Audrey stood up for the first time in her life today, completely unassisted. She waited until we were all there, then stood up, and clapped herself, and beamed.
Standing a bit.
Audrey scoots along edges, and likes to show off her standing up skills. She can now stand for 8 seconds or so by herself, without holding on to anything.
Sometimes.
New Car
We drove the old car to Adelaide and changed it for this shiny new one!
Misappearances
Lucinda had to give up her 5 dummies after her 3rd birthday. She used to take them all with her all the time. She says they have misappeared. “They went into mummy’s dressing gown pocket and they misappeared”. For a couple of days she cried at bedtime, missing her dummies and thinking aloud about all the times they would not be there: in the car, going to bed and lying on the couch without the comfort of her dummies. She lies in bed and cries, and calls them back. “Come back, Dummies. Where are you come back now.”
Party Time
Thanks for the photos Pat!
Happy 3rd Birthday Lucinda!
A shiny new bike called Dora!
Riding into his future
Ethan rode a bike for the first time today. He just started pedaling and didn’t stop. It’s another independence milestone, like his first day at school.
See him getting smaller, as he gets bigger?
Don’t ride too far away from us, beautiful boy.
A New Scooter
Lucinda’s first Sentence
This morning Lucinda came in and spoke to me her first sentence:
“Sometimes daddy goes to work and I miss him.”
Clever, heartbreaking poppet.
Hello Audrey May
Audrey May Thorpe arrived this afternoon at 2.45 at the Royal Womens’ Hospital, Carlton. 8 lb 13 oz! Fiona laboured like the true legend she is and Audrey came into the world in the traditional way.
