Jul 25
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My random weekly blather: 2010-07-25

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  • Now she's licking the corner of a loaf of ciabatta. Nobody warned me toddlers are just so darned weird… #
  • Watching that baby try to figure kiddy-scissors out. Good thing they're completely blunt. #
  • Randomly recalled Book-A-Minute (from the olden days): http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/ #
  • I really need to start watching Up after the sad bit if I want to build any sort of street cred. #
  • This doorbell could be more louderer. #
  • That child is now in bed yelling 'TWO! ONE TWO! GO!' but of course. #
  • Making people prove they exist is a legitimate pastime. #
  • There could be future additional downloadable content! #
  • Lordy… RT @juhasaarinen: RT @awrd: The Guardian: Every Dr Who villain since 1963 – as a spreadsheet & visualised. http://bit.ly/b6QbTw #
  • So Lisp's going for a brain scan. I hope they find one. #
Jul 18
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My random weekly blather: 2010-07-18

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  • It's raining and the mailbox is a long way away… #
  • And 'foot'. #
  • New words: phone, fluffy (fwuffy) and monkey (munny). #
  • Trying to explain 'beedogs' to a 2 year old is a bit tricky. "Yes it's a bee. It's also a dog. You see?" #
  • New words: phone and pudda (popcorn – I don't know why either). #
  • Things need to be more simplerer. Most things, actually. #
  • 27 days AL owing. When does it become sad? #
  • One more, this time from my boss who also analysed me: Orwell. So basically I write like everyone. Sweet deal. #
  • So apparently I write like Tolstoy (fiction), Lovecraft (personal ramblings) and Stephen King (work!). Fair enough… http://iwl.me/ #
  • So my child is sitting in bed yelling BAA MOO MOO BAAA MOOO! Of course. #
  • Apparently dinosaurs say "MOO!" #
  • Need to make going away for birthday plans. It's a big one. I must go elsewhere for the first time innnn… 3 years? 4? Sad. #
  • NZ the only unbeaten team in the World Cup? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10658249 I give that a 'LOLs'. #
  • So…. where can I get me a prescient octopus? It's a need! #
Jul 11
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My random weekly blather: 2010-07-11

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  • Scary… RT @trioptimum: 10% of children who drown do so with an adult watching the whole thing and not realising. http://bit.ly/cTWjCB #
  • Just received a 'timeout expired' error from our project management software. Who knew a timeout period could elapse? It can. Apparently. #
  • It's beautiful… *sniff* RT @NathanFillion: Together. Again. http://yfrog.com/596xbuj #
  • New German work-dude has the Firefly theme song for his ringtone. Guess what's in my head now. #
Jul 10
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Jul 10
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That’s right: my baby is all growned up and will soon have to find gainful employment. I know this coverage is delayed – the actual birthday was a little hectic.

As with last year, she managed to get ill just before her birthday, but this time with some stomach thing instead of a cold. That’s fine though; if she only ever gets sick once a year I probably can’t complain about the timing.

I completely forgot to measure her height last weekend and she’s in bed yelling WHEEEE currently so it’ll have to wait. I did a couple of weeks back though and I think it worked out she’d be 2cm taller than me when she’s done growing. Which I suppose is OK – I should still be able to borrow her clothes but my stuff will be slightly too short on her. AHAHA. Her weight’s around 11-12kg, which is bang in the middle of the chart. I choose not to listen to any of Dad’s comments about the size of her head.

Vocab (It’s a little on the limited side for her age, but I’ll still probably miss some…)

  • Mama (YAY!)
  • Dadda
  • Nana
  • Bubby
  • Maow (cat)
  • Bun (rabbit)
  • Puppy
  • Butterfly
  • Flower
  • Dolly
  • Teddy
  • Pooh
  • Elmo (also means “I want to draw stuff”)
  • Balloon
  • Book (Pupo = Peepo and Maow = Slinky Malinki)
  • Bottle (also means milk)
  • Bun (bread)
  • Cheese
  • Egg
  • Beans
  • Nummy (“I’m hungry”, “that looks good”, “that was good”, “give me more”… No nummy = yuck or “I’m full”.)
  • Wawa (water / wash)
  • What’s that
  • What’s this
  • Who’s that
  • Where are you
  • Want
  • Don’t want
  • Undo
  • Nee (toothbrush – who knows)
  • Clean
  • Yellow
  • No
  • OK
  • Ew
  • Ta
  • Please
  • More
  • Car
  • Keys
  • Zip
  • Eyes
  • Nose
  • Mouth
  • Bum
  • One two (she’s counted to three before but she REFUSES to go past 2 now. Binary baby)
  • And of course kakuwee = star. It’s her version of ‘twinkle’. ;)

OK. On with the pictures. There were just a few celebrations…

 

Part One: The OhBaby! babies.

The week before her birthday we met up with the same group of babies we see on occasion and partied with last year. My how they’ve grown!

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Part Two: the family lunch

Because it’s what we do… and yes, she was spoiled rotten.

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Part Three: The Birthday

On her actual birthday we headed out to Butterfly Creek. The original plan was the Zoo, but of course she is a winter baby, born in storm season, and Auckland weather is retarded. As it turns out the forecast heavy heavy rain held off, but it was still cold and windy so we were thankful for inside options. Plus there were more opportunities for getting hands-on with the extremely patient animals!

Then pizza and jelly ‘n icecream for dinner. Nom nom nom…

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I think she had fun! Love my little acute angle…

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