Nellie is Stylin'!

Grandma Sandra made this pink helmut for Nellie. It covers her whole face which was great for those really cold winter days when Nellie would always be pulling off her hats.

Today is Nellie's 1st birthday! The second photo is me on my first birthday.

Nellie climbing the stairs

You need some patience with this video - just like Nellie had patience with the first time she climbed the stairs. I helped her on the first two and then she took off. You can see by the end she is in a bit of a rythmn. We went and climbed them straight away again after we reached the top.

Nellie climbing the slippery slide

This is Nellie climbing up the slide the first time she was ever on one!

We all had a lovely Easter. Here is Nellie enjoying her chocolate bunny from the Easter Bunny.

This shirt says "My Mum Rocks". I am so sad that she has grown out of it now. Maybe I will get a version of it for every size!

Nellie is almost 1!

Tomorrow is Nellie's first birthday!!! This time last year, I was sitting/reclining/resting/bored in the delivery room strapped up to things, crap coursing through my veins and not much else going on. Today is Shakespeare's birthday and we thought that would be a lovely day for LP to be born. LP and my cervix had other plans (ewww gross why did you have to talk about your cervix?!)

We can't believe it has been a year! Dad and Nathan still haven't met Nellie yet.

For her birthday tomorrow, her babysitter, Clara, and her two girls are bringing Nellie to Central Park for lunch. Mark is going to trek up as well. Let's hope the weather will hold out.

Nellie's words are - mama, dada, baby, play, up, hi and bye (with different waves!)

She is not actually walking but she can stand and drink! Clara has seen her take a few steps but she hasn't done it for us yet. She can climb the stairs and the slippery slide however! She loves climbing!

She eats everything we give her. She particularly likes rice and beans, pineapple, hot chips, corn chips, broccoli, guacamole and veggie burgers. She drinks formula, juice and water. We can start her on regular milk after tomorrow.

She has started reacting (read - throwing small tantrums) when we walk away or take something from her. These are usually low key and pretty funny.

Nellie has seen a lot of movies this year. Most of them she has either slept through or just sat and watched. Recently she has started to consider them interactive entertainment and "talks" back to the screen. This means that Mark and I spend most of the movie either at the door or out of the theatre. We will have to bite the bullet and start taking her to more appropriate films where she can make as much noise as she wants.

She has been taking Sign-a-Song classes for a few months. We have a lovely time but she is not doing much signing yet. She seems to babble with her hands which is normal apparently.

Everyone says that she is big but she is right in the 50th percentile for her age. Enjoy the photos and video.