She makes me laugh.

Em said Pops would be tired early today as she was awake at 5.30am, sure enough just before 9.30am she was showing signs of sleepiness and soon dropped off with a nice cuddle from Grandma.

She has some of her bigger back teeth coming through and in some parts of her gums they look bruised, I suppose the larger teeth can do that, poor little soul. She has been dribbling for England this afternoon and we kept having to wipe her chin or the skin would become sore. She ate the fruit I prepared for breakfast but waved the toast away, then at lunch time she did not eat much of her sandwich but managed the Peppa Pig yogurt. Thank goodness she ate all her tea, shepherds pie, and enjoyed it. She likes to feed herself so I have one spoon and Poppy has a spoon, consequently I do tend to get covered with food, so does the carpet, sofa, dog - you get the picture! She is getting better, and there was not so much mess today, she is learning how to use the spoon and get the food into her mouth much better now, we do have to grab hold of the bowl though, otherwise it could end up on the floor or on her head!

Poppy loves playing with her dolly now, who is known as Ba Ba. She will give her a drink, cuddle her and pat her back and take her for a walk in her buggy! Sweet. I put one of the nappies on the doll which Poppy used to wear when she was first born, they are really tiny and used to literally bury Poppy, they came right up to her chest and down past her knees, the size is micro! The doll she has is very small so it was a shock when I put the nappy on to the doll and it fit it okay, showing that Poppy was actually a lot smaller than the doll when she came into this world! It is amazing to see how she has come on since she was born at 3 pounds 4 ounces almost 16 months ago now, she is a toddler, though still petite and her legs and arms are really skinny, she is walking, can say quite a few words, and she understands a lot of what you say to her, even if she cannot answer you back as yet. She smiles and laughs all the time, with the odd exception if she does not want her face washed or her nappy changed, and she makes us laugh every day, she is a real little giggler!