and are so still they look like statues. The one was a dog. he had a table with a kennel on top and then his face sticking out like a dog. very funny....but perhaps you had to be there.

Anyhow I am pooped now off to watch any dream will do

here's some photos

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going into labour soon? read this

Hello
I have a few readers that are going to go through labour quite soon. So Mari and Cath and later Caroline this is for you. I was reading magical beginnings ,Enchanted lives by Deepak Chopra and this bit really stood out for me. I wish I had had the book before I went through labour.

Birthing your way
There is no right or wrong way to birth your baby. As you move into the rigor of contractions , relinquish your attachment to how things should be and simply allow what is unfolding to occur.Be in your body and listen to what it needs. Flow with your breath and slow down. Take one contraction at a time and stay connected with your baby.Feel your support system around you. Listen to your needs,trust your instincts , and release into the process. release your worries and release your fears. stay present and trust that your birthing experience is unfolding exactly as it should.

from "magical beginnings, enchanted lives" Deepak Chopra

Sounds so simple but it can be difficult to remember that and not panic at times. I feel that that passage is vital in making birthing a positive experience. For me my attachment to the birth I tought I was going to have got in the way of the one i was having.
Good luck ladies and remember to breathe
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Sorry Sue, I wished for it and i got it!

the Lilster is CRAWLING.
for weeks and weeks she has been on all fours rocking. then 2 days ago she moved her legs 3 times.
this morning we went to baby group. Lily was not much in the mood. wanted to sit on my lap all the time. Some stupid nanny who goes is trying to tell me to make her more independent , "rod for your own back". "they are manipulating you" etc came up blah blah ( but my feelings on all that are another post entirely!) anyhow we did the singing and did not even get a laugh with the okey kokey song!
then on arriving home I plonked her on the floor to use the loo and when i came out she was motering across the floor to get her blue duck!
Since then she has made it to the radiator to take the cap off. she loves the radiator! she has gone to the table pulled up and spilled all my ryvita on the floor. I could watch her all day. i am so excited for her. you can see how pleased she is as frustration was setting in so at 9 months and 2 days.LILY CRAWLS
I will post some photos of her later

some new photos

a post of many things

Well hello
Here I sit at 8:11 on the 13 May 2007 with little Lily next to me on the floor playing with all her favorite toys,her puzzle , her Fischer price balls, her maraca and the tissue box! It looks like a whirlwind has swept through and shredded all the tissue in the world and left it on my carpet.
Lily is 9 months today 39 weeks to be precise. In another 2 weeks and 1 day she would have been out in the world longer than she was inside my tummy. How the time has flown (she says again)
On the lily front I would love to say yay! she is crawling ,but , I will say Yay! she is semi crawling. As of yesterday before bed she did 3 little crawls to get something but any further and she just sits on her bum again. Perhaps by the end of the day I will be retracting that as she seems to be quite confident this morning.
She also is saying dada now. its so sweet as she says it with loads of spit flying in all directions. I have found this before with Lily she does no new things and then all of a sudden she is doing 3 new things at once.

Lily and I have been busy bees this week starting on Thursday when i decided we should go to bluewater shopping centre to escape the foul weather. this is how the day went. I get up and frantically run around trying to organise lunch for lily and then pack her bag for the day making sure I have wipes nappies nappy sacks and the like. I then dress her and plonk her on the bed with Kristian so I can go and shower. she fills her nappy so must undress her ,change the nappy, and dress again.
Ok now I shower and then get dressed put make up on and try not to look like a frazzled sleep deprived mother (which I am at the moment)... almost there now, so I put on Lily's socks ready to scoop her up and leave but , oh I need the toilet... come back , Lily has taken the socks off and is spinning them around her head like some sort of lasso....sigh.... put them on again and go to pick up the bag.. lasso lily...put them on pick her up and off we go.
At times I think just getting ready to go out is entertainment enough for 1 day.
anyhow we make is unscathed to bluewater. lily is in the buggy and off we go shopping.
At this juncture let me explain something about the british consumer culture. They are like hungry feral animals in search of their prey.
As an example, last week Anya hindmarch the handbag designer created a bag for sainsburys. It is calico with the slogan "I am not a plastic bag" on it. its all about bringing awareness to the plastic bag issue and packaging in general. It cost £5 and would be available in store. I thought "oh I will pick one up when I go into Salisbury's" little did I know that people queued all night outside the stores, the bags were sold out in 8 minutes and by the time I was having my morning cuppa people had closing bids on ebay for £150 yes people £150.

being a bit of a clothes lover myself I hear that Lily Allen has a range at new look and Kylie has one at hennes (H&M) and the ultimate Kate moss collection at top shop. On this particular Thursday the Kylie one and the Lily one are released. You can imagine the pandemonium as people clamber for their £14.99 silver kylie bikini.
I therefore ended up avoiding those shops even though I just wanted a look and stuck to other shops. but it seems with all the new seasons clothes everyone is in a big hurry. In fact we were almost run over by a mobility scooter in Marks. Its not that I don't sympathise but its like as soon as these people get a scooter and are let loose they just go. God forbid you are in the way.

It was a very tired Wendy who packed everything in the car at day end and wended my way down the A2 to the delightful nursery rhyme cd that keeps madam quiet in the back of the car...the wheels on the bus go round and round............

Friday saw us go swimming with Leigh and Ami ,our baby friends. Ami LOVES the water as Leigh dunks her under she comes up laughing in delight. My little angel is less certain that this pool is a good thing and is happiest when i perch her on the side and she quietly plays with the water lapping over the sides. When lily is with other babies I realise how quiet and placid she is. she much preferred it when we went for lunch later and Leigh was giving her rice cakes and playing with her while Ami slept(tired out from all the joyful playing and swimming)

so far this weekend the weather has been terrible we had a short afternoon out to Bromley to buy a new shower curtain and to get me new jeans. the shower curtain was no problem but my jeans are just a nightmare. highlight for Lily was the Jamaican steel band which she woke up to hear , laughed and clapped and then promptly fell asleep again when we were out of range of them.Her aunty Ronnie thinks she was a rasta in a previous life!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend
Love Wends

success!

Just a quick post to tell you all I lost 3 pounds. In my langauge that is 1.5kgs. that makes 10.5 pounds so far ( over 5 kgs) I am sooooo chuffed I really thought it was going to be a bad week. Hope it does not catch up. I am being extra good this week. I want to lose my first stone!!

over and out
W

back in cyberworld

As many of you may have noticed by purple Ronnies comment on my last post I dissapeared for a few days into...who knows where.

Anyhoo i am back now. The weekend was a bank holiday one here and my aunt and uncle from Holland came to stay. I say stay but actually they parked their camper van outside our house and lived in there only eating inside. They do this all over europe stopping and starting and touring. Apparently all over the place you find these camper van stops with facilities and the ability to park up for a night or 2. Its like a whole world going on without my knowledge!

We took them around greenwich on Sunday to see the observarory and walk around greenwich itself. had some tea and sandwiches in the park which were lovely. Lily was great with them not much crying. she is being very entertaining at the minute with her clapping and noises. she is just so animated and finds everything soooo funny and sooooo interesting. Last night in the hour it took me to get her down (yes people, an hour!) she spent 10 minutes studying her wiggly thumb. ( very cute but very exasperating when its bedtime)

On monday lily and her daddy went shoppig at bluewater shopping centre leaving me to have a bath and read my book in bed. I am feeling very weary as Lily has developed some sleeping problems and then the dreaded teething began and we were up a few times in the night. I think it all caught up with me as yesterday I developed wht must have been the beginnings of a migraine which let me tell you is no fun with a baby who has discovered she can screech!

I am feeling better now and more rested so lets hope the teething eases up and the little thing gets a tooth. shes still a gummy bear.

On the crawling front she is still just rocking and turning on her bum but is happy doing that for now. I will include a few photos of her attempts.

I am off to weight watchers in a couple of hours. I am dreading it as my weeknd was awful. I found savanahs in sainsburys and was so excited bought 2 and proceeded to drink them. then all this dutch stuff came out. they do this almond sort of flat cakes called gevuulde koek. its my fav and sooo difficult not to have. i was quite good but did go over my points more than once so i dont hold much hope. I am back on the wagon plodding away again.

Not long now until my mummy and my birthday arrive. only 8 more sleeps now!!!! I am about to write an email to all inviting them to a picnic but its such terrible weather here I am hoping it all changes and we can have our lovely weather back.

take care everyone

Wends

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Its all about the scales

Hello all

well this week has just flown by in a blur. its Friday tomorrow already and then the weekend. It is a bank holiday weekend here so lily and I have Kristian with us for 4 whole days. yippee!!! He has taken tomorrow off because he can ( academics you see, its the way to go if you like to holiday) and then Monday is a holiday.

weight watchers went well for me this week. I lost 1 and 1/2 pounds so that makes it 7 and 1/2 pounds so far. That is apparently half a stone ( I am learning all this English weight quite fast) Sooooooo I got a sticker on my little card and in the meeting everyone clapped which made me want to die of embarrassment. Even worse than that ,Lily's new trick of the week is clapping all the time. she does it when she wakes up, when she eats and more importantly in weight watchers meetings. everyone else clapping was just too much for her so she joined in clapping for her mum, and a few other ladies, wholeheartedly.

We then walked back home to feed Lily lots of avo and stodge so she would put on weight and praise the lord she had. She is now 8.2 kg that is 18 pounds. she is eating very well just lately I think she is having a little growth spurt. she is like a weed but just seems to grow taller.

Besides the clapping she is now very fond of feeding me bits of her toast which I must bite with gusto sending her into fits of giggles. she is also loving rubbing her face on yours which is of course the cutest thing. we still have a lot of mama mama and a few other sounds which she repeats over and over. she is a joy at the moment actually I am having such fun. We spend ages on the floor every day encouraging the elusive crawling. she is very strong and is pulling herself up nicely on everything now. she leans over to get toys and shuffles that way to get things. when she finds herself in the crawling position she just wobbles and rocks there and moves her hand s forward forgetting her feet and then she is on her tummy again. Its very frustrating for her and she screams in rage." not to worry honey everyone says you will get there eventually"

Nothing much happening with me. I am just counting the days till my mum comes to visit. I am hoping the weather holds out. otherwise its all about food which is always the way when you diet. I have brought back some great recipes that I have not used in a while so its quite good ,dieting. it inspires you to cook some different, healthy food.

tonight I am having ricotta and spinach tortellini with a tomato sauce and a lovely big salad.

tomorrow its lasagne but I have some family from Holland coming around for dinner my aunt and uncle so they will want feeding and watering and lasagne is just so easy and tasty.

enjoy the weekend

Love Wends

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Happy birthday to you..

It is my friend carolines birthday today. Happy birthday darling!!

I had a lovely chat with her this morning and she is having a high tea with friends and family this afternoon which I wish I could go to. When oh when will time travel be up and running...

when I was chatting to her about her little baby Avnit due in August,we were saying how our daughters lives will mirror our own. 2 little girls born 1 year apart in the same month. now we just need the little monkey to be a leo and they will be the same star sign like we are!

They are destined to be best friends staying up till all ours dressing up and play acting... tose were the days.

so happy birthday darling, hope you had a lovely day

Love Wendy

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does anyone hear a high pitched sound?

I just had to share this little story with you all. We have had a new Marks and Spencer food store open down the road from us much to my delight. I am always taking a stroll and then going in to look at lovely food. lol
Anyway since it opened as i enter and leave the store there is this high pitched sound that really hurts my ears. I get out of there as quick as possible. I have always assumed it was from the dry cleaners. It really annoys me actually so the other day when Kristian and I went there I said to him isn't that sound so annoying? He claims he cant hear anything. I was like "yes you can silly" no he insists there is no noise at all.
I thought nothing of it until today when i was listening to a local SE London radio station. On the news they have a story of this trail that Greenwich borough are doing putting high pitched sounds that only people under 20 can hear around places where troublesome teenagers gather.
So now marks can be assured that no teenagers or nearly 30 mothers will be loitering around their shop.
kristian thinks its a load of baloney.......... only cause you are too old to hear it , dear!

party photos

70's nostolgia

I am exhausted after our activity filled weekend. It began with me getting up bright and early on Saturday morning and rushing around like a chicken without a head cooking food for Lily, buying birthday gifts, making up beds and all sorts.
Kristian s mum , Michele ( Lily's nana) came up to London arriving at 1 pm to look after our precious for the night.(sob Sob)
We had been invited to our friend Tynes surprise 30Th birthday party on the Saturday night and it was a 70's cocktail party. we decided to go and leave Lily with her Nana.
Designated Dave (ie ME) drove us all to Walton on Thames all suited and booted in our 70's attire. We took cath who is about 8 months pregnant and her husband Gav as well as Carol (Gav's mum) and Kristian and I.
We got there on time and the men folk immediately found their way to the booze and that was the start. a great time was had by all. Tyne had a great surprise birthday. The menfolk in my car were suitably pissed (which made for an interesting drive home) and our lovely Lily was very good for her nana and we arrived home to a quiet house and fell into bed.

Michele very kindly kept Lily quiet and we slept till 9(bliss) and then had a quiet day around the house and a quick walk to the park. Not a walk actually more a food stop as Kristian had the munchies and was hungry again after his 2 rounds of bacon sandwiches, so we made it as far as "the honest sausage" which is a sweet little free range sausage stall in the park. Kristian has a "park porker" which filled the hole and we bumped into the Davis's again and they too needed park porkers(one being preggers , one being hung over and one being on her holidays) So poor weight watchers me just had a diet coke. I had had a bacon sarnie earlier though so don't feel too bad for me.

So another week begins. I am counting down the days till my mummy comes to visit for my 30TH birthday. I just cant believe in a few weeks my 20s will be over(sob)
otherwise I have the usual baby group on Tuesday and plenty of walking around with the lilster.
we have a weigh day for Lily this week as well and I pray she has put on weight. she seems to be eating well.

I will put some party photos up (don't worry Cath not many of you) so you can see how funny we all looked. Kristian and Gav had not spoken to each other and dressed the same it was pure coincidence.
xxxx
W

My mummy has let me type another post on my blog as she says it will be nice for all of you to catch up on all the clever things I can do now.

I have been saving up all my tricks and now this week I have shown them all to mummy and daddy. they seem so delighted by it all, I just cant help doing more and more new things. this is why this week i have been rolling all over the place and trying very hard to crawl. I get myself onto all fours but then I am at a bit of a loss at what to do. This morning I moved my hands forward one by one and mummy and daddy where clapping and saying yay so I think that was right. On the clapping note I can also do that so well now. Mummy says clap your hands and i just do it. It kills them, they just love me!

I also have discovered that when I am at an object like the table I can reach up and pull and then I am on my knees. Once I even got onto my feet. there was more clapping so that must be good too,I must remember to do that again.

I have learnt a few other things as well like when I open and close my hands while holding them up I get what I want and one of those 2 parents of mine pick me up which I love. I can pick up my cup and drink all by myself and my eating is amazing. i can eat some bits of fruit and bread and cheese now. In fact today I had a lovely bit of lemon and poppy muffin to taste. My first bit of cake. It was sooooo yummy.

I really hate it when anyone trys to take anything I am playing with away and it seems to happen a lot at that baby group mummy takes me to as all the babies there are older than me and take my toys away.

I am loving all my babbling this week and my mama has come along brilliantly. I even say mum now but even though daddy sits there saying dada over and over I just cant get the hang of that one. Maybe I will throw him a bone next week and say it. Ill see how my mood is.

I still love my puzzle so much I play with it every day its the beast but all my other toys are becoming increasingly interesting , sometimes I have so many to pick from I just try to hold them all.

Thats it from me. I can hear my bath being run so I will have to go and slash and play in there before my bedtime in an hour and a half

Love Lily

xxx