Mama ma...

I'm pretty sure that the last couple of days, especially in the morning, that Felicity has said, "Mama mama ma" and similar. It's lovely to hear, and when I repeat it back, she smiles her gorgeous smile. She really is the source of happiness! Our little Felicity.

Rolling Over

Felicity has a new skill.. but she is keeping it a secret for now. Her first roll was made while Mummy, Daddy and Cara were eating dinner. Felicity was playing on the play mat, rolled over, made lots of noise - then we all looked over and she was on her tummy. Well done Flissy!

Potty peepee...

I've been asking Cara for a while now if she wants to use the potty, but she always says no. I haven't made a big effort with it yet, as I kinda want to get everything sorted with Felicity now first. However, tonight I asked if she wanted to sit on the potty after brushing her teeth, and she said, yes.

She sat on the potty and I thought that would just be it. I asked if she wanted to do a wee wee, and made some noises like my Mum used to when she wanted me to go to the loo. A couple of seconds later I could hear something... she'd done her first wee in the potty. Woohoo!

We called for Daddy, so that he could see what a big girl Cara had been, and we had some extra playing time before bed. It was great. Hopefully the start of no nappies for Cara.

Also, starting on the 1st of January, we got rid of all the dummies. Cara has always slept with a dummy, and again I had kind of been holding off getting rid of it, first because we were moving, then going in a real bed, then I just kind of got used to it, and I liked how great she was at going to bed and sleeping so long, I didn't want to disturb it. Daddy decided it was time to say goodbye to the dummies, and Cara has been great. The first night there were a few tears, and since then only an ask occasionally, but not even very persistently.

Well done Cara - you are such a good girl. We love you sooooo much!

Felicity Doesn't Like Baths... Yet!

Felicity Doesn't Like Baths... Yet!, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

Well.. to be fair some of the time she looked liked she could have been enjoying it. It was rather hectic trying to keep two little girls under control in the bath.  I'm sure bathtime will continue to be lots of fun.

Cara - the big sister

Cara Holds Her New Sister, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

Cara meets her little sister, and wants to hold her all the time. Pointing out her tiny fingers, tiny nose, tiny eyes... tiny everything really. She loves her new baby sister. It was so cute to see this first real interaction as sisters.

First Snow

'Nobody seems to mind me abducting this small child', originally uploaded by Munzerr.

We woke up this morning to snow. Cara's first look at real snow. She loves Snowmen, and always wants to sing the Snowman song. When she woke up we brought her straight in to our bed, so she could look out the window with us at the white outdoors.

We got ready as quickly as we could, wearing LOTS of layers and then went to get Uncle Ben to join in the fun. We were going to the White Horse, as Daddy said there would be lots of snow there to make a Snowman. Our little car couldn't quite manage the steep snowy hill though, so we settled for a little pathway at the bottom of the hills.

Cara seemed to love walking in the fresh snow in her wellies, and kept wandering off. She ran off down this hill leading to a farm, so Daddy had to chase after her and bring her back. There was lots of giggles.

We did make a mini snowman, and then Cara was definitely ready to go home, cold and tired. Lucky we did go though, as we still were a little late for afternoon church. What a fun day!

Hopefully, we'll have more snow - maybe some for Christmas.

Drawing

Cara loves to draw at the moment, and paint.  At the children's centre we go to they have a white board easel with pens, and Cara has loved it the past couple of weeks.  Today she was drawing away - mostly doing lots of circles, and the the put two dots in this circle while saying eyes.  It was amzing!  She really was drawing a face.  She then proceeded to clean the board, so I didn't get to take a photo of her first real drawing, but I was very impressed.  I've been trying to get her to draw another face ever since, but whenever I ask her to draw a face, she asks for Mummy to help.

Oh well.. next time, I'll be quicker!

Marmite

Cara's newest word - Marmite.. with no gesturing from me whatsoever.  The Marmite was on the side, but this morning Cara said Toast and then Marmite, very politely - so that's what she had for breakfast, before moving on to Cheerios, and then a banana.

First Real Bed

Cara's First Bed, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

We were lucky enough to have been given a cot bed, so decided that now was as good a time as any to get Cara out of the cot, ready for our new baby. We don't want her to be jealous. (We just need to be brave and do the same with her dummy!)

From day one she seemed to love her bed. There were a couple of times when she fell out, but it's not far, so no harm done, and now she can sleep in a bed - yay!

First Christmas Moment

Cara's First Christmas Moment, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

What a great expression for her first Christmas moment. What a cutie! We all enjoyed a lovely Christmas at Nan and Grampi's house. Lots of presents, food and fun.

Rolling Over

Cara 17.JPG
Originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Cara managed to roll herself from her back to her front. She doesn't seem too happy when she gets there.. we think she's trying to crawl, but can't quite manage that yet. However, she just keeps rolling over.

I almost missed her first proper roll while I was out 'Running with Angels' lucky for me she didn't quite make it then.

A Couple of Firsts

Today was Cara's first walk in the rain. It wasn't too wet, but it definately was raining. Luckily, Mummy and Daddy decided to go back home in time that we didn't get soaked. This evening was also Cara's first night out. We all went over to Ceris and Sam's house, with others and played a couple of really fun Playstation 2 games. One was party edition Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and the other was a singing game - you got marked on how well you sang it. Lots of fun!

The Munzer Families

The Munzer Families
Originally uploaded by Munzerr.

More visitors today, and more presents. Cara you are a lucky girl! Today you got to meet Grandad, Uncle Joe, Auntie Hannah and Uncle Ben. We all had fun watching you. You slept a lot as usual, but you are still the focus of attention even then. We love you Cara!

Four Generations

Four Generations
Originally uploaded by Munzerr.

You had some visitors today Cara. Your Grandma and Great Grandma came to stay for a couple of days. They were so excited to see you. You had lots of kisses and cuddles. This is you with Daddy, Grandma and Great Grandma Widdowson.

Us, Happy at Home

Us, Happy at Home
Originally uploaded by Munzerr.

Mummy thought that we'd both be staying in hospital a little longer because of the operation - but we got to come home after just two nights. Mummy was very pleased to get to be home with Daddy.

Your car seat will only fit in the front of the car, and the car is only 3-door. Mummy wasn't too keen on getting into the back of the car, so first of all Daddy took you home. You got to have you first Daddy-Daughter outing, and we had some friends, Alex and Tamara Tovey come and sit with you in our flat while Daddy came back to get me. The hospital is just round the corner, so we didn't leave you long.. but you did have your first time without Mummy or Daddy - You were a good girl, as usual.