Well, where do I start? Probably best to begin with the photographic evidence of Santa's visit this year - just as well we have a large chimney with no fire.
Santa arrived on Christmas eve in fine form and even hung about for a gluten free beer or two.
Sophie has been doing really well recently with her solids and she is also now drinking milk from a sippy cup which is great news and allows us to start to reduce the other feeds. She's standing up and holding a lot of her own weight on her own two feet and she has started to get frustrated as she wants to crawl but is going through the travelling backward stage. She's making amazing progress.
She woke up at 6.30am on Christmas morning and I have to say that I thought to myself - "this is probably the latest she will sleep in on Christmas morning for the next 5 years."
When she came down to the living room she was her usual happy self but once she worked out what was going on she had extra big smiles. She especially enjoyed the noise of the paper and all the different colours and shapes. Exciting times.
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| "I thought Santa used Reindeers?" |
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| "This looks like it's going to be a lot of fun." |
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| "I'm ready for more presents" |
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| "Dad - can't you see I am busy?" |
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| "Ok - just one more photo for now." |
After the presents Sophie got dressed for her big first Christmas at Gran and Grandad's house. Gran and Grandad had put a lot of effort into making everything great for the day itself - it was just a shame that Gran wasn't feeling her best but everyone had a great time.
So that's really it folks, Christmas is over and done with and Sophie had a great time, as did we. Another year is almost over and it is always a good time to stop and reflect and think about what as happened over the previous 12 months.
This time last year I was painting our flat ready to get it rented out again, Katie was 3 months pregnant, we'd bought this house (in January) and we'd started to rip it to bits before we moved in on the first week of February.
We learned lots about Japanese knotweed, plastering walls, painting and decorating and I visited the council tip on a regular basis.
Sophie was born of course on the 3rd of June and since then life has never been dull - tiring yes, difficult yes, but never dull.
Things have changed forever and we couldn't be happier - what a year and what a lucky wee family we are. Thanks to everyone for being part of our year and our lives.
We are getting lots of good feedback on the blog and fully intend to keep it going - it is a great record of what we are up to and we are so happy people are enjoying dropping in now and again to see what's happening. Thanks for reading!
Happy New Year to you all ;o)
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| "Aunt Joyce won't let me steal her glasses or necklace!" |
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| Skyping Paul and Nicole |
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| Big girl at Christmas dinner |
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| "More presents? This is great!" |
Sophie tucked into her own food but also managed to get a taste of many things on the dinner table - there is a video of her first taste of lemon that she won't thank me for sharing with you but I will have to as it is just too funny - and when I edit it down from 2 minutes to just the required 20 seconds it shall appear her.
I forgot to mention that Uncle David paid a visit before he jetted off to work - it was nice of him to pop in and see Sophie - hopefully she'll see him again soon.
So that's really it folks, Christmas is over and done with and Sophie had a great time, as did we. Another year is almost over and it is always a good time to stop and reflect and think about what as happened over the previous 12 months.
This time last year I was painting our flat ready to get it rented out again, Katie was 3 months pregnant, we'd bought this house (in January) and we'd started to rip it to bits before we moved in on the first week of February.
We learned lots about Japanese knotweed, plastering walls, painting and decorating and I visited the council tip on a regular basis.
Sophie was born of course on the 3rd of June and since then life has never been dull - tiring yes, difficult yes, but never dull.
Things have changed forever and we couldn't be happier - what a year and what a lucky wee family we are. Thanks to everyone for being part of our year and our lives.
We are getting lots of good feedback on the blog and fully intend to keep it going - it is a great record of what we are up to and we are so happy people are enjoying dropping in now and again to see what's happening. Thanks for reading!
Happy New Year to you all ;o)
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| "See you in 2015 - x" |
