photo update

Ruby's album has finally been updated.

I have no idea if the photos are in the correct weeks but there are a lot of new photos and recent videos of Ruby.

Keep a look out for the photo of Ruby with the first flower off her tree; the cute photo of Ruby and Daddy on the swings and all the videos of her entertaining us and making us laugh.

Mummy and daddy have started to use the Santa card with Ruby, we have let her know that if she is good Santa will come and bring her some pressies - a horse, a bubba and a book (this is what she asked for - so whenever she looses the plot or is drawing on the tiles - guess what, santa's not coming! Oh my god, it works - she stops what she is doing and recites her list of goodies.

We have been told this week that Ruby is moving up a class at swimming - about time too. She is the only baby in our class that is actually swimming and not just being dragged around the pool. Ruby loves swimming, we have taken her swimming lots lately, due to the temperature. Ruby can just jump on a noodle and paddle herself around the pool, she will get to the side and monkey monkey to the step and climb out. As long as we are watching she can pretty much play all by herself. Can't wait until we go away at Xmas to the beach.

Oh and our little chatter box now says "hello dadda" when she picks up mummy's mobile and pretends to have a conversation with him.

Ruby's xmas photo 2009 - minus Santa!

Daddy's Girl

Not that it's worrying anyone but Ruby is starting to follow a lot of her Dadda's traits. They might be hanging out together a little too much.

Her hair is going curly, she is obsessive about having clean hands and face (I think this one comes from Grandma Sheila) and she now runs around the house chasing flies with the fly swat.

Apart from this our little girl is now the biggest chatter box. She will yammer on for most of the day and if you aren't listening she gets louder and louder and louder. Her vocabulary is getting better and better everyday and Ruby is now talking in small sentences - "Eat dinner outside mumma" or the latest "Need that" or "it's stuck" or "Ruby help mumma with dinner". Yes, dinner is still a major part of Ruby's day.

And Ruby's most favourite thing to do at the moment (apart from eating or reading) is to ride her little car around the house at ridiculous speeds, chatting to herself and anyone who will listen at the same time.

slow down world, just for this week!

Here is a brief run down of our last fortnight:

• Tuesday 13th - visit baby Maddy at the hospital
• Wednesday 14th - the whole family is sick with a tummy virus
• Thursday 15th - still sick
• Friday 16th - still sick
• Saturday 17th - Mummy and Daddy go to Cabaritta Beach to celebrate Gary and Rachel tying the knot - Congrats guys
• Sunday 18th - Party time for Great Grandpa who turned 80
• Monday through to Friday an extra busy working week with Ruby still under the weather
• Saturday 24th - Our first trip to Kingscliff in months, yahoo! Ruby finally eating again
• Sunday 25th - Trip to Samford Pub, for lunch with old school friends

Phew!!!

Although the last fortnight was a little crazy, there were some very cute moments.

During one of Ruby's mid day naps and after many scary poos, daddy went into check on Ruby who had been asleep for a few hours. When he peeked in on his little angel who was fast asleep in her cot he noticed that there was a little bare bottom that had been unleashed prior to going "night night". A major disaster was avoided but we have a procedure in place now where Ruby goes to bed with a pair of button up pants on or some major restraints in place.

Ruby has this week started to sing the first couple of words to one of her favourites from music class. She is doing the hand actions to the Wiggles -Hot Potato Hot Potato, Cold Spaghetti cold spaghetti and is also having a go at saying Hot Potato.

After not having a bar of mummy and her surf board a Kingscliff, Ruby happily ran over to another little boys board and let him push her around the ocean. There are names for girls who are easy and mummy was hoping that Ruby wasn't one of them!

And tonight, Ruby has used the potty and gone to bed in her big girls bed :)

The new addition to our family - Madeleine Poppy

Ruby on the move at Great Grandpa's 80th


Enjoying wearing only her knickers

Ruby and Isabelle eyeing off Grandpa's B'day cake

New cousin

Ruby has decided this week that she is no longer going to have day time naps at Grandma's house. This is really no good as by the time mummy gets home from work both Grandma and Ruby are exhausted and are no fun to play with at all.

This last week Ruby has had no boob - 10 days boob free and counting - and has got her very last baby tooth. Ruby is saying more words, she will help mummy "cook", she will read a "book", "call dadda", says "hello Ruby" and Uncle Simon and Aunty Taryn taught her "bow chicka wow wow" this week - thanks guys.

Daddy took Ruby swimming on one of their daily outings and with the assistance of a noodle and no help from daddy, Ruby swam 25 meters on her own.

Bad mummy has taken hardly any photos this week but managed to get a couple at a very overdue mothers group catch up. Check out the size of our girl. You would never guess that she is the youngest of the group (apart from Baxter's brand new baby brother Oscar). Eva Grace (in pink, sitting next to Ruby) is 6 months older.

We've also recently found another photo of the Abbott's taken at Uncle Jamie and Aunty Emma's wedding. I don't know what the photographer has done to make mummy look so tanned but she likes it :)

And last but not least, we have a new addition to our family tonight. Aunty Emma has given birth to Madeleine Poppy at 7:16pm. We will be up to visit her first thing tomorrow and will post pictures very soon.

Pony's

So many things are happening with Ruby at the moment that I'm worried I will forget to post something. But the most important thing over the last few days is that Ruby is letting us put her hair up...hooray! Some days we will have one pony like mum and dad and other days we can have two pony's like Isabelle, who has been wearing her hair up since she was very young. Ruby finally looks like somebody loves her.

Ruby's last two teeth are final through and we are now working on weaning completely from mum. Ruby doesn't need it but has fallen into a habit of having boob before bed whenever mummy is home. Mummy has been "going to work" a fair amount the last few days so that Ruby will go to bed without looking for the boob. Boob free for 36 hours - not that we are counting.

Ruby's favourite word at the moment "kookaburra". She is also coping a lot of what you say to her. While playing on the swings mummy was sitting on the baby swing and told Ruby that she was too fat to do the seat belt up. Now Ruby says "mumma fat". Her favourite saying "help mumma with dinner".

Ruby has a large respect for food and sometimes we think she has an eating disorder. She is constantly eating or looking for food. She is happiest when she has a food item in her hands, not necessarily to eat but just to play with or hold. If she ends up looking like a sumo you will know why.