Orn LOVES to bang at my keyboard, today she managed to actually say things!
Mummy says: (16:49:27 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:49:29 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:50:08 14/09/2012)
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Daddy says: (16:50:24 14/09/2012)
interesting set of punctuation you (or Orna) are sending me
Mummy says: (16:50:39 14/09/2012)
how did she do the questION MARks???
Mummy says: (16:51:03 14/09/2012)
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Daddy says: (16:51:04 14/09/2012)
one finger pressing shift and /
Mummy says: (16:51:06 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:51:12 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:51:21 14/09/2012)
my /poor lapt?o¿˘p
Daddy says: (16:51:39 14/09/2012)
I was using google scholar earlier and it suggested I set up a profile to make it easier to find new papers
Mummy says: (16:51:42 14/09/2012)
She's just banging one handed though!
Daddy says: (16:51:51 14/09/2012)
when I was adding my plosone paper, it came up as '1 citation'
Daddy says: (16:51:54 14/09/2012)
so I downloaded it
Mummy says: (16:51:57 14/09/2012)
:D
Daddy says: (16:52:05 14/09/2012)
and they don't actually refer to anything useful in my paper:
Daddy says: (16:52:09 14/09/2012)
measurements based on imaging are slow because they require time for stage movement, autofocusing, and long exposures to detect low-intensity signals. They require significant resources for data storage (Daddy et al. 2011).
Mummy says: (16:52:15 14/09/2012)
haha, same as mine :P
Daddy says: (16:52:27 14/09/2012)
so me saying imaging takes tons of disk space got me a citation :p
Mummy says: (16:52:36 14/09/2012)
!oow
Mummy says: (16:52:47 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:52:53 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:53:01 14/09/2012)
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Daddy says: (16:53:03 14/09/2012)
ok, I'm finished over here now so I'll leave you and orna to play with the keyboard :p
Daddy says: (16:53:05 14/09/2012)
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Mummy says: (16:53:09 14/09/2012)
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Time with a baby goes so fast, I'm trying to track what we do each day and how I'm feeling as in a blink of an eye it will all be forgotten.
Friday 14 September 2012
Saturday 4 August 2012
Why can't I crawl?
This morning we wandered in to town, and Orna had an excellent nap.
She's been a bit whiny this afternoon, which seems to be frustration that she can't crawl yet. She can get up on her hands, tuck her knees under but then is stuck (or splats forwards after pushing with her legs) and whinges until she either gives in and flattens down, or is rescued.
She's been a bit whiny this afternoon, which seems to be frustration that she can't crawl yet. She can get up on her hands, tuck her knees under but then is stuck (or splats forwards after pushing with her legs) and whinges until she either gives in and flattens down, or is rescued.
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Cheeky Monkeys!
Up and out bright and early today for a train at 10:20! Misjudged the trip time a little and the train was at the station when I arrived, so I ran and got on. Fortunately the ticket inspector was nice, and presumuably my pram and hot sweaty face showed I wasn't trying to fare dodge and I bought one on it.
A friend then collected us from the station and we went off to the Cheeky Monkeys thing. On the tombola I won some spoons (yay!), and I did a plate with Orn's hand and foot prints (I then lost the reciept, so need to email the lady and ask where to collect it from). I then had some photos taken, and a man from the paper took photos of the photographer taking photos of Orn (ooh, meta).
Afterwards I popped in to town to ask if they had any Anbesol in Superdrug, they didn't, but phoned the warehouse and ordered some in. Yay!
A friend then collected us from the station and we went off to the Cheeky Monkeys thing. On the tombola I won some spoons (yay!), and I did a plate with Orn's hand and foot prints (I then lost the reciept, so need to email the lady and ask where to collect it from). I then had some photos taken, and a man from the paper took photos of the photographer taking photos of Orn (ooh, meta).
Afterwards I popped in to town to ask if they had any Anbesol in Superdrug, they didn't, but phoned the warehouse and ordered some in. Yay!
Tuesday 31 July 2012
Today I have mostly been scuttling
Her, not me.
We did nothing, she roamed around and played a lot. We read a couple of books (My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Henry's Rabbit, and Monsters Are Like That), and had some naps.
Wish my life were that easy.
We did nothing, she roamed around and played a lot. We read a couple of books (My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Henry's Rabbit, and Monsters Are Like That), and had some naps.
Wish my life were that easy.
Sunday 29 July 2012
Orna's first football match!
And what an exciting day it was! At 12:15, we toddled off towards town with Orna in the carrier to get the bus up to the City of Coventry Stadium *cough* Ricoh Arena *cough*. We got our shuttle bus under the ring road and away we went!
We got to the arena, had our bags thoroughly searched then went in. The great big steps up to the seats seemed positively enormous with the extra weight of a baby strapped to my front but somehow I made it up there.
Orn was brilliant, she slept for most of the first match, woke up and had a bit of a shout after a goal (not sure if she was happy for Mexico, or, like me, sad fo Gabon). After the first match I ventured off to find somewhere to change her and had to ask a lot of people for the key to the changing room. I then tried to express in there too, but could hear a queue building up outside that really put me off. I returned Orn to Daddy, and went off to the ladies to do the other side.
She was more awake during the next match (S. Korea vs Switzerland), and at half time I underwent a somewhat misguided attempt to change her nappy on the seat which resulted in her a) screaming and b) banging her head and screaming more. Ah well, you live and learn.
We finally got home at 8ish, what a long day for all involved.
Orn was brilliant, she slept for most of the first match, woke up and had a bit of a shout after a goal (not sure if she was happy for Mexico, or, like me, sad fo Gabon). After the first match I ventured off to find somewhere to change her and had to ask a lot of people for the key to the changing room. I then tried to express in there too, but could hear a queue building up outside that really put me off. I returned Orn to Daddy, and went off to the ladies to do the other side.
She was more awake during the next match (S. Korea vs Switzerland), and at half time I underwent a somewhat misguided attempt to change her nappy on the seat which resulted in her a) screaming and b) banging her head and screaming more. Ah well, you live and learn.
We finally got home at 8ish, what a long day for all involved.
Saturday 28 July 2012
The Ornlympics Opening Ceremony
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| Adorable snapshot of Orn and a little friend holding hands! |
In the evening we went to Orn's 3rd BBQ at the house of one of the students in Daddy's lab. We watched the Olympics opening ceremony projected onto a sheet on their back wall. She was in good sprits, entertaining everyone by trying to grab beer bottles. Around 9:15 she had a big cry and seemed tired, after a bit of a struggle she slept in her pram (eek, her spine!) until midnight when the ceremony ended and it was time to go home. This earlier to bed thing is starting to work.
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| Some of the fireworks! |
Thursday 26 July 2012
13lbs
She's not really enjoyed the heat today, and has struggled to nap. I feel the same! She is trying very hard to crawl though, her legs now get in about the right position, but her face plows down forwards.
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Draycote Water (or Holy Crap it's hot!)
Today we met up with the antenatal people to go for a nice walk and a picnic. The weather had been perking up, so it seemed ideal. Unfortunately we didn't bargain for 26C heat and no shade.
I'd got the train to Rugby, where we were being picked up to get to the resevoir. I realised in the morning it was going to be too hot for Orn to spend the day in the car seat, so off we toddled to the train station with Orna in her car seat, the pram seat lashed to the back of that, changing bag, coolbag with my lunch and her milk and the UV tent. We got there and our train was 5 mins late, not too bad, but then it turned out that someone had jumped onto the tracks and there would be no trains going north or south. A Virgin train stuck at the station had to turn back, but would only be stopping at Watford and London, but fortunately for us they changed their minds and it also did Rugby and Milton Keynes so away we went.
The walk would have been lovely if there had been a bit more of a breeze, as it was it was a tad toasty. It also took longer than we expected, and it turns out I can walk around while expressing...I was also savaged by a horsefly, but Orn was safe from both the sun and marauding beasts in her UV cover.
We got the train back, and Daddy collected us from the station. Orn and I went for much needed showers, then we went out to the crayfish party at Ikea (or Orna's second home as it's turning out to be). Yum!
I'd got the train to Rugby, where we were being picked up to get to the resevoir. I realised in the morning it was going to be too hot for Orn to spend the day in the car seat, so off we toddled to the train station with Orna in her car seat, the pram seat lashed to the back of that, changing bag, coolbag with my lunch and her milk and the UV tent. We got there and our train was 5 mins late, not too bad, but then it turned out that someone had jumped onto the tracks and there would be no trains going north or south. A Virgin train stuck at the station had to turn back, but would only be stopping at Watford and London, but fortunately for us they changed their minds and it also did Rugby and Milton Keynes so away we went.
The walk would have been lovely if there had been a bit more of a breeze, as it was it was a tad toasty. It also took longer than we expected, and it turns out I can walk around while expressing...I was also savaged by a horsefly, but Orn was safe from both the sun and marauding beasts in her UV cover.
We got the train back, and Daddy collected us from the station. Orn and I went for much needed showers, then we went out to the crayfish party at Ikea (or Orna's second home as it's turning out to be). Yum!
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Weigh? No Weigh! (or Toasty Tuesday)
This morning we waved goodbye to Grandma and Grandad D, then toddled off to the clinic only to find they've cancelled the Tuesday one without notice. I decided we may as well pop to Liceland to avoid having to go to the supermarket that night, and at the greengrocers noticed raspberries on 2 punnets for £1.60. I had to then buy eggs and cream and make a pavlova.
Poor Orn seems to have had a bit of an upset tummy, with 3 horrific nappies and being generally a little unsettled. Hopefully it won't last
Poor Orn seems to have had a bit of an upset tummy, with 3 horrific nappies and being generally a little unsettled. Hopefully it won't last
Monday 23 July 2012
Ikea again
Today Grandma and Grandad D came to visit. I suggested we wander in to town and have "afternoon tea" at Ikea, as I wasn't quite sure how we'd fill an entire day sat at home! They bought Orna some bath time toys which we'll have to try soon, and a few bits and bobs of clothing.
While in town I got some vacuum storage bags to keep the old clothes I can't bare to part with, yay!
We tried to go for Carvery in the evening, but they'd run out of turkey and the other menu options were crap. We ended up at TGIs, Orna was tiiiiny last time we were there. Aww.
While in town I got some vacuum storage bags to keep the old clothes I can't bare to part with, yay!
We tried to go for Carvery in the evening, but they'd run out of turkey and the other menu options were crap. We ended up at TGIs, Orna was tiiiiny last time we were there. Aww.
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