loving these pics

You spent a great day having a bus adventure with your dadda yesterday around Bondi.  Love these pics of you.  

happy birthday dadda!

Today was your Dadda's birthday, and he had been wanting to take you to Taronga Zoo for ages so we set off early this morning and were there before the gates opened.  It was a fantastic time of day to go, no lines, all the animals were moving around, and not too hot or sunny.  Your favourite was the giraffes, they are such an unusual looking creature I suppose.  Lucky for you Dadda became a zoo member today so I'm sure he'll be taking you back there many times over the next year.

homemade treasures

Gorgeous dress that Nene made for you...

And in other news, you have truly entered the world of "babble" now.  Your vocabulary is far reaching, we are just unsure what language you are speaking, nevertheless it is a beautiful one.  You have been such a fun little character to be around over the past few days.

Today you had an excellent day with your Dadda eating mint chip icecream at the beach while Mumma had to go to work :(

today's pic

So ever since your Daddy went back to work after you were born, he asked me to take a photo of you each day he was at work and email it to him at some stage in the day so he didn't feel like he was missing out so much.  This has become the 'today's pic' email, which now goes out not only to your Daddy, but also to your Nene, your great grandparents Pa & Maggie, and your Aunty Hayley, who all asked to be put on the mailing list after learning about this daily task.

In the beginning it was very hard to find the time and energy to take out the camera, take the photo, upload to the computer, export into a sendable file, and attach to the email.  But I'm glad I persevered, as we have pictures of you from almost every day of your life, and in my world pictures = memories.  It's now become second-nature to me to do the whole routine, that's not the hard part.  Now the hard part of each 'today's pic' is getting you to sit still long enough to take a decent photo!  Today's wasn't so great and I was a little out of practice since I didn't send the email for the last 3 weeks when your Daddy was home.  So I'm not going to attach it here.  But I will show you some other ones from the year that I think were pretty special.  

April 19 - first swim lesson

May 26 - master of the roll

June 17 - happy to be home

August 5 - so clever standing

the holiday at home is over...

For the past three weeks we've been lucky enough to have your Daddy at home with us... not so lucky for him as it was due to recovering from a knee operation so he has been somewhat mobility-challenged.  But unfortunately tomorrow he is back at work and we will be back to our daily duo routine.  You have loved having him around and often crawl around the house until you can find him.  I have loved having him around for the extra set of eyes and hands as you become more mobile and enjoy getting into anything that looks remotely dangerous.  So thanks Daddy for all you're help over the past three weeks.  We love you and wish you were home with us all the time. xxx