Father’s Day 2016

fathers day 2016
Us at the top of Leith Hill tower

So today was Father’s Day and my dad stayed at ours last night so that he could come and watch Clara’s swimming lesson this morning for the first time. Afterwards, we decided that seeing as the weather was nice we would take another trip to Leith Hill and go on a bit of a walk. Somewhere along the way we must have missed a signpost because the circular walk took quite a bit longer than it was meant to and we were all starting to wonder slightly if we were still heading in the right general direction!

Following our walk we were all starving so we headed to Regional Thai Taste in Reigate. The food was delicious and Clara was very well behaved throughout the meal, although she did take a couple of swipes at my crispy beef so we had to keep everything on the table well out of arms length!

By the time we got home we were all shattered, and I don’t think I would be alone in saying that we were all a little bit envious when Clara went down for a nap. All in all a very successful and enjoyable first Father’s Day for Jamie and first (Grand)father’s day for my dad.

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Enjoying some Thai food

A busy weekend

a busy weekend
Clara with her granny

This weekend has been pretty hectic. On Friday, both of my parents were over for the day so Clara got a good bit of quality grandparent time. She is starting to really recognise family members now and is very smiley for them whenever they are over which is great to see.

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Weaning – week 7

weaning week 7
Clara in the IKEA restaurant

This week Clara continued to try new foods, including some Organix red pepper hearts corn puffs (which she loved, and were great as they completely disintegrated in her mouth so I was less paranoid about her choking on these!). She also tried Organix multigrain mini cereal puffs, although given that she is still struggling to get along with the porridge, I think this was a step too far as it is basically all of the lumps from the porridge taken out and combined in one packet! Definitely going to need a little bit more work with this one.

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First night away

first night away
Clara checking out the bouncy castle with her Auntie Jodie

Yesterday Clara had her first night away from home and we had the opportunity to test out the travel cot properly and see how we got on with it. We went down to Selsey on the South Coast for Clara’s cousin’s 3rd birthday party and decided that it would be easier to stay the night in order to avoid having to set off early from home on the day of the party.

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Taking a baby to a funeral?

taking a baby to a funeral
Clara and Digit

Taking a baby to a funeral is apparently a topic of great contention on many online forums. Unfortunately, this week we had to make the decision of what side of the fence we stood on as my dad’s cousin Diane had passed away. I was quite close with her, so it seemed obvious that I was going to go along to the funeral and take Clara with me, but it wasn’t until I started to google what a baby should wear to a funeral that I realised that quite a few people online seem to frown upon a baby being present.

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Weaning – week 3

weaning week 3
Our cheeky little sausage

Moving onto our third week of weaning and we upped it to both lunch and dinner each day this week as Clara had started to get the hang of mealtimes and we felt she could handle an extra session. We also had our first potential allergic reaction as she came out in some hives on her face soon after eating aubergine for the first time so I think we will avoid repeating that one again in the near future and maybe give it a couple of months before we give it another try.

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Sunshine & bank holidays

sunshine & bank holidays
Trying out the new buggy seat

Today is Good Friday and Jamie has booked the whole of next week off work so that we are able to have a bit of family time over the next few days which will be lovely. When we woke up this morning the weather was absolutely gorgeous so we decided to make the most of it and go for a little walk with Clara as we have been dying to try out the new seat on her Uppababy Cruz buggy for a couple of weeks now.

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#TBT Telling people our news pt1

Telling people our news

Initially when we first found out that I was pregnant I was adamant that I didn’t want anyone to know until after our first scan at 12 weeks, but in the end we decided to tell a couple of people just before the 7 week mark. This was a bit of a compromise really, as Jamie was keen to tell a couple of people so we both agreed that we would tell two people each and leave it at that.

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Grandad returns!

our family

So today Clara got to spend some time with her Grandad as he came over to stay on the way back from the airport this afternoon. He has been travelling around India for the last couple of months so we weren’t really too sure how much she would remember him when he returned, and at first she was definitely wary (although I’m not massively surprised as he was extremely tanned so actually looked quite different!).

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