a milestone diary of roos second year
sweet and happy like a daisy
this was our second year having our lives totally enriched by you - rua alma
ONE YEAR AND ONE MONTH (MAY)
your first tooth finally popped up on the bottom row on 15th may
you are a D A N C E R
you stand at the bottom of the stairs, cling onto the stair gate and shout “DAAA” at the top of your voice
not your dads biggest fan…. constantly gravitating towards mama
One year and two months (June)
four pegs now
falling asleep to ‘say hello to the sun’ (on repeat)
you find your big sister HILARIOUS
you love to beg for your third dinner from your mama and papa when they have theirs (which is about the only time you favour dada over me)
the stairgate is broken and when you get the opportunity you are up the stairs in a flash!
One yEAR AND three months (july)
figured out you can scream
walking by yourself but you are too self conscious to do it in nursery or at nannies
terrible wake ups in the evenings
grinding your four pegs which drives your mama up the wall but you love to brush your teeth which makes up for it in cute-ness
you go to nursery without tears and have charmed them all (they only have the nicest things to say about you)
you wave bye bye
One year and four months (August)
walking everywhere
saying ‘hiya’ and ‘bye bye’ to everyone
said ‘marlow’ for the first time
getting fussier with food, unless its on your dads plate
copying dad whatever he does, including rubbing your hands together after meals
you ADORE pushing the pram
and you pat the baby dolls on their back oh so sweetly
put yourself to sleep at night when it was a daddy put down a few times this month
One year and five months (September)
you are your mamas best friend
first vomiting bug
you are warning up to your daddy, especially when he tussels or has food!
rua you are so greedy!
YOUR LAUGH! all the time! and that funny ‘pouty lip face’ you keep doing at us
One YEAR AND six months (October)
starting to really love your ‘dada’ and your face lights up when you see him. you like to climb up him like a mountain
you can understand almost everything we say to you at this age, and will happily follow instruction and respond with the sweetest, most emphatic ‘YEAH’
suddenly you hate when we put you down at night… and have also developed a dislike for your carseat (we have to coax you into it)
the MOLARS are coming!
you potter into nursery without looking back, often clinging onto your dolly (who you love to bring out on adventures)
you are still the sweetest, smiliest lil peach. you have the most beautiful disposition darling girl
you tidy up after yourself, take your plates into the kitchen when you are done and try and help with the laundry
One year and seven months (November)
still waiting for one very naughty molar which needs to catch up with the other three (bottom left)
still pottering into nursery without turning back to say goodbye
love to wear everyone else’s shoes (including your mamas and will happily plod around the living room with my birkenstocks on)
you also love wearing your sisters coats
your favourite toys remain the three maileg buns and teaset to this day
finding your voice
could eat yogurt until it comes out of your ears
the first thing you do when you see your dad is ask him to pick you up and take you to the treat cabinet
DANCING!
finally sleeping better through the evenings
One year and eight months (December)
two new teeth
the most ill you have been yet with a sore throat and high temperatures, poor little dear you have been in the sling constantly
had your first temper tantrum in nursery and took them all by surprise
still the smiliest sweetest lil peach who loves to BOP to music as soon as you hear a beat
a whole pile of new words including ‘peppa’, and ‘noddy’
want everything your sister has
the way you shuffle backwards to sit on our knee, bring books to us and demand we read them
One year and nine months (January)
every time we open the fridge you are somehow there
still obsessed with yogi
and ‘pepp-a’
can sing ‘row row your boat’ and count to five
our stairgate broke again and you are up the stairs in a flash
One year and ten months (February)
you like to sit in the garden chair like your sister… you just need a little assistance getting in and out of it
if your sister eats tea at the table you want to join her… if she eats tea in front of the TV, you want to do that too… basically whatever your sister does you want to do the same
you LOVE watching nightmare before christmas, pointing to it on the screen - you can watch the whole thing start to finish and demand us to put it back on when it ends
you went up into your big sisters car seat
will contentedly play by yourself for the longest time
adore cuddles with your valentine bunny
you are so musical, you can repeat songs youve heard repeatedly (like the button on marlows elsa barbie) and you still enjoy dancing
even when you are unwell you are always so good natured and pleasant
coming DOWN the stairs is your newest challenge
One yEAR AND eleven months (March)
we had to hide the fruit because you went through a crazy phase of asking for fruit, taking one bite and moving on
peppa obsessed, fond of noddy and the way you say ‘post-man pat’ is so sweet
you have hollow legs
constantly cleaning up after yourself and putting things in the sink or ‘bin’ as you call it… you stand on tip toes and cautiously tip it over the edge because you cant reach
you like to go to bed and when its bedtime you will say ‘bed’ and urge me to take you up the stairs
Two years young!
you blow on dandelions and say “MORE” when the seeds have flown away
(you also do this with ‘yogi’)
the sweet way you say “tank-yoo”
if we havent nursed in a while you will do a happy laugh and excited dance with your hands when i sit to feed you
love nutella spoons just like your big sister
you call your keyworker verity ‘dirrty’
adored all the attention on your birthday you were in the BEST mood
forever our cheery girl
