Wrapping Up and Heading Out

... again it has been ages since I have written here... it is amazing how life is flying by with my two little girls to look after day in and day out.  Holly is 3 months old today!!! How did that happen?  She is fab.  The happiest baby I have ever known.  She hardly cries, flashes the most wonderful smiles and fills our days with wonder as only a bubba can. 

She is still far too huge for her age.  I recently got out all her 3-6 month wardrobe and a lot of it is already snug!  But she is feeding well and for the last 3 weeks has been sleeping through the night without a feed.  We still have some wind issues which wake her sometimes at 5am, but I know we are so lucky and it is so rare I am just telling myself it is nice to be able to have a very early morning cuddle.  We have also put up her cot now in our room. She is still sleeping in the Moses basket inside the cot to help with the transistion but I am sure in a few more days she will be fine.... and I think she will have to before she just no longer fits.

 

The girls relationship is already taking shape.  Holly looks at Ella with a mixture of wonder and adoration.  It is rather lovely.  Ella still coos to her more than I do and every day we hear phrases like “... hello my beautiful baby girl..” coming out of Ella’s mouth.  

Although the weather is getting colder by the day we still have our days out in the park wrapped up warm and snug – at least it is sunny out there.

I have started Weight Watchers and have a stone and a half to lose.  Most of it is from after Ella was born as I have lost all the baby weight from Holly. I basically just never worried too much to diet after Ella was born as I hoped I would be having another baby in the coming years.  Now, there is NO excuse.    I am only allowed to lose 1 pound a week as I am breastfeeding which I did achieve last week so hopefully that will continue. 

I also started swimming this week.  My body still feels rather broken after being pregnant with  Holly (and still carrying her in my arms of course) but I feel that swimming should be gentle enough to ease me back into excerise with out too much worry... oh and I also plan on doing my Davina Post Natal work out DVD and Ella has said she will do it with me... which will be a laugh if nothing else.

Ella and Daisy...

With Halloween nearly here Ella is still deciding what she wants to dress up as.  Currently it is a Pumpkin Fairy (would be a fairy or princess!) so Holly might just have to be a pumpkin.  Any excuse to dress up to be honest with you so watch this space!