Shrek the Halls

Posing

C and I were hiding out in MiLs bedroom tonight and she spotted my camera. She asked me to take these GORGEOUS photos...

Dancing Lala

The baby meets Lala for the first time! (if you're wondering what she has on her head, my mother-in-law had knitted some clothes for Baby Annabell, but C thought they were hats!)

Santa came early for C this year...

New art desk...

Queen Bee

Poorly baby

Sleeping a LOT:

Very rare: an empty ironing basket (the perfect hangover activity)

Daddy day today...

Interesting outfit choice...

My baby has new wheels thanks to Osh:

Three Webbs (the babies are 11 weeks and very gorgeous)...

Poor baby...

Today the baby wore bunches for the first time...

With a clip at the front...

Because look what I fecking did to her hair :( Stupid Mummy.

Birthday Boy

Really sorry

For the gaps in this blog.  Partly it's down to disorganisation, partly fuckwittery and partly technical problems.  But mainly disorganisation. 

Anyway, I don't want to stop, so normal service is resumed!

Grandad's wiggling!

Self Portrait:Podge

Just like the Italians...

Off for an after dinner stroll - and the baby fell asleep, so it did its job!

Oops, I did it again!

Oh deer!

It's a goal (in injury time, Gerrard)

Spikey

The view from the window next to my PC

(the slow news day didn't take long to come!)

Lucky me: Inspired by a friend's 365, I thought I'd post a picture of the walk the baby and I do most days.

This is at the back of our building, so only 30 seconds walk from our living room. You can see Chiswick Bridge which looks far away, but in reality is only 5 minutes walk. We couldn't afford one of the flats with the river views, but not many Londoners have this, Barnes Common, Kew Gardens and Richmond Park all in walking distance. Not a bad spot to live in.

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I can't help thinking I wasted my photo today, as the above could've been posted on a slow news day instead! However, I have to include a few more as today I braved painting for the first time with my daughter in our own home - whoooo-hoooo! She loved it too:

Fuelling up beforehand. I was well nervous (necking vodka in the kitchen!).

Getting stuck in.

The end result (I've got 6 more of these if anyone has any suggestions as to what I could do with them!).

The damage (not too bad I didn't think?)

We enjoyed it so much we even made a video for Nana and Grandad in Oz.

According to the baby, she's not the baby, she's Mumma.

Faddy diet: this is my dinner for a week

The most played with toys in this house are:

Absolute precision planning: booked the baby's party today. What can I say? I'm cancerian!

And, I'm sneaking this one in, just because I can't resist a cute picture of her, do you think she's pleased about something?

Not long after breakfast, while the baby was wearing just her nappy we asked her if she wanted to go to the park with Daddy.

Delighted, she ran to her room, and returned in this get-up:




note the bangle, I've taught her everything I know about accessorizing!

Little tiny pony, so sweet!

The start of the season's going well then honey?

My first baby girl

One day, my baby girl will eat spaghetti without getting it all over her face. I hope it's not too soon!

Dress up Sunday (the Scottish wig was better, but she wouldn't let me snap her in it!).

Beautiful cakes

The only cute thing in the Sealife Centre... (don't go there, it sucks imo)

The birthday girl still has it at 84!

Peace: how to keep a nearly two year old calm and quiet for 5 minutes.

Pretty (sorry yet another baby pic, but she is sweet).

Happiness is: a new sofa after months on a futon

Gurn...

Self Portrait: Rory and I had a taste of Saturday nights in days gone by!

Evening time on the River Trent

Independence sometimes leads to error!

The end of an era: Separate (ish) beds after 1 year, 9 months, 2 weeks and 2 days

and later... (so far so good):