The Broons all get the cold and eat some fish and chips.

I have finally managed to work out the conversion for videos - turns out it was easy, I just had to find 5 minutes to do it.

These two videos are of a wee girl who has had a hellish few days, nose and eyes streaming, a wheezy cough, not much sleep and not much food. But, she's been a wee star and just kept right on smiling.

Dad had another busy week and Katie and Sophie were both loaded with the cold, so this weekend we were lying very low indeed although we felt that Sophie needed to get out and about for a good long sleep in the car so we took her to the Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum where Steph was able to get a gluten free fish supper (they are the best). And at £9.25 each they should be good.

We also continued Sophie's wee adventures with solid food and she had a very little bit of fish, a little bit of mashed up chip and some mushy peas. She loved it. She also had a good sook on Dad's pickled onion.

"Have i to eat ALL of this?"

"I'll just go one chip at a time"

"What on earth is this?"

When we got home Sophie was still really snotty and tired so we got her ready for bed and read her some stories.

As I write she is sleeping away soundly on her back for the first night since Tuesday - every other night she has been on her side. And most nights since Thursday she has ended up in the bed with Mum.

"A duvet day for Sophie and Mummy"

Sophie is 6 months old on Tuesday and we cannot believe how fast the time has gone.....she now has 2 teeth at the front on the bottom set.  

Apart from the illnesses and hospital visits we have loved every single second of it and we hope you have been enjoying sharing it with us too.

To finish, here's a photo I missed out from the post about Grandad's birthday party - with Uncle Paul and Auntie Nicole.

Sophie has a cold

Sophie has a terrible wee cold - streaming nose, cough and temperature. Poor wee thing. She's even been napping in our bed so we can keep an eye on her.

Tuesday night post

I was just discussing with my Dad tonight how Sundays now seem to be the default night for blogging - so I thought I would mix things up a bit with a Tuesday night post. Well, photos at least......

"ooh, what's this?"

"Giraffe tastes better than pear"

Grandad's birthday and a change to the plans on Sunday.

Family selfie on the floor  

It was Grandad's birthday on Saturday and we paid him a wee visit (his first birthday as a Grandad by the way). Sophie tried to steal his nose and his glasses but he was too quick for her. 

"Almost - I'll get them next time."

"Happy Birthday Grandad x"

The plan on Sunday was for Dad to be out in Edinburgh at a rugby thing but due to unforseen circumstances it was decided that he should take the day off and look after the girls - he has had an awful lot of late nights lately and he's out again working late this week. In the end it was the best for everyone.

We went for the longest walk ever, saw Darius fae off the telly, visited a new cafe in the town and even caught some live music before getting a takeway to bring home for dinner.

Sophie continues to be spoiled in the bedtime story department - she gets at least 3 books every night, read to her at least twice. Her favourites are "Can you find your nose", "I wrote to the zoo" and "Sophie La Giraffe Peekaboo".

Sophie also received a very nice letter from Santa Claus which I have photographed and added to the blog. She's starting to get very excited about Christmas - either that or it is just the solids to blame for the extra movements.

Thought would finish with a couple of extra shots from the week - she is getting so big so fast but remains, cute, funny and beautiful all at the same time, quite a skill.

                          

And in a final piece of "breaking news", it was discovered today that Sophie has a wee tooth peeking through on her lower gums. She'll be ripping her toys apart in no time I am sure. Pics to follow and toothwatch progress updates when we get a chance.

Getting close to Christmas and almost 6 months old.

Sophie has been having another great week with lots of visitors and lots of playtime. She had a weigh in this week and is sitting at just under 18lbs.

Ewen, Niamh, Emily and Andrea paid us a visit last weekend and gave Sophie lots of cuddles. Niamh turned 5 this week - Happy Birthday Niamh!

Sophie continues to grow rapidly out of her clothes and looks like she has taken another stretch over the last 7 days. We went out to look for new flooring at the weekend and stopped in for a bite to eat, Sophie happily sat at the table and watched all the action.

Gran and Grandad were over again this week - Grandad helped Dad get a fireplace out of the dining room and Gran read Sophie her favourite book.

Sophie continues to take life in her stride and this is definitely her favourite sleeping position - when she's like this she is out for hours. She has also taken to rolling around in her bed, sleeping on her front and side sometimes. At night she sleeps in a wee grobag/sleeping bag - which is great because it means she doesn't kick off the covers.

 Here is another sleeping photo - this time she's on her side clinging onto Sophie the giraffe.

A spooky couple of weeks and then a solid start

"These solids are great!"

Probably best to start with something a wee bit funny - we started Sophie on solids this week and she seems to love them. the plastic aside she has had baby porridge and baby rice - both of which she seems to just get stuck into without even thinking twice. She still wants the milk though and she wasn't into the carrots yet.

"here's my innocent face."

We've had a real rollercoaster couple of weeks actually - Katie hasn't been well again which has been tough on us all (she's better now) - coupled with the fact we had a plasterer and a painter decorator in and it all became a lot more stressful.

The hallway if you remember had polystyrene tiles and adhesive spots that had to be removed.

In the end it kind of worked out like this - just the floor to be done and we have a hallway to be proud of!

But back to the real fun - Sophie has been an absolute star throughout all the upheaval and she's even been (on occasion) only getting up once during the night - which has been great for us all.

We've taken the decision to start weaning Sophie at 5 months and as mentioned at the start of this post she's taking it all in her stride - loving the food in fact. The next stage is to gradually increase proper foods and reduce the breast feeds.

Hilary and Ailsdhair paid us a visit to see how Katie was after her latest adventure - Sophie dressed up as a bumblebee as it was Halloween.

And talking of Halloween, Sophie had her very first parties. Our thoughts on costumes for Dave and Kate's childhood heroes party ranged from Mr T to Wonder Woman but after all the kerfuffle we kept things simple and used the same Cat costume for all the parties.

"If that skeleton touches those Haribo I won't be happy". 

"Got my own!" 

Kate's costume gets stress tested.

We took a wee day trip down to Ayr on Saturday - typically for Scotland the sun was out all morning and by the time we had arrived the weather had taken a turn for the worse. We had a great time regardless.

And then we went a long walk on Sunday to Mugdock reservoir - Sophie slept most of the time but we stopped to appreciate the great sky.

Finally - Katie and Sophie also caught up with Jenny Soep recently - a talented artist that Katie has known since childhood. She did a wee sketch of Sophie that I will post at some point.