Just sorted through all Vesper's clothes and finally pulled out the 6-9m sizes. It's like having a whole new wardrobe to dress her in, yay! (For the record she'll be 11m old tomorrow)
Speaking of wardrobes I fit into my pre-pregnancy dresses now. Very exciting, except I have given away/sold most of them. But at least I know I can use my old patterns to make some more in the same size. If I ever get money to buy fabric and time to sew it!
People keep asking how my Mother's Day was - Brad got me a day spa voucher which is awesome and I'm really looking forward to using it, but he forgot it was mother's day until I was already out of bed at the usual time and had done the dishes, a load of washing and made Vesper and my porridge for breakfast. Then I did another load of washing and did a bit of sewing before we visited Brad's grandparents, had McDonalds for lunch, re-heated leftover pasta for dinner and finished the day by mopping the floors while Brad took the kids to do the groceries. Then the kids alternated screaming for a couple of hours after Brad got home from band practice. So overall a very average day. I had been really looking forward to a sleep in and maybe a nice breakfast, lunch or dinner and no housework for the day... because that's what Mother's Day is about right? Maybe next year... or when the kids leave home? Sigh. It's really just an over commercialised money-making whatever but I really, really wanted that sleep in.
I will upload some photos soon - they're all on the old computer.
* Vesper's nicknames are Vesper the Messper (because she's always making a mess) and DuckDuck (because that's what she says all the time). Also sometimes I call her Bessba, because that's still how Oskar pronounces her name. I wonder if we'll grow out of that? I suppose so - he used to call himself Okka, but I'd forgotten all about that until Brad reminded me the other day.
* Having an older brother to copy means she's always pulling crazy stunts because if Oskar can do it then so can she... She's got a big scrape on one side of her face from going face-first down our front steps (bad parenting also partially to blame...).
* Vesper's over the worst of her separation anxiety and has come out the other end as a very sunny, happy little lady, albeit still very attached to me. I had to get a crown on my tooth this morning and when I got home she was happily playing with Brad and hadn't seemed to miss me at all (although she had been napping for half the time I was away - but it's great to know she's not going to melt down if I'm not always there when she wakes up, gives me a bit more freedom!)
* Oskar's night sleeping is going really well - we had trouble getting him to go to sleep at night and to sleep in in the mornings for ages, but both those issues have been resolved. He's now resisting day time naps - but he still definitely needs them! Currently the best way to get him to sleep without too much fuss is to bribe him with something fun to do after his nap - playground or visiting a friend or eating some sort of treat for afternoon tea. Aside from the fact he's desperately tired by 1pm I also want a lunch break!
* Haven't heard from his kindy yet regarding a place opening up, although when I contacted them a few months ago they said most kids were getting in on or around their 3rd birthdays... so fingers crossed we hear from them soon!
* Oskar's started playing this new game where he claps or drums out a rhythm and you have to guess what song it is. Luckily if you guess Jingles Bells you're right 99% of the time because it's otherwise impossible to actually tell.
* Oskar had his first trip to the dental nurse, before, during and after which he was stellar patient.
Oskar: "I'm going to the dentist for to count my teeth!"
* We've started going to a new music class - it's for all ages of pre-school kids so I can take them both along which is awesome. Oskar is so great at joining in, he's one of the only kids who sings along with the songs he knows. Vesper loves it too. It's a cool class because the teacher plays all sorts of instruments so the kids get to see them and stuff, it's not just singing and dancing to pre-recorded music like the old music class I used to take Oskar too. It's not as polished as the old class, but Oskar's so keen on his instruments that it's a great fit for him.
Yesterday Oskar told me he needs some timpani and a double bass. I wonder if our little family has become exceedingly pretentious (maybe I feed the children too much smoked salmon and pate and expensive fruit). I'm sure Brad would love it if we really were that snobby, except obviously we don't have the money to fund that sort of lifestyle haha.
* More Oskar talk:
Oskar (concerned): "Do you have gumboots, Mummy?"
Me (thankfully): "No"
Oskar (comforting and encouraging): "Oh, maybe one day you will."
Oskar: Wait a minute, I have an idea!
Me: ... do you know what an idea is?
Oskar: No.
(Brad told me off for being mean after that incident)
Oskar: I'm going to wash my face with soap when I'm a girl
Oskar: Have to brush my teeth or they'll be all gone and I'll cry and I'll need a cuddle
Oskar talking about the future: "One day when Vesper's a boy..."
It's funny hearing some of the stuff he says, because it means I've obviously said it a lot. His conversations are liberally sprinkled with "Sometimes" "Maybe" "Maybe one day" and "Just a minute".
Video - http://youtu.be/YUcFDUTIbVs
She's just getting over a virus (took her to the Dr last Friday because she came up with a rash ALL over her torso and face) during which she went off food, but she's getting her appetite back now. Really hard to find healthy, tasty food for her to eat when we're out and about - fruit is so messy so she gets a lot of sandwiches which aren't so great. Both kids really like "healthy" pikelets though - made with banana and orange and ground almonds and egg. So that was a good discovery.
I guess we've kind of officially started toilet training, although not with much effort. Oskar sits on it before he goes to bed, if I catch him hiding somewhere to do a poo (what's up with toddlers doing that? I know he's not the only one) or if he asks (which he usually only does after he's been put to bed at night, or extremely early in the morning - like 4.30am, thanks daylights savings).
I am a highly suspicious person and Oskar is especially sneaky and tricksy so I naturally assume when he says he has to go to the loo and he's supposed to be in bed that he's actually just using it as an excuse to get up, but a couple of times he has actually gone successfully. One morning he got up at 5.45am and insisted on going to the toilet and he sat there for FORTY-FIVE MINUTES and did nothing at all. So you never know what's going to happen.
Can't believe we have to go through all of this again for Vesper. Can't believe people keep asking if we're going to have more kids!!! hahaha
Oskar's current catch phrase is "Do you know about [insert word]?" I'm not really sure what he means when he asks. Is this a test? Are we in a secret club? Should I be learning a secret handshake? Yes, I do know about water, mummy, daddy, Vesper, milk, cars, mermaids and crabs (these are seriously all things he asked me if I knew about today). Also I was in the kitchen making lunch and he runs in and says in a conspiratory voice "I know about milkshakes!" and runs off again.
Um.... what?
Other Oskar quotes:
Me: Oh that lady is getting her boobs out
Oskar: Just like you, Mummy!
(there was a lady breastfeeding on tv... so not quite as bad as it sounds)
Oskar (talking to himself in bed): "I'm a big boy like my friend Daddy, and my friend Grandad and my friend Uncle Ben."
Vesper:
Vesper got her 2nd tooth after we got back from Nelson. I think she's working on top teeth now, or she's just a bit sick - she's super cranky, a bit fevery and nappy rashy. Which are all teething signs, but also all signs of a zillion other things. At least she takes pamol now, not that it's been making much difference really. And she's still sleeping amazingly (2x naps a day of 1-3hrs and 11hrs at night - although she's waking up too early at the moment with the daylight savings change - you can tell Oskar to go back to bed, but not Vesper!)
She's getting really good at playing by herself, although naturally gets up to all sorts of mischief. She turned the tv off when Oskar was watching it this morning and that did not end well.
Oh, did I mention she's properly crawling on all fours now? She's been doing that for about a fortnight. And her cruising is going well too. Very cute to see her figure out how to move about a room - she prefers to do things standing and you can practically see the cogs turning in her head when she's trying to move between objects and she has to back and fill and reposition herself before she lunges between furniture. Will she be walking by her birthday? I'm expecting it, because Oskar did and she's cruising as well as he did at her age, but then again that doesn't mean anything and you can never really predict these things.
She's over her really bad separation anxiety and stranger danger phase - as long as you let her warm up and don't just jump in her face and start talking away she's totally fine with people now. Her godmother and husband came over on the weekend and she was passed around and she didn't make a fuss at all. We were amazed! She's turning into a really happy, friendly little girl which is super nice. Less than 3m until her birthday! Gotta start making a party dress!
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Oskar introduces me to strangers at the playground:
"This is my friend, Mummy"
Oskar draws the letter T and gives me a step-by-step guide:
"You do a line across"
Yes!
"And another line across"
Er...
"And a line up"
Yay!
"And a line down."
um.....good try
Oskar singing: "Oskar Maweea! Oskar Maweea! No, I'm not Oskar Maweea, I'm Oskar Mebble!"
Me: This car is a Citroen. It's French.
Oskar: Like French toast.
Me: *can't argue with that*
She's cruising around on furniture now, and sometimes she has a controlled descent back down. She's starting to associate "Mama" and "Dada" with the appropriate people/times - I asked the Plunket nurse when first words are supposed to start happening (we've got Oskar's recorded at 13m) and she heard Vesper say "Mama" to me and she was pretty impressed. Still unclear whether it's technically first words yet or just practice.
Favourite foods are blueberries, raspberries and scrambled eggs. Not so keen on jars of baby food any more. Loves to eat anything that's not actually food - I found a sparkly heart sticker in her nappy yesterday. That is not a dignified way for a sticker to die.
"My nose is stinky" and "There's stinky on my nose" = I can smell something gross
"My eyes can't see colours" = It is dark and I cannot see
Here are some photos from recently at home though
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