Gremlin’s Fireside Chat

It was a family weekend with my father-in-law staying and my mother and sister (and nephew) visiting; so naturally there is loads of washing up and cleaning to do – not to mention the usual obstacle course of strewn toys Maeve generates on a daily basis. I arrived home at 18:00 and started the cleaning. The “Red-head” and Maeve dropped into the library to return some books. The surprise was when the returned and Maeve so excited with her first Libary card!!!! 16 months old and has a library card!!! – way to go Maeve (and well done mom)

Maeve is 16 months old and she has turned into a bright cheerful little girl with a “real” personality – happy, independent, inquisitive and does not complain much. We have been blessed. Maeves current favourite past time is climbing: climbing on the blanket box and uses one little climb to progress onto other places – for example using one of her toys as a steeping stone to get onto the blanket box, the blanket box links to the window sill and so on and so forth. Had a couple of heartattacks when I have been in the room and not concentrating on what she is doing only to realize  she is jumping up and down on the window sill – one false move and there could be injuries.

She still melts the hearts of everyone she meets – I hope she retains that trait.

Maeve has two more word/phrases in vocab – “Thank you” (rather than “Ta”) and “Toast”. First heard this morning.

- First time I heard Maeve utter this word was today

Maeve has been trying to speak and is doing a lot of baby babble – probably trying to generate sequences of sounds that she hears from adults around her. She has mastered “Mama” and “Papa” and “dada”, Last week some of this babble started to make some sense and gel with what Maeve was feeling inside. Maeves first meaningful comment came as a result of her teething which must be painful. Maeve said “teeth oww” – and we got the bongella out.

Today she managed “bye bye” and waving her arms as Bernie carried her out to the car.