On the move!

Naomi is just so keen to get going at the moment. She loves sitting up in her playpen (box) or on a rug on the floor and before I know it she has thrown herself on her tummy, rolling on her back or moving herself in reverse kind of crawling. its fascinating to watch. As you can see on the video she just loves standing on her feet and we think we have a child who will probably walk by the age of 10-12 months at this rate! (sorry its another mummy gone crazy action!)

Happy Holidays

Hope you all had a nice easter! We had a great time in Holland as always. Opa and Oma (leo's parents) loved spending time with Naomi especially now that she has changed and grown so much. I must say although every baby stage is amazing we do particulary enjoy this 8 months fase as she is just learning so many new things. We have been singing a dutch clapping song to her and now she can clap, things like that. Naomi is lots of fun and she is a very content happy little girl. She does have a reputation of being a bit serious or stoical as my dad calls her but as we are a bit crazy now and again we don't have trouble making her smile!
The photo's kind of speak for themselves, 1) with opa and oma at easter 2)Naomi loving a ride on a old fashion rocking horse at opa and oma's house 3) doing very well drinking from a cup.

sitting time!

It has been quite an eventfull few weeks with weekends away with the final finale in Holland. We had a lovely time in the lake district with our homegroup and we have just had a Adriaan and Rebecca (Leo's brother) staying for a long weekend which was great. It was so cute to see the two cousins together and amongst Anna's wide vocabulary 'Naomi huilen' (Naomi crying) was repeated quite a lot as Naomi kept us all awake for a few nights. We are not quite sure what is bothering her but hopefully its of short duration.
Other than that Naomi is being as cute as always and her little character is coming through more and more. She loves sitting up now, especially in the bath! She kind of throws herself forward now on her tummy and has started to roll over! So its another milestone reached. Nothing in her reach is safe any more as the video shows! We can't wait to show oma and opa (Leo's parents)how much she has changed.

Miss Chatterbox

We have had a great week starting with a visit from Leonore's nephew Maarten as on the first picture. We took him to a lovely spot overlooking Manchester and the hills. It was a chilled out time with lots of cuddles for Naomi with her cousin and quitr a few visits to Starbucks which proved a hit with Maarten. He wished there was one in Maastricht, but another good reason for him to come again!
Then we have just returned from a city break in Stockholm! We had a great time admiring this lovely city with its beautifull buildings and the islands all around it. The food was particularly good but very expensive! Leonore was able to enjoy some familiar herring although they do many varieties which puts the dutch to shame! Naomi was very happy in her pram and probably the most warm and comfiest than we were as it was cold and rainy most of the weekend! She made up for it at night which wasn't so good! Anyway, we feel like we've had a holiday so this city break certainly works wonders! The 3 visits to the sauna and steam room also added to that! The lake district and Holland are next so its holiday time all round for us!

Eventful week!