Jasmine 2008

August and Spring 2011

2011-12-06T05:54:00.000-08:00

Wearing her supersized rainbow scarf

Enjoying some Winter sun

Her "I'm a pink pussy cat" phase becomes reality at Play Group :)

Sick day. Fell asleep on the couch.

Doesn't much like having her hair tied up, so she holds it back like this a lot.

Spent a good 5 minutes sideways on her chair, reading this fascinating realestate junk mail.

Fairy picnic. Another Playing Fair favorite.

Loving purple this month, though she swears her favorite is still pink

She loved this little frog Daddy caught for her, and was sad to let it go at the end of the day.

New haircut and a lollypop :)

First attempt ever at peeling a potato. It took a few minutes, but she did a great job.

August, September, October, November

To Zachary: Sweetheart!

Jasmine (putting on Pullups): Mummy, I did it! I've got a new bottom... a pink one!

J: Maybe tomorrow, when I'm a grown up.

J: "Last year..." (meaning "the other day")

J: "When I was a grown up..." (meaning when she grows up)

(wakes up crying) I want my daddy!!

(on her dirty fingers): My fingers are GaDucksing!

J: Don't say "no", Mummy; say, "Not yet, my dear."

Calls bare feet "feet shoes"

Jasmine: I'm NOT contrary!

Frequently talks about herself in the third person, as "your pink baby". "Mummy, your pink baby is sleeping in my bed!"

Sent a handprint to Kathyn, the girl she picked to sponsor (through World Vision) in Nicaragua.

Weight, Nov 26. 18kg.

July, 2011

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Jasmine fell in love with the penguins at the Aquarium. She could have stayed here all day long.

Testing the plastic fruit at Scienceworks, just in case.

A birthday dress all the way from Auntie Kelly in England.

Third birthday. It was difficult to get a non-blurry photo, because she was pretty excited all day!

In town just with Mum.

Special trip into town to spend birthday money from Gran

and have a donut with Mummy.

As with Byron, blog updates every 3 months from now :)

June 2011

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Vic Park playground. I do love this Fair Trade swing dress from Playing Fair

Park in Smythesdale, sitting up on the picnic table on a decent midwinter day.

Jasmine in June

It's yummy-disgusting!

J: Do aliens fly?
B: Aliens don't catch flies. Lizards catch flies.

May 2011

2011-07-12T22:21:00.000-07:00

Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.

Decided to put her pillow down the other end of the bed. She's mostly left it like that since, but moves it in the night sometimes. One night she woke up crying. She had her head on the pillow but was laying across the bed, crying "Where's my head?"

Me: Is your drink yummy?
J: No - it's got a fish in it. Look... he's so cute!!

April 2011

2011-07-12T22:16:00.000-07:00

Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.

Jasmine: calling Byron "Elvis"... because she is Fireman Sam.

J (looking at a pic of Zach wearing a green square beanie): That's not Zachy. That's Shrek!

Me: Whoever is sitting at the table can have some strawberries.
J: Byron, can you get down from the table so I can have LOTS of strawberries?

Likes to sleep with her head under her pillow.

Me (to Jasmine, who's about to put her boots on backwards): Other way.
J - turns 360 degrees and glares at her boots

March 2011

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Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.

Jasmine in March.

J: He's are!
Me, correcting the grammar: Not "He's are"
J: He's am!

"I don't want to!" "I don't care!" (overused those)

J: Mummy! The block licked me!
B: Jasmine, none of my blocks have tongues...

Discovered "Hairspray" (the movie). As soon as she's out of bed:
"Mummy, can I have my dress on?" Dress goes on. "Can I watch Tracy?"

Me: Is your nose blocked? Say "mmmm"
J: I don't want to say Mmmm

February 2011

2011-07-12T22:03:00.000-07:00

Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.

Jasmine in Feb:

She started calling me "mama" for some reason.

Learned to "skateboard" on a slippery board (or book) on the kitchen floor)

Jasmine (to Byron): Don't smack me! I'm a girl!

J: A guitar! It has a long trunk.

J: (Brings me a knitting bag) There you go, Mummy. When we get to the playground, you have to knit.

January, 2011

2011-06-05T05:30:00.000-07:00

Would you like a fresh cup of tea?

Or perhaps a snail?

Instant adoption and mothering of Zachary's soft toys.

Quotes for Jan:

"To infinity, and beyond!" (jumps off couch with one finger pointing upwards)

"What's the dirt doing?"

Likes to call everything "cute".

Getting the hang of using the potty.

J: (looking at herself in a hand-held mirror)

Me: How do you look?

J: (turns the mirror to me so I can see for myself)

Byron: Jasmine? How about we get married?

J: No thankyou. I'm dancing.

J: (frowning) Mummy? You're not Byron, are you?

December, 2001

2011-05-05T02:57:00.001-07:00

At the Ballarat Wildlife park.

Loves snails, milipedes, spiders, anything...

Playgroup. She got sick of getting her face painted before the butterfly was finished.

Quotes from Dec

"I can hear a butterfly!"

J- BOTTLETOP BILL IS ON!!!

Me- I know; I can hear it, too.

J- Mummy, ssssh!! Zachy's asleep!

November, 2010

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Loves her baby brother, but is a bit frustrated that he does not want to sit on her knee and be her toy baby like he's supposed to...

This is Jasmine checking out ants with Byron. She loves and adores all tiny bugs, and adopts them ("These ants are all mine!"), especially milipedes, ants and snails.

She can hoist herself up onto this swing, and now she's also mastered independent swinging. She's just a little bit proud of herself...

Typical Jasmine, off somewhere with an armful of soft toys, playing hospitals or picnics or something.

Activities:

Caught squeezing mayo onto a spoon.

Went to a craft market with just Mummy.

Quotes:

Look, Byron! I'm hiding! See?

Jasmine: Mummy?

Nathan: I'm not Mummy.

J: Daddy? You're the Daddy. (to me:) Daddy, you're the Mummy.

J: (eating a pretend sandwich made of two books)

Me: What's in your sandwich?

J: (opens her mouth to give me a look.)

October, 2010

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After being a flowergirl in Auntie Kylie and Uncle Matthew's wedding, she got all her twisty curls...

...which are considerably longer than they look...

cropped off :)

We did love the curls, but not the hairbrushing fights!

And we can still have pigtails, so it's all good.

This month Jasmine has been walking around on her heels, hopping, jumping off everything, teaching Zach to play the xylophone. She can pull herself up onto the tandem swing with Byron. She's had her bedtime toys culled to one or two (when six was not enough) . She made up her own favorite joke. It goes

J: Mummy?

Mum: Jasmine?

J: Yes?

and look out if you muck it up by answering "Yes?" before she does! She's also singing songs and telling stories quite well, and it's fun to start her off on "Skidamarink a dink a dink". hehe. She's also still quoting "Flushed Away", even though we've not seen it for months. At random moments she'll call out

"Give me back my ruby!"

and you have to have the correct response ready, which is "I haven't got your ruby!..." Then you have to have an argument about whether it's real or fake... hehe.

September, 2010

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This month Jasmine was promoted to the big bed! That is, her big brother got the normal bed, she got his old bed with the rails, and her little brother got the cot. Hand-me-downs. Good system. Everyone was sick this month with colds and snot and coughs and fevers and vomiting. (Fun for all.)

Here she is having a go at painting, a very popular activity in our house! Auntie Kylie and Uncle Matt gave her this for her birthday, and she loves it. (And I love the smock, thanks!)

Spring rolls! Or anything that can be dipped in sauce. I think sauce is her favorite food.

Trying to make a big bubble loop work as well as Byron's identical one. Hmm.

Helping Mummy make Apple Pie.

Trying on her flowergirl dress, always happy to pose and smile for the camera. She loves the dress but didn't want me to take a photo of her. (The lion's name is "Tiger")

August, 2010

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Wakes up looking gorgeous...

Checking out the noisy steam cars at Sovereign Hill, where Daddy works.

Wearing Mummy's 1920's hat.

A little upset that her boots did not keep her trousers dry and warm

Out of the cot, now, and into a new bed.

Jasmine is talking her head off, now. It's funniest when she comes out with little phrases like "My goodness!" but she seems to be able to say what she needs to. Sometimes she lapses back into mumbo jumbo, mostly when she's a bit tired. She's also pretty good at quoting Mummy ("Do what you're told to do!"), nursery rhyme parts and bits of songs. She remembers her manners most of the time, though once, when Daddy held onto the drink waiting for a thankyou, he got a "Hey! Let go!" instead.

Who needs manners when you've got blue eyes and curls, eh?

June, 2010

2010-08-15T05:58:00.000-07:00

This is a little late, but here are some pictures from June. There's a bit of a theme:
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Jasmine and Baby asleep in the car.

Jasmine explaining the dangers of Fire to Baby...

Jasmine and Baby having a snooze

A bit of lunch with Jasmine and Baby...

Baby was a first birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa. The name on the doll's box was "Jasmine", so we've called her Baby every since.

Jasmine this month. The theme here is TV:

J: [long, lound squealing]

Me: What are you doing?

J: "Soupe Opera"'s on!

(note: it's a short TV show where pieces of fruit move around making pictures and stuff, and a soprano opera voice sings Soupe OperAAAAAAAAA!)

J: Grandpa? [shakes biscuit box upside down. She's been watching a kids' show called "Grandpa in my pocket"]

Loves jumping. Tried jumping from the top of a little slide at playgroup, like the older kids. Unfortunately, changed her mind when it was a tiny bit too late! In spite of that, she's continued to jump off things since.

Can go from sitting on floor to standing, knees always together, without using her hands.

When in trouble, rattles out a quick, "Sorry, Mummy; I will, Mummy!"

Sometimes wakes up yelling, "Arthur!" (instead of "Mummy") because she hears the cartoon on.

Thinks if she turns over the bubblewrap she can pop the other side.

"Hop it! Hop it!" (telling Byron to go away, using a quote from "Flushed Away".)

See below for "July". Posts are a bit out of order here :D

July, 2010

2010-08-15T05:28:00.001-07:00

One unusually nice day in July, climbing around on the old buggy frame with Byron.

Birthday presents from Mummy (jumper) and her Uncle Simon, Auntie Esther and Sydney Cousins.

Just a bit of birthday cake... :P

Presents in the mail from Auntie Seona, Uncle Chris and her Ballarat Cousins

Making herself a bubblewrap bed on her favorite empty bookshelf shelf.

Phrases are taking off this month. She'll ask for things, like Byron does.

"Swap a the sides, By?"

"I have a milo, please, Mummy?"

She's into pretending, like being Byron's dog, "FellaBella". She stays in character pretty well, too. Even if you ask her, "Would you like some chocolate?" she'll reply, "WOOF!" And she can pretend to be a baby (like her baby brother...?) for ages.

Food is often something else. She wouldn't eat the last two bits of pancake on her plate, because one was the dinosaur, and the other was Dino's pancake.

She's picked up Byron's handy "Get out of trouble" phrase. If you say, "Do you need a new nappy?" or "Did you tip that on the floor?" she'll say, "Maybe Byron!" (He deserves it.)

She's also discovered the fun game of "Spinning with your eyes shut". hehe.

Me: You're supposed to eat them (biscuits)

J: No! They're cars!

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Me: What are you doing?

J: Nuffin!

She "reads" herself familiar picture books, and is getting good at remembering chunks of nursery rhymes, songs and stories. She can sometimes count to ten (including number 9).

I've also heard her several times, calling Byron other random names: Hi Sam? John! Come here, John! Buddy! I think she just does it to annoy him, because it works! Sometimes she calls me "Dear" (as Daddy does). Zachy has been promoted to Zachady.

[to Zach, when he sneezed] Bless your socks, Baby.

Mummy Mummy Spider!! Ah scared!! (re cobweb)

Possessives are big this month.

That's mine! (overused)

It's my turn. (also overused!)

No, Mummy; that's Byron's! (she's onto the "handmedown" scam...)

Byron's got my ... (hehehe)

May, 2010

2010-06-14T22:07:00.001-07:00

Jasmine this month:

She apologizes at the drop of a hat. Apologizes when she is in trouble, but also when Byron is told to apologize, and as a response to his apology, or if she does something she thinks might be naughty. hehe. She likes to crowd stuffed toys into bed with her. She particularly favors "Baby" (her doll), but loves them all. She introduces her toys to Zachary, and makes the toy and the brother wave to each other. She pretends to be a cat (a high pitched one that yells MEW! quite a bit.) She loves playgroup and has gone from freaking out if she can't see Mummy, to not particularly caring if Mummy follows her in or not Ü. She asks Byron for a cuddle or kiss, and has enough vocabulary now to ask for most things she wants (in a disjointed sort of way). She's unfortunately also realized that she's got power over smaller kids, and has enjoyed yelling at them and pushing them over to make them cry. Sigh. She counts to 10 (but refuses to acknowledge the existence of 9) and sings along with lots of songs. She calls her big brother "By" (though we never called him that) and, even though she will obediently attempt "By ra" when Daddy instructs her, she will then run off saying, "Come om, By, a go ou'side!" Heh.

Quotes:

Hi, Gorgeous! (to Byron's crocodile puppet)

I nuv By. I nuv my brada. (awww!)

April, 2010

2010-05-07T21:15:00.001-07:00

Helping make pancakes (when Byron was away with Grandma C).

Already has a very clear preference for "lots of shoes"

Photo by Byron:

Jasmine: March and April:

I dunno where he is (somehow in three syllables, like :ay duh wais)

Where are you, By?

Cuddle baby?

Don't do it!

Fushed Away!!! (favorite cartoon. Also likes, Roary, Timmy Time, Fireman Sam, Chuggington.)

Hi, Gorgeous!

[knocks on door herself] :Kelly?!

Flags! (to the towels on the washing line)

While sobbing: EE I EE I OH. (she also likes to sing along with Baa baa black sheep, Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC song).

Mew mew MEW! (likes to pretend to be a loud cat)

"yukky poo, yukky poo, wash fingers, wash fingers, clap clap clap" (a song she made up on the change table)

S'ok, s'ok... you're not hurt.

Come om, By!

Go away!

Don't!

Sit down!

My turn, now!

Wait there. Ready set go!

Chockette!! Yes pease, Mummy!

Also perfected the stairs (no hands) and a both-feet jump/landing (off the treadmill)Playing with toast: sheep maa pig cow MOO

March, 2010

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Think she's starting to envy Byron because he has a big bed and she has a cot. She often climbs into bed for fun.
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Pretending to be a dusty book :D

Curly

Takes a bit of effort to temporarily tame the curls

Feb

2010-03-05T19:40:00.000-08:00

Getting a tow

Mackas!

Cuddle Baby!

Wearing her 1st birthday present (still too big!)

In the trailer :)

Jasmine this month:

Had an ear infection (we assume). Was upset and vomiting in the night, then couldn't balance for a few days! Kind of funny to watch (poor little girl!)

"Reads" books to Zachary. Asks for books to be read to her a lot.

Spotted carefully walking down the back steps, forwards without using her hands.

Climbing up ladders and going down slides confidently.

She's really starting to get her point across this month, with her increasing ability to string things together, such as...

favorite nursery rhyme: "A tishoo A tishoo All fall down!"

"Hahaha! Funny!"

"By Hit!" (crying on Daddy's shoulder and telling on Byron)

"Cuddle baby!" (holding out arms)

"See? A fly!"

"Want a hat!"

January, 2010

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I've been a bit slack this month, sleeping lots, having babies and not taking enough photos. I only have a couple from January, and most of them seem to be of Byron and Jasmine together. I didn't even write down (or pay much attention to) the funny things they said, but I'll be better next month ;)

Summer in the sandpit

Carding wool for Mummy

Visiting new baby brother, Zachary

Getting a cuddle from Byron

Sitting under the kitchen table.

December, 2009

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Chocolate pudding...
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Nappy cream... yum?
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Christmas "stocking" full of little toys.

"In the Night Garden" inflatable chair, from Byron.

Woolly winter hat by Mummy.

Jasmine this month:

Vocab up to about 200 words.

Started walking around on toes, sometimes.
Learned to jump.

November, 2009

2009-12-03T02:46:00.001-08:00

What's the cheeky chick up to this month? Well, she's up and dancing with Playschool a lot more, copying the actions and dancing much more than her big brother does even now. She especially loves "In the Night Garden" and a You Tube video of Beaker (from the Muppets) singing "Ode to Joy".
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She can entertain herself for ages playing with somebody's boots or her hairclip, and if you take her to MacDonalds she'll go up and down the slide. She's up to 120-odd words, and is stringing a few together, like "More Grapes!" or "read a book".
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She still loves all the soft toys, and cuddles and kisses them all day, and sleeps with Pluto or Lion or Roo. She can click her fingers and "High Five". She'll tap on the kitchen table, calling for "Tea?" (in a "where are you?" sort of voice). She also likes to sit on my knee and push her hand into mine, so I'll hold it Ü
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Blue eyes and pigtails...

Hey, it's good yogurt. Want some?

Keeping her hair out of her eyes is a bit tricky. Pigtails work well for a while.

The back of her head; she's sitting on my knee reading a book. When it's wet in the bath it reaches the middle of her shoulderblades... for a few seconds Ü

She likes to "read", though it doesn't make much difference if the book is upside down.

October 2009

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Playing with Poppy (the doll Mummy knitted her)

Climbing up onto the window ledge now... anything to get closer to those fascinating flies!

Birthday present (rocking horse) that she's finally mastered her fear of, now that she can climb on and off without falling over Ü

After a faceplant in her brother's mudpit.

I can climb up onto the kitchen chairs... um... but help me down!

It's vocabulary time! Now that Jasmine's a few days off being 16 months old, her list of words is well over 70 (not including animal sounds). She's figured it out, as Byron did; suddenly... AHA! Talking gets me stuff!

She also tears around the place in Byron's old spiderman shoes, leaning forward, arms back, like a jet. She makes her toys kiss each other, and growls at Byron if he's trying to intimidate her. She climbs onto her rocking horse, but makes car sounds. She spins until she falls over, dizzy. She also did eventually learn to climb down off the kitchen chairs (and, of course, further up onto the kitchen table!)

Sept 09

2009-10-20T02:21:00.001-07:00

This month Jasmine is improving her climbing skills (though she fell off the stairs once) in an attempt to keep up with her big brother, vertically. Climbing into the big pot is only a little challenge...

What a bargain, for $15.50!

At the playground

Good old two minute noodles Ü Check out the plait...

Oops... the mud got me! (Mummy might have been laughing as she took this, having seen her faceplant in the "sand"pit...)

She talks all the time, but mostly babble. She seems to know what she's saying, though. She even talks in her sleep (and kisses things: mmmmmah!). Her favorite hobbies are putting things into people's shoes, kissing her toys, following Byron, and dancing to good music. (She worked out with one toy that if you open it quickly three times you can skip the "talking" and get back to the song.) She knows that if she drinks fast she can often get some of Byron's (by stealing or looking pitifully thirsty), and she's completely fascinated with babies. She gets offended if I try and hold her milk bottle (she can do it herself, thanks) and follows instructions (as it suits her Ü). She asks for things (toast, 'num', up) and has a waiting tolerance of about 2 seconds! She recognizes pictures in her books, especially animals, and knows a bunch of animal sounds (chickens, duck, cows, sheep, lions, tigers, cats, dogs...) She's getting the hang of heaps of little words (here's what I can remember in addition to what I've listed other months):

buhsh (brush, n & v)

toas (toast)

uff (up)

dow (down)

Yes! (with a nod Ü)

puss (push)

buss (bounce)

yoosh (shoes)
doe! (don't)

no (usually while she's doing something naughty, like stealing the remote)

num! (yum/let me have your food/I'm hungry!)

oh dear (when she drops something)

Dais (Daisy the sheep)

Bah (Barley the sheep)

Bay (baby)

so by the time she's 2-and-a-half she'll probably be talking as much as her big brother is now. Imagine that... two of them...!

August, 2009

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This month:

Gave up crawling. Visited Sovereign Hill; didn't think the Battery was too loud, by the way she was bopping her head to the beat. Found a way to eat the black grot that's hard to clean out of the windowsill (lick your finger and poke it in). Got two new teeth: one to the left of the top front two, and one to the right of her bottom front two.

Laughing at Daddy (he was banging on the door to give her a fright, which is, obviously, lots of fun.

Still Looooves "Baby".

Ack! Stupid shoes! (These are Byron's old 'first shoes' but she hated them for a while, and would barely move her feet.)

After an exhausting "walk" around the lake (including playing in a pen full of baby animals at the Farmer's Market).

"Wow, this reading caper is soooo easy." Loves those board books.

New words:

roh roh (roll roll)

UP! (very useful command)

hey

bess (bless, when someone sneezes)

puss (push)

baahs? (bath!!!!!?)

wa da (water)

catch (waves the ball around; you drop it less when you don't let it go.)

cugga (cuddle)

Mooooore! (more icecream, please Daddy!)

July, 2009

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The hair!

We really have to tie it up each day to keep it out of her eyes. It's long enough for a fountain on top and two teeny pigtails at the back Ü

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cutes!

This was probably her favorite present all morning... a cheap rubber ball from KMart! Her favorite a bit later was this doll from Grandma and Grandpa. It had "Jasmine" on the box, but we just call it "baby". She loves kissing its head and poking its eyelashes Ü

The next Sunday we had a party, with icecream cake, and all the usual suspects: Zara, Elanor, Josh, Scotty and Elyse, plus cousins Abby, Tim, Ben and Ezra (and parents).

This is Jasmine on my knee after a bottle. She has a night-time routine now, which is Pyjamas, Story, Bottle and Bed.

She goes to bed between 7 and 7:30pm, and hardly ever cries, now that she has a new favorite birthday present to squeeze...

Uncle Matt bought her "Pluto" and most nights when I put her in the cot, she cuddles him tight and shuts her eyes, just like that. What a little cherub! Of course, I took that picture in the middle of the day, after she had a short battle with Sleep, and that's why she collapsed sideways in her cot. Ü

What did Jasmine get up to this month? She was promoted from the port-a-cot to the cot, started working on a range of words, and worked out that walking is better for your knees than crawling.

Her favorite word is "Buh" (which means bath, book, ball, bounce and boo). Variations on this great word include

"buhd" (bird)

"baaaak buk buk buk" (what a chicken says)

"bup" (beep and burp)

"Baa" (Barley, one of the sheep)

"Bay" (baby)

"By" (Byron and bye)

Other words she's got in the vocabulary this month are

"eh-yoh" (hello, while waving madly or chatting into a "phone" of some sort)

"da" "deh" "di" (that, there and this, it seems, while she's pointing at something interesting)

"ah be seh" (while poking her hand, which seems to be "sing the sign language alphabet song, thanks, Mummy.")

"Day" (Daisy, the other sheep)

"aaaaaaah ticka ticka ticka" (building suspense before the tickling, just like Daddy does)

"ra ra ra" (round and round and round)

"Uh!" (up)

"woof!" (looooves dogs)

"gulla gulla gulla" (all the rest of the words we say, apparently)

She also chats to the clock each day, in "clock". She clucks her tongue at the clock in the bathroom, and then gets all giggly and shy when it ticks back Ü

She follows Byron around all day, and climbs all over the treadmill and up onto the couch with him. They also wrestle a bit and tickle each other, giggling madly. She went from 5 steps (on July 8) to 7 (July 17th) to 10 (July 21st) to 30 (July 25th), and now she walks everywhere. She's tried Byron's old size 6 shoes, which fit well, but she hates them (and socks). She eats almost everything we give her, and especially loves peas (weird!). She's learned to do nice (non-licking, mouth shut) kisses, which is utterly cute. She's very affectionate, and loves sitting with Byron in the rocking chair, leaning on him, and kissing all her toys with a big "mmmmmmAH". She even been seen cuddling pictures of babies in magazines

June, 2009

2009-07-01T05:59:00.001-07:00

Jasmine this month: 11months

She's saying Dadda, Mumum and By quite often, and clearly knows who she's talking about. Especially Her Beloved "By", though why she adores him when he pushes her around so much is anybody's guess! She also says "bye" when waving goodbye, and "wuh wuh wuh" (what a dog says), "go go go!" (latest favorite), "Wow!". She tries to say hello, I think, and even nods her head sometimes for "yes", which is pretty funny.

At her 12 month visit to the health care nurse, she weighed 10.7kg and was 77cm tall. She loves plonking onto the beanbag still, and shredding tissues, she walks 3 or 4 steps; she loves crawling all over the treadmill with Byron, and she can blow raspberries on her own calves. She pulls apart and fixes Byron's screwdriver, and she's slowly getting the hang of spoons and forks.

Now, on with cute photos...

This is Jasmine saying, "Oh, hi, Aunti Kelll.....zzzzzzzz". Fell asleep on her two nanoseconds after Kelly picked her up. Stayed that way for ages, even with her big cousins running all around.

Here playing with a flexible circular knitting needle. She was pulling it through her mouth over and over for about 10 minutes Ü

New pyjamas!! Suddenly she went from "still a baby" in her sleeping bag to "almost a toddler-child" in proper pj's.

Couldn't recall if I had a bath pic in this blog yet, but I figure she couldn't possibly ever hate me for posting this one Ü

Loves having her hair brushed and brushes it herself a bit. Never seems to mind having it tied up (which is just as well).

Visiting the gardens in Smythesdale one cool Winter Day.

Found her sitting here (at lunch time) under Byron's high chair. He was dropping down 2-minute noodles for her. He loves sharing... sometimes. She was surrounded by them (and was eating them off the floor... why not?) and had quite a few in her hair.

May, 2009

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This month Jasmine turned 10 months, and has stood without holding on for 3 or 4 seconds... as long as she doesn't know she's doing it. She's cuddling and playing with toys, pressing buttons, and grizzling when not hurt to get her brother in trouble!
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She's got two top teeth as well as her two bottom teeth, and she likes to invite other babies to put their fingers in for a test... (sorry, again, Sam!) She stands up and plonks facefirst, arms up, into the bean bag. She doesn't mind having her hair done at all (which is just as well) but won't wear hats.
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She loves to sit on Mummy's knee and stare at Daddy until he notices, then give him a big coy smile. She's becoming more and more "Daddy's girl" every day. She can say "mum" and "dad" and "By" and "Bd" (bird).

Typical response to the words, "Come here!"

I kind of hate this dress... until I put it on her with purple leggings.

Loves to crawl behind the couch. Usually following Byron.

Wearing the pinwheel "big" way around now. Think she was about 10kg on the blood bank scales. She's slimming down a bit, now, but she's quite tall.

"What? I am helping unpack the groceries!" Check out the fountain-head Ü

Loves Byron's old bouncy. Esther gave us this and it's been very well-used.

April 2009

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On Uncle Matt's motorbike. Look out!

Asleep in the high chair (again). You know she's tired when she can't stay awake to eat.

Not much green grass in the "yard", but she still loves to play outside most of the time...

except when the sheep are too loud!!

I thought I'd get a video of the funny way she threw/dragged/wriggled herself in the direction she wanted to go, when lo and behold... she crawled! And I got it on video Ü

March, 2009

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What is she doing now? She's just about off on all fours (wriggling to where she wants to be, but not actually crawling) and will give any food a good try. She loves toast and biscuits. Not sure what she's eating here... a chocolate biscuit, maybe...

Batteries low...

and she's pretty good at managing the straw cup. The first day she dribbled it all over the front of her, but after that she got the idea. She doesn't like you to hold it for her, and "straw cups are for water, milk comes from Bottles, thank you very much".

She recently got a big box of hand-me-downs from her slightly older friend, Elanor. There is a lot of cute stuff, like hot pink leggings Ü

hehe.

February

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Things she's been up to this month: sleeping in the portacot, growing a tooth, eating with the family (up in the high chair), rolling everywhere, sitting up for hours, clapping her hands, eating biscuits and bread and playing the xylophone, to name a few.

January 09

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Our little Jazzem. She's a happy little vegemite (except when she's tired) and patiently puts up with a lot from her big brother. She can sit up, although she normally topples within a minute, and she is very good at manipulating things with her hands. She goes shopping with her Mummy every Friday night, making friends with anyone who looks at her. She is also getting a bit naughty at night; she doesn't want to go to sleep. We have had to be heavy handed tonight (letting her cry a few minutes, giving her a cuddle, then putting her down to cry a few more minutes.) She did not approve, but she was basically crying in her sleep, and eventually she gave in.

She sleeps like a log once she's properly asleep, not waking up until 7 or 8am most days. She eats well. She loves veges (even peas!) and mush-able biscuits and watermelon rind. She hardly ever cries when Byron takes her toys, and she giggles when he sits on her back (making it hard for Byron to understand why we make him get off). This last weekend she's finally figured out how to go from her tummy to her back whenever she likes. She had been going onto her tummy for a while, then crying because she was stuck. Now she just cries when she comes up against a wall Ü

Here are some pictures from January.

Headbands are good. Her hair hangs past her eyes at the front. Mummy doesn't want to cut her a fringe.

One day Jasmine is not going to believe she was ever this short!

Sleeping pics are so cute. Sigh. Note the Christmas dress from Uncle Simon and Auntie Esther. Sweet.

Another Christmas present, from Uncle Matthew. She loves wool, so Dolly is quite popular!

Out on the garden seat.

Walking in Auntie Kelly's imaginary garden (the First Christmas Quilt).

December

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November

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Wahoo!

Pinwheel sweater, knitted by her mum

Pink with ribbons.

I got the bug!

This is food? Oh... I think I'm going to need some MORE!

October

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Modelling a jumper knit by her mummy. Sadly, not for her Ü

Wearing Byron's old baby clothes.

Outside

My first parcel!!!

It's a quilt with my name on it!!

The underside of the quilt, made by clever Nola (who made a similar one for Byron)

Flaked out on the floor

Trying to do situps

Cuddling Paws

Dressed up for church. The hair is long enough for a hairclip, but so slippery it falls out easily.

September

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Weight this month (Sept 2 - 8 weeks old): 5310 grams. Had her 2 month injections that day, too, and didn't care for them much at all. Once she settled down, she fell asleep, but carried on with the occasional little sob, just to let me know she was not happy.

My First Bonfire

All stripey because of the bars of the playpen she sleeps in (during the day).

Just a little grin

Looking down on Jasmine, asleep on the seat of an old armchair.

Testing out her big brother's cot

The big blue ball would slowly roll towards her (being not quite round) and she would push it away with her feet. It was a fun game.

Unlike the rest of her family, she has very blue eyes

Wearing one of her 000 tops, which is nearly too tight and short, and Byron's old 00 brown jeans

August

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Weight is going up well (she loves her milk!). August 19 (6 weeks old) - 4990 grams (up 1.11kg since birth). Around the 75th percentile.

All dressed for her first day at church

All out of clothes (as they were in the wash or needing a wash).

Denim overalls (makes her eyes look bluer Ü)

Asleep on the blanket on the floor

Little toes, sticking out of the yellow blanket which was once her mummy's baby blanket.

July 26

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Is anything cuter than a sleeping baby?

I LOVE baths!

Pink, frilly and ready to go shopping with Mummy...

Jasmine with a new teddy

Our little girl

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WELCOME TO OUR LITTLE GIRL!

- Jasmine Mae -

born July 8, 2008

weight: 3880g

length: 53cm

Just after her first bath, about 12 hours after she was born.

Wrapped up tight

All dressed up in all-in-one, jeans, jumper, gloves (really socks) and hat, ready to go home.

The birth
All natural, this time, which was a much better experience than Byron's induction. Pain control was just showers and baths this time, and the whole labor took about 4-5 hours. (It's hard to judge what "the beginning" is, as it's officially "when contractions get painful", and they go from uncomfortable to painful over time...).

She was born at 9:36pm, and they let us go home after 2 nights in hospital. Everyone is well, and being looked after by Jasmine's daddy. Big Brother Byron was a little bit jealous, but lucky for him, she sleeps quietly all day long (so far) so there is plenty of time for him, too.

Welcome home, little girl!

So far...

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12 weeks

20 weeks