On to the November news

Mom got an email through about 17 month olds and it said they should know a few words now, say up to 5 or something like that. So Mom and Dad decided to compile a list to see how many words Michaela uses in the correct context (when she's in the right mood, she'll repeat just about anything you say, so those words don't count). And we came up with about 60 words!!!! We just couldn't believe it. Now I wonder where she got the ability to chat away from........

We went to visit one of our neighbours at the start of the month and they have a cat house in their shed. Michaela found this very exciting and stood at the opening so she could pet the cats as they tried to get out. Luckily for her, their cats are very friendly.

Michaela's love of music doesn't stop with the guitar, she has discovered Daddy's mouth organ and loves playing it. At the weekend, Mom and Dad take turns for who gets to have a long sleep and Mom sometimes wakes up with Michaela playing the 'moothie' as she calls it. You would think it might annoy me, but it doesn't, it is literally, music to my ears!

Auntie Ivanna brought over loads of winter jackets for Michaela and Mom thought this one was really funny - it makes Michaela look like she's got no neck. Hmm, I wonder if it's just a little bit too big for her yet?
Michaela has finally started having a proper interest in books. Sometimes you can actually get through a whole story with her before she goes running off. Here she is reading a pop-up book with Granny Up-By.
Here's a pic of Michaela with Uncle Lionel - and it gets to combine two of her favourite things - TV and food!
As a laugh, Auntie Ivanna posted over a jacket with loads of frogs on it because it's the running joke that Daddy has an obsession with frogs (long story, but he'll say it's definitely not true!). What was supposed to be a joke, isn't anymore. Michaela likes to wear the jacket and she actually gets complimented on it.
Michaela has been to the eye clinic to see about her slight squint and they've decided that she should wear glasses and they'll check her again in February. So Mommy and Granny took her to the opticians on Wednesday to find glasses for her. To everyone's surprise, she was really great about trying on the glasses, so fingers crossed she'll actually wear them when we get them. We assume she's fine with them because Mommy wears glasses. As soon as we get the glasses, I'll try to get the blog updated with a photo.

The rest of October....

Okay, don't really have any excuses for why the blog has not been updated in a very long time, but I'm attempting to make up for it by adding loads of pictures and a quick recap of the last month....

Turns out Michaela thinks she's musical (and her parents do too, but we're maybe a bit biased). Here she is playing Daddy's guitar

And playing the piano with her little cousin Elise. See baby on the piano - that's her favourite toy and it goes most places with us and baby has to go to bed with Michaela at night too!

Here's Michaela with her best friend Cerys, running down the road outside the house. Michaela just adores Cerys and says her name very clearly. Each time they meet up, they have a little chat telling their news to each other - it is just about the cutest thing ever!
We went to Granny's and Michaela thought she was really good on the computer. Maybe she's destined to work in an office like her Mom?
And Michaela's obsession with shoes has moved on to an obsession with Mommy's green shoes in particular. This is the first time she managed to get outside with them on and she was pretty good walking around in them.
Daddy took Michaela to the rocky beach, where she discovered jumping in puddles! This new game is continuing as today Mommy took Michaela to get new shoes and within half an hour, she'd found a puddle to jump around in and get them dirty. Oh well because they're bright pink shoes anyway and Mommy doesn't really like pink.
And finally, the end of October brings us to Halloween. Owen had a Halloween party, so Michaela got dressed up for it. No idea what she is - some kind of pumpkin/witch/fairy perhaps? Anyway, she enjoyed it!

And Daddy managed to make a lantern - we were all very impressed with it, so Mom thought it had better go on the blog too. And Michaela thought it was so good, she liked to say 'ooooh' whenever she saw it.