Photographer in the making

P5200206, originally uploaded by caramunzer.

Mummy's old camera, is now Cara's camera. She loves to take photos. It took a while before she could press the button down enough to actually take a photo, but she's doing great now. We decided that she should have her own flickr to capture her photos. So a selection will be available to view here. Felicity is one of her favourite subjects.

Photographer in the making

Mummy's old camera, is now Cara's camera. She loves to take photos. It took a while before she could press the button down enough to actually take a photo, but she's doing great now. We decided that she should have her own flickr to capture her photos. So a selection will be avaliable to view here.

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!

Blowing bubbles

Blowing bubbles, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Felicity blowing bubbles.. it's a funny face! I wish we'd caught her sucking her lips in funny face, but we haven't yet - that's a great one. Watch this space.

Cara and her chair

Cara and her chair, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

I wondered what Cara was up to.. walked into our bedroom, and what do I find? She'd managed to not only carry her chair from her bedroom into ours, but then had put it onto our bed, and was about to sit on it. Still not sure her reasoning behind this, but she does love little chairs, and our bed, so I guess the combination must be good.

With the little dolly

With the little dolly, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Felicity is just so wonderful. She loves to hold and play with things. It's just great to see her growing and developing.

Big sister

Big sister, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Cara reading to Felicity. It is so wonderful seeing sisters interacting. I hope that reading with each other will become a lovely family tradition.

Bath time smiles

Bath time smiles, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Cara loves bath time, at least most of the time. Her hair goes really curly when it's wet, and she has the most gorgeous smile, dimples and those eyes! Love this photo. Love you, Cara!!! We always have lots of fun playing with the water, and scribbling on the sides of the bath.

Cara Ballerina

Cara Ballerina, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Here she is, our little ballerina. She loves to dance, all kinds - we'll see if ballet makes it to her favourite kind. The tutu was a homemade gift from Anna - thank you! She loves it.

See more photos of our little ballerina here.

Prayers

There have been quite a few occasions now when I'll be watching Cara, and notice that she'll fold her arms and close her eyes, on her own accord and say she's praying.. but I think today was the first day that I heard her say something. I just thought it was so cute. I've only tried maybe twice to get her to say a prayer by repeating what I say, and it's never seemed to work. I wonder whether they do it with her in Nursery.. anyways.. this was with no prompting whatsoever.

She was sat at the table eating her breakfast, we'd already said our breakfast prayers and she was halfway through her cereal. I think I went back into the kitchen to make a bottle for Felicity. When I went back into the dining room I saw Cara praying.. I was planning on sneaking up on her and kissing her cheek while her eyes were closed. (I know - looking back on it now I realise that would not have taught her reverence during prayers.. actually the opposite). Anyways.. I didn't quite get to her when I heard her say.. 'Thank you for nursery, and thank you for snacks and thank you for water.' How cute! I love my little girl.

Felicity, Three Months

Felicity, Three Months, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

What beautiful eyes. My little Flissy. She doesn't really like being on her front that much yet.. however she is really trying to turn herself over when I put her down in the bathroom to change her nappy. She is such a cutie.

Beautiful Cara

Beautiful Cara, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

What a beautiful little girl. I think this is my most favourite photo of Cara so far. Gorgeous.

Matilda

Cara and I watched Matilda yesterday.  we watched it in a 4 or 5 different stints throughout the day, and Cara really enjoyed it!  So much so, that even after finishing the film we later went downstairs and I asked Cara if she wanted to watch CBeebies while I fed Felicity.  She kept saying something, but I couldn't figure it out, sounded like 'told her', the I thought maybe she was saying 'hold her', that she wanted to hold Felicity, but then I figured it out, she was saying 'Matilda'.  How cute!  I'm excited about the fact that we can watch something together that isn't CBeebies.  Matilda is such a great story - I've even started reading the book, as I haven't read it since I was little.  I love Roald Dahl.

We might watch Witches next.. but Cara may get a little scared.. although she didn't do too badly with Miss Truchball so we shall see.

Cara's Bath Fingers

Cara's Bath Fingers, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

Cara is loving baths so much at the moment. She'll stay in for so long - look at her little wrinkly fingers. It's great to watch her so intensely interested in what she's playing with. At the moment it is mostly filling and emptying old bottles, she plays with them way more than the proper bath toys.

Mummy has new hair

Me and my girls, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

I went to get my hair cut, while Daddy stayed at home with the girls. When I got home Cara had been napping, so when she woke up I went in to her. She sat up in bed and said, "Mummy" with a smile and then, "...oOoooo! Mummy! New hair!" It was sooo cute. I didn't even know that she knew the word 'new'. She is so clever, and complimentary. I asked her is she liked Mummy's hair and she said yes. Then she said, "Cara's hair not long", and I told her that it will grow.

Smiles from the Men

Smiles from the Men, originally uploaded by Munzerr.

Felicity's turn for a photo with her Dad, Grampi and Bampa. We have a very similar photo when Cara was a baby. I like our little baby girls surrounded by 3 generations of men. They are all so smiley too.

This is the one of Cara.

Cara & Daddy

Cara & Daddy-6, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

Just love this photo. Isn't it wonderful the relationship between a little girl and her Daddy.

Cara Sleeping

Cara Sleeping, originally uploaded by Hedgen.

A rare occurrence - Cara falls asleep not in her bed. This only really happens when she is ill.

Felicity is born

Just thought I'd post a link to Mummy's write up of the moment Felicity entered the real world.

Early Morning Laughter

It's been a while now, that my waking up in the morning has been due to Cara crying out for Mummy.  She doesn't sound too happy shouting out for me, but always smiles as soon as I walk in. She used to play as soon as she woke up, but now she is always still sitting in bed.. I'm not sure why that is, or when it started.. but this morning, I was actually already awake - had just finished feeding Felicity and was watching Alias in bed as I got her back off to sleep. Then I heard Cara laughing lots, calling 'Mummy' and then laughing some more.  I put Felicity to bed, and went to see what Cara was up to.  I walked in, and the first thing she said was, "I'm funny", when I asked her why she pointed to Teddy.  She had put her blanket over Teddy's head like a shawl and thought it was hilarious.  It was really funny to see her reaction.  What a great little girl!