What Flies?...

Emily was playing with her toys yesterday with her dad and said something smart, i dont remember exactly because what followed still makes me laugh, he said "well theres no flies on you kid" then suddenly Emily looked down turned around and checked just to make sure she had no flies on her haha

Happy 2nd Birthday!

I blinked and suddenly Emily has grown into a beautiful, intelligent, comical Toddler!
She is 2 now and bright as a button, she is a real chatterbox and knows her numbers up to 10 and can sing the alphabet with ease.

She knows nearly every nursery rhyme i can remember and some i don't know the words to myself!

She's a typical girly girl who loves sparkly things and magic and her favorite colour, of course, is Pink!

Best of all she is gentle, loving, caring, a breath of fresh air




Well on your birthday morning the first thing you did is what every girl should do! Have breakfast in bed!

We got you a birthday badge which you loved and wanted on straight away and you sat very still on our bed while i wet your hair and put your bunches in.A couple of weeks before your birthday, just after Christmas we had been looking through a catalogue that came through the post and on the very back page was a Fi-Fi kitchen. I remember you looked at me and said "Mummy, i would like a FiFi kitchen!"

It was the first time you had ever really asked me for anything specific so i knew i would be getting you it no matter what the cost!

Lucky for me it was on half price sale!After playing with your new kitchen you had a ride round to Nanna & Grandad's house on your new bike and played in your indoor trampoline with the music really loud bouncing around like a lunatic

Then we had a little tea party for you round at Nannas and all your cousins came and we danced around, you looked gorgeous in your new party dress that Auntie Celia bought you.

Favorite Food?

Emily has always been a very picky eater, especially when we were trying to ween her.  She hated anything with mixed textures and would always spit things out if they had any lumps in much to my frustration.
However one thing she did enjoy eating no matter how often me and Nanna tried to stop you was dog biscuits!!

A star is born!

You have always loved music and by 13 months old you would sing along with most nursery rymes, not to mention your favorite song "We Will Rock You!" by Queen which was all thanks to your Auntie Rie buying you an extremely annoying singing baby for your first christmas

You loved it when we got the microphone out for you to sing with and you gave a very impressive version of "Hello Hello, how are you" all by yourself and we sang Old McDonald and you made all the animal noises including duck, dog, snake, horse, monkey, sheep and cat!

Tooth at last!

You started teething quite early at about 15 weeks old and always had very hard gums but it wasn't until you were 7 months old that we finally had a breakthrough! I was feeding you an ice lolly as you had been upset and red cheeked all day and as i pulled it out of your mouth i felt it drag and sure enough when i looked in your mouth at long last you cut your first tooth!

Favorite Toys

Along with Baby Ted who has always been a firm favorite you loved hanging about in your pram with your legs hanging over your pram rattle happily playing away
Your favorite play gym toy was Mr Sunshine, im not sure why he is not on this picture, he is probably in your pram where you had him last

Lucky for you Nanna and Grandad have an extra large doorway in the living room which was perfect for your door bouncer, the only problem was every time Ziggy pushed past you she would send you into a spin!

When Nanna gave you your first doll you looked at us all confused as if we had given you a real baby and spent a long time studying its face. When you finally decided to have a closer look you picked her up and started sucking her head haha

First Holiday - Bridlington

When you were 6 months old me your Dad, Nan and Grandad booked a caravan at Bridlington for the week, we dropped onto some decent weather and had a really nice week although sleeping arrangements were a little tight. We had taken along a travel cot for you to sleep in but it was too wide to fit down the side of the bed in the big bedroom but me and Nanna went shopping and happened upon a longer thinner travel cot that worked a treat although you much prefered your comfy cot at home!

We took your favorite play gym with us along with a great big bag of toys and it was during this holiday you first rolled over all by yourself! You never did like being on your front though and belly flopped about like a paniced seal until someone put you back on your back again



You had your first sink bath in the caravan and really enjoyed it, splashing about and squealing. You was such a clever girl already and knew you musnt touch the taps!

On one of the days we stopped off to enjoy a cream bun and a cup of tea on the pier and you enjoyed having a little drink of your Dad's cup of tea