Learning to crawl.

                            

Sophie continues to have the best time - every day is fun and she is always smiling

We're mostly now down to solids and formula milk. Sophie's favourite foods are cheese, pasta and caviar. Ok, so I am joking about caviar - replace that with banana.

Sophie's big adventure this week has been continuing to learn how to crawl. She can get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forward but she unfortunately ends up going backwards. How frustrating for her!

She also started swimming last week and was dunked under the water twice - she had a wonderful time. Here she is getting ready to go to lessons......

Sophie is also getting pretty good at copying - in fact everything her Mum does she wants to do - brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, eating some toast, drinking a cup of decaf tea!

                                   

She is also becoming more and more vocal  - in a few weeks I am sure we won't be able to get her to stop talking.

"Daddy bought me some bricks"

"I'm loving my solids"

The other trick Sophie has learned this week is waving goodbye - took us by surprise today so there are not photos or videos of it but she's definitely got the hang of it.

To finish here is the lemon video from Christmas day - no Sophie's were harmed in the making of this video.

                              

A New Year and a new regime.

So back to work for me on Monday and I will certainly miss hanging out with my two favourite girls but I think we have all turned a huge corner over the last 4 weeks.

Sophie is now drinking milk from a sippy cup three times a day and eating a LOT of solid foods -  last night we had her go through the night without an additional feed which means she is close to sleeping through the night on her own and being solely fed at the table along with having milk drinks from a bottle, which is tremendous progress. She is also having very defined naps during the day and although we know this will change at a moments notice it is great to feel that things are settling down for everyone. Katie and Sophie already had a great routine but with Sophie a little bit older and more interested in solid food etc.. hopefully things will be a lot easier from now on.

Sophie is also desperately trying to start crawling - watch this space but she's not far from zooming around under her own steam. She also starts her swimming lessons on Monday - she'll be unstoppable from Tuesday onwards.

We had a great New Years Day, a long walk followed by a really lovely dinner at our house with Gran and Grandad - it was a great way to start the year.

"Is Gran really letting me do this?"

Today we had a wee family day out to Pollok park and the Burrell Collection on what was a really nice sunny day. I have also managed to get my camera out a wee bit more recently in what I hope will become a more regular feature - personally and professionally.

"I've just eaten a huge amount"

"Mum - what on earth is this?"

"Oh, I see - it's a new game!"

You can tell me which you prefer of the next picture (black and white or colour) in the comments section below, it would be good to hear some opinions.

We have had a great Christmas and New Year together - next stop Easter and Uncle Paul's Wedding. Here's to a non-stop, full on, action 2015!

"If you look closely you can see my wee teeth"