Living Doll!

Having seen her on several blogs and being sent an e mail link by Victoria I had my heart set on buying a Pottery Barn Kids Sophie doll for my little princess when we visited Florida.

That's her in the middle!

Sadly Sophie was not enamoured with her namesake, refusing to have it anywhere near her!

Sophie prefers 'Spot Splatter Splash'

A quirky looking 'Lala Loopsy' doll with button eyes and paint splattered clothes!

Typical for our little girl!!

I like both but would have to agree with Sophie

Which do you prefer?

Lots of Love xxxx

Florida............

As promised some of our Holiday snaps!

Just a few while I work out why some are missing from my camera! (Or I'm just going to have to go back!!)

Green Beer on St Patricks day

 And Sophie's first park.......Sea World!

 

 

 

 

 

 A great start!

Lots of Love xxxx

Brilliant Break!

Surely It's not been a month since I last posted?

Thank you to everyone who has e mailed to ask after us.  I really appreciate it and, of course, it's lovely to be missed!

We have just returned from a fantastic family holiday in sunny Florida! we had a lovely time and I can't wait to share some photos and, more importantly, the results of lots of lovely shopping!

for the time being we are recovering from our action packed fortnight, although some of us are more tired than others!

While she catches up on some sleep I'm going to catch up on your beautiful blogs!

Lots of Love xxxx

I Want That One!

Sophie never fails to make us laugh at the fact she knows exactly what she wants and how to communicate it to us.  On a visit to Cath Kidston to choose a new pillowcase for her bedroom she didn't hesitate to point at the one she liked, nodding when I asked her if that was the one she wanted.  

Just to make sure I showed her another (less pretty) one at which she pulled a face, shook her head and pointed again!

As usual she got what she wanted!

I think it looks great!

Good choice Sophie!!!

Lots of Love xxxx

I'm Happy!

I love the Happyland toys from the Early Learning Centre!

Sophie spends many a happy hour destroying playing with our vast collection of vehicles, farms and houses (and I can have a play when she is in bed!) 

My fave is the royal wedding set though!  

 Don't you think the queen of Happyland looks very familliar?

Lots of Love xxxx

A Little Taster.......

 Just as I am changing my own eating habits, Sophie is having a change as well!  My baby is ready for more than just milk.  I had been thinking about weaning for a while and as Sophie's bottles got bigger and bigger and she began to demand feeding more often I began to worry as I had no idea what I was supposed to do!

I was lucky enough to get some great information from Victoria Plum about baby led weaning but wasn't sure Sophie would make it to 6 months on milk alone!  The health visitors promote the 'no food till 6 months' policy so I have become part of an underground baby feeding gang of renegade mums!

Well nearly!  At 18 weeks Sophie had her first few spoonfuls of baby rice, she loved it so much I had to make her more!  After a few days I consulted Anabelle Karmel made her some baby purees to try some different tastes.

So far she likes everything except parsnip.  Her favourite food, though, Is anything Daddy is eating!  Yesterday I found them sitting on the floor sharing a banana!

I'll be spending the weekend cooking!

Lots of Love

Kelly

xxxx

Baby Brain and Other Excuses!!!

Yet again I find myself having had an unplanned blogging break! What was I thinking eh? New baby AND time for myself????

When I haven't been looking after Sophie, time spent with James on our own is precious and switching on the computer just hasn't happened!

Sophie is 14 weeks now and is a very happy, content little baby!

She had a bit of a wobbly time when at about 5 weeks I became worried about her fussy, painful feeding and she was diagnosed as having silent reflux and given some medication that has really helped.

As you can see she is doing really well! (a little porker at 15lb 11oz!) and has even managed to sleep through the night a few times (until her pesky inoculations interrupted things!)

I feel like I have so much to catch up on, and am doing so slowly so please bare with me :)

I also have a lot to blog! Thank Yous, days out and home stuff to share, so I'm hoping this isn't a flukey 5 minutes!!

Lots of Love


xxxx

A First Date...

I thought I'd share some photos of Sophie and her friend Caleb!

(Please excuse the awful photo, my pregnancy puffiness had not gone yet!)

Caleb is the 8 week old Son of my friend Kelly, who, you may remember I went to Egypt with back in May (click here to see the post!) when we were both unaware we were pregnant!
With just a week between our due dates we enjoyed sharing our pregnancies and making plans for fun activities when our babies arrived!
We were surprised when Caleb put in an early appearance at only 35 weeks.. Luckily he was a strong boy and despite being tiny he is growing well!
In this picture Sophie is 2 weeks and Caleb is 6 weeks, it makes us laugh that Sophie is bigger!

Judging from their matching poses they are sure to be great friends!

when they wake up of course!

Lots of Love

xxxx

Sophie and Stanley......

It took me a while to work out what it was mesmerising Sophie as I changed her nappy in her room!
I giggled when I realised it was the CK Stanley bought from her by Auntie Victoria! She is clearly another fan!


I think Sophie will fit well into blogland!

Lots of Love

xxxx

New Kid In Town!

Introducing Sophie Agnes Martine Allan
31 December 2010
9lb 3oz








Worth the wait!

Lots of Love