I am bad

Okay, okay, I have done a really, really bad job of keeping the blog updated. But, I am going to blame it on going back to work and Jonathan going on a course for a few days - neither of which really affected my blogging ability, but they are good enough excuses.

So, the pics. Below is a picture of Michaela's new shoes. She seems to really like them and is standing much better wearing them. She's now at the stage of being able to balance for long periods of time, but she'd prefer to be holding on. She can also walk holding on to only one of your hands, but prefers to hold on to both. Luckily for Daddy, she didn't start walking while he was away, but Granny has gone away for five weeks, so she might start then. Here's hoping she doesn't - Mom isn't ready for a walking girl!

Michaela has started trying to feed herself with a spoon. So far Mom only allows her to do it when it's yogurt, but she is getting better each day! These last few days Michaela has become somewhat of a pig. She'll eat her meal, then eat a whole satsuma, then some grapes or raisins and maybe even a yogurt among all of that! We are so glad she likes fruit (which she obviously gets from her Daddy) since it's easy and healthy. We are those mean parents who haven't yet given her ice cream or biscuits or any of the 'good' stuff.On Sunday, it was Owen's Baptism, so Mom is now a Godmother! It was such a lovely day and both babies we so good in the church and for the rest of the day. After lunch, we decided to take Michaela to the playpark for the first time. She just loved it, so we ended up staying for over an hour! Here's Mom and Michaela coming down the slide (see the wooden house in the background on the left - that's ours so there's no excuses for why we've not been before!).And here's Michaela crawling down the ramp at the park. She also went on the swings. Uncle Hop came along too, so he took her around lots of the equipment while Mom and Dad just watched.
And Wednesday was Michaela's first full day at the nursery. She just loved it. So much so, that she only slept for 15 minutes in the morning and 25 minutes in the afternoon! But it meant she was so tired come bedtime, that she slept from 7pm until 7am - bliss!