We'd like to call it Nappies Online pandering to both traditional values and the e-society in which we live.
Lara is exploring the option of setting up a designer jewellery business.
... apart from the fact that there is a strong correlation with her eating carrots and being sick. Humm. So back on to the baby rice for a few more weeks before her stomach will once more be faced with the intense flavour of carrot.
Ana is now reaching an age where she loves her different toys. And different toys envoke different sounds from her. Rattles, for instance, bring out a loud shouting "Grargahahah!" whilst fuzzy toys produce a coo or squeal of delight.
Ana has just started 'solids' (can baby rice really be called a solid?!) so now we have the joy of delightfully messy mealtimes. We therefore thought it was high time to invest in a high chair. Here's Ana trying it out for the first time and thoroughly enjoying herself. I can't believe she's growing up so quickly, I'd quite like to freeze time for a little to enjoy each stage more. She's great fun - especially when she's not teething : )
She has a huge appetite for books. Let her near one and in the mouth it goes! Tim however likes to read them, so here is a very apt picture of Daddy and Baby enjoying books together in their different ways.
By some coincidence, all divisions of the Farewell clan (Olney, Cardiff, Cambridge) were free this last Saturday and congregated in Cambridge.
How to keep a little girl amused for a moment or two whilst Mummy tidies the house?
So to mitigate the damage I thought I would write the blog. Here I have clearly been impersonated by a mean twin I never knew existed... or maybe I always look like this?! Either way, Ana found it pretty funny so we hope you do too! 
We've been lent this fantastic device; a colourful harness (which came from a parachute, I'm sure) that hangs in the doorway, in which little Ana Daisy can dance, bounce, jump and spin (no exaggeration!) She LOVES it!
For the last week or so, Ana has been learning how to roll, both to and from her back. This is very exciting for us, though our friends with older kids are telling us to start moving things up and out of reach...
Ok, a question for you Canadians out there (or others who know Crokinole).
With an expression like this; the sheer joy of going to bed, who would have thought we would be appreciating a book called "Solving your child's sleep problems"?
"Who, me?" she seems to be saying as she stuffs our fingers, once more, into her mouth.
On the morning of my birthday, greatly desiring to be 'young' I decided to have some coco pops. Ana, who redefines 'young' decided that she, rather than I, should be eating the coco pops. A raging battle ensued. I tried to keep the bowl beyond the reach of her small arms. But she had been practicing lunging whilst I was at work, and once she had distracted me by some cunning means, she leapt forward, grabbed the bowl and poured it all over herself, myself, the table, chair and carpet...
Now, not being the best person at baking cakes I decided to opt for an easy chocolate recipe... apart from the state of the kitchen all seemed to be going well - the cake had risen beautifully and smelt delicious. Then I made my big mistake, I should have just left it in the tin. I'm sure we could have eaten it straight out of the tin, it would have been fine! But no, I turned it out and the cake ended up in lots of little bits. Here's me making the icing to stick it all back together. Tim says it was yummy though (I think he wants me to bake another...)
It's nine o'clock and well past her bed time... though she is enjoying cuddles with her daddy. Poor Ana hasn't been herself the past two days. She normally is very talkative (I wonder where she gets that from?) but has been very quiet and today slept the better part of the day, after not sleeping too well last night.
Getting things done is much harder with the little pickle-bean around. We are devising new ways to try to keep her happy while we unload the dishwasher / vacuum, etc. This attempt was to prop the mirror against Ana's bouncy chair. She loves looking at her 'friend' in the mirror - don't think she has quite realised the connection between her smiles and her friend's...
You've all heard of the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty, well now we have a new tale of Sleeping Cutie. Unfortunately she's more cutie than sleeping most of the time, but here is a rare opportunity to see her flat out after a hard day's socialising.
The motley crew is reunited once more, with another new addition (not shown here as she was taking the photograph... or maybe it was because she was sleeping). Most have now left to leave Gav time to recover before being shipped back to Cambridge.
Her uncles would be proud! With a number of car journeys to practice her keep-up skills, her abilities with the football are coming along nicely. Will she follow her mother in a path of college football?
With a thoughtful pose like this, she is destined to go far in the world of academia.
