So far this has to be one of my favourite pictures of you! The expression and clenching of your fist while drinking, it’s amazing. You can really imagine the thoughts running through your head… ‘my bottle… try to take it and there will be a fight!’. Don’t worry sweetie, we’ve learnt never to take a bottle away from you…. we even cringe when it’s empty… you never know what your reaction will be.
*shaking out of fear*
Daddy
You’ll never guess who Mummy met on the plane while flying back, yes…. Oma! 😀 It seems like she couldn’t get enough of you over Christmas and the New Year. Oma is traditional in so many ways… this means for somethings it’s great however for others… it drove us crazy 🙂
One thing I have to say is that when it comes to crying… she’s developed the fastest reactions you’d ever see. Before my brain has even processed the fact you’re crying, she’s up on her feet running over to you 😀 She hates it when you cry, however you’re a baby… and that’s what babies do right?
I wish I had a picture of her face when either Mummy or I left you crying for more than a few seconds… if a look could kill we’d both be dead by now 😀 Anyway, she’s a loving Oma who’s always willing to put herself out as you can see below. You have to remember at this age you tended to sleep for a while, well over an hour. Her dedication and concentration in keeping you still and asleep is legendary!
Daddy
Here you are in your Uncle George’s arms 😀 I’m laughing because he was very wary about picking you up, in case he broke you or something. I can safely say, bar the puzzled look on your face, you were returned in one piece. Uncle George likes relax topless while in the house, providing you with extra comfort while resting on his chest. As you can see at the moment there are a few similarities between you and him… and that’s all I’ll say… otherwise he might beat me up! 😀
Daddy
I’m not sure what ‘slang’ will be in fashion when you’re reading this, so this might sound weird but your Oma has ‘Mad Knitting Skillz’ 😀 Here is a good example of one of the many… and I mean many tops she’s made you. As a traditional Romanian Oma she always believes you’re cold. So it’s a combination of turning up the heat until we’re all sweating and dressing you in colorful hand knitted clothes!
Here is another good example of her handy work she prepared you last year.
Daddy
One of the first things you’ll learn about Oma is that she has a unconditional urge to help. In January Mummy stayed in Romania for a while and without Oma, it would of been a lot harder. It’s lucky you weren’t older at the time, otherwise you’d always have a plate full of meat in front of you 😀 We’ll come to that in the future 🙂
This was the perfect setup for keeping you busy… on a mountain of cushions with Oma making ‘baby’ noises at you. As you can see from the pictures you were totally engrossed by the multitude of noises she was able to come up with 😀 It wasn’t always about the noises, she was very inventive when it came to finding objects to distract you. A plastic bag here… a random piece of paper there.
Daddy