from chattering to blueberries

I finally managed to capture Evie chattering on video motion picture - LOL I started with the camera behind her so that she couldnt see what I was doing ;o)

You may remember Evie eating a paper napkin...

...well yesterday I was eating some blueberries with Evie sitting on my lap.  She was intently watching what I was doing and next thing I knew was that she had grabbed hold of my bottom lip as if she was trying to get the blueberry.

I told James that it may be time to start weaning her as she is now attacking me for food.

So we decided to try her on the blueberries ;o) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ambernectar/7233527330/in/photostream for some reason I am not able to add this one to the page!

talking over

Since hitting 5 months old Evie has found her voice and totally loves how it sounds ;o)  She always stops chattering though when I get the camera out to video motion picture her ;o)

I will get her one of these days ;o)

Anyway yesterday we were at the library for Tots Time and one of the ladies was giving the "fire safety speech" and a Mum & Grandma dared to carry on chatting to each other through it to which they were told "ladies this is important" they then shut up.

It is quite noisy in there once the singing starts so I couldnt tell if Evie was joining in (I will have to listen out better next time) but she was certainly chattering reasonably loudly when the stories were being read ;o)

happy birthday to me

Its my birthday ;o)

Evies first bit of fibre

on Sunday morning we were having a coffee in our beloved Starbucks.

James was playing with Evie and she was grabbing the paper napkin that he was holding out for her.

I then saw that she had some on her tongue but it was gone before we could get it out.

James thinks that it disintegrated but I think that she may have swallowed it.

Anyhow James has ordered some weening books from the library and I am reading the 5 step weaning guide that Cow & Gate sent to me ;o)

Im officially getting old

On Friday I got a letter from my Doctors surgery saying that as I am now over 40 (and under 70) they recommend that I have a health check every five years.  I guess that when you hit 70 then you just carry on with what you are doing.

Anyway in the letter was a bloodworks form to test you for cholesterol and diabetes and a load of other things probably

...as both my parents have diabetes I will definitely do it...

...although when I had my GTT back in October the figures came back ok so I should be good to go ;o).

It also said that you have an appointment 10 days after to discuss the results (and there is also a questionnaire to fill out asking about your exercise or in my case lack of it). 

Evies first cold

On Saturday we saw James brother and his 3 kids (the middle one had a cold), we were told that one had a cold and were given the option to not go so Evie wouldnt get ill.  We decided to go anyway so we could see them and Evie will catch colds anyway whether from them or when I take her out etc.

Yesterday the cold started and she has been incredibly snotty and grizzly poor little thing.

U gave her some Calpol about 40 minutes ago and she is now happily sitting in her bouncy chair playing with the rattles that hang down on it ;o)

a break in the rain

Yesterday we finally had a rain free day (well until the evening anyway when it was back to pouring down with rain).

As I had come to the conclusion that the 3-6 month Summer clothes that I had bought for Evie wasnt going to see her through the whole of the Summer, we went to Mothercare so I could get some 6-9 month Summer bits.

Im glad that we went yesterday as its back to raining again!