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Sweet sixteen

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Cheeky gorgeous miss E, I’ve been meaning to write an update post on you for a while, slack tart Mummy that I am. Sorry about that my darling. You are so completely and utterly delicious right now that I  vacillate between wanting to press pause so that I can savour this truly delightful period in [...]

Spew central

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

I’d like to be able to do my usual Tuesday-A-is-at-daycare/preschool-so-I-have-time-and-space-to-post post but not today. E has a charming spew bug that has kept us up most of the night, along with her entire stomach contents. Poor little thing. “Dear dear” she keeps telling me. Right you are my darling. So I will be lazy and [...]

Priceless

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Early morning. A polite knock on the bedroom door.     A: Good morning Mummy can I come in? Me: Sure darling, and good morning to you too.   A: (accepts and returns my kiss but then pushes straight past me to the object of her affection): Morning E. It’s breakfast time.   E (whole [...]

Three years five months

Friday, July 4th, 2008

You talk and discuss and muse aloud, using words such as interested, dangerous and probiotic in their appropriate contexts with consummate ease. You have so many funny sayings and philosophical questions, as I have faithfully recorded so many times on this blog. You can dress yourself from head to toe, patiently threading the straps of [...]

At one

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

You toddle toward me on increasingly steady feet, arms upraised simultaneously for balance and a cuddle. With an impish grin on your face, your bury your head into my lap for a recharge of love, exclaiming “ahhh” with delight as you refuel your sense of security and self. In the blink of an eye you [...]

A series of firsts

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

First birthday girl smiles after the first full night of sleep in ages*:   First birthday present: (OK, I cheated, that was an early birthday present and photo taken last week.) First birthday present received today: First birthday cake (and here I break my own rules so you can see said cake in full colour): [...]

Legs eleven

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Miss E, you would have to be the most deliciously adorable second child in the universe.  The way you crawl over for a cuddle- complete with an expressionate ahhhhh and accompanied by a gentle side to side shake of your head against my cheek.  Your burgeoning vocabulary, including buh bye and nuga (your beloved Snugzee). [...]

A threenager of letters

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

As I have mentioned more than once in passing, I harbour no aspirations to be a writer. There is the matter of a lack of talent, as well as an unwillingness to turn my gaze inwards and search for the right words to convey my feelings in a profound manner. I freely admit that as [...]

Perspective

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

There I was, head thumping from yet another tension headache and ready to unleash a hissyfit post about how I am just so over everything (plus a moral dilemma or two that I’ve been contemplating of late) when E excitedly shows me that she knows how to wave hello and goodbye. Isn’t it amazing how [...]

My addiction to E

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

I don’t think I have ever dedicated a whole post to my youngest daughter, but seeing as she is being spectacularly adorable at the moment it’s about time that I did. Little miss E is my drug of choice at the moment. She is sitting independently for a good thirty seconds or so, and is [...]

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