This week you:

• Turned 17 months. And again, four weeks have gone by super quickly, and before I know it you’ll turn 18 months!
• Pointed at yourself, and laughed, every time we asked you where Olivia was.
• Went back at nursery after a week away and were not impressed, but you survived brilliantly.
• Started to repeat some of the words we say to you. You really are making progress!
• You keep calling us both ‘baba’, but if we insist a little you call us ‘mama’ and ‘papa’.
• Enjoyed playing in our front garden, weather permitting. Picking up and throwing pebbles is still is your favourite game.
• Had a swollen cheek for a few days. And we wouldn’t have even noticed it if you hadn’t pointed at it so often with your little finger.

I’m loving the light on the portraits of Isabella, Harriet, Billy, Arlo and some chubby little cheeks @24 weeks from Life in our busy household, from last week posts.
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.

This week you:

• Spent a lot of time with your grandparents and aunties and uncles.
• Went out for a stroll several times during the day and enjoyed the sunny and warm weather.
• Leaned under every car parked outside your grandparents’ house to look for cats.
• Kept waking up at 6am, despite the 1-hour time difference between Italy and the UK; meaning when we go back home you will be waking up at 5am?
• Loved playing on the beach picking up pebbles and throwing them in the water and dipping your feet in the sea.
• Tried ice cream and didn’t like it! But we are not really worried about this, we are sure it won’t be long until you will change your mind!
• Spent a lot of time washing your hands in the bidet at your grandparents’ house…shame (or luck!) we don’t have one at home 🙂
• Learned to read (sort of!). It’s so funny when we ask you to read something and you start blabbering like you are actually reading.
• Said a few more words, like mamma and papa’, and x (thank you grandma!). We are making some progress, although your favourite word it still is ‘cacca’.
• Decided to have a picnic in the middle of the promenade and made everyone laugh.

• Waved goodbye and sent kisses to papa before going to nursery in the morning.
• Wore your first t-shirt after months of long sleeves and jumpers..
• Insisted on having Parmesan for breakfast, and as a Parmesan lover I couldn’t say no!
• Slept for two hours on the plane. Thank you baby girl for making our trip to Italy so easy.
• Didn’t complain when your grandparents picked you up and gave you lots of hugs and kisses as soon as they saw you. That made them very happy.

We spent most of our weekend playing outside, enjoying the sun and warm-ish weather as much as we could. And that means I am late with this week post again!

Wearing papa’s woolly hat

This week you:

Had your first proper fall(s) with some minor bleeding. You fell against the tyre of your pram while running in M&S and cut your bottom lip. You fell in the garden on the gravel and bruised your left cheeck. You slipped on your mat and bumped your right cheek against the coffee table. All of this happened within two days…I think we are done for this year!

Had your first proper children menu @ Nandos: veggie strips, luso beans, chips and chocolate frozen yogurt.   Of course you didn’t eat it all (except for chips) and kept asking for mama’s sweetcorns.

Enjoyed playing in our friends’ garden on saturday afternoon. You had so much fun playing with the ball and riding the slide and making everyone laugh.

My favourite from last week are this close up portrait of Lily‘s blue eyes, pure magic, and Bo‘s oh so cute pigtails (I’m still waiting for my little Miss hair to grow a little more so I can make these).