The new year 2008 and daddy's birthday

Hi every one!
Finally an update again. I'm sorry it's been such a long time, but the weeks fly by... I know that the Christmas pictures aren't even on here yet (terrible!) but they take a long time to upload and I thought it would be nice to see the latest, so those ones WILL come as soon as possible-promise...
Anyway! 2008 has started well for me and papa+mama. After Holland at Christmas it took a while to get back into the groove of 'normal life' again. Daddy is now a full-time student and I enjoy having him around the house more. He also took me to the dentist a few weeks back and there we heard that some of my teeth are rotting a little (Shock horror-HELP!!) So I can't have chocolate unless it's a VERY special occasion and ice creams and shop biscuits are no good either... We were all very sad to hear that, but mama is very clever at making cakes+biscuits without sugar, so we still have them in the house. And I'm a really clever girl who understands that my teeth are important and I have taken to the new regime of different snacks and brushing more very well.
Mama has helped me make some great birthday presents for Nana and Daddy. I painted an apron for Nana with 'helping hands' and for Daddy I painted a t-shirt with 'hands and snakes' because I thought he would think that really cool to go to the gym with. (did you know BOTH mama and papa are going to the gym now?!)
The sun has been out lately and it has been great to get out even though it can be cold. But mama makes sure I put my thick suit and lined boots on, so I don't feel the cold :) I have rediscovered my sandpit again and I love to play in it alone or with my friends like 'Ovvila' (Oliver) and 'Eevan' (Ethan'). It can be nice to have a break from mama once in a while you see :) You can see Oliver with me at the table eating a snack and with Ethan I'm in the pictures with my bike, in the sandpit and making drawings in the front garden last week.
For daddy's birthday mama and I made a chocolate cake!! It was really yammie and I just couldn't wait for it to be ready, cooled down and get the cream (room) from the shop to go with it!
You can see me checking the plain chocolate topping :) (has to be done!) and note the sprinkles I kindly donated for the occasion :)
I'm getting a really good walker now and better at holding mama's or daddy's hand when we walk by the road. All my other friends are good walkers, so I couldn't lack behind! My talking and singing is really good too- I have a great bilingual repetoire and a great scope of made up words. I love making jokes and listening to (and correcting!) mama's songs where she gets things wrong. I'm 90 cm tall now and about 11,5 kg (sorry no empirical this time). I'm really good at eating my greens and I LOOOOOOOVE roast potatoes with mayonnaise the way daddy does them! I can wait for them a whole day if I have to. Porridge with Mexican honey (bees not fed on sugar) or maple syrup is a favourite too. My books are still a must everyday and I also really like my 'Pippo' magazines Opa+Oma gave me once. I'm an expert at making cards for people and wrapping up birthday presents and even better at unwrapping them for others :) My cycling is really smooth indoors, but needs some more work outside, and I am REALLY good at looking after 'my baby' and Rabbit who keep crying all the time and need their nappies changed and hugged and so. My indoor climbing is superb- with the help of my little chairs and my high chair I can get to most of mama and papa's things now :) When mama sits (!!) I like to sit and meditate too and I can get myself nearly completely dressed without help. I look forward to be without nappies, so I can pull my trousers
over my bum myself. Once a week I'm with Nana and Uncle Brian and that's really nice even go to sleep there sometimes and get to play 'brush my hair and put cream on' with Nana.
In a few days Oma will be coming again by a different plane then normal and by bus. We are all looking forward to seeing her again.
I will catch up as soon as I can again! But daddy needs to write essays soon, so it can be a while...
BIG love, Freija xx