The weeks really are starting to fly by. I can't believe it has been 13 weeks now that we have had this gorgeous little girl in our world. She continues to be an absolute joy and I am just so damn lucky to be her mummy. This week she achieved two milestones. The first was to roll from her tummy to her back. Arguably not that exciting though as it is significantly caused by gravity but she has worked out how to lean so that her body weight kicks in and does the rest. She did it four times in a row the first time so I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fluke. The second achievement is an extension of the other week when she worked out that her hand went quite nicely into her mouth. Today she figured out how to hold an object (that I put into her hand) and of course that object then went into her mouth. Delicious. Who knows what she will learn next week. It is amazing watching them learn.
Obear is also doing a great job of learning himself. Today he learned how to take his own t-shirt off. Perhaps it may not seem as significant as putting your hand in your mouth but on a day to day basis how many of us put our hands into our mouths? But we all have to take our shirts off at some point!
But seriously, he is doing lots of learning at swimming. He is getting a lot better each lesson and (in my completely biased opinion) is the superstar in his class. He can kick and paddle and even managed to blow bubbles last week with his head under the water. All of these were nothing in comparison to the achievement that was going on the big boy waterslide. With Nick of course but it is still a pretty serious slide that is pretty dark and with lots of twists and turns. It didn't scare Obear though - he wanted to go straight back up, and he did!
O also is doing a great job of drawing. I've been sticking big sheets of paper up on the glass doors and letting him draw all over them. The addition of a whiteboard marker has seen him draw some amazing pictures with fabulous narrative to go along with them. He is drawing faces with features like smiles, eyes and ears as well as legs and arms. I couldn't be happier. I'll take some pics of them and put them up soon.
We had Pa & Nanna Kaye come to visit this weekend gone which is always lots of fun.
Each time they come to visit they bring fabulous clothes for the littlies from baby Gap which just has the cutest stuff. But all the great items they have brought back over the years for Ollie just can't compete with the gorgeous little dresses that Kaye finds for Evie. And they all have my favourite - matching nappy pants - super super cute. My favourite this time is a stunning gunmetal grey satin number with layers of grey tulle. It was so cute that we have already worn it out twice. At the rate this little girl is growing I'll have to bust it out a few more times in the coming weeks.
Speaking of clothes, I continue to print shirts at a crazy lady rate. Poor Nick is living the life of a bachelor each evening after the kids go to bed, with me working downstairs for a couple of hours before I head to bed. But it is all coming together. Ollie doesn't seem to mind though as he finds himself getting new shirts every few days. This week he got a one with toy soldiers doing the YMCA dance as well as a triceratops shirt. He has been busting me for the triceratops shirt for ages and when I gave him the YMCA shirt he said "mummy, make my 'certaops shirt". Tough critic.
Ollie continues to take photos on his camera. We took it to the park this week and it was amazing to see it through his little eyes. Not surprisingly the swings featured quite heavily in his shots - he loves the little swing way too much and he is often to be found sitting on it on his own waiting for me to come over and push him. Poor sad little tucker.
It is Halloween here tomorrow (well Monday but they celebrate it on the Saturday night here) so stay tuned for photos. Ollie is dressing up as a dragon and his girlfriend Madi is coming over too. I can't wait to see how gorgeous they look.
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