Update - my little girls

My baby girl is the sweetest most loving thing in the world.

She hugs and kisses just about everyone. Even at the new creche (where she started on 1st Apr) she adapted quickly and just loves the other kids to pieces.

Last week, a little boy bit her on her cheek. The blue marks are still visible. This was the second biting incident. The only person she nibbles on, is me!

My little girl is always excited to see me or her daddy. She runs up and hugs and snuggles. She says dad-dee and Zat. Although she isn't one for talking much (too many language bubbling around her, I don't blame the little angel) she understands very well.

She understands take to daddy, da in the trashcan, da for mommy, press the button. She will go throw away trash in another room, if asked nicely, and she even knows to close the lid to the bin (which is more than i can say for her dad). She winks at you and sticks out her tongue. She loves to play peek-a-boo, hiding herself behind her little hands, or under a blanket.

She squeals with delight when mommy or daddy growls "caaaaatch the baaaayyybeeee!". And, generally runs in the direction of the other parent.

She loves bath time, but hates getting water in her eyes. On Saturday I introduced a wrung out washcloth to shield her eyes, and she accepted this with minimal screetching. Her hair goes curly when wet. It's really getting long now. The hair food works better than the de-tangling spray (glorified water, if you ask me) on her hair for combing out purposes. If she is distracted while said brushing of hair occurs, she is content to play by herself without yelping, as long as she gets to sit by her daddy.

My cutie pie has 3 pairs of shoes that currently fit her size 4 feet. She is 1 year and about 5 months. Her clothes are mostly age 4 - 5, but 24 months pants do fit her, depending on the cut. She is becoming more slender and muscular, less pudgy.

I am currently 19 weeks pregnant with her sister, Alexa Nthabiseng. I think I felt the first flurry of a kick when I was watching Carte Blanche last night. It's very faint, so I may or may not be mistaken. My maternity clothes fit well and I am feeling much better than in my 1st tri-mester when the nausea was almost more than I could bare. I do get headaches every now and then, but chase them away with Panado, the only drugs I'm allowed to take.

My hubby and I discussed discipline and the raising of our children yesterday. We don't have a fixed plan, we take it as it comes at us at this stage. We are both the nice parent and the mean parent, as things develop. I just know that I don't want to hit our babies. Both my husband and I recall getting beaten as kids and felt undeserving and resentful of such treatment. Also, it doesn't gel with me teaching violence as a measure of keeping control.

At this stage we are content to just ... be. Cutie pie is very helpful around the house. She often unpacks cupboards, wipes up surfaces she thinks requires wiping. She helped me in the garden yesterday afternoon, hacking away at weeds. She is interested in doing anything, if you let her. She is very adventurous and loves the outdoors. She doesn't like being cooped up in a house. She loves getting chased around, but sometimes she means to run faster than her legs can compute. Face, meet floor.

She also loves to type on either my husband's or my computer. She doesn't like watching tv so much. She always looks bored and more interested in other things around the house. She surprisingly (to me, anyway) does not love her toys as much as she loves to play with boxes, pens, highlighters, pans, pots, tissues, and a bunch of other everyday tools. especially eating utensils, tupperware and cups.

She loves playing with her ball and understands "skop" (kick) and "gooi" (throw), doing each action when called to do so. She thinks I'm hilarious when I kick the ball.

Cutie pie also loves music. She loves her baby piano/phone contraption we got her for xmas last year. she dances whenever she hears music on the tv or car. she claps her hands and attempts to snap her fingers. it's the cutest thing in the world.

She has a full mouth of teeth. And, her feet continue to look more and more like her dad's feet the older she gets. (poor kid!)

Cutie pie also loves her grandmothers, but are suspicious of her grandfathers. She is fearless around my mom and forgets about me when my parents are visiting/around. She goes with them and waves bye-bye to us, smile on face. She's very friendly, she waves hello and bye to EVERYbody, people passing by, people in the mall, people at the creche, people driving by. She always has a smile for everyone. And, even if her hands are occupied, she waves them, smiling all the while.

Her next set of shots are due for sometime in June. And, I always dread it, despite that she is always such a little soldier. She barely cries, but I still feel awful for her. But, rather this than her legs falling off from polio. or, worse.

Our little girl is active till the lights go out, when she snuggles up against us and goes to sleep. Some night, my hubby takes her for a drive in the car, and she falls asleep that way.

She hasn't warmed up to the people at the gym who take care of her, but that's her dad's and my fault. We don't go there nearly enough for the people not to be complete strangers to her. We plan to correct that in future. In the meantime, I hope my little angel is in a good mood this afternoon.

Our babies are perfect. Life is wonderful.