11 : 365(+1)

As the 11th was a Wednesday and I have Alice (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) there was a good chance my photo for the day would have Alice in it! ;o) 

While eating her lunch today we were counting the number of items of food on her plate.  She loves it on Show Me, Show Me (a TV programme on CBeebies) when the lift goes up the 10 floors and they count from 1 - 10.  So we've started counting little things and today it happened to be some Skips (crisps {English} chips {American/South African}) she was having.  She already counts one, two and I was carrying on, three, four!  I thought it sounded like she was trying to copy me but at this stage it's not clear talking, we just tend to know what she's saying.  However, when Emily got home from school she also though Alice counted one, two, three!  We may be making progress :o) 

I feel so blessed to be able to spend as much time as I do with Alice. I know there are many Grandparents who would love to be able to spend more time with their grandchildren and I/we are so lucky to have the opportunity to do just that. 

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10 : 365(+1)

Mum had an appointment at the Doctor's yesterday because she's been having fairly regular nose bleeds recently. I picked her up and took her to the surgery and went in with her.  She explained how the nosebleeds had started and how she never knows when they're going to happen. The Doctor had a look up Mum's nose and said she could see the blood vessel that was causing the problem and would cauterise it, which would hopefully stop the nosebleeds. 

Off she went to get what she needed and when she came back she shone the torch up Mum's nose again and went to cauterise it.  No sooner had she finished than Mum could feel a nosebleed starting! We sat waiting while Mum went through tissue after tissue and in the end the Doctor asked if we'd like to go and sit outside in a private corridor until the nosebleed stopped. She was most apologetic and made sure Mum was comfortable, brought her plenty of tissues then came back with a kidney bowl and a cold pack wrapped in a towel. After she'd left Mum said "Pity you haven't got your camera!"  and I replied "I have!"   Mum said, "If you want a photo for today, go ahead!"  So I did!

We had such a laugh sitting there, with anyone who passed by wanting to know if Mum was alright or offering advice. When the Doctor came back and asked if we'd like to go back into her rooms, Mum said No!  We laughed so much and the Doctor promised not to try and do anything more!  So funny!  It seems that when the torch was inserted into the nose the second time it must have actually knocked the blood vessel which is why it started bleeding!  Mum was fine and we went for a coffee afterwards. She's got to go for blood tests tomorrow and may be referred to an ENT specialist so that they can cauterise the blood vessel.

It's good to actually have the photos to remember how funny it was.

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Project Life Week 1

I started Project Life last year in May but didn't get very far with it :o(    However, I've decided to start again this year and, so far, it's good.  I'm not sure that I'll post every week as most of my photos will have been on the blog already but for now I'm happy that I've got the first week done and the second week has the photos to date already in.  I'd love to be able to keep this up all year and finally have a year documented.  Wish me luck ;o)

I know there will be a lot of photos of Alice in this album as she's a big part of my life at the moment seeing as she's here three days a week. It'll be fun for her to be able to look back at it when she's a bit older and see what we did. 

I'm using the Clementine kit at the moment - I downloaded it from Jessica Sprague.com and have printed and cut out what I wanted to use so far.  I may continue this way or see if I can order the journalling cards on Amazon next month when they are supposed to be available. 

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9:365(+1)

 Day 9: Shows everyday life at our house while Alice is here :)   Aunty Em coming home from school always brings a big smile to Alice's face.

 Alice loves all the animals at our house - we have 4 cats and a dog!  She is forever following the cats, normally as they try to escape ;o)  She is actually very good with the cats and quite gentle but the fact that she's quite loud and vocal while stroking them is probably why they try to escape!

And finally, the bump she had on Sunday wasn't as bad as originally thought. You can see the little cut above her eyebrow.  Fortunately, it looks like it'll heal nicely and there isn't much bruising. It really doesn't seem to bother her at all.

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