Can't buy me love

I hate shopping.

Except for books.

That, has always been my stance. Things seem to be changing though! Now that Morgan is in my life, I can't seem to stop buying her stuff.

The day before yesterday I got her a Baby Activity Mat. The day before that, I bought her 3 toys. And a few days ago I bought her the Baby Rocker. And, I've been buying her stuff for her room. That will take me a while to complete, as I also will need to figure out how to go on about painting the room and creating the mural. I will also need to discuss my rental contract first as I'm not about to paint the room and move out of the house a month or three later!

As I had mentioned in a previous blog, I'm going for an enchanted forest kinda theme with fae folk and other awesome creatures. This is what I've got so far:

Flower fairy miniature drawers

Wrapping paper to be used for toy boxes

Blackboard

Mirror Sticker #1

Mirror Sticker #2

Mirror Sticker #3

Hanging thingy #1

Hanging thingy #2 and #3

Hanging thingy #4

Pirate and Fairy felt thingies.

 
Ok, ok. Fine. I admit it. I bought her more stuff yesterday as well. Namely a grey and a red pair of trousers, a purple woollen short-sleeved shirt and a purple top which says "I love rain". Oh, and sterilising tablets and a formula milk dispenser thingy for the days when we are out and about.
Unfortunately the visit from her Paternal Granny will have to wait due to the funeral happening this weekend. Hopefully it won't be long before it gets rescheduled!

Yesterday evening, I cleaned all her toys, and Morgan got to use the Activity Mat for the first time. According to a certain someone *coughpaulcough* the Activity Mat 5000 is guaranteed to reducing poop by 23%. Alas, that proved to be a false claim, and if that same someone doesn't believe me, I will gladly send him the evidence in the mail :D

Morgan wasn't interested in playing at first, as can be seen clearly in the pic. What can I say? She's my daughter after all!

She then seemed to change her mind when I wasn't looking, as can be seen in these videos:

All that playing seemed to have affected her appetite as she later on downed a whopping 200ml of milk! This meant that it was time to upgrade to bigger bottles, which we did today. Now I'm off to clean and feed her.

Toodles!

Over the hills and far away

Today Morgan and I embarked on an Epic Adventure!

I found 3 toys for her off "What Baby Wants, Baby Gets," and decided she _must_ have them. I contacted the seller and made arrangements to meet up today at 4pm in Sliema.

My good friend Rose texted me in the morning and asked Morgan and myself for a date this afternoon. Needless to say, we accepted! Thus, our adventure began!

 Morgan and Friends - ready, set, GO!

I cleaned up Morgan and put her in a fresh change of clothes, fed her, sterilised and prepared her bottles, got ready and left home. This process tool me a couple of hours, more or less.
Thankfully the first bus arrived just as soon as we got to the bus stop. An employee of the bus company helped me get Morgan's pram on the bus, and I found out to my dismay I'd have to stand up next to her as the foldable seat I'd normally sit on was broken. Ah well.

We got to Valletta safely, and Morgan fell asleep in the process. The same employee helped us off the bus, and so I walked us over to our next bus's bay.

I felt pretty smug, walking with Morgan amongst the crowd. Knowing she's mine made me adapt a Gollum kind of silent attitude.
We got on the 2nd bus, whereby the driver was nice enough to pull up close to the pavement so I could get us on the bus easily. This time, the foldable seat wasn't broken so I got to sit down next to Morgan's pram as she slept. It was rather worrying at times, seeing the pram sway slightly when the bus went round sharp bends. We made it in one piece though, and an elderly dude helped me carry the pram, with Morgan in it, off the bus.

I met with the Toy Seller and had a brief chat with her about Mummy Stuff. Her son seemed to take a liking to Morgan. Who knows if they'll meet again in the future!

After money and toys swapped hands, we bid farewell to one another and went on our separate ways. I then decided Morgan should get to meet a prime specimen of the male Homo Sapiens, so we went to say hi to Kris, who was at work - this was Morgan's first exposure to a book shop!  On the way we bumped into Christina as well!

 We can both be spotted from miles away :D

After a brief chat with the lovely Kris, we made our way to the bus stop to go over at Rose's, which is where I met a Bus Company Employee that was nice, but looked either like a Wood Spirit, or what Pinocchio would look like had he still be wooden once middle aged. We waited for about half an hour, and then got on our third bus of the day. Morgan started stirring as it was time for her nappy change and feed, so thankfully our bus ride was a short one.

 Suddenly, a Wild Kris appeared!

Once at Rose's, I immediately attended to my Fairy's needs. Once her bum was dry, Rose fed Morgan her bottle, and we had awesome banter. Rose being Rose, she couldn't help but embarrass her son by implying Morgan is his future girlfriend and wife. It was also pretty awesome to see Adriel hold Morgan - he is possibly the first male to accept straight away and to appear to be A Natural at it.
I rather enjoyed watching Morgan interact with them two - she behaves in a unique manner with Rose. She kept trying to chew on Rose's face and nose (rather successfully, I must say) which led to our discovery that Morgan is already teething! I wonder how long it will take for her first tooth to emerge! It is rather sad, mind you, as this means my baby girl is growing up VERY quickly. That _is_ good, but I can't help wish she would remain my baby for a while longer!

 

It started getting late, and so we caught the bus back home at 7:30pm. We bid our farewells, and started the journey back home. We switched buses at Mater Dei Hospital, and Morgan quickly fell asleep, lulled by the bus's movements.

A while later, we finally got home, where we found my parents waiting for us on the bus stop. Once home, I changed Morgan into something more comfy, as did I, and we are now chilling in bed.

It has been a fun albeit tiring day. I look forward to more epic adventures with Morgan!

 

Goodnighty!

I have a dream

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the rain. I love the thunder, lightning, the pitter-patter of the rain and the different sounds it creates as it falls on different things.  Most of all, I love the way the air smells and the puddles.


I can't wait til Creature is old enough to enjoy the rain! I already know that I will be wanting to get us colourful wellies and some proper rainwear and go puddle jumping.  It has to happen. I've pictured it too many times to allow such fun to go by unattended to.

When I was younger, the whole rain experience was explained to me in a most fantastical way.  Thunder was the sound of Giants playing bowling.  And rain was angels peeing - according to my elder sister, at least. I still giggle over it every time I recall her serious expression whilst explaining it to me.  Lightning was the camera's flash as the Giants took photos either of their Bowling party, or of us mere mortals down here.


It also reminds me of the stormy seas - to me, the white foam of the crashing waves were Neptune's seahorses - which of course looked like land horses, only made out of water - and they were racing as they pulled his chariot.

Perhaps the stories I used to read along with the ones I was told helped me become so fond of these simple, natural things.  Every time it rains, or I see the stormy sea, I recall these stories and it always makes me smile.

I have every intention of passing down these images to Creature.  Too many parents are too caught up in everyday life to take the time to fuel their child's imagination.  No wonder children are relying more and more on technology!  A book, or a story being told, or even a simple game of dress-up, ends up being boring for the children who would rather be told what to imagine by TV and Video games.  Where is the joy in using one's own brain and initiative disappearing off to?

It isn't just my being an avid lover of books that makes me say this - but experience and observing younger generations.  The love for books is being lost, and with it, so is a huge chunk of children's imagination and knowledge. 

I recall my trips to the local public library very fondly - and I believe every child should be given the opportunity to experience the wonders and joys of being in such an awesome environment,  I know I look very very much forward to getting a library card for Creature. 

There is so much I look forward to sharing with him/her that if I were to start listing it all, I'd give birth and still not be done with typing the list.  Therefore,I'll leave it at that for now.  I'll just say that imagining it all is enough to make the most horrendous day all better again.