Sunday, January 10, 2010

9 Months




So Evie Lee grows at super lightning speed at the moment, I was away from her for 2 days as she stayed with her Grand parents and she looked different in those two days, the baby is going and now comes this little kid, it just amazes me.

Her development comes more quickly, little miss independent wants to do everything herself, feeding, of course none really gets in her mouth, as well as trying to put her tights on her head, this is quite humorous to watch.

Everyday there are new sounds, its gone from Dada and papa and daaaadddddddadddaaaa to attaaaaaa and addaaaa, lots of squealing and yelling and just experimenting with her voice.No mama yet. But she recognizes now who is Mama and Papa and OPa and Oma and she has become very good in pointing,there's Mama , there's Papa. Evie also gives the best open mouth tongue out kisses at the moment and she enjoys kissing all her little animals before she goes to sleep at night. She is getting quite a allot of funny characteristics and knows how to make us laugh. She loves playing Peek a Boo and hides herself now.

Her new thing is to point at everything at the moment, she is getting really active and climbs up on things now of course assisted no free walking yet but not too far off . We have been putting Evie on the pot to see how she goes and its awesome, most days we gets two poos and up to six wees , it takes allot of work and time and patience but we are saving so many nappies so I'm very happy and just the thrill when she goes it's so amazing, I'm sure it will get less exciting every time she does a poo on the pot.

We have decided to stay longer in Germany, we were due to leave this weekend, but the time has gone so fast and we are having a really nice time here we have decided to extend our stay until the end of February, 6 more weeks in the cold.

We manage to keep busy , I have just joined a gym here in Hamburg and they take Evie for me so that's exciting , and we have our English speaking Mums group which we attend once a week. Then have lunches on other days go for walks, some shopping , swimming and just relaxing at home.

We are also spending quite a bit of time in Delmonhorst with Evie's Grandparents which is just lovely. Evie loves being with them and has a very special relationship with her Oma and Opa it's really nice to know she is so relaxed and happy when they are looking after her. She is better behaved when she is at there place then when she is at home.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Let it Snow!!!!!!








Today we went to the local forest to take Evie for a sleigh, so beautiful all the trees and all the snow and Evie enjoyed her sleigh ride .

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Xmas





We celebrated Christmas in the German Thiele Tradition, of eating sausages and Potato salad on Christmas eve. We also decorated the tree and opened our presents on Christmas eve. Evie received lot's of lovely presents, including the amber necklace above from her Papa. Christmas day and boxing day we celebrated more with the family, eating, resting and just spending time together.

Xmas Presents



Thursday, December 24, 2009

Xmas In Delmonhorst




The beautiful xmas markets in Bremen the old city, all lit up at night , it is just Beautiful. This is the xmas tree that is tradition in Germany to decorate the tree on Christmas Eve.

Xmas In Germany




So we have lot's of snow in Germany in the last week, it is now starting to melt but at least we will have a white Xmas , it's so beautiful here when all the Xmas lights are on and there is white everywhere. It has been very cold -10 degrees and parts of Germany -30. The pictures above are of Frank and Heidi 's backyard in Delmonhorst and the snow in Hamburg.This day was bloody cold.

On The Pot


So we decided to give Evie a try on the potty, very funny and it worked first time. We are starting to know now roughly when she needs to go to toilet, both wees and poos, okay so there have been quite a few accidents but we have also had success, wow its awesome. Well it would be great to not have to use nappies in the day think of all the nappies we save. Evie had her first weekend away from me and stayed with her grandparents, she was amazing so happy. I had a nice relaxing weekend and got to sleep loads, feel like I'm catching up on all the sleep I missed out on the first 6 months. Most nights she sleep from 8 till 8 oh its heaven , occasionally she wakes up at 7 or this morning 6. Its amazing how much she changes even in 3 days. Im noticing new expressions, new noises and how strong she is getting. She is so inter active now singing with other people or copying the noises we make. DADDadddadaad is her favorite and she says it to everyone especially herself in the mirror. Very funny.