And so this is Christmas

Memories

This special photo was taken just moments after I met little Camille for the first time. I remember being totally overwhelmed, but determined not to cry too much so that Camille would be confused or scared. I remember she played with my necklace and had a very serious little look about her.

It’s hard to believe that 12 months have passed. My life is so full of happy moments looking after a busy little toddler. I’d never dreamed that dear little Camille would be able to adjust so well to her new life. She is remarkable: bright, happy and full of energy.

How lucky Tim and I are to have her in our lives.

Milestones

Age: 2 years and 4 months

Time with us:12 months
Height: 89cm
Weight: 11 kg
Teeth: 16 and half a molar

Words
Can mimic us and say just about everything
Currently calls herself 'neil'
‘there it is’
‘I don’t know’
‘Oops e daisy’
Starting to say the numbers up to 10
Comprehension
Understands all instructions and most things that are talked about in the house
Knows when we are talking about her
Recent Accomplishments:
Learnt to use glue and scissors
Now will sing along to the wiggles
Uses goggles at swimming
Can sing high and low and in tune
Can name all Wiggles and link them to their instrument
Understands back, under, heavy
Can play a little on her own but prefers to play with one of us or Chloe
Starting to be involved in imaginative play with her teddy, cooking things, being a doctor
Can fling herself into the water from the side of the pool
Is involved in a constant battle with us as to whether she walks or is in the pusher, ‘walk’
Making connections between things ie flamingos in a book seen in the teletubbies
Toilet training
Starting to talk about poo and wees, a few successes but not many yet
Sleep
Sleeps from 7:30pm to 5:30am, sleeps 1~2hours during the day
Comes into our bed most nights at around 3 or 4, (yeas Mum you're too soft)
Cute Things
Says ‘happy’ when she’s in a good mood
Calls her Mum ‘Bix'
Colours in her toenails with texta
Insists on us holding a book underneath, without our hands showing
Wears a piece of cellotape on her tummy as Madeline’s scar
Loves to glue and sings to herself… pink, pink from the teletubbies
Love running around nude, and calling out nude, nude, nude
Loves to sit up at the table, will set the table with her own knife and fork, often taking them out of the draw herself
Knows the name of the lady at Baker’s Delight, Emma who always gives her a free bun
Always says ‘woo, woo’ or 'knee' when we mention Nana
Foods
Still a fussy eater, not interested much in breakfast
Loves cake, chocolate, and sweet things in general (no surprise there)
Beginning to eat chicken
Loves rice, spaghetti bolognaise, tuna sushi rolls
Grapes, watermelon, hummus,
Books
Olivia, Madeline, I’m Green and I’m Grumpy, Dorothy moves to Wiggles Bay,
TV
Totally obsessed with her Wiggles video, Wiggledance

Christmas, what's that Mum?????.

A special train just for us littlies...

I've got my ticket

Full of anticipation

My first santa sighting at the FCC Christmas party

(this one's not too scary)

Ships ahoy!

Captain Feathersword's my hero
Searching the high seas for treasure laden ships

My birthday

To think that just one year ago today, I left on my birthday to travel to China to meet and bring home my gorgeous little girl Camille. How the year has flown and is full of such happy memories.

Today Camille helped me celebrate my special day, opening presents for me, cutting the cake and even singing happy birthday to her mummy (aka bix, her new nickname for me)