84 Weeks

Well, we have had a fairly uneventful week, however, little Miss Clingy is back in full force.  All I hear all day is Mamma, Mamma, Mamma, and when Jeffrey goes up to her, all we hear is whining and crying.  Unless I'm not around, and then apparently she is the perfect little angel, full of merriment and laughter.  Trying times!  But apart from the clingyness, Carmen is picking up a couple of new words a week - she stuck her finger up my nose and said 'hole', and today she asked me to read her a 'boop'.  So clever!

Quick video of Carmen after bath:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZxQf0epYLI&list=UU21-zydO1IYNApoXHx_P8LQ&index=1

83 Weeks

This week I finally got to announce that I am pregnant.  It has been a long wait!  We had to wait because this baby was high risk for Down Syndrome, but we have been given the all clear, and also told that the baby is definitely a boy.  I still am getting used to the idea of having a boy, but I hear they are much easier.  And easier is definitely a plus!  Carmen has officially thrown her first tantrum.  Of course it was during her swimming lesson and I was stuck in the middle of the pool with her and had no where to hide.  The instructor just had to get out those little rubber duckies, and then try to take them away again!  It was a fairly awful scene, and very embarrassing to know that Carmen was the kid no one wanted in the class - there is always one!  I also think she was bored and under-stimulated, so they are bumping her up to an older class to see how she goes.  Hopefully there will be no more tanties!

We also had a visit this week-end from Carmen's Uncle Beau.  Carmen was very shy and refused to pose for a photo.  It was almost as bad as her Santa photo! 

Enjoying some oat milk:

 Hat play:

Visit with Uncle Beau:

At swimming, before the drama:

82 Weeks

This week we took Carmen berry picking, despite how busy we are these days.  It was really hot, and she loved the berry picking, but she definitely liked the ice cream eating part the best.  We got a ton of blue berries, and now that we are eating them every day we are fully addicted and realise we need to go back to the berry farm.  When time permits!  Jeffrey is now working two jobs, and I am really busy with the gallery, as last month I sold tons of stuff!  As for Carmen, she is doing great.  She is talking more and even lets me brush her teeth these days (your electric toothbrush idea totally works Dad!).  She definitely has potty training anxiety, even though we gave up long ago, and now she is scared to poop in her diaper AND on the potty.  Apparently her preferred method is bare-bottomed, standing up on the bathroom mat.  Hopefully she'll get it one day.

After breakfast, watching her videos

Ice cream before berry picking

Once again, at Mollymook beach park

81 Weeks

We had a pretty good week here.  Carmen suddenly is picking up lots more words, and it makes her much easier and more fun.  I can't wait until she is talking, but I know it's going to drive me around the bend in a different way.  The weather here has been so up and down.  On Friday we had the hottest day on record (yes, and our ac is still broken).  It was unbelievable.  We took Carmen to Narrawallee again to cool off, I only wish we could have stayed there all day.  But then the following day was almost chilly.  We took Carmen up for a 'coffee' (a babychino), and then on Sunday I took her for a playdate over at her friend Hunter's house.  He is  a few weeks older than Carmen, but the difference between them is amazing - you wouldn't think that boys and girls would be so different already at 18 months of age, but they really are!  

A blue tongue lizard found his way into our house!

80 Weeks

It has been a good week!  Great sales for me at the gallery, trips to the park for Carmen, a play date with her friend Hannah, and a heat wave too (OK, this bit wasn't so great - our ac broke, and the town smelt like smoke from all of the horrendous local bush fires).  Carmen is still as cute as ever, except when it is time to brush her teeth, and then it is an awful struggle with quite a few tears.  (Advice, anyone?)  We have also given up on potty training, despite a couple of successes, because Carmen is so anxious now when she has to pee.  But it was worth a shot.  She is learning words so quickly, it is so much fun to watch her and her vocabulary grow.  She is turning into a little girl!

Play date with Hannah

Look who came to visit, in the middle of the day!