1 Year Old!

Holly Baby is 1 year old, can you believe it?! I certainly can't, it's been the fastest year of my life that's for sure. It has been amazing watching Holly grow and develop over the past year from a helpless newborn to quite an independant wee girl.

So yesterday we had a quiet family day. We got up in the morning and let Holly open her mountain of presents!! She really didn't know what was going on and it took some time!

Holly got lots of lovely presents, thank you so much to everyone. I will write proper thank you notes after Christmas though. Here she is playing with her Rattle and Ride Winnie The Pooh.

After a shorter than usual morning nap we went out to Brewsters for our lunch, it was such a miserable day that we needed somewhere indoors she could play. Here is Holly choosing what she wanted for lunch....

Holly had a proper meal off the menu for the first time, Cottage Pie, which didn't go down too well, but she has been off her food for several days.

In the afternoon we just played with all her new toys. Then at night Poor Holly wasn't well and was very sick about 8.30pm, all over Mummy. She hasn't been right for a few days and I think she has had this bug thing that the rest of us have. It took us ages to get her to sleep but she had a good night and is OK so far this morning. What a shame for my poor baby on her first birthday.

So that was Holly's Birthday, I think she had a nice time even though she wasn't well.

Finally here is a photo of the picture that we bought Holly for her 1st Birthday, it is really lovely and will hopefully be something she keeps forever....

Well that is it for now, we all wish everyone a fantastic Christmas and hope Santa is very good to you all.....

Bye for now,

Hannah, Ian, Holly and the bump XX

Party Girl!!

Hello Everyone, long time no blog again!! So as the title suggests, Holly has been partying this week!! On Friday it was her Art Class Christmas Party, you can see her above in front of the Christmas Tree. It was great fun, there was music, party food and even Santa!! He was a bit of a scary Santa, but Holly didn't mind and even had her photo taken with him. Santa gave her an early present too, a puzzle.

The weather had been pretty bad since Friday, here is Holly and Talia looking out at the snow on Saturday morning....

So Sunday was a very special day for Holly, her first Birthday Party!! We decided just to have quite a small one for lots of reasons, so just had our close family and friends over in the afternoon. Here is the 3 of us before the party and Holly looking gorgeous in her party frock...

Kory and Matthew were at Holly's party, here they are, Kory was the only one who would wear his party hat....

Holly's cake had the 'Fimbles' on it, from her favourite TV programme.....

Here is a photo of the Mummies and Babies.......

And Holly with our friends, Kathryn and Steven who came along later on...

So that was the party, it was great fun, and thank you to everyone who came along to share Holly's special day. Also big thanks to my Mum, Granny Forbes, who helped us get organised in the morning, she was a BIG help.

Holly and I have just been up to our usual stuff since then, I haven't been feeling very well (quite a lot of us has been struck by a mystery bug since the party). We went up to see Kory and Julie yesterday and we were mean Mummies and dressed them in their Christmas outfits to get a photo!! How cute....

I had the midwife yesterday and everything is fine with the bump, it was kicking away and not letting us hear it's hearbeat, Ian reckons it is going to be a boy it kicks so much! I also took Holly to clinic for her 1 year check up, she was 28lbs 4 ozs and 78.5cm, a big girl!!

I will post another entry later, as today is Holly's actual birthday, but that's it for now...

Hannah XX

Christmas and Birthdays!

Hello Everyone, sorry I have been slow in updating the blog again, just busy busy as I am sure everyone is at this time of year. So I can hardly remember what we have done in the past week, but I will try and update you all!

Last week we were just up to our usual stuff, Baby Group, Town with Julie and Kory, then more shopping with Angela and Matthew! On Friday we went up to Lossie for the weekend, Holly and I went in the morning and Ian came later in the day on the train. We were staying with Granny and Grandpa Forbes and as usual Holly had a great time!! We caught up with everyone over the weekend and went out for Granda Stewart's Birthday lunch on Sunday, which was lovely. Here are some photos from the weekend....

So on to this week, on Monday we had Julie and Kory over for half an hour or so, then went to Asda in the afternoon, where Holly got a lovely new dress for her birthday. On Tuesday Baby Group went out for lunch to Brewster's to celebrate Holly's Birthday (early I know!). Here Holly is having fun in the play area....

Yesterday we just went out to a few more shops. I am trying to get organised for Holly's Birthday, we are having a small party on Sunday afternoon but even that is quite stressful! Of course there is Christmas to get ready for too, but I am pretty prepared for that now.

Holly is still coming on leaps and bounds, she had another tooth (number 6), is walking heaps with her baby walker now (she would only do a few steps before then realise she could crawl quicker!) and is a wee parrot trying to say everything we do, she can say 'Bye' (and wave) and has started saying 'Daddy' properly. I cannot believe she will be 1 next week, time has just flown past.

The bump is doing fine too, very active and getting big. My back has been holding out OK this week, thank goodness with so much to do!

Well that's it for now, we will update you after the party on Sunday.

Bye

Hannah X

It's a ......

.......Baby!!!

Well today was our 20 week scan of the new baby, and everything was fine! Thank goodness! It was a bit of a nightmare as the little thing had it's arms and knees covering it's chest so they couldn't see the heart, but after a 20 minute break it had moved and they saw what they needed to. We didn't find out what sex it is. As some of you know I have been very undecided about finding out this time, and was just going to see what happened when we were in the scan, but I didn't ask. I don't regret not asking either, it will be a nice surprise in April (although I am sure it's a Girl now as there were no obvious boys bits!) So above is a photo from today, the scan was really clear and the little thing was wriggling about SO much, it was really amazing.

Well apart from that we haven't had a great week or so. My back was still causing me a lot of problems last week, but luckily it has got better for now. Then on Tuesday afternoon Holly started being sick and it appeared she had caught this horrible stomach bug that is going about. Then in the middle of the night Ian and I both got it, what a nightmare!! Luckily Holly was ok on Wednesday so we managed whilst we were both really ill, then she got worse again, but was on the up by the weekend, and is fine now.

We just had a quiet day on Saturday and yesterday my Mum came through, which was great, Holly was so glad to see another face!! Ian and I took advantage of the babysitter and went out for dinner and to the pictures last night, and Holly had a great time with her Granny.

Sorry I honestly can't remember what we have done since the last blog entry, but I am sure it has just been our usual stuff! And I haven't been taking any photos (shock horror!) but here is one of Holly this morning with her cheeky face on!

Well that's it for now, I have to go to work soon!

Hannah X

Sad time

Hi Everyone. I am really sorry there has been no update for 2 weeks. As some of you may know, my Grandma Forbes was very ill last week then passed away on Monday morning, very peacefully. We are all incredibly sad, she was such a wonderful, funny woman and we will miss her so much. I am so glad that she was here to see Holly born but am sad she will never know the new baby, but she knew it was coming. Here is a photo of her and Holly taken last time we saw her........

Obviously I haven't felt much like updating the blog whilst this has all been happening. I can't remember everything we have done over the 2 weeks, so I'll just give you the highlights (or bits I can remember)

Back to almost 2 weeks ago and I had a midwife appointment to check everything with the new baby, which I forget is there half the time, poor thing. All was fine, although I was referred for Physiotherapy again because of my recurring pelvis pain. I got to hear the heartbeat, which sounded exactly the same as Holly's, so it must be another girl!! Holly went to play with Kory whilst I was there, here they are, they were having fun honest!

So on to last Saturday and we went to Holly's friend Keira's first birthday. Here is Holly playing with Matthew....

Rosie came to stay with us on Monday as Dad obviously went down to Glasgow. Holly just loves Rosie and chases her around the house. Poor Rosie, I don't think she feels the same about Holly, well apart from when Holly is having food and Rosie becomes her best friend. Here is a couple of photos of them together.....

On Wednesday we had Julie and Kory over, here are the babies playing, Holly wasn't paying attention when we were taking the photo and was trying to look round me to see the telly!!

Thursday was Gran's funeral, which was very sad, but a nice way to say goodbye. Ian and I just went down and back to Glasgow in the day. Holly went to play with Matthew all day and was perfect (apparently!). I don't think she missed me at all, but I missed her heaps, I think it was the longest I have been away from her.

Rosie went home on Friday and Mum and Dad came to get her and stayed a couple of hours. This weekend has just been quiet, we went in to town yesterday (which was heaving!) and then today we went to Duthie Park. Here are some photos.....

Holly finally has produced another tooth, yipee! However it is not one of the front top two as expected at this stage, it's one on the top right, very odd!! We do think her front ones won't be long as you can really see them. I hope they do appear, the dentist told me she would be referred to the hospital if they hadn't come in by March. She is also doing really well with her 'talking', she is repeating HEAPS of words now, the latest being 'Balloon' (which sometimes comes out 'Baboon'!) She is obviously too young to be properly speaking, but I don't think it will be too long!

So sorry there are gaps missing here, I will try and do a better update later in the week.

Bye for now,
Hannah

Long overdue update!

Hello Everyone, I am really sorry it has taken me so long to update the blog again, I hardly get online at the moment, Holly keeps me so busy through the day then I'm too tired at night or working!! Anyway I will make up for it with lots of photos of Holly!! The first one, above, is of her doing clap-a-handies, which she mastered a while ago, but does it ALL the time now!!

So what have we been up to? I'll see if I can remember!! Back to LAST weekend, and we went shopping in town on Saturday, Ian's favourite!! It was actually really busy so I don't think we will be going back on a Saturday before Christmas. On Sunday we had another 1st Birthday Party, this time for Niamh, here is Holly in her pretty dress before we went...

The party was held at a restaurant in town and there were heaps of people there. Holly had a ball playing with all her friends from Baby Group. Here is a photo of all the Mummies and Babies, hard to believe it was just over a year ago we all met with bumps!

On Monday we had Angela and Matthew over for lunch then we all headed in to town to get the babies one of their Christmas presents. It was a bit of a disasterous trip to be honest, I couldn't get Holly's present, she screamed most of the way around town because she hates her buggy, then when we got back to the car we managed to immobilise it, so we had to wait for Martin to come and get us, and Holly was still screaming!! Funny now though!!

Tuesday was Baby Group at Angela's, then I got a bit of a night off and went to the Boots Christmas Shopping night in town with Angela and Julie. I managed to get the majority of my Christmas Shopping done (!) and enjoyed having some time to myself. Afterwards we went for a pizza and gossip and it was great to get out.

On Wednesday we went swimming with Kory and Julie, which Holly quite enjoyed, it was only her 3rd time, but she seemed to like it more than last time. On Thursday we went in to town again with Angela and Matthew and for a coffee, which Holly hated again as it involved being in her buggy! On Friday it was Art Class again and we (well I) made a rocket for fireworks day. Holly just crawled about and played with her friends! We popped down to Asda in the afternoon.

We had a quiet day on Saturday, just went to a few shops, then of course it was bonfire night. We didn't go to a display or anything, Holly would have hated it as she is such a wimp when it comes to loud noises!

Here is Holly on Sunday morning with a great big cheesy smile!!

And here she is with our cat Talia, who I don't think has had many appearances on the blog, coz she is never in!

Holly just LOVES the cats and chases them all over the house, which they don't always appreciate!

On Sunday afternoon my Mum came through which was lovely as we haven't seen her for ages. We had Sarah and Mike up for tea and then we went outside and had a shot of some sparklers, although Holly just watched from the window as it was so cold!

And here is Holly with her Granny....

So that's our update on our goings-on. Holly can do so much now, she is repeating noises and really beginning to understand what we say to her. She definitely has a wee temper, it must be that red hair!! I blame Mum!

And as for the bump, he/she is doing fine, I have been feeling it wriggle for a couple of weeks now. I am 16 weeks already, so off to the midwife tomorrow for my blood tests and I will hopefully get to hear the heartbeat too. It's a shame I hardly remember I am pregnant because I am so busy with Holly, the baby will be before we know it!

So, sorry if I have gone on a bit, I hope you like the photos!

Hannah X

My Little Pumpkin!!

Hi All. Holly had her first ever Halloween party today at the Baby Art Class. Doesn't she look cute?! Her Great Auntie Karen had sent her this outfit a little while ago so I was really pleased she had a reason to wear it today. There were heaps of kids at the party, it was really good fun. The older ones played games and Holly and the other babies just played with the toys. There was heaps of party food, which Holly wasn't that bothered about, well until I started eating it! Kory and Matthew were there too, here they are.....

We have just been up to our usual stuff this week, Ian was away to Shetland on Wednesday but is back now thank goodness!
Well I had better go,

Hannah X

Here we go again!!

Hello Everyone, 2 updates in a day! Well we just wanted to share our surprising news with you all that we are expecting another baby. We had our 12 week scan today and all was OK so it's time to let you all know. The baby is due on the 24th April 2006 although may come earlier if I have a C-Section as I have been advised, but we will decide that nearer the time. So here is the little baby....

We are very relieved that everything was OK and exicted (if not VERY scared) about having another baby. Yes we know we are mad before you all say it!

I have been feeling OK this time round, just a bit sick and very tired, but Holly's early morning starts may have a lot to do with that. The lack of blog updates has been because I have been so shattered at nights, but hopefully that will improve.

We have our 20 week scan on the 5th December, which isn't that far off really.

So that's it, I'm sure you are all a little surprised by this, we sure were at first!!

Love, Hannah, Ian and Holly XXX

Birthday Update

Hi All. Just thought I would update you on our weekend. It was my birthday on Saturday and I was very lucky and spoilt rotten so thanks for all the lovely cards and presents. The best thing was getting a card that said 'Mummy' on it from Holly, I know I'm sad!! Here is a photo of me and Holly....

We just had a lazy morning then Angela and Matthew popped round at lunchtime. After lunch we went out to Banchory to the Falls of Feugh, which is a lovely waterfall. Here are some photos....

It was absolutely beautiful there and we stood watching the poor fish trying to jump up stream for ages. Holly just had on her confused face, as she always does when we do something different! After that we went to the wee coffee shop place and I had the biggest bit of sponge cake you have ever seen, it was YUMMY!

On Saturday night we had a nice quiet night in front of the telly with a Dominos Pizza, my favourite!!

Yesterday we were just around the house trying to tidy up a bit (which is always a waste of time as 2 minutes later Holly has destroyed the place again!) Later on in the afternoon we went to see Sarah and hear about the wedding she was at over the weekend.

So that's it for now,
Hannah X

New Shoes!!

Hi All. Well today Holly got her first pair of proper shoes from Clarks. As she is now officially 'Cruising' and it's getting cold out there we decided it's time for her to have proper shoes. We got her feet measured and she was a size 4 and a half, which is quite big for a little girl, but mind you I have HUGE feet so I guess she was never going to be that small. We chose a lovely pair of bright pink ones which are specially for cruising. They should last 6-8 weeks, which isn't that long really! They took her photo and I have it in a little frame to keep. So here she is wearing them.....

So what have we been up to? Well on Monday we had Kory and Julie over for lunch then we went a big walk round Cove which was nice. Tuesday was Baby Group, then on Wednesday we went with Angela and Matthew to visit our friend's Lesley and Liam in their big new house, which was gorgeous!

Ian has been on holiday since Thursday, so in the morning he and Holly went in to town birthday present shopping (his favourite!) whilst I went to do some training for work. After that I went back in to town and we met Granny Forbes for lunch who was through for the day, so it was lovely to see her. Last night I got a treat and had my hair cut, which is nice (and not too short, Dad!) Today we got the shoes then went for a wander round a local garden centre and for a nice cup of tea!!

Here is Holly giving Fimbo (a Fimble if you didn't know?!) a big cuddle on the telly, cute!!

Well that's it for now, I will update you over the weekend especially as it's my birthday (21 again!)

Bye for now,
Hannah X