Like yesterday, Jessica woke earlier than usual. Yesterday it was at the unearthly time of 4.30 and despite a nappy change and a dose of Calpol, she didn’t want to go back to sleep. We think she came close but it didn’t quite happen, so Gabriella got up and Jessica had had a bottle of milk by 6am.This morning was slightly better (for us!) as she woke at 5.30am. After I’d put her blankets back over her and resettled her, she did eventually go back to sleep. At 7.30 she’d had enough and wanted to get up, so she was fished out and I fed her breakfast.
We happily played for a few hours and opened her presents – it was mainly me opening the presents whilst Gabriella sat with Jessica on her lap (the former having had a well-deserved lie-in) with Jessica showing little interest in them, with only one or two exceptions: she really seems to to like a box of plastic eggs (given by our friends Cara, Richard & Daisy) that squeak when pushed, once the shells have been removed – these apparently are great fun to throw all over the place.
Jessica had her morning milk slightly later than normal and went back to bed where, after several attempts to re-settle her, she went back to sleep.
We had to wake Jessica up just before 1, so she could have her lunch before we took her for her one year weigh-in.
She’s continuing to grow on the same upper curve on the chart and is 82cm (2′ 8.3″) and weighs exactly 12kg (26lb 6oz). Because she’s so tall, we’ve started to put her in clothes for 18 month to 2 years. Her trousers are ok for length but it’s the vests that are getting a bit small as she’s got a long body, just like me. The nurse at the drop-in centre said that Jessica’s weight/height is in proportion so there’s no need to worry.
By the time we’d got home, Jessica’s farmor and farfar had arrived and, after briefly dropping presents off (to be opened later…) we set off for Godstone Farm.
Jessica excited about another excursion!
Jessica seemed fascinated by the animals (as she’s previously been) and happily watched them. At Godstone Farm, there’re are pens where children can get in with the animals. Whilst we thought Jessica was a bit too small to go in the pens with lambs, Gabriella did take her in to get up close to a rabbit. Unfortunately, as the rabbit was just lying there, she didn’t see it and nearly trampled the poor thing in her attempt to see what was going on outside the pen!
Jessica was eager to run around lots but as the ground was fairly uneven, she stumbled several times but there was always one of us close by to catch her. In the end we decided that it was safer to hold her hand especially as the ground was sloping and she tended to lurch downhill.
As it’s Jessica’s birthday today this will be the last post, as our intention was to only document her first year here. We’ll continue posting photos in the gallery, so please do check when you have a chance.
Gabriella and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it and would like to thank you for you interest in keeping up to date with our delightful daughter’s progress so far.
Ian.