Hey Guys! How are you all doing? It's been a while, hasn't it? I've been keeping Mom super busy with just generally being me, so she isn't get much time to update my blog...but this morning I decided "Hey, let's give the ol' girl a break" (Of course it helps that Dad's at home to entertain me in meantime). So, anyway, nothing much has changed over the past couple of weeks - I'm still a bit ill, still not loving baby food and DEFINITELY not doing any daytime sleeping, which means that by 4:00/5:00pm every afternoon I am thoroughly exhausted and at any given moment will suddenly just pass out (sometimes mid-scream), regardless of where I am, even slung over Dad's arm. Mind you, I am very considerate of Mom's routine and make sure I don't sleep for more than five minutes so as not to disrupt my supper, bathtime, etc.

I have been working really hard at my neuro-therapy and yesterday morning even surprised Heidi by going the first twenty minutes without any crying or screaming and even rewarded her with an occasional smile. Of course, after those twenty minutes I realised I was neglecting the "show" I usually put on for the other patients in the waiting room and other therapy areas, so quickly made up for my inconsideration by hitting my notorious "window-shattering" high-pitched scream and closed with the vomit-on-the-mat/ball/Heidi routine. I must say, I did myself proud. As much as I hate to admit it - this whole therapy nonsense is actually helping me a little and I manage to sit up unsupported for as long as eight minutes sometimes.

Mom is really battling to find ways to keep me entertained during the day and comes up with all sorts of odd things for me to do, like a playdate with Barney....I mean, seriously, there's only so much interaction I can have with this big, purple, poofey dude and he's even less verbal than me...so as you can imagine, the conversation is just not flowing. But Mom seemed quite delighted (at least one of us is being entertained) and started taking pics so I thought "Why not" and even offered my rattle to Barney to have a go.

Thankfully Mom got the picture that playtime with Barney at this point is just not THAT great, so I was soooooo happy when Aunty Henriette and Janke came to play on Monday. Janke is so cool, she laughs and chats away all the time and even had Meghan joining in the fun (as you can see Meghan has selfishly cut off her long hair - what am I supposed to grab onto now?)

Janke and I were having such a good time, it felt like we'd been friends since birth already....so, just to make sure she knows how much she means to me, I casually placed my hand on her leg to kinda say "Hey Girl...I'm here for you"

Mmmm...this is a really nice colour on you Janke, and the fabric's really soft. Wonder if they make this for boys as well.

Mom and I also attended a really great workshop in the past couple of weeks, given by a wonderful lady by the name of Grietjie. The workshop was all about what sort of toys are best for me and will help keep me as clever as I already am...Mom's already placed an order for a few things, I can't wait till they arrive. I hope she doesn't get any crazy idea's about keeping them as Birthday presents for when I turn one in a couple of weeks time. Mom really liked the workshop and invites everyone to visit Auntie Grietjie's website at http://www.joyfulmamasplace.blogspot.com

Another really wonderful surprise was when Ouma and Oupa came to visit from Stilbaai over the weekend....myself, Meggie and Luke were spoilt rotten again with pressies and sweeties and Ouma and Aunty Janina both knitted beautiful jerseys for me - I felt really special and so loved.

So, that's basically what I have been up to over the last while. We are keeping some special people in our prayers at the moment, like Aunty Janina who had a fairly major operation on Monday, Great-Uncle Andries who has been really, really ill, Aunty Debbie who fell and hurt her leg really badly last weekend, Aunty Cammy who has started on a new journey in her life, Aunty Cindy who is so so so close to welcoming her new baby into the world, Aunty Jacqui as her twins grow bigger and stronger with each and every day, Aunty Tish from our church who has made the ultimate sacrifice and given up her life here in South Africa to become a full-time missionary in Namibia, dedicating her life completely to spreading and teaching the Lord's Word to the people there - what an inspiration she is.

I am sure there are so many others who need our prayers...but I am only little so can't remember them all right now :-)

Hugs & Kisses

Me and Mom