Thursday, July 26, 2007

First Tooth

OK, not a lot has happened since our last post; however, Madeleine has cut her first tooth so we thought that on its own was worthy of being published on the blog. She was very grizzly and we wondered if she had a virus as her temperature went up and down and she was pretty upset to say the least. All was revealed approximately three days later when a wee white bump protruded from her bottom gum and she wouldn't let anyone go anywhere near it! So, it was an extremely difficult task getting a photo, never mind getting a look in her mouth.

We have been experiencing unbelieveably mild weather of late, 15C again today and hardly any wind. I had short sleeves on today walking the girls to Kindergarten. Our tulips are surfacing in their pots outside the house and some of our bushes (unidentified) are flowering! It is wonderful not to have the fire on all day and worrying if the girls are warm enough during the night. It could get very cold again so, just to be on the safe side, we have ordered and had delivered another load of wood (yes Dad, we got through that gigantic load of wood that you so carefully and beautifully stacked for us in March!). Hopefully this will see us through to Spring at least!

So...what other news? Nick has started working part-time (four days a week) and is now off on Wednesdays which will be a big help for me. The idea is to give Molly some one-on-one time and to give Mummy some time off! We are looking at this being a temporary adjustment, probably until Molly starts morning Kindy when she will be going five full mornings a week. Nick is most happy to be working shorter hours. Of course, this means less money but at the moment we can live with that. Some more photos of the girls. Madeleine can now sit unaided and grabs anything within arms length. She loves her food and has her Mum cooking for her around the clock.



Sitting up on my own


Maddy's first music lesson



Show us your tooth!

6 comments:

James McLauchlan Johnston said...

How come she's not doing that clenching her mouth thing! That was bloody hilarious!

Gudrun Johnston said...

Good for you for getting some blogging done! Nice to see that Molly is passing on her musical skills too!

Laughton and Patricia Johnston said...

Eyes and lashes to die for!

Anonymous said...

Hiya Beth - I see you're getting to grips with technology (and leaving me miles behind...).
Loved the short film your brother did for Patricia's birthday - it was so cute to hear Molly's voice, and to see Maddy gazing up adoringly at her dad whilst being fed.
And were there a few old shots of Sage and Onion in there, too?
Anders xx

Beth Armstrong said...

Thanks Anders, yes there were a few old shots of 'Maya' and Sage in there too! We still all blub ourselves silly when we watch it. Still getting to grips with this technology thing myself but it sure helps not having to write a thousand different emails and is easier for me to keep in touch with everyone. xxx

onefivenine said...

Well look at you guys! You look great! Anders sent me your link and it made my day to read your blog.
So I had to sign up.

That 'in bed reading' photo made me laugh out loud in work! You can imagine the mainframe dinosaurs wondering what was going on ;)

I'll be keeping an eye on you now.. and maybe I'll start blogging too!

Great to see you again - it's been too long.

Take care,
David Campbell aka onefivenine
dsc_1972poo@pooyahoo.co.uk ---> remove the two "poo"'s to email!
http://flickr.com/photos/onefivenine/