Two
It's been several months since I last posted here, and a zillion things have happened, including two 2's to report...
Mainly, we've been very busy with dull things like getting the new house shipshape and bristol fashion, decorating various rooms, replacing curtain poles, lights, shelves, hooks and a myriad of other jobs. We've still got lots to do (see below), but we're certainly making progress.
However, the big event was obviously Christmas and therefore Imogen's second birthday. I know it sounds trite, but I can't believe she's now two years old! It took her about three days to open all her presents, what with Christmas and birthday ones to open at the same time, which she found very exciting although as is her way she insisted on tidying up all the rubbish wrapping and putting it in the bin between every time she tore a piece off (however small it was!). She's very adamant that she is not a big girl yet though - she's definitely a little girl and will strongly tell anyone off who dares to suggest otherwise.
Her talking is progressing extremely well (in my obviously biased opinion), and the really good thing is that she seems to be getting more confident in new situations as well. Although she is still nervous of strangers (which is not necessarily a bad thing), it doesn't seem to take her anywhere near as long to trust people more nowadays, and she even lets other people do things for her now (such as help her on climbing apparatus and stuff like that at Tumbletots or other places).
The second "two" to report (I don't think I've posted it her yet) is that we are expecting a second child, at the end of March. We don't know if it will be a boy or girl (we didn't want to find out), so are having to think of two sets of potential names at the moment. That means I've got a fairly firm deadline for a few of the house jobs, in particular decorating and sorting out what will be the new nursery. Still, I suppose that is the driver I need to get on with things, and it will be well worth it once everything is sorted and we can really enjoy the house in the spring and summer (although then I'll need to paint all the outside woodwork, but hopefully I'll be able to do that in the sunshine, which seems a long way off considering it snowed here this week).
Imogen knows that Mummy has a baby in her tummy, although she thinks it's in her belly button, but she obviously doesn't understand the full consequences at the moment. We moved her into a little bed this week, to free up the cot in plenty time for the baby so Imogen doesn't associate the two events and think we're taking things away from her. The bed is going well so far, although she did fall out last night (it's only very low) which obviously led to quite a bit of upset for a few minutes.
So, two 2's. Perhaps I'd better start stocking up on sleep, not that Imogen is one for letting us lie in!
Mainly, we've been very busy with dull things like getting the new house shipshape and bristol fashion, decorating various rooms, replacing curtain poles, lights, shelves, hooks and a myriad of other jobs. We've still got lots to do (see below), but we're certainly making progress.
However, the big event was obviously Christmas and therefore Imogen's second birthday. I know it sounds trite, but I can't believe she's now two years old! It took her about three days to open all her presents, what with Christmas and birthday ones to open at the same time, which she found very exciting although as is her way she insisted on tidying up all the rubbish wrapping and putting it in the bin between every time she tore a piece off (however small it was!). She's very adamant that she is not a big girl yet though - she's definitely a little girl and will strongly tell anyone off who dares to suggest otherwise.
Her talking is progressing extremely well (in my obviously biased opinion), and the really good thing is that she seems to be getting more confident in new situations as well. Although she is still nervous of strangers (which is not necessarily a bad thing), it doesn't seem to take her anywhere near as long to trust people more nowadays, and she even lets other people do things for her now (such as help her on climbing apparatus and stuff like that at Tumbletots or other places).
The second "two" to report (I don't think I've posted it her yet) is that we are expecting a second child, at the end of March. We don't know if it will be a boy or girl (we didn't want to find out), so are having to think of two sets of potential names at the moment. That means I've got a fairly firm deadline for a few of the house jobs, in particular decorating and sorting out what will be the new nursery. Still, I suppose that is the driver I need to get on with things, and it will be well worth it once everything is sorted and we can really enjoy the house in the spring and summer (although then I'll need to paint all the outside woodwork, but hopefully I'll be able to do that in the sunshine, which seems a long way off considering it snowed here this week).
Imogen knows that Mummy has a baby in her tummy, although she thinks it's in her belly button, but she obviously doesn't understand the full consequences at the moment. We moved her into a little bed this week, to free up the cot in plenty time for the baby so Imogen doesn't associate the two events and think we're taking things away from her. The bed is going well so far, although she did fall out last night (it's only very low) which obviously led to quite a bit of upset for a few minutes.
So, two 2's. Perhaps I'd better start stocking up on sleep, not that Imogen is one for letting us lie in!
posted by Richard Warren at 7:38 AM
