Sunday, September 28, 2008

profile pic

we recently had a computer die on us & it has all our photos from since Olivia was born, so I am stuggling to find any recent photos of me. So I decided to put up a photo of one of my most recent achievements - toilet training a 2 year old.


we still have a little way to go, she is refusing to do number 2's in the toilet but we have atleast acheived number 1's.


believe it or not the face on her is actually her attempt to smile at the camera, mental note 'dont ever ask her to say cheese if you actually want a nice photo of her'. this is a classic example:

Ingrid

Saturday, September 27, 2008

this sure is a first

Well, I have done it. I felt out of the loop that everyone else has blogs & I dont & peer pressure is as good a reason as any to start a blog.

So this got me to thinking what other firsts have I had in my life & how many of them do i remember......

firsts I remember

- first kiss with Neil
- first time I met Olivia
- first time I met all my gorgeous nieces & nephews
- first day of highschool
- first time I made a recipe out of a cookbook & it turned out exceptionally well (it was just the other day)
- first time I stepped foot on foreign ground (South Africa 2005)
- first time I realised how rough I treated my mum when growing up (parenthood makes you see things you never saw before)

firsts I dont remember

- first time Olivia called me mum
- first proper steps Olivia took
- first word Olivia spoke (it was either Mum or more)
- first drive in my own car
- first night all alone without Neil in my own house

My hope for this blog is that I now have a place to record the firsts that happen around me & I feel that this was meant to be as we just had a first that i can now record.

Olivia came walking out of her room & was obviously still asleep, she banged into a wall just outside of her room & made a noise, so we looked down the hallway & saw her. Neil marched her back to bed & now she is fast asleep again.

Well, I have high hopes for my little slice of the internet & I just hope it can live up. Now all I need is for Kristie & Dee to help me set it up properly.....

Love to all reading this.

Ingrid