AND SO SHE CRAWLS...

She is indeed crawling – although not with any great speed she has FINALLY mastered the skill, and is taking it to the next level with pulling herself up onto furniture (or whatever she can find) too.


The need to complete the baby proofing has been made all the more immediate with Kaitlyn also feeling the need to take a trip or two upstairs.

Hope to have a video of the crawling in action up on the blog very shortly – so in the meantime, Hooray for Kaitlyn! We celebrated by building a cubby – which she consequently destroyed to play peek-a-boo!

Another month passes us by, and we find ourselves in August, with now only weeks left until I am back at work and the best year of my life draws to a close.

We had a play date with Laura and William at a play centre near home.

William was full of hugs and kisses for Kaitlyn, but had me in hysterics as his fascination with vacuums had him chasing around one of the workers who was busily trying cleaning up after a party.

As I work my way through the “one last times”, I have found another way to keep my idle (!) hands busy; we are now in birthday planning mode. I almost feel as though the party should be for Ash and I – congratulations, you made it through your first year of parenting and Kaitlyn has all her fingers and toes in tact!

Despite the fact I revel in party coordination, my fun is being limited to a budget (thanks to Ash), so not only do I need to plan a great old time, but I have to do so “cheaply” – where’s the fun in that? We have agreed that the party will be a small one – just a few babies and Mums, which I guess is fine, as Kaitlyn will have absolutely no idea what’s going on, and isn’t the best of sharers when it comes to toys, or attention!

With all the talk of birthdays, it’s important we recognise a couple of celebrations we have enjoyed lately. Happy Birthday to Tim, who turned 30 last weekend. Our little family had a fabulous time (well Ash had more fun than anybody judging by his snoring that night).

And Kaitlyn always enjoys time with Dylan – despite the fact he runs in the opposite directon.

I chose a beautiful blue dress for Kaitlyn to wear for the occasion which she quickly turned black showing off her crawling skills. So, note to self, white tights and pretty dresses are a thing of the past.

Our good friend Judy also celebrated her birthday last week, and being a working Mum enjoyed a quiet little celebration with her family. We caught up with the wonderful girl for a play date this week, which meant hooray, we also spent some time with the lovely Lucas.

And finally we have started new swimming lessons at the local pool (with a much less hairy and scary instructor).

Kaitlyn may be the smallest one there, but she is certainly one of the most confident, happy to get her had wet and have a kick with Dad.

And last pic for the evening - teaching Kaitlyn to feed herself - a VERY messy experience.