Ossett Indoor Play & Hannah Babble

We were a bit bored today so decided to go and investigate a new indoor play place that i found on the internet.

It was a little dissapointing when we got there to start with as it was the usual set up but it was like they had totally forgotten to fill all the empty spaces with balls which was a shame so the only real activity was 2 big slides which i knew Emily wouldnt be impressed about.  We had been there about 45 mins before i asked a member of staff if it would hold my weight and she was fine about it so i managed to get Emily to go down on my knee the first time the next time just holding my hand and by the third time she was happy to let go and was having a blast!

She made a new friend called Joe, he was a very nice young man, she has good taste, he was briging baby toys accross for Hannah and was very sweet letting Emily boss him about, they were both up and down the slide about 50 times.

Hannah was quite happy sitting on the sofa playing with the toys and watching the big kids and mum swears she heard Hannah say Emily 3 times which wouldnt suprise me at all as she hears me shout it about 20 times a day hehe

Unfortunatly Emily did take a bit of a fall and ended up headbutting the sofa but she was alright after a bit.

When it was time to leave i suggested she thanked the lady behind the counter so she said "Thanks iv had a great time and i made a new friend, iv wasted alot of enegery though i will sleep good tonight!"

First Tooth!

Well Hannah has had her two bottom teeth threatening to come for months now and its finally come out to say hello!!

4th-10th Oct - Lias Visit

This week Lia came to stay with us for a break from home.  Emily loves Lia, they are big mates and always playing together, Lia is brilliant with her and will make a great mum when her time comes.

Unfortunatly we couldnt do very much as we dont have much money at the moment as i have stopped getting paid from work now till i go back but we made the most of it by doing free things!

We hit on a lovely day so we packed a pic-nic and took off to Wrenthorpe park with Emily's survival backpack.  Emily's ladybirds had just hatched that we collected at Roundhay last week so we took them with us to release.  The girls played on the swings for a while then we went on a walk looking for mini-beasts and leaves to collect.

Hannah loves the toddler swings now she can sit up and hold on properly she feels more safe.

She enjoys a ride through the park in her pram laughing away and taking in the sights.

Emily was using her binoculars to try and spot a parrott in the forest!  She didnt see one but never mind hehe

Another of the days was used up in the house, we built and enormous den in the hallway and had an indoor pic-nic in the room using Emilys real pot tea set.

The following morning we were dancing around the kitchen like we ususally do and i found a bride headband i bought Emily and popped it on Hannah, she wasnt bothered at all and didnt even try to take it off, she had it on for about and hour!

At the weekend Ross came to collect Lia so i decided that we would go bowling!  Unfortunatly Hannah is too small for this yet so she went to Nannas house for the afternoon and we went up to Superbowl.  I was worried Emily would complain about the shoes because she is very sensative but she loved them and was tap-dancing about.  We used the barriers for the first game and Emily was pushing the pink balls down the ramp and even managed to get a strike so i snapped a picture of her victory pose!

 Emily started getting bored during our second game and had started resorting to laying on the floor and pushing the balls with her feet so inbetween her goes i gave her my camera and she took some interesting snaps...

She really does seem to like those shoes! LOL!

 After bowling we went to the Ship Inn for tea which has a waky!  All the tables were full so we decided to play first and eat when a table came free, Lia and Daddy both took turns playing with Emily but unfortunatly she only got to have about 20mins before a table came free but she didnt create a fuss bless her!

Wave!

I decided it was high time Hannah started waving so i have been waving her hand for her for the past couple of days which she thought was pretty funny, she is so cheeky she has a lovely smile and sense of humour and loves to rough house.


So anyway i was doing the usual night-time routine tonight and made her wave to her daddy then we say goodnight to the other Hannah in the mirror on the way upstairs and her hand moved a bit, so we went back to Daddy and i said "Wave goodnight to Daddy" and without any help at all she did a perfect wave!!
Just to check if it was a fluke we went to wave to Emily and again a perfect wave! She was very pleased with herself hehe

LGI 4 month post op checkup

We went to LGI today for Hannahs checkup appointment and as per usual she was a little star, she is very comfortable in the endless coridors and was riding side saddle in her pram so she could laugh at her daddy and make click clock noises in the roof of her mouth and entertained anyone who would watch in the lifts hehe.


She had to have a routine chest x-ray and we had a sit down with the doctor and he is super pleased with her recovery and progress. She has now been discharged from LGI and her 6monthly follow ups will be at Dewsbury with her original team under the care of Dr Brown.

Emily'isms

Emily: Owch mum i just kneeled on my train!
Me: oo are you ok that must have hurt
Emily: No its ok i dont have much brains in my legs..
Me: Brains? your brain is in your head love?
Emily: But iv got two brains there *rubs shins*
Me: Bones love there bones

10th-12th Sept Gail & Kirstie Visit

This weekend Gail and Kirstie came to visit for the weekend, Unfortunatly Daddy was at work so we couldnt go out and do much but on the Friday we decided to take off to Tropical World at Roundhay.  I decided it was a good idea to leave Hannah with Nan as Emily has been attention seeking lately and the one on one time would do her good, besides as we was all going in Gails car there was no room to take her.

Emily had a wonderful time! It was lovely to see the butterfly section was packed with butterflys for a change and she always loves visiting her favorites the Meercats.

Afterwards we decided even thought it was pretty cold to have a walk through the park to the swings.  I had bought Emily a small bug catcher from the gift shop so we were on the lookout for mini-beasts.

We played around at the play area for a while while the grownups had a hot chocolate from the ice-cream van then walked back to the car.  Just as we got back to the path to the carpark i spotted some Ladybird Lavea on a leaf so we collected them up and took them home although i didnt rate their chances of survival much.

When we got back i went in to check on her straight away and Nan reported that she had been good as gold as usual.

Hannah really likes Kirstie, and she loves to make Gail laugh by cocking her head to the side and playing peepo which is mega sweet!


On Sunday we all went out for tea at the Waky Warehouse which is Hannahs first visit to a restaurant and a soft play area. She sat up at the table in her high-chair and tried carrot and cucumber, it went really well, she loved playing with the balls in the soft play area and her favorite was the bendy mirror which she sat playing infront of for ages. Unfortunatly all that fun backfired when she was a bit sicky on her dress whoops!

Its been a long time since i braved such a place with Emily but it turned out to be a great time to go as it was late on most people had been and gone already so after our meals we went down for a play.  Emily took off straight away into the big kids section but after about 5 mins she burst out crying so i had to leave Hannah propped in the baby bit and race up to find out what was wrong with Emily.  Thankfully she had just scared herself and gotten a bit disorientated, with the way she yelled i thought she had broken an arm or something!

So she re-joined me Hannah Gail and Kirstie in the baby bit and played in the ball-pit.  She is now hooked to Waky Warehouse!!