Happy Family (by alaric)

...from Charlee's Flickr

I was mean to Minni :( (by sarah)

We were on the landing and Minni was sitting next to the changing table which due to showers etc... was not on the bath. Jean used said changing table to stand up and walk over to our little black shadow. Things were going well with Jean making her sudo cat word noises - then Jean tried to stroke/poke/hit Minni, there was a hiss and a snapping of jaws and a crying baby and me acting on mothers instict chasing the cat away!

Poor Minni hadnt even biten Jean but the sudden agressiveness of the cat had been enough to frighten Jean whom the kittens willingly take cuddles from. But I didnt stop to think my instincts told me - something attacking baby - MUST PROTECT.

I feel bad as Minni is so highly strung as it is and nervous - we normal make sure Jean doesnt scare her but didnt realise the furry feline was sitting there.

Still I think I am forgiven for ousting the kittens who are Minnis arch emimies!

Poor Bobble (by sarah)

We came back from writting class which was great - and Jean behaved fantastically - she was soooooo good! But then as Al went to get her out of the van when we arrived home, she prjectile vomited all over the inside of the van 🙁

Jean is now sleeping peacefully after some initial wailing and needing hugging - we however have just finished using the upholstery attatchment on our carpet cleaner as milky vom had sunk right into the seats. We still have to make our dinner and do the rubbish - oh well its only ten past midnight things could be worse.

Getting Home (by alaric)

Today, we went down to Bristol to visit Costco and stock up on baby supplies, and to have an outing in the city centre itself.

It was a lovely place to explore, but I was a bit sad - I remember visiting there about 15 years ago and there being a road with loads of big academic bookshops on near the University; but when we went there today, there was just a single small Blackwells. The others had been replaced with clothes shops, shoe shops, and hairdressers, it seemed.

Still, at the end of the day, we headed back up the M5 with Jean asleep. As we approached junction 11A, I commented that we were nearly home - it was just about ten minutes from there. We took the junction, went along the A417 one junction to the A46, but at Crosshands Roundabout - the exit to continue up the A46 was coned off. "ROAD CLOSED - ACCIDENT".

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Jean’s Day (by sarah)

Today we woke bobble up and she was HAPPY - grinning and squealing with excitement just becuase she could crawl towards us and hug us and crawl to the next perant and be tickled and hugged and sung to! She is generally really happy like this most mornings but often we dont have the energy/time to truely appreiciate her and that cheeky little grin.

She eat a hearty breakfast of weet-a-bix with goats milk and friut - well actually due to cutting another tooth she didnt eat all her brekki but she tried - got distracted by kittens - and then helped us tidy the bedroom. She was a great help - taking everything out of the laundary bag! The bag that is that I had just filled. Lunch was a similair story to brekki and she seemed a bit crumpy so we tried to settle her with some milk and a napp - nope! No chance she was too energetic - so we had a great time playing 'Jean Do!' - we did funny noises with our mouths and clapping our hands and saying A both vocally and in sign. Jean even pointed to things she wanted and almost managed patta cake without getting distacted or just missing the point of the game.

We went out for dinner just to Pizza Hut as an end of the week treat - she as always wowed everyone and got herself a balloon! Then home to sleep (we thought hahahaha).

The tooth had liturally just broken the skin - I looked in to see the white/pink spike in her gum away from the other teeth - this explains the three 'eggs' she laid today. Obviously this ment she didnt want to sleep but was tired, wanted to be hugged but felt wriggly - the solution?

We watched on of the Winni the Pooh DVDs Michelle gave us at Christmas - Jean was entranced - it was so sweet to watch and then - just as the second fromlast story wound up the eyes started drooping and by the end of the last one she was practically asleep!

Lovely bobble - even teething she was being a lovely baby today 🙂 🙂 🙂