Been a while...

Well I gave neglected my poor blog over the last 4 months, but in all fairness I think I have a good excuse ;-)

The last 36 hours have been rather eventful so it has prompted me to update on motherhood and Ella's latest antics.

Ella's update - In the last 36 hours I have graduated to 6-9 month babygrows, so it's not just the odd bigger outfit now, I am officially just a massive baby!!
I have started properly eating baby porridge for breakfast and dinner and today i managed four massive heaped teaspoons mixed with milk. Hungry babba is me!! Plus in between spoonfuls I get rather ravenous and impatient so i also attempt to eat my hands, the muslin and my bib...it's messy business but it has to be done.
I stayed at granny Beanie's house overnight on my own. My first night away from mum and dad and i pretty much slept through the night for the first time ever....hehehe I like to prove the olds wrong. But last night I then did 5 and a half hours sleep for mum and dad, thought i'd give them a little respite as they were getting pretty grumpy and mum seems to be carrying shopping bags under her eyes...not a good look.
Oh this morning I have enjoyed my jumperoo bouncer for the first time. I was in it for a whole half hour bouncing away and chewing things and grabbing everything in sight.
Also have graduated to size 4 nappies, this means more space for poos...good thing really as this weaning business is mucky. I mean mum was gagging at my milk poos...now she really struggles. I hear they smells like chicken.
Anyway I have to go cry and grump because I'm tired and fighting sleep now. This really winds mum and dad up...apparently it's 'easy' to fall asleep. I know this. I just like to be awkward of course. It's in the job description.

Now that Ella has drifted off I can finish...we have been going to plenty meet ups with Kelly & Ava, Lorri & Tilly, Carol & Cameron and Shai & Amina. We have also been going to baby sensory classes, Ella likes to sleep through these. Unlike other babies...she sleeps through chimes, bells and maracas...apparently that's meant to wake them up. I wouldnt mind but the class is expensive and she makes me out to be a liar when I say she doesn't sleep through the night! We started baby massage this week too whvih she decided to feed through half of. Hoping this week will be better.

I think teething is occurring. You would be lead to believe that if you 'think' teething is happening then it probably isn't. However, we have chewing, extreme drooling, frustration at not being able to get everything in her mouth, red hot cheeks, runny nappies, moaning and the newest trick...chewing on the bottle teat (boy does that make me glad I'm not breastfeeding!). These symptoms, if you like, are on and off on different days. I thought I saw a tooth bud weeks ago but it seems to have gone again?? Someone said they can go back in again though. I'd like it to make up its mind instead of teasing us and stringing the trauma out, thanks.

I've realised that sadly, I don't gave any pictures of me and Ella apart from when she was a few days old. This has to be fixed. And when I get the opportunity to have hair and makeup done (vanity indeed!) And Ella is calm and happy enough for a picture, I will of course post them on here. In the meantime i'll put up a few of our photos over the last months.

Better get ready, I should have been showered myself, bathed ella, cleaned and prepped bottles by now but I'm still in my pjs eating porridge and drinking my obligatory second coffee of the morning.