Friday 7th December 2007

Well, I'm nearly at the end of my happy holidays. My first ever holiday in fact. We travelled up to my Great Aunty Rosie and Great Uncle Ron's house near Durham last Friday after I'd been weighed and had my lunch. I bet you're all dying to know how much weight I'd gained. Well, I hadn't been weighed for 3 whole weeks because of feeling under the weather. And guess what, I'd gained 18oz. So I'm averaging about 6oz per week according to my maths. That's a much more normal rate than my previous weeks prodigious gain! That means I'm over a stone in weight now, as mummy tells me that there are 14lb in a stone and I'm now 14lb 8oz - hooray! Another milestone. Apparently babies are supposed to treble their birth weight by the time they are 1 year old - well I think I'm about 6 times my birthweight already! Anyway, I had a lovely time with my Great Aunty and Uncle. I stayed in 2nd cousin Harry's bedroom, and slept in his cot, so I felt very privileged. Harry is the son of mummy's cousin Hannah. Great Aunty Rosie fed me my banana, and gave me special cuddles. On Saturday it was 1st December, a very special day. Do you know why? Well it was my Great Gran's 95th birthday! Yes she's 94 and a half years older than me! I went to visit her, and we had a jolly time together. I sat on her lap and she sang songs to me. I did enjoy myself. I got to see cousin Cath as well, and had a lovely snooze on her - she's very comfortable. After seeing my family it was off to our cottage in Northumberland with mummy and daddy. We had a lovely week altogether. I've started showing off a bit this week, and doing some new clever things. I'm now eating 3 meals a day, and I've had some yummy organic baby food this week that mummy bought for me. Normally mummy makes it for me, but as we've been on holiday, I was allowed to have posh organic food from the supermarket. It's a special brand called Ella's kitchen and is all natural. I had some nice flavours like broccoli, pear and pea or sweet potato, apple and parsnip. I gobbled it all up like a good girl - sometimes a bit too much and a bit too quickly though, which makes me sick, so mummy and daddy are keeping an eye on me to make sure I haven't had an adverse reaction to any of the food. I've been learning to swim too this week. There was a nice swimming pool where we were staying, so we went 3 times. I'm beginning to get used to it, and it's a lot of fun kicking my legs in the water sitting in my rubber ring. We travelled back to Durham today and are staying with my other Great Aunty Rosie. We'll be back home tomorrow evening and I'll be back in my own room in my own cot, which I'm looking forward to. I have behaved myself whilst I've been on holiday though, and slept through the night virtually every night, but I think I'll sleep extra specially well once I'm home, eating my lovely homemade food again, and playing with all my toys. I've learned to reach out and grab my toys this week, so I feel very pleased with myself. I lie on my playgym and grab at Gertrude the giraffe and Marvin the monkey - it's great fun. I've even grabbed mummy and daddy's glasses a couple of times, which is a bit naughty!