Lucky Laila!

What an exciting week it's been... Daddy taught Laila how to reach out for his hands - and she's showing signs of loving the camera already... who'd have thought it! 

As our house renovation nears completion, Laila's Nanna and Grandad have generously kitted out her ENTIRE NURSERY courtesy of Mamas and Papas - what a lucky girl! It's due to be delivered in a few weeks so our carpenter needs to finish off the skirting boards so the carpeter can lay the carpet... then it's over to me to get my interior design hat on and decide how I'm going to decorate the room, and I am utterly excited... Laila loves bright colours so Babba Grandad has painted her walls a fresh lemon colour, and my parents have bought her some funky bedding to match, along with a co-ordinating cot mobile, arch, curtains and lamp - this is going to be one of the most fun rooms to decorate!

We went swimming yesterday and I can't believe how much my girl loves it - she's such a splasher! She gets excited as soon as we get in the changing rooms. Although it still wipes the majority of a day out, I'm getting used to the whole swimming regime now; we go every Friday, usually with Tina and Mickey (who was born a week after Laila) so they have a splash around together i.e. see who can drench their mummy the most. They both do a good job of that...


We also went to see the work nursery this week, which means (a) it can't be that long before I go back to work (eek!) and (b) I'm going to have to face leaving my baby doll with someone else one day... Putting those two things to the back of my head, the nursery was great. Expensive, but great. It's only very small with just 33 places, however it's within my office building and was incredibly impressive - the manager put aside over an hour to give me a tour, an overview of the seasonal menu (sounded delicious!), preschool activities etc. I also discovered the 'Ecole Française de Bristol' around the corner from us and they take children from 2½ years of age so, who knows, maybe little Laila will be tri-lingual!