The Happy Little Girly

Ana has now gone to sleep -hence the blogging. We have just come through about two weeks of quite awful nights - Ana wanting to be fed every 2.5-3 hours. Thankfully she is sleeping for a bit longer now - though I am still not sure how many full sleep cycles we are getting through.

Still Ana seems to be doing well on it - she is growing up as a bonny bouncing baby with lovely rosy cheeks.

Ana loves her Mummy!

Ana loves a lot of people, but especially her lovely Mummy. Mummy plays all day long with little Ana. Caught here with an increasingly common expression (smiling) Ana is telling her mother just how wonderful she is.

You should see the smiles she gives to her Daddy! (he said, not to be left out...)

(Though these are surpassed by those she gives to Mr. Turtle and Mr. Starfish)

Oh well...

Dancing with Daddy

Tim has discovered that if you hold Ana's hands she will happily wobble around all over the place, holding herself up on her little legs but unable to balance. This leads to a delightfully cute dance, made even more wonderful when she stomps her little feet too!

The Baby likes Music

It was discovered on a recent trip to the wilds of Cardiff that Ana likes piano music. Except when uncle Daniel plays 'twinkle twinkle little star' in a minor key...

At least she has discerning taste.

Smiling at Nana

We've known for some time that Ana is very popular with her grandparents, but now it's clear that they are also popular with her! Uncles, aunts, relations and friends also seem to go down pretty well...

The cutest baby in the world - ever

(you'll note this site is completely free from bias...) Ana's just got really smiley, which makes all those sleepless nights completely worthwhile. She's currently fast asleep on her daddy, curled up in a little ball being adorable. She is growing tremendously and is now in the 3-6 month sleepsuits; my little baby's all grown up!

Great-grandmother's day

Mother's day, Grandmother's day, Great-Grandmother's day!

We were pondering the effect that each of us has on others, and realised that, had it not been for Lara's Nana, 10 people would have never come into existence. Which is quite stunning really. And then on thinking about it further, there would be about the same number of people who would be really lonely without those!

So, a heartfelt 'thanks' to parent, grandparents and great-grandparents.

Horticultural exploits

The garden finally got some much-needed attention this weekend, made possible by Uncle Ben holding the baby and Uncle Gav assisting with the planting! Our lovely apple tree from Nana and Grumpy finally took up permanent residence in the border - we're now very hopeful of another bumper harvest in the autumn (nice timing - apple puree for Ana!).

Oh Canada...

Ana got all dressed up in the clothes of her Daddy's favourite hockey nation... they may have slightly clashed but neither Ana nor Tim seemed to mind!

Playing with Gran

Yesterday we had a lovely visit from Nancy, Hilary and Gran. After being put in her coat to go on our walk, Ana decided it was time for more standing - so standing she did!