Yesterday we went off to see my friend Henry for lunch, we picked up auntie Vicky and my cousin Harry on our way. Mamma, Vicky and Kirsty had a lovely lunch and Henry, I and Harry had lots of fun as usual! Henry is eight months and eats proper food so I seized the moment (and the audience!) and had some raspberry and pear pure - yummy! Thanks Kirsty! I think I am getting the hang of this eating and have decided to give mamma another chance - we’ll see how it goes! After lunch mamma and I took the dogs to the common so they could do some squirrel hunting (didn’t catch any obviously!). Then we chilled in the afternoon until daddy got home and I cuddled with him.

Today was Gymboree day! Took the dogs for a nice long walk so I could have a good nap before the Gymboree! Started smiling and showing my delight straight away, the other babies are a bit older than me except for my half-Swedish friend Lucas who is nine days younger but he is already crawling about! I am just about sitting up, still a bit top heavy but I don’t think it’s long now until I sit all by myself. The lovely lady who holds our class sings and let us bang the drum which I liked (the maracas are very noisy so they made me cry today but it was the end of the class so I was tired also!). Then we have a good play around the ‘gym’ and sang some more before the clown Gymboree sang goodbye to us - I love Gymboree the clown - he really makes me laugh! I can’t wait for next weeks class!

When we got home it wasn’t long before daddy came home from work, but before that I managed to watch some ‘In the Night garden’ whilst mamma gave me a manicure! (she prefers to file my nails nowadays as I won’t keep my hands still). Then I tried a new bath seat which we have borrowed from Henry, it’s great as I can sit up properly and have a good play with my toys (love the bath toys I was given from nana and granddad for Christmas).

Love to you all my blog readers!

xoxo

Sunday - sweet! Sara is still here (although she left later Sunday evening…buhu!). Mamma, Sara and I took Marge to Westfield shopping centre (biggest in Europe) where we had lots of fun. I had a good snooze in the car there so was very happy when we arrived! Before we left I decided against the morning nap although I was up really early. As you probably already know I prefer to sleep in my pram in the common or in the car. I got two hats and two body suits and a new cuddly toy - a blue and white striped rabbit from POP! Mamma has been so jealous of my skinny jeans so she finally decided to get a pair (thanks Sara for convincing mamma to get them!). After lunch we did some more window shopping then we headed home, perfect timing to have my afternoon nap in the car! I think mamma is really getting a hang of this. At home I cuddled with daddy whilst Sara packed her things and then mamma took her to the station. I will miss her lots but I hope she will visit very soon again. Maybe with uncle Christian, after all I think we have more wedding planning to do! I can’t wait for their wedding in Sweden in August - I will have so much fun!

This is what I wore today shopping:

Top: Polarn & Pyret (POP)

Skinny Jeans (next size up, my last pair was getting a bit too skinny!)

Mamma likes to think I am. Well it is the awards season after all sweetie darling! The weaning isn’t going too well (if you ask Mamma) and I have to put my foot down by showing my utter disgust. I know I pull funny faces and spit it all out and make quite a big fuss but what else am I to do?! I have tried carrot, pear, parsnip and banana (not together - she is a bad cook but not that bad!) mixed with baby rice (also disgusting!) and I have also tried it on its own. Very well, mamma has threatened that she will continue to try feeding me and maybe one day I take a liking to it. Who knows! The battle isn’t over yet! I will also be trying some baby-led weaning which I am sure Pimms and Cody will love when I am a bit older….they are so simple minded and can easily be manipulated by food (world domination is within my grasp).

I had a really lovely weekend again. On Sunday god mummy Yma and Jenny came to visit me, we took the dogs to the common for a nice walk. Jenny had knitted a beautiful hat for me, it was ages ago since I saw Jenny (she had the fireworks party in November) so it was good seeing her again.

Yesterday daddy had to go back to work again, he still isn’t over the manflu but he is feeling better which is good. Mamma and I chilled at home and took the dogs for a nice two hour walk in the common. The lake is still frozen over but the snow is all gone and we had 8 degrees so not too bad at all. Unfortunately this means very muddy dogs, mamma prefer the ice and snow as the dogs are at least kept very clean.

After our walk in the common today we went to meet a friend I have only just got to know. His name is Lukas and he is half-Swedish just like me! We went to a Gymboree class which was great fun! I think we will start to go every week because I loved it! After that we had a nap in our prams whilst mamma and Lukas mamma (Therese) chatted away in Swedish and had a coffee. Then we bought some books in a lovely children’s book shop; one titled ’No More Bottles for Bunny’ - do you think mamma is trying to tell me something?! Could she be more obvious? By the time we got home it wasn’t long before daddy got home and I had a play with him. Then I was so tired after the gym class today so I fell asleep exhausted!

God natt!

xoxo

Ps. in honour of our Swedish outing today I wore all POP (Polarn & Pyret) - top and Jeans - thanks Sara they fit me perfectly now!

mammas sign in the kitchen:
(present from daddy, he does all the cooking thankfully anyway!)

Welcome to ‘Casa de Harriet’, here are some pics from my room!

...and life is really good! I can't believe I am already six month old (today! Happy six months to me!), nor can mamma and daddy! Today I didn't want to sleep in because daddy was still at home when I woke up so I wanted to spend time with him. Then I watched mamma do some yoga on her wii fit board (again, she looks unbelievably funny!). I didn’t want to waste any time sleeping as daddy was at home so decided to skip my morning nap. So after lunch we took Pimms and Cody to the park and then walked to Wandsworth common and Northcote road to have a look at the sales, mamma bought me an all wool and cashmere jumpsuit (bargain!) which keeps me nice and warm on our long daily walks. After a good two hour walk we were back home, for me it was not so much hard work and I hardly noticed the cold eastern wind as I slept most of the time in mini-marge - tidy! Tried some banana when I came home and it was really yummy! I hope I get some more tomorrow.

In the evening Kirsty, Ifor and Henry came to visit! Henry is gorgeous and I like him very much! We had a good play before we went to sleep and let mamma, daddy, Kirsty and Ifor have dinner and a game of golf (on the wii).

Here are some pics from earlier this evening:

Slept like a baby (!) last night until 4:30am then decided it was time to get up, although mamma and daddy needed some convincing. Then I resisted as much as I could until I had a nap in my cot (!) at lunchtime before we went to the common with Pimms and Cody. Similar weather conditions today; minus 2 but overcast, it was nice and quiet and we only met up with a few dogs that Cody played with.

On our way back home we stopped by at Danielle and James’s house for a chat and coffee. James is now walking! Apparently on New years eve he ventured from the sitting room into the kitchen all by himself! I am very impressed! I played with some of his toys (he got some really cool big trucks, and a farmhouse full of animals - great fun!).

When we got home it wasn’t long until daddy got home from work and I had a play with him, now I am snug in my cot sleeping for the night…hehehe…we’ll see!

There is promise of lots and lots of snow and I can’t wait to wake up to inspect it all, although it might mean we can’t go the common as Marge’s wheels might not be up for the snowy roads but we’ll see! Making a snowman in the local park seems like a good alternative.

xoxo

Maggie!!! (my car!) thanks Clara for name suggestion:






At James's house playing with his farm house:

Now where were we? Oh yes…Christmas day! What a day! Whilst Mormor stayed at home and had a nap and the turkey was cooking in the oven mamma, daddy and I took Pimms and Cody to the common for a nice Christmas walk (thanks to Marge who took us there!). I think daddy is jealous of mamma and I having Marge as he clearly prefers to take her over his car everywhere we go. We got some pink furry dice for Marge for Christmas! Brilliant!

In the evening, the turkey, daddy, mamma, Mormor and I went to daddy’s childhood house in South Kensington and had dinner with everyone; Nana, Granddad, Auntie Andy, Uncle Mark, cousins Alicia, Olivia and Theo, Auntie Vicky and uncle Sam and cousin Harry, Auntie Michele and Howard. We had loads of fun and Harry and I stayed up for as long as we could then we slept for a few hours before it was time to go home. Again I got loads of Christmas presents at Nana’s; lots of lovely clothes and toys.

The following day (boxing day) mamma took Mormor to the airport, buhu! I miss her so much! Thank you for all the cuddles and the tricks we got up to Mormor, I hope I will see her very soon. In the evening the Wilkins family came for dinner (Auntie Andy, Mark and my cousins Alicia, Olivia and Theo), I had great fun playing with my cousins and showing them my new toys Santa had brought me, one of which is a car that I love!

On the 27^th Nana and Granddad came to visit us and I had my usual lovely Nana cuddles and general fun. The next day we went to Winter wonderland in Hyde Park - it was wonderful, all wintery and lovely! Everyone except for mamma, Uncle Sam, Nana, Granddad, me and Harry went ice skating. It looked like a lot of fun, daddy is very good on the ice, but not as good as Auntie Vicky who used to be a British Champion on skates! She did lots of nice pirouettes and danced like a real princess on the ice! Harry must be so proud of his mummy!

On the 29^th we went to Harry’s naming party, mamma is his ‘good mummy’ which she is so happy about. Mamma had to promise to take care of Harry and guide him through life using some of her wisdom - she was all teary and mushy! Auntie Carrie came down to London (from north England where the Hughes family had celebrated Christmas with H’s family) for Harry’s naming party with my other cousin Benjamin - he is only two weeks younger than me. It was lovely to meet auntie Carrie and cousin Benjamin as I have not met them before, they live in Spain with Benjamin’s three older brothers Roscoe, Sholto and Lorenzo and their dad Hereward (‘H’) and of course my auntie Carrie - their mummy. I hope I get too meet Benjamin’s brothers soon! After the naming party was over mamma and daddy took my cousins Alicia, Olivia and Theo to the Big Easy restaurant on the Kings Road which used to be my dads favourite restaurant when he grew up. I can’t wait until I am big enough to go there! I stayed with Nana and Granddad and Auntie Andy and Mark who looked after me, Harry and Benjamin. Carrie and Benjamin stayed at our house that night which was fun. The following day we went to see Harry again and said bye to Auntie Carrie and Benjamin then we took it easy in the afternoon.

On New Years eve Nana, Granddad, Auntie Andy, Mark, Alicia, Olivia and Theo had to go back to Spain so we went to say good bye and had some final cuddles - thank you all so much for making my first Christmas very special - I hope I see you all soon - maybe in Spain!

As you can tell my daddy has a big family! He has four sisters; Andy, Michele, Carrie and Vicky. Daddy is two years older than Vicky. This means that I have lots and lots of cousins which I have nearly all met now! Except for Roscoe, Sholto and Lorenzo who live in Spain I still have to meet one more who still hasn’t arrived (!) but she should be with us in a about 10 weeks from now! Then we will be four girl cousins and six boy cousins all in all - not bad!

Except for being so busy seeing family over the Christmas daddy, mamma and I have been in the common every day with Pimms and Cody, guess what - they have still not caught any squirrels…I am now seriously thinking of sending them on a hunting course because they are utterly useless, Cody only seem interested in swimming and the lake is frozen over at the moment so he can’t go which makes him a bit grumpy. Pimms is just really cold so she wears her fleece jacket most of the time, mind you I don’t blame her I am always wrapped up nicely in ‘mini-Marge’ (my pram!), snug as a bug in a rug! Mini-Marge is definitely worth a mention here as she is so great! After daddy fixed the puncture the other week she has not disappointed and always keeps me very snug and safe, mamma can go off road properly with her as she has three big wheels and although she gets really muddy going over all the bumps, ice, mud and twigs she never complains! I also sleep so well in Mini-Marge, to be honest it really is the best place for a snooze, during the day I don’t like sleeping anywhere else.

What else? Oh yes, I tried some baby rice the other day (New years eve) - can’t really complain but I much prefer the bottle or mamma for now I think, although the rice mixed with some pear wasn’t too bad - I might give it another try. Just seeing mamma and daddy making such a fuss about me and pulling funny faces and making silly noises makes it worth while - thihi!

I promise to write more frequently from now on (new years resolutions and all that!) but as you can tell there hasn’t been much time over for writing over the festive period as I have had so much fun! Christmas really was worth all the fuss and I can’t wait for Santa to come later this year! Only 355 days to go...

I will load up lots and lots of pictures from Christmas here over the next few days. Thank you Nana for taking so many photos!

xoxo

Mamma and I in Waitrose, Christmas shopping with Nana and Granddad.