LIFE WITH ALICE

First thing, Alice stood unsupported - this reduced her to tears and she sat down quickly, but her balance is quite steady, it's just that she won't try moving! She's now getting into a crawling position, but goes backwards - but she is MOVING, she just can't control where she's going!! (Just to clarify - she is smiling in this photo, the tears came a few seconds later when standing unaided!)

We went swimming this morning, to the club where I'm a member. The pool is always a bit cold, but they have a creche and lots of aqua aerobics sessions, so I'm not changing my membership! I bought Alice a wetsuit to cover her torso, she stayed warm, had a great time splashing, giggling and hiccuping all at once, back in the changing room when I removed the wetsuit she was still as warm as toast!

She had lunch there, I got the details from the creche - they were very friendly and really keen to meet her. I'm thinking of trying it in a couple of weeks time, once she's used to it I'll be able to go back to the aqua sessions in the daytime.

Then we went into Aber to meet A, M and C. [They've just come back from the US, lovely pressies, thank you.] We had lunch out and then strolled around the shops and had an ice cream (hence photo!) Alice managed to wave at all of us, another first today! Then a we did a few jobs on the way out of Aber.

Another great day, I love my daughter to pieces and I love being her Mum. I knew that I would, but it's even better than I thought it would be!