life with a 1-year-old...

this past week, missy and i have been fighting off our illnesses (missy is much better now and i'm okay), so things here have been pretty quiet. but we've managed to spend a bit of time outside - missy and i picked some flowers for our kitchen:



you can tell a flower picked by missy, because it has no stem, only a head - not so useful for a vase - but we managed to gather a little collection eventually:



for her birthday, from nanna and pa, missy received a pram, and from pake and beppe, a lovely doll. this week has seen big advances in missy's ability to push the pram and treat the doll gently - this photo demonstrates my confidence in her walking ability as much as hers (there are no early photos because i was afraid missy might face-plant into the concrete if i was more than an arms-length away...):



take care,
em