Not long to go now!!!

Hello everyone, another month to do an update, terrible I know, it's just fallen to bottom of the list with everything we have to do!! Only 2 weeks on Monday until the bump is due, not long at all, very scary!! We have been beginning to get things organised, more on that later.

So I have put on a good few photos from the last month, and will update you on what I can remember!!

This is a photo that Ian took of Holly one morning when I was at work, we think it's really funny!

We didn't do too much in March, we had Granny Forbes through a few times and she has helped us out heaps looking after Holly and sorting the house out. We also had Grannie and Granda Stewart through one weeekend and Holly had lots of fun playing with them.

On March 25th we went to Kory's first birthday party, where Holly had HEAPS of fun!! She was playing on the slide and ran up and down the hall for the whole 2 hours. She didn't even have much time to stop for the lovely food there was, but I did, of course!!

The Birthday boy!!

Holly sitting in the play frame thing that they had, blocking anyone else going on the slide!!

Here she is again after her bath that night, looking all grown up I think!! Rosie Dog has also managed to make an appearance in the photo!!

We had a busy weekend that weekend as Mum and Dad and Sarah and Mike were here helping Ian decorate Holly's new bedroom, which is lovely. I will take some photos once we have finished it, there is still a few bits to do!! The Sunday was Mother's Day and we had a lovely day, we all went out for tea to the Inn at the Park, here are some photos....

After that Holly and I went to Lossie to stay for the week to stay with Mum and Dad. It was a great week, it was fantastic to have Mum on hand to help with Holly as I get really tired running around after her!! Ian came up at the weekend and on the Saturday he and Holly spent the day with Grannie and Granda, here they are going out for a walk with Holly....

Here are another couple of photos of Holly messing about in the house once we came back to Aberdeen....

Climbing in my washing basket!!

Sitting in her bid box, after throwing most of the CLEAN bibs on the floor, monkey!

We have been up to all our usual stuff too going to baby group and creche as well as seeing Matthew and Angela, Kory and Julie and our other friend's. Today we went in to town to meet Sarah for a coffee and Holly had fun running around Debenhams cafe!!

Holly is still doing really well, she is a right wee chatter box and is really mastering lots of words and even saying 'Yes' back to us when we ask her things. She is walking well too although still falls all over the place when she is tired!!

The bump is fine, ready to go I think!! I have had lots of practise pains, but none of them have come to anything yet!! I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. We are pretty much sorted now, just a few bits and bobs to do, it really is very different having a new baby second time around, we hardly have a minute to do any preparation with Holly to look after too.

I can't think of much else to say really sorry if I have missed anyone or anything out that we have done.

So who knows if there will be another blog before the baby comes, it's quite exciting really!!

Bye for now,

Hannah X

An update (at last!)

Hi Everyone, goodness me nearly a month without an update, I am really sorry. With one thing or another the blog has taken a backseat, but I will make up for it with lots of photos tonight.

So where to start? Well I won't go in to everything we have done over the past while (I can't remember anyway!) but will just put up some photos and a few things we have done.

So above is Holly when we all went out for lunch down at the Beach when Ian was still on holiday (feels like a lifetime ago!), we think she looks a right little madam in it!! Below she is an action shot from her playing in the soft play area in 'Ramboland' which she loved!

We have had Mum through a few times in the past month helping us out so I can work and we have had a couple of nights out too so she has been the babysitter! It was great to have her here especially as I am struggling more and more with things being pregnant. Here she is reading Holly a story whilst she is eating her hairbrush....

Holly has been doing so well with her walking she barely crawls anymore and is always on the go. Here she is having a wander around the garden when we went out to play one afternoon. She had found a golf ball and just kept throwing it and chasing after it, it's always the simple things that amuse her!

We have also had The Stewart Family through to see us and whilst they were here they went to buy Holly her first pair of walking shoes, which are gorgeous!! I tried to get them in this photo of her waiting for me at the front door one day when we were going out, I think she was trying to tell me to hurry up!

So for the past week Aberdeen has had a HUGE covering of snow, I have never seen anything like it in this country. It has actually been a real pest (as lovely as it looks!) as Ian has had bother getting to work and we have been pretty much house bound because I wouldn't have managed to move the car. I did get down to Asda to get Holly a pair of wellies and sledge to play in the snow (she didn't like the sledge!), here she is outside playing with her daddy and Frank!

Holly hasn't been all that well for the past week, so we have had quite a tough time. I think she has had a mixture of a reaction to her MMR injection and been very sore teething with her molar teeth, which have finally come through. She has been sick, off her food and generally miserable however has been a bit better today, so here's hoping she is starting to feel better. (fingers crossed, touch wood and all that!)

So what else to report, well the bump is doing fine, still growing! I did have a bit of a blip with my blood pressure last week going quite high, but it has been checked a few times since and all is OK. I can't believe how little time we have left now until the baby arrives, we REALLY need to start getting organised.

Ian finished at EDS today and starts his new job on Monday, which he is looking forward to, although is sad to be leaving EDS. He is out tonight for his leaving do, MAD in this weather!

Well that's all I can think of and I am getting tired so heading to my bed. We will be back soon!

Hannah XXX

Born to be Wild!!!!

Hi Folks. Well as you've seen I'm off all week which means I've had time to make up the xmas/birthday presents Holly got that required a little more effort! Monday was the swing and today was the trike that Granny Forbes got her! As you can see above she loves it! She's maybe a little unsteady at times with it so needs watching but overall it's a a success!!!

We had a pretty lazy day today as Hannah was out working so it was just me Holly and the cats this morning. Below is a rare photo of the threesome within hissing distance of eachother!!!!

And that's it. Holly has been doing heaps of walking today and is really getting her confidence up which is good. I'll sign off with another picture of 'The Wild One'!

Bye!

Holiday Week

Hi all, another update for you. This week Ian is off on holiday so we are getting lots of time together, although not going anywhere, would be too difficult with a toddler and big bump!!

So last week we were just up to our usual things, Baby Group and seeing our friends. Here is a photo of Holly chilling out watching the telly....

Rosie Dog was staying with us last week as Mum was away for a couple of days. Mum then stayed until Saturday and it was nice to have her around. We had a quiet weekend, just went in to town and I was working on Saturday.

Ian put Holly's new swing up in the garden yesterday, which she got for Christmas from Grannie and Granda Stewart, here she is on it....

Now I just have to persuade him to put her slide up that Auntie Saz and Uncle Mike got her!

As I said we are just having a quiet week and you never know we might start getting a few things done for the new baby coming (only 11 weeks to go, argh!)

Holly is doing really well with her walking she can go really far, but is still finding crawling much quicker!!

So that's it for now, will be back soon.

Hannah

Look, no hands!

Hi Folks! Here's a wee video of Holly walking all on her own tonight!!!. I think all the practice this weekend finally paid off and she was walking on her own all over the shop! It really is unbelievable to watch and we are so proud!

Enjoy the Vid!

13 Months Old!!!!

Hello everyone, a rare post from me today!

Well, it was Holly's 13 month 'birthday' today. Just thinking do we stop celebrating these now she has passed 1 year?! Votes please!

Anyhow Holly decided to have a lie in on her 13 month birthday and didn't get up till 8:45am - Hannah and I got quite a shock when we woke up so late! We think this is the most sleep we've had in, oh 13 months ;). To be fair she was up at 5am for half an hour so it wasn't all uniterrupted!

As for the rest of the day well we just went into town and did some shopping then went to vist Auntie Sarah and Uncle Mike.

Unfortunately Holly hasn't been walking too much again, though she did manage to do 4 steps in the bath of all places tonight?!? Oh well in her own time!

Anyway I'll sign off now. The photo above is espcially for Granny Forbes just to show the curls are still there!

Bye for now

Ian

xx

Birthday and Walking (almost!)

Hi All, hope everyone is fine. Can you believe I have only taken about 15 photos of Holly in the last 3 weeks, so not many to share with you tonight!! Here she is playing in the bath the other night....

So what have we been up to?! Well I won't go in to everything we have done in 3 weeks. Holly and I have just been up to our usual stuff through the week, baby group, shopping and seeing our friends!! Last weekend we had Granny Forbes through to stay which was great, of course Rosie came too. Mum and I went shopping on the Saturday and at night Ian and I went out for a meal for his birthday. On Sunday we had Sarah and Mike up for a roast dinner, which was yummy even if I say so myself!! Unfortuanately I came down with a pretty bad cold on Sunday so have been pretty much out of action ever since (and feeling really sorry for myself!), but feel quite a lot better today. Holly still has the cold too (4 weeks now), the Dr said to let it run it's course, I do hope it doesn't go on much longer for her.

Thursday was Ian's 27th Birthday. He was working through the day, so we just had a nice tea in the evening and Holly and I gave him a birthday cake, here they are together....

Today we had Grannie Stewart and Uncle Steve through which was lovely. We hung around the house for a while then went out for a late lunch, here is everyone (minus me and the bump!)...

As we may have reported before, Holly has been taking steps on her own for a month now, but tonight she managed to walk half way across our living room on her own, it was quite amazing to see our wee baby walk. So we think that will be her just about off.

The bump is doing fine, amazingly I am 27 weeks now. I am really beginning to notice how much I am slowing down, we went a walk to the library yesterday which usually takes 10 minutes to get there and it took us over 20!

Well that's about it, sorry there isn't much to say, but I hope you like the photos.

Will be back soon,

Hannah XX

Christmas 2005

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year!! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Santa was good to you, he was to us, especially Miss Holly !! Sorry for the long delay in updating you all, we have been getting complaints!! So I will try and fill you in on the past couple of weeks.

So back to the 23rd December, we headed off up to Lossiemouth for Christmas. On the way we stopped off in Westhill to see Rosemary, a family friend, who was up for Christmas and had never met Holly. We spent a lovely hour or so with her, here she is with Holly.....

We spent the 23rd and Christmas Eve getting ready for Christmas at Mum and Dad's house, we went to the local Carol singing concert in the Square on Christmas Eve, which was lovely, if not a bit cold!!

We were up about 7am on Christmas Day (I am sure that will be the latest we are up on Christmas Day for many years to come once Holly knows what it is all about!). We opened presents in the morning and had a nice breakfast etc. Here are some photos taken on Christmas morning....

This photo is of a very momentous occasion in Holly's life, her very first ever CHOCOLATE!!! Her Grandpa was very proud to be the first person to give it to her (he has pestered me for months to let her have some!). She absolutely LOVED it, shock horror and had another bit later in the day and a few bits since....

And here is the debut on the blog of the bump, I decided seen as it was Christmas I would let a photo be taken of it!! I am not keen on pregnant photos of me, so don't expect many more!!

On Christmas Day Afternoon we went down to Grannie and Granda Stewart's for Christmas Dinner. We had a lovely meal, although Holly was a little monkey during it and didn't like being in her chair, this photo sums up her mood....

Here she is a bit happier playing with her Grannie and Daddy.....

After lunch Holly's Great Grannie and Granda came to see her with Auntie Mandy and George and then Uncle Bill, Eryn and Lee so she was kept amused. We had a quiet Christmas Night back with my Mum and Dad.

On Boxing Day Auntie Sarah and Uncle Mike came through to Lossiemouth and Auntie Helen came down to the house and we had a BBQ, yes that's right a BBQ on the 26th December!! Yes my family are mad!! It was nice though, and we played a cool music game at night, which the girls won!! The boys were rubbish!!

On the 27th my good friend, Leona, came down to see us which was lovely. After that we headed back to Aberdeen, we had all been a bit poorly over Christmas with this never-ending cold, Holly especially, so decided it was best to head home. Ian was working from home for the rest of the week, so Holly and I hit the sales one day, and just hung about the house the rest of the time. Here she is playing, looking gorgeous!!

And playing with her Daddy again....

On Hogmanay we went to a few shops then I made us a yummy roast dinner at tea time. We then all went to bed at our usual time and didn't stay up, very boring I know, but we have been so tired with lots of early starts (Holly seems to be back to getting up aroung 5am since she has been ill).

On New Year's Day we went down to Sarah and Mike's for a lovely lunch and on the 2nd we went to a party at Angela and Martin's. Holly was really pleased to see Matthew, I think she has missed all her friends!! Yesterday I was back to work so Ian and Holly went and bought a freezer and to Asda, fun!!

So that was our Christmas and New Year, we had a nice time although a bit of a dampner was put on it by us being ill, but these things can't be helped. Holly has also got 2 more teeth in the past fortnight (she has 8 now!) and I can feel her molar's coming in, so has had a time of it the poor thing. She is beginning to take steps on her own now, she can manage about 2 then gives up, but I am sure she will get there in her own time. Her talking is going well too.

The bump is fine, wriggling away and it has started kicking Ian if he puts his arm over my tummy, which is very funny.

So that's the update, sorry if I have missed anything or anyone out....

Will be back soon (ish!)

Hannah X

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