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

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.

Orn's First Graduation

Today, Mummy graduated (probably for the last time), despite finishing well over a year ago! Daddy should have done, but an admin boob meant that he wasn't eligable for this ceremony but would have to wait until January. We borrowed some robes to take a nice family photo anyway.

She was good as gold in the ceremony, a little screamy baby had to be taken out and I'm fairly sure Orn was egging her on as I could hear the "hrrrrrrrrrrrrr" noises she makes.

Afterwards Grandad and Grandma S took us for a pub dinner, and she stared around a bit and made friends. Unfortunately by that point she was so wound up that she wouldn't stay in her car seat, and was a nightmare to get to sleep when we got home! Still, it's not every day you get to see your parents wear large winged costumes.

Wet Wednesday

A nice lie in for us both today, Orn woke up properly around 10:30, in time to wave Grandma and Grandad D off. I had planned to take her swimming, but when I looked up the opening times I realised it was half term and it would probably be a bit noisy and busy, so I decided we'll go next week instead. Today she had fun looking in the mirror on her ladybird sorter toy, and then spent a while chatting to the baby in her hanging mirror which was rather cute. A not so cute grumpy half hour in the evening where nothing would settle her followed. She's been quite clingy today so I didn't manage to dye the green and blue bits, but there's no real hurry.

I had a root through all her 0-3 month clothes, and she's worn everything we bought and that was bought new for us with the exception of one pair of feetie leggings (not bad going!). Not worn all the stuff we've been lent/given second hand but there are only so many days in a week.

Grandparents round 2

Another unsettled day, Orn refused to eat for a lot of the day which was a bit worrying. She also slept a lot in the afternoon (all through her first trip to Taybarns!), and then refused to sleep all evening and got grumpy. I finally got her to nap at about 8pm, she then woke up starving at 11 and had a couple of bottles. In retrospect, a weekend of meeting people followed with one day off and then more visitors was a bad idea and is too much for a little baby. We'll have to remember that for the future.

A party for Orna! (Shh, don't tell her it's the Queen's Diamond Jubilee)

Today lots of people came to meet Orna for the first time, and she was very lucky and was given lots of presents. She wasn't very interested in watching Queenie float down the river, but was in good spirits to meet Auntie H, Grandad N, Mummy's friend H and some of Grandma's friends that I've known since I was tiny. One made her a beautiful Very Hungry Caterpillar blanket, Auntie H bought her some clothes (non-pink ones) and Great Auntie J got her a memory photo album.

 We ate lots of cake so were well fueled up for the drive home. When we got back, I noticed she had learnt to "interlace" her fingers. She's been holding her hands together like a little Monty Burns for ages, but has finally worked out how to lock fingers. She's also suddenly started grabbing with intent. I put her on the playmat while we unpacked and she grabbed hold of Captain Calamari and wouldn't let go, and deliberately reached out to grab some of the other hanging toys. She has been grabbing necks of t-shirts, the bottom of bibs, hems of t-shirts/dresses and wires/string for a while but I had thought it was by accident as she would only look at toys. Who's a clever girl?

Visiting Grandad and Grandma S

Today we went for Orna's longest drive yet, made even longer by hideous amounts of Jubilee traffic. This time we managed to travel much lighter, the car didn't seem to be bursting at the seams, despite us taking cloth nappies this time! I packed the "pram legs", and it was only when we got to my Dad's I realised that we wouldn't need them at all and they were just taking up space.

Grandma S has made lots of lovely little cardies for Orn, so it's a good job the nice weather is over and she can wear them! We also dispatched Grandad to the attic to get all my "baby" books down so I have some more things to read to Orna - she doesn't seem bored of the books we do have, but I need some variety. Two large boxes later, he says "That's not all of them", it's certainly enough for now. One book, Counting for Bears (it's not called that, the name has just slipped my mind) I remember quite well. I do wonder if someone saw the comedy of "Nine bears bathing", one wearing a medallion (perhaps this is soap on a rope) when the book was written. Turns out the term Bear did not exist in 1985 when the book was first published.


We then went to Great Auntie J's house, to stay the night. Orn was massively unimpressed with FiWi's play mat that had been brought out of retirement for her, and the cats looked horrified about the arrival of a baby.