happy times

it occurs to me that i seem to whinge a lot on this blog. i think it's perhaps symptomatic of our society; it isn't news unless it's bad news. what i should stress is that having percy in our lives is constantly amazing, entertaining, rewarding and loving.

she isn't always not sleeping and not eating.

she is also crawling like a champion, standing for up to ten seconds completely unsupported, walking with her walker or holding on to furniture or people, and she has quite mastered transitioning from lieing, to sitting, to crawling, to standing, to walking- in any order at any time. mostly when she's getting her nappy changed, ha, ha, ha! she's just started to wave good bye. there's no consistency and 90% of the time she doesn't do it. but she's starting. she also seems to be mimicking more words. we heard a distinct 'bye-bye' when paul left for work today. or are we just hopeful, doting parents? she didn't repeat it so who knows. we've heard 'hello' a few times. we say this to her so often it's not surprising. he first definate word, which was uttered before christmas, is 'meow'. every time she sees a cat, ours or others, she says 'meow.' very cute.
she's been adept at picking up small, small things in the all-important "pincer grip" (thumb and one finger) for some weeks. these small, small things invariably end up in her mouth. which i don't police as strongly as i probably should. we've done the tiniest amount of "baby proofing" the house. which has consisted of moving the gin bottle off the bottom shelf, putting a pot plant with small pebbles in it outside, ensuring we close the bathroom door fully, and putting a gate across the door to her room. all the hundreds of books within reach will have to fend for themselves. we'll gate off the dining room soon as all the glass and other precious breakables in there are just not able to be moved elsewhere.

percy will be ten months old this sunday. i've rung the camperdown early childhood health centre to get her in for a check up- weight, length, head circumference... all that jazz. just waiting for them to call me back now.

in the meantime we're not fussed about anything. she seems to be growing and is happy nearly all the time. she literally glows and bounces with a smile as wide as her face when her papa comes in the door in the evenings after work. she loves tickles and bouncing on our bed- the queen size trampoline as it is known. she loves music and will sway or bounce when there's a tune on.

she's coming along in leaps and bounds and we love it.