New Year's Eve

Mum wanted to stay at home with me for my very first New Year's Eve . We invited Riitta and Cassu to keep us company. Mum had taken a photo of me and Cassu on this sofa on my first day home back in February. I must say I seem to have grown a bit since then.

However hard I tried, I just couldn't keep my eyes open till midnight. Luckily some people sent their fire works off a little earlier so that I didn't miss all the fun.

Boxing Day

The thing I love about Christmas (apart from the presents) is having enough people around to keep me entertained. Here's my cousin Oskari helping me walk around the flat for the first time. His first not mine, as it's usually Grandpa who gets the honour (and pain in his back).

Christmas Day

Today we were joined by my three older cousins Jenni (who's also my godmother), Oskari and Mimmu (they'd spent last night with their mum) and yet more presents were handed out. I even got a few more. Like this mobile phone. About time I got one, too.

Everyone kept saying they'd had so much to eat yesterday, byt yet they were still stuffing their faces... And I made sure I got my share. The doctor had told mum that she could gradually start introducing milk into my diet, but I wonder if this was what she had in mind?

Santa Claus is coming to town

Here in Finland the Christmas celebrations start on Christmas Eve. The family gathered together at Grandma and Grandpa's place for Christmas lunch. This year only my uncle Panu and his family were missing (they were spending Christmas all the way across the world in Thailand). This was the first Christmas for both me and little cousin Anna and we both dressed up as little elves in order to make the day go faster. We had, after all been told that Santa would be coming later this evening. While the rest of the world has to wait till tomorrow morning...




And then they were there! I felt a little cheated as I hadn't actually seen Santa bring the presents, but mum promised he'd come for a real visit next year. But look at all my presents. I must have been a very good girl all year.













It turned out that they weren't all just for me, but a great deal anyway. I do love these gift wrappings and fancy srtings!


Here's my uncle Jukka helping me unwrap my very first Winnie the Pooh book. I wonder if honey tastes as good as Winnie the Pooh says it does. Just can't wait to be old enough to have a taste. Mum says it's not heatlhy for babies. But I'm a big girl already!

Season's Greetings

Our hairy friend

Today my godmother Nunnu and Taina&Erik came for a visit and Nunnu of course broughtVekku with her. I don't really know what the deal is with this hairy friend of mine. First they try to get me to pat him and then they won't let me do it real hard. A girl can get angry for less...

Visiting Cassu

Today we went to visit Cassu for a change. We had a lot of fun playing together but strangely he didn't like me licking and drooling over his toys. But he does look after me well. Many adults are scared of my cleft palate and therefore won't volunteer to feed me, but here you can see what a good job Cassu made of it.

Santa Claus is coming to town

Today we had a Christmas do at the playgroup we sometimes attend with mum and look who came to see us! I had never met him before, but I wasn't at all scared. Haven't I after all been a good girl all year long.

On the town...

Today we met my two boy friends for coffee. Our mums spent time together at the hospital before we were born and the three of us were born within a week of each other. Noel has been the biggest from birth but Eetu and I (both born prematurely) are catching up as fast as we can. Next time I hope our mums take us some place we can run around in (if only we learn how to do this first)

Cookiemonsters

Today was Finlands Independence Day and instead of dressing up nicely and joining the party at the presidential palace (we weren't even invited, wonder why?), we decided to have a party of our own to get our Christmas cookies baked. We joined forces with Casper and Riitta and got so many cookies done that there were even a few left over for Christmas. And see what a lovely gingerbread house we also managed to put together. Next year I'll be able to participate in more than just eating, I'm sure.