Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Haven't had an Elka update for awhile.. she is now 7.5 months

She has learnt how to go from crawling to sitting up, which is great as it stops her lying on her tummy chucking the cranks if I want come pick her up lol. She sits up in the cot and looks super guilty when I walk in to check on her! She is also pulling herself up to standing on me and on her walker. That shocked me - I didn't think she was quite ready for that yet. Where has my baby gone? She is also aceing her finger food - she chows down pieces of nectarine and peach like there is no tomorrow. She now waves hello and loves to garble versions of "mum, mum" with her toungue sticking out and a big grin on her face. She loves to make happy screams and shrieks when she says other children to try and get their attention. She will now crawl through the house following me. She has a third tooth - her top right one to the left of the centre and is looking quite fussy so maybe there are more teeth on the way.

Baby girl started her swimming lessons this morning. The pool complex was quite a shock to us - its built entirely for children lessons and was bursting at the seams with parents, toddlers, prams, wet towels and bemused looking babies. We joined in - Jase joining the dads in the lesson and me joining the well dressed mums with designer bags and zoom lense SLR's at the ready. I was a proud mum - I beamed and laughed out loud at Elka and Jase's antics and jumped left and right to take photos. Elka loves the water so we were off to a good start but she wasn't too keen on having cups of water poured over her head to start teaching her to breathe in etc. She loved being pulled through the water and was happy to kick and paddle around. She knew exactly where I was sitting watching and spent a lot of time trying to check that I was still there. If she saw me coming closer to take a photo, she would scream with delight and splash around. It was a real family affair. Very cute. It is however in the future to be Daddy-Daughter time so I can stay home and enjoy a few baby free hours and exercise the horses (my way of relaxing!).

Now of course, the post is not complete without photos :)

kicking


bobbing


Swimming to a ball


Looking for mum