May

Daddy played his gig at the Wychwood festival. All went well, and everyone seemed to like it. Next year Kitty should be big enough to go and see Daddy play.

April

Around April -May, Kitty's progress went mad as she suddenly worked out how to get up and with the help of toys and furniture, started cruizing around the place.

Not blogging

Since going back to work full time in February, it's been difficult to find the time to even brush my hair, let alone boot up a computer, download photos and type a load of non-essential ramblings for pure enjoyment - so alas blogging went out of the window completely. I did however continue to incessantly document Kitty's and our escapades in the world with my little camera. Over the last eight months she has grown and developed massively and I regret not keeping up with this blog (if only for my own delight to look back on), so I have decided to make the effort while I am on holiday to backdate these pages over the next few days and to make it my New Years resolution to try and keep it up as Kitty enters the adventure of 2010 and beyond!

pictured: my beautiful Kitty, 27 December 2009, by Grandad Pih

Bouncing baby

For a few weeks now Kitty has been trying hard to talk. She has quite a good range of vocal noises and is expert at "ma ma", "ba ba" and "na na", however, until today (and much to Peaheads frustration) "da da" has eluded her. Today Kitty said "da da". Peahead phoned me at work to break the news.

Today, Kitty also discovered jumping on her bed. She is very mobile now and stands up whenever she has something to hold on to. She frequently stands up in her cot and today she realised how bouncy her mattress is. Cheeky monkey!

Sam, our childminder is now VERY pregnant and struggling with Kitty. We have been trying to find someone new for a while now, but it would seem that good childminders are few and far between. We decided we would have to reconsider nurseries. We have a meeting tomorrow at the one really good place we know of. Previously when we contacted them, they laughed and said you need to book a place before you even get pregnant to get in, but it seems we are in luck and they have a vacancy. Fingers crossed.

Rally Kitty

Today daddy was taking care of Kitty while I was at work. This meant spanners, oil and nappy changing in the back of a rally car. Me thinks a tom-boy is in our midst.

Daddy Bloggin'

Daddy looked after Kitty today. They tidied the house, walked the dogs, went to the supermarket and visited Billy in Manchester.

Kitty enjoyed it, the sun was shining and there was lots of stuff to fiddle with at Billy's house.

Daddy's band confirmed at Wychwood Festival.

Mummy has had to work until late today and is too tired to blog, so Daddy has done it.

Snuffle babe

Mama and Grandad Simpson came up at the weekend so that I could go to Peaheads gig at the Dry Bar in Manchester. Kitty enjoyed herself playing with Mama and Grandad, but the gig was a bit of a let down as not many people came.

Kitty got mummy some pretty flowers for mothers day. Thanks Kitty. x

Kitty developed a nasty cold after the weekend. She has been so 'snotty' that it has been making her sick, so I had to take most of the week off work to take care of her.  Poor Kitty.  I don't like using medicines, but for the first time, we resorted to Calpol and Snuffle Babe. Both work wonders.

She hasn't let it get her down though. In between being sick and sleeping, she has made the most of mummy being home. It's great mama Kitty's 90th birthday at the weekend so we wrote her a letter and Kitty did some colouring on the back.






















Being poorly, didn't stop Kitty tucking in to Grandma Pih's chocolate muffin when we visited on Thursday! What a mess.