about a girl * * edited * *

just over one and already she has made her mark. my labour was induced 10 days past my due date. i always joked that she was in no hurry and must have been happy where she was. when she was a couple of months old we nicknamed her "Pea" for her sensitivities. now i think it is all due to her stubbornness!! she is so determined and she knows exactly what she wants. sometimes i have been surprised by her little temper. makes me worry for when she is three!

but she is beautiful. she seemed older when she was born. she didn't quite look the newborn. i look at photographs when she is two months and when she is six months, and there isn't much difference in her countenance. she is always so serious.

i love that every day of her life (bar hospital) she has been with her brother. whether D or i, or my mother-in-law or anyone else is looking after them, they are the constant. they are always together. now she follows N around. she likes to play with his things, the train tracks already becoming a source of struggle. she is patient with him....

at twelve months she says "ta" and "da". she points her finger and says "that" when she wants something. sometimes she says "nan" and only occasionally has she been heard to say "mum-mum". she even shakes her head when she doesn't want something.

her smile is enough to make every one else in the room laugh and smile too.

put her in a swing and she is happy...


and there is also the spin cycle on the washing machine!

at the moment she only seems to want me for everything. it is exhausting. [but nice]. oh, and as much as i claim there is no difference, shopping for a girl is fun... seriously.