2 months since Maria Emma's arrival

Year 2009 started well for us. Both Maria and I had our 6 weeks check and all was ok. Therefore, I started trying to get rid of the kilograms I gained while I was pregnant and went swimming, played badminton and walked. I also started the post natal clinics and I enjoy meeting other babies at the same age as Maria.

Maria Emma is now almost 2 months old and she is 4.1kg (9.03lb) and 59cm. Although she is fed a lot, she has not gained too much, but she is still on the graph. We are gradually getting rid of the awful colics that have made most of our evenings very noisy. In the last week, we had the privilege to see Maria smiling and playing with her hands, as she discovered her fingers and hands. And another great achievement was that we finally managed to persuade her to sleep in the Moses basket and not only in mummy's arms. She still enjoys sleeping in our arms or falling asleep in our arms, but this happens only during the day.

My mum and Maria in the garden

There she is sleeping in daddy's arms...

Daddy's girl

As we are planning our first trip out of the country at the end of March, we needed to apply for Maria's passport. Here is the "winning picture". Doesn't she look like a 3-4 years old child?

She recently started enjoying her bouncy chair and she often falls asleep in it.


But sometimes she is awake and likes to listen to us singing songs for her or reading books or just chatting with her.

curly hair after bath

As Will finally received his much desired Christmas present, a GPS for geocaching, we have introduced Maria to some geocaching trips around Romsey and Salisbury, looking for the travel bugs. We quite enjoy this activity and it is a good excuse to go out and about.