A place to sit and work

This might surprise some folks, but Cat and I don't buy loads of things for Aimee on a whim. Each purchase is discussed in depth and deliberated in detail over the pros and cons. We pour over the research, we imagine if it has a use or long term value and then...we go and buy it anyway.

The latest example is the table and chair as pictured above. On paper, a needless purchase as she could easily and quite happily do her 'creative' expression sitting on the floor. She also seems to be perfectly happy eating from her normal high chair. But the sheer joy and happiness that Aimee shows when she uses her new table set confirms that this was a wise purchase.

Speaking of purchases. Seems like our Mothercare panic buying early days have actually bee put to good use, as Aimee has used at some point all the baby things we have bought, but also Cat has passed on these various items to her friends with new babies, who in turn will pass them back to us when our new little critter arrives.

My next purchase, which I will have to wait until we move in to our new house, is to get Aimee a mini-truck or car that she can wheel around in. She absoltely adores these things, even if reverse gear is her only direction!

A moment alone

Aimee spent her first weekend apart from us as we decided we needed a break and spent 2 days in Old Amersham. We departed Cat's parents, who kindly offered babysitting duties, I would love to say Aimee threw a tantrum and begged for us to return, but NO, she was quite happy tottering around the house, playing on her new motor truck and generally unaware that Mummy and Daddy were absent. Pah! So much for clingyness.
But it wasn't too hard on us either as during our weekend break, we only talked about Aimee, ooh, about 50 percent of the time, no, make that 60 percent..honest.
And we only called to check on her about 5 times, maybe 6...
Towards the end, we almost forgot what having Aimee around 24/7 was like.
Upon our return, one look at my in-laws tired faces quickly reminded us of how exhausting she can be.

But we had a great time alone, our first for 18 months, and maybe our last - before the newborn comes along.

Animal Farm

Aimee has recently taken to making animal noises. At first it just sounded like a random series of whines and caws, but when I read a book to her, I realised she was 'mooing' like a cow, followed by 'meoooowing'like a cat. Other noises she is getting to grips with include the oink of the pig, cackle of the cockatoo and quack of a duck. Aimee doesn't bother with the Baa of a sheep or neigh of a horse, but several thousand renditions of Old MacDonald may eventually change that!

Back teeth are coming through with a veangence. Poor Aimee, it must be awful.

Aimee self portrait

Justice - Aimee style

Aimee dismembers the croc. Gulp!