back to normal

my little 18 month old cutie!

Thank goodness, Gaby appears to be 'back to normal' after her little virus during the week. She isn't tooooo grizzly now, and seems to be back to her normal eating patterns - thank goodness, not much fun when all she'll eat is toast!!!

I can't believe she's now closer to 2 than she is 1!!! I suppose I should start thinking about what I want to get her for her birthday. Since she now likes jumping on the bed (rolls eyes), I think I might get her one of those little trampolines with the bar to hold onto. I saw one at K-Mart the other week for about $60, which I thought was an okay price. I am also thinking of getting her her first little trike!!! I think she's old enough for the little red & yellow ones - all you Kiwi's will know the ones I'm talking about! Gosh.. a 2nd birthday to plan for, that's a really scary thought!!! I keep thinking it's still ages away, but in reality it's only 6 months - well, less than 6 months now - and if being a Mummy has taught me anything, it's that the months just FLY by. I think I'll just keep it simple like her b/day party last year... A cake, a few friends & family. I see no need to spend hundreds of dollars on something that she'd have forgotten about by the next day!!! I think her b/day is a Sunday this year, so she'll be at Kai's for her actual birthday, so I might have her actual party the weekend after that.

my little love bug!

Gab's Aunty Ali is coming up to stay for three nights next week, so I'm sure they'll both have a lot of fun! For those of you who don't remember (or know), Alison is the one who took us to Hong Kong with her - so it'll be nice to have her here so we can reminisce! It doesn't seem like a month ago that we went to Hong Kong - but in 3 days it'll be a month since we left. Gosh, it all goes so fast.

Gaby is wearing her t-shirt/dress she got in Hong Kong today, it looks so adorable on her - a lot more adorable than it looked, covered in chocolate sauce! I'm going to keep her clothes that she got in Hong Kong, for the memories - especially the Cinderella dress that her Aunty Ali bought her - I'm going to have to try & get a photo of her wearing that this week to post up on here!