Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Nearly 19 Months Old

Genna and her 'babies'


Her favorite thing lately is to feed her babies

Look - I built it myself!

concentrating hard

Its fun to have enough room to bring the pool inside and fill it with balls!


Playing and a bit of singing

Reading before bed with Dada (the sheets are off because she wanted me to change her nappy on our bed and then did a little pee - oops!). She loves reading in our bed before she goes night night though - our routine is bath, dress for bed, books in Mama & Dada's bed, drink of milk ....

then tuck Puppy (woof woof) in and say night night (she LOVES to give puppy cuddles like this)

Oh and goodnight to you too Teddy!

tucking in woof woof just right

and one last cuddle :) After the last cuddle she usually gives puppy a kiss then strokes puppy's head and says shushhhhhh.

Its fun to draw outside with chalk!!

and a drink for 'car'

Some stories I have been meaning to write down:

Sometimes when you aren't too interested in the food I have given you I ask 'would you like a dip Genna.' You usually wildly shake your head yes and say Dip Dip! I give you a little bit of low salt ketchup in a bowl and then you eat like crazy. Last night you were dipping each bit of your pasta bake as you said 'dip, dip dip.' So so cute.

Before bath you have started hiding puppy in the bathroom drawers then running in to me and holding your hands out and saying 'Go?' (as in, where did puppy go?). I respond - Oh where's puppy??? Then you run to the drawer, take puppy out and squeal in delight. And over and over again - this fun game never gets old!

And although we aren't starting potty training yet - just getting used to the idea of a little potty seat - I must state that you did go wee in it once this week - hooray! You looked really confused - like 'who did that'? But ha ha - its the first step.

They tell me at daycare that you have made a new friend - Lachlan. They told me you two like to hold hands & push play cars around together. I'm so glad you have connected with one of the children! Why is it always boys though hmmmm? They also tell me you are a super happy lady all day long and they really enjoy playing with you. That you love to color, play in the sand box, play in the cubby house and go down the little slide!!


Funny chatty lady at dinner time. You learned this 'open them close them' song at daycare


Wearing herself out for bedtime!! I dont' know if she's going through a growth spurt or what, but she is sleeping 14 hours each night and 2 hours during the day. And not only that, in the past week and a half or so - MOST of those nights are sleeping straight through, without a peep - for FOURTEEN HOURS! Just crazy, especially considering you haven't consistently slept through the night more than 1 or 2 nights in a row until now!!


Monday, January 30, 2012

Happy Australia Day

My Mexican bean dip on our Aussie table - it was a huge hit - yummmm!

Cool Australia shaped crackers!

yummm fruit stick!

'feeding' woof woof

and a little drink for baba

CAR!!!!

and her favorite people to push her in her car - Amelia & Clara

Clara drawing with Genna

Chalk is fun!!

Hmmm it's on my hands

Get it off Mama!!

puzzle time

and a little play with her truck

photo with Dada & Mama, shame she has a mouth full of sausage!!

Steve in his awesome Australia Day umbrella hat

Me & Selina

Clara & Amelia enjoying the pool

Murray pushing Amelia on the pool seat

and Helen with a cool hat!

cute girls with cute tattos!

darling

and Selina's AMAZING pavlova for dessert - decorated beautifully by Amelia & Clara

Yummmm it was so so so so good

Genna with an Aussie flag covering her face

and covering Helen's face

and on the floor :)

A really fun day with really great friends - the perfect Australia Day!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Happy Chinese New Year!

They dressed up at Genna's daycare this week to celebrate Chinese New Year

They chose a blue outfit for Genna to match her eyes - so pretty :)

We also had some fun painting at home

It is SO much fun to make a mess!!!

We also went to Manly one day to catch up with our friends Rita (who is due any day now!), Lindsay, Chloe & Louisa

Genna keeping an eye on Chloe

Yummm rice crackers at the beach

Back at home that afternoon - she worked on pulling both toys at once

and dive bombing her sofa

SO fun to climb over the back!!!

She also helped Dada test out his new massage chair

It's A-OK Dada!

Now - push me in my CAR!!!

She also stayed home from daycare one day this week after having a rough night's 'sleep'

sometimes its just nice to relax with Sesame Street

Every time we get in the car she grabs an armful of her friends to come with - this is the usual crowd - Baba, Woof Woof and Baby

Other things....
She loves to tuck her puppy into 'bed' before heading to bed herself. We have a makeshift bed (just for puppy, near her cot) where she lays her down, tucks her in with a blanket and they lays down and kisses and cuddles her before saying SHUSSSSSH and heading off to her own cot to go to sleep. So so so sweet.

She has initiated the first stages of potty training herself! I never thought we'd start this early, but she has started telling me when she has done a 'pee pee' or a 'poo poo.' So we got a couple little potty chairs, which so far she just likes to sit in and use a piece of tissue to 'wipe.' But - its a start!

Australia Day blog to come soon!!