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I had a lovely birthday.

Phone call from my adopted grandparents and one brother (he's working, saw him last week) this morning. Gorgeous cards from parents and sister. Birthday messages from friends. And this afternoon I had a playdate with Lara Kate!

She was asleep when I went round to my brother's, so I chatted with him and sister-in-law and watched some tv. Went in at one stage when she was stirring, she's hilarious to watch. And when she finally woke up...the smiles she gave me are the best thing ever! And she grabbed my hand and just kept looking at me (probably asking what I was doing there) and smiling. My brother went to sit her up, but she decided to stand up instead, and then overbalanced and scared herself and there were tears.

She sat on my lap and played and danced and cuddled and I read her a book. Then we all came back around here and there was more playing and Lara's really vocalising and was quite hilarious. She's also sitting well with a bit of support and had some stewed apple. Mum took her into the bathroom and was showing her the mirrors and everything was fine until mum said "there's baby Lara in the mirror" and she howled.

Then there was more dancing on my lap (she was tired and restless), and she grabbed my hair and I had to rescue it, and I had Toobs (yum!) and then there was Chinese for dinner. Lara finally went down in the cot, and when I went in just before they were about to leave, I found that she'd pulled her plush pig over her face. After initially checking she was breathing and her nose was unblocked, I cracked up. I called my brother in and he also cracked up and made naughty comments (the pig's lower region was over her face). I also have a photo of the plush lamb mounting the plush pig...the Farmyard Sutra?

And just received an amazon giftcard from a lovely friend, and in the next post I'll put up photos of the painting I bought last month, which I put my birthday money from my family and another lovely friend towards.

(no subject)

I had a lovely birthday.

Phone call from my adopted grandparents and one brother (he's working, saw him last week) this morning. Gorgeous cards from parents and sister. Birthday messages from friends. And this afternoon I had a playdate with Lara Kate!

She was asleep when I went round to my brother's, so I chatted with him and sister-in-law and watched some tv. Went in at one stage when she was stirring, she's hilarious to watch. And when she finally woke up...the smiles she gave me are the best thing ever! And she grabbed my hand and just kept looking at me (probably asking what I was doing there) and smiling. My brother went to sit her up, but she decided to stand up instead, and then overbalanced and scared herself and there were tears.

She sat on my lap and played and danced and cuddled and I read her a book. Then we all came back around here and there was more playing and Lara's really vocalising and was quite hilarious. She's also sitting well with a bit of support and had some stewed apple. Mum took her into the bathroom and was showing her the mirrors and everything was fine until mum said "there's baby Lara in the mirror" and she howled.

Then there was more dancing on my lap (she was tired and restless), and she grabbed my hair and I had to rescue it, and I had Toobs (yum!) and then there was Chinese for dinner. Lara finally went down in the cot, and when I went in just before they were about to leave, I found that she'd pulled her plush pig over her face. After initially checking she was breathing and her nose was unblocked, I cracked up. I called my brother in and he also cracked up and made naughty comments (the pig's lower region was over her face). I also have a photo of the plush lamb mounting the plush pig...the Farmyard Sutra?

And just received an amazon giftcard from a lovely friend, and in the next post I'll put up photos of the painting I bought last month, which I put my birthday money from my family and another lovely friend towards.