Sunday 2 July 2006 - back in NZ

Here are some up to date photos of Lauren! She is now starting to look at the camera, and sometimes she even smiles! The first photo shows her wearing a dress given to her by my parents, and the jacket is from their neighbours, Helen & Mike. The photo of her in her high chair shows her holding her favourite toy of the moment - Little Miss Naughty, given to her by Daphne & Brian.

This week hasn't been the best of weeks - she was waking up throughout the night, and was wanting to play at 4.00am! Needless to say she was falling asleep in the afternoon - as in the picture with me and Kitty! This weekend has been much better - she's back into her routine and has been full of smiles for her daddy. She's also been "talking" away, and I wonder if she'll ever shut up!

She is now eating her meals in her highchair - although the first few times she was more interested in the noises her fingers make against the top! We bought her a couple of new toys yesterday, which she played with today, and seems to enjoy - she picks things up really quickly and if she does something by accident, the second and third time is definitely on purpose! Dave saw her rolling from front to back (& back again) today, and he said that he thinks she was trying to crawl - I hope not! Apparently she was on her front and was moving her hips forwards, one side at a time, and edging slowly over the floor. I have a feeling that once she starts moving then she's going to be gone!

It's lovely to be home, and we've just about adjusted to the colder weather - still at least it's been sunshine and blue skies.