If she'd take her hands away, I could float

If she'd take her hands away, I could float
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

Because we were staying in a hotel, I got to go the swimming pool twice for some chill out time in between public appearances. Daddy took some video of me swimming too but I don't know how to put video on my blog yet. After all that excitement in Cork, we went to Wexford where Uncle Ross was in Mammo's house too. And we say Auntie Peggy and went for a long walk. All in all, I had a good weekend...

Apparently these people are all related to me

Apparently these people are all related to me
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

We were in Cork for 2 days and I think I was related to nearly everyone I met. Except Daddy's friends Ger & Alison and their boys Cian and Adam who shared all their teddies with me. I've never seen so many teddies in my life.

My first glass of wine

My first glass of wine
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

ok, I'm sorry. I know I haven't been posting a lot recently. But I've been busy getting used to my creche and we haven't had so much time to take interesting photos. Over Easter weekend though we went to Cork, stayed in a hotel, saw lots of "great" people. Here I am with Auntie Mary and Auntie Ann. I didn't really drink the wine though and Mammy wouldn't let them give me any Tanora either. So mean!

My friend Caoimhe

My friend Caoimhe
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

Look, Caoimhe's Daddy sent me this photo too. She's a much bigger girl than me but she plays very gently with me. She doesn't normally wear glasses. I guess she was wearing this ones for a game...

My Christening Cake

My Christening Cake
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

I know my Christening was 2 weeks ago but I just got this photo from Caoimhe's Daddy. This is the cake that Mammo baked for me. Isn't it pretty? We're still munching our way through it here. At this rate Mammy will never lose any more weight!! Me, I'm off to have some mashed banana...

Lots to be done in this garden

Right, Auntie Jill wants an unhappy face
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

We went to my new creche today but only for a few minutes. Mammy says I'm going to stay there and play with other babies next week for a few hours. Apparently there are lots of boys there so I'll be the little princess girl!! Or maybe not... Then we went into town for a while and when we got back the weather was so nice that we did some gardening. I helped a lot by pointing out to Mammy what to tidy up next but it was pretty exhausting work.

New teeth

Let's take the edge of these teeth
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

I think I have 2 new teeth. Well there are some sharp things sticking out of my lower gums - Mammy & Daddy keep feeling them and talking about teeth. They take their hands away pretty fast when I clamp down on their fingers thought. Hee, hee, hee! I have lots of toys to practice chewing on instead anyway.

How grown up do I look now?

How grown up do I look now?
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

This is the fist age 6-9 months clothing that I've worn. It's Zara so I think their sizes may be small. Mammy propped me up so I could play with my toys a bit better. Next time Mammy goes to take some photos of me, I'll try to ignore the silly faces she's making and keep a serious face...

Ready for shopping

Ready for shopping
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

This is me just before we went out looking for stuff to decorate my bedroom on Sunday. We took a long time looking at lots of different things but in the end only bought the wood for the floor. But Mammy and Daddy still think they'll get most of it done this weekend. We'll see about that!!!

Lazy weekends

That's better
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

These are my new pjs. They are proper grown up ones & my mammy wishes she had ones like this too. I should have had my photo taken before I slept in them really because they're very crumpled in this photo. Yesterday we went for a walk ith the dogs, I did some gardening with Daddy and then Gavin came so that was a new person to get a cuddle from. This afternoon we're going to buy the stuff to decorate my room. But first I think I'm due to get some more food...

Me and my cousins

These are my cousins, Dylan & Jack
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

I had another busy day this morning - went swimming with my Mammy and then my friend Susan and her Mammy came back to our house - but I slept through most of their visit! Sean wasn't at swimming because he didn't sleep last night but now he has his first tooth! This afternoon Mammy brought me to a new shopping centre. She tried lots of hats on me in H&M, inclusing a pink baseball one but I don't think she liked any of them on me.

I should tell you more about my Christening. As well as all the people I said were there in my last post, there was my Mammo, my Uncle Ross who is my godfather, his girlfriend Denise, Uncle Alfie and Auntie Rosaleen (Mammy says they are Great, Sinead, John & Caoimhe. Caoimhe got to sit in a high chair in the restuarant but I was in my car seat on a chair because I'm not as big as her.

I had a lovely cake but the pictures of it are on Caoimhe's Daddy's camera so I'll have to post that photo later. I'll get a picture of just me in my dress too and put that up here. I think I looked pretty good.

A weird thing happened - the priest put oil on the bump on my head and blessed it. And it's much smaller now. Mammy and Daddy are very pleased about this.

My Christening

So I'll let them do the posing for once
Originally uploaded by Ella's Ma.

As you might guess, I've had a really busy time since last Wednesday evening when my Nana Kathleen arrived. Then Uncle John, Auntie Susan and Jack arrived Thursday morning. On Friday Grandad Mossy came from Cork on the train. And on Saturday, Auntie Nicola, Dave and Dylan arrived along with lots of other people. We went to a church (first time for me) and I had a christening. Then we went out for food. And apart from in this photo, I stayed awake nearly all day!! I don't have as many photos of the day as I would like because my Daddy left the camera in the car but I'm getting some more and I'll post those then. I'll tell you more about the weekend tomorrow because I'm still tired and have to go to bed. Yawn...