Sam, Joe and Lamorna
It's been another wonderful weekend. Friday 16th was my birthday, so I finished work at midday and had a nice walk across Bristol in the sunshine.
I quickly did some cleaning when I got home and started baking a quiche for Eve's dinner (lots of ready roll pastry in the freezer left over from Christmas). My dear friend Laura and her little girl Agnes (who is one in February) stopped by for a cup of tea in the afternoon. It was really nice to catch up as we hadn't seen each other for a while. She gave me a lovely pair of earrings as a present.
Eve playing at Jilly and Joe's place
I collected Eve early from nursery (she was having a great time - in the middle of a group singalong), and took her up the road to our doctors surgery for her 12 month immunisations. The nurse was really nice and we had a good chat, but I did feel for poor Eve having 3 needles stuck in her legs. She really cried hard, but by the time we got out to the reception she was happily munching on a rice cake and enjoying a cuddle with me in the sling.
Even though I burnt the quiche (doh!) Eve really enjoyed it and ate a fairly big slice for dinner. As she's not been having afternoon naps and she had also had the injections I bathed her a bit earlier than usual and put her to bed as she seemed pretty worn out.
The injections didn't seem to make her ill at all, though she was wary of adults yesterday - I think she thought they might try and stick needles in her! However, this morning when I pulled off the plasters I realised that her skin had reacted to them and where they had been were big, red, blotchy marks. So, I think we may have to be careful with plasters in the future.
Jilly and Lamorna
We drove over to Eastville yesterday afternoon in the pouring rain to visit Jilly, Joe and their new baby girl Lamorna Violet. They are all doing really well which was great to see. Little Lamorna is super gorgeous and has lots of thick dark hair.
I had a lovely surprise whilst at their place, Joe brought out a yummy chocolate orange cake that he'd made for my birthday, with candles n everything. Thanks Navi!
In the evening, just before Eve's bath, Sophie who lives just down the road from us came over to babysit. She was recommended on a Facebook group for our area. It was so easy to find her, and great that she is CRB checked, holds a certificate in child first aid and qualifications in childcare; this really put our minds at rest as it was the first time that we were to leave Eve in the hands of someone who is not a friend of family member.
I could tell that Eve liked her immediately as she waved and hi-five'd Sophie when they met. I just managed to get Eve bathed and into bed in time as the taxi arrived outside.
Sam took me to a lovely Sardinian restaurant called Marco's Olive Branch on Victoria Street near Temple Meads. We had an absolutely fantastic evening, the Sardinian waiter and Greek waitress were both really lovely and we enjoyed speaking a bit of Italian and Greek with them. The food was really good. We both had the Carpaccio to start and then I had Seabass Ravioli with salad and Sam had venison with green peppercorn sauce. We were both blown away by the main courses, they were mega tasty.
In the background of the photo of me in the restaurant you can see the Sardinian flag which shows four moors wearing bandana's (the heads are taken to symbolise the defeated Moors, first used in the seals of Aragonese kings and later transferred to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Quite an interesting flag we thought).
For dessert I ordered tiramisu, and it seemed to take ages to arrive. I was just saying to Sam that I thought they had forgotten about it, when Sam said 'Oh look, I reacon this is it now' as the waiter came up the stairs. Suddenly it went dark and what sounded like fire crackers started going off and everyone was singing Happy Birthday. I was looking around to see who's birthday it was, and suddenly realised they were all singing to me - it was very lovely!!
Sam worked out that the staff were banging metal plates together, but it really did sound like fire crackers at the time. He hadn't even asked them to sing Happy Birthday or anything, so it was a surprise for us both. I really enjoyed myself. A romantic meal was just what the doctor ordered.
In the picture above I'm wearing the lovely earrings that Laura gave me. Strangely enough Sam gave me a necklace for my birthday which matched the earrings perfectly. I'm a very lucky girl!
When we arrived home Eve hadn't woken up whilst Sophie was babysitting so it had all gone very well. She slept pretty good last night, just waking up once at 3am. She woke up at 7am this morning and whilst I was giving her a bottle of water she started holding on to it until I could let go and she was still holding it. I was over the moon! She said 'Hello' to all the toys in her room and then we went downstairs to eat scrambled eggs on toast together with Daddy. I just love for us all to be able to eat the same stuff now, it's great.
Spurred on by the bottle hold, whilst I was at Asda early this morning I bought Eve a different sippy cup - a Munchkin Mighty Grip trainer cup with soft spout (only £3). As Soon as Eve woke up when we got home I handed her the cup still in it's packaging - and she was taken with it straight away. Dad sat her in the highchair with her new cup full of water and she had a great time drinking from it and chewing it.
The Munchkin Mighty Grip Trainer Cup
Eve's vocabulary is coming along really well. For the past week she's been saying 'Baa Boo, Baa Boo' and I thought she was saying it towards me. Then, last night after 'Bug Band' (singing bugs), which is one of her favourite shows on baby tv, I took her for her bath. I was singing the song from the show 'oh bamboo bamboo....' and then Eve started singing 'baa boo, baa boo' and I suddenly realised this is what she's been saying all week. She also said 'Henry', after hungry Henry on tv yesterday. Other words she says are: no, yes, hello, I love you and, what is this?
I received some lovely presents for my birthday and have had such a relaxing weekend, it's been simply fantastic. One of the best presents I received was Eve using her sippy cup and becoming more involved with using a spoon when she eats. A couple of very proud moments for Mumma. Thanks everyone for making this weekend so special and rejuvenating for me!
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