Our apologies for not having posted in ages. First Gabriella and Jessica spent a week in Sweden, then we were all ill to varying degrees with a stomach bug – thankfully Jessica got off the lightest, poor Gabriella was laid low for a full 48 hours.
It is Gabriella’s intention to post very soon about their trip to Sweden.
Jessica’s becoming more and more active. She is quite happy working her way round the living room holding onto the furniture. She’ll start at one end of the room where her toys are, stopping occasionally to pick something up only to drop it again in favour of something else, then work her way up to the other end where her high-chair is. She loves walking round and round it, grabbing the straps to put in her mouth or peering under and around it. Jessica thinks it’s great when Gabriella or I play peek-a-boo with her, giggling in a most adorable way. Yesterday evening when I played with she thought it was superb fun when I chased her round the high-chair. Gabriella said that Jessica had been cranky for most of the afternoon until I got home from work, when she brightened up immeasurably – I’m proud to have that effect on our little daughter!
Sometimes if Gabriella has to go into the kitchen to sort something out, Jessica will miss her and wander in from the living room just hanging onto the wall. She’s really getting confident and we’re just waiting for when she gets brave enough to let go of things and walks by herself. Once or twice Jessica has picked a toy up and held it with both hands completely forgetting to hang onto anything, but this has happened again that recently. Something else Jessica did once (just before she and Gabriella went to Sweden I think) was pull herself into a standing position using the settee. Gabriella and I are just waiting for her to start doing it again.
When I change Jessica for the night, I generally only take her arms out of the sleeves of vests or tops as she has worked out how to pull the garment over her head. I think this partly down to her preference NOT to wear clothes – she’s quite happy if either of us undress her, but isn’t so keen to have clothes put back on!
I guess now’s a good a time as any to make an announcement. Next June, Jessica will have a sibling! Yep, that’s right Gabriella is pregnant again. We’d both agreed that it’d be good for Jessica to have a little brother or sister and that it’d be good if they are fairly close in age. Whilst it was planned, it took us a little bit by surprise that it happened quite so quickly. Exciting (and knackering) times ahead!
We hope to get some more photos of Jessica posted again pretty soon.
Ian.