Our little girl is growing up

Yesterday, Gemma took Ellie to an Open Day at the local primary school. This is where we hope to enrol Ellie in nursery next September.

Thinking of our little girl going to school, made me realise that Ellie is growing up. But, she will always be our “little” girl no matter how much she grows up.

Ellie is turning into a cracking little girl. Like every other 2-year-old in the world she has her share of tantrums, but the vast majority of the time she is really good.

Her speech and talking is really coming along, and we can have real conversations now, which is fantastic. She is beginning to recognise the letters of the alphabet and can even tell us something that begins with that letter.

Gemma said that Ellie really enjoyed going to her “new school”, joining in with all of the older children who were drawing and colouring. She was not shy with them at all which was very encouraging. We think she’ll be happy there, we should know in the next couple of weeks whether she has got in.

Soon though, she is going to be “big sister”, and this will be another step along the road of growing up.

Gemma’s Pregnancy - Week 21

Gemma’s pregnancy has now past the half way stage.

Knowing this makes everything seem all that much closer. The time has flown by since we found out that Gemma was pregnant. It really doesn’t seem that long ago at all. That means that its not long to go until all those sleepless nights again!

There is not huge amounts of news to report at the moment. The baby is kicking a lot more, he must be practising his technique for the football team. Gemma’s bump is expanding quite rapidly now, and she is looking really glowing with it.

I’ve finally managed to scan our latest ultrasound picture from our 18-20 week scan, which you can see now on the right. He is looking a lot bigger now, as you’d expect, and here is what he looked like at 12 weeks.

The other day we went to Mothercare to get a few things for the baby’s bedroom. We got a wall border, curtains and a lightshade, plus a Grobag (sleeping bag, for those not in the know) for the baby to sleep in when he’s big enough. Once we’ve finished transforming our garage, we can finish off the bedroom.

Well, that’s it for now, until my next update.