Belated Birthday Pics

Ok, ok, I know its a little late! Sorry to all those who have mailed wondering when the promised pics of Leahs birthday would arrive but hopefully they have been worth waiting for!!

Leah is great as ever, sleeping in her own 'big girl' bed now and out of nappies (diapers for our American friends)! She is also becoming very girly, LOVES wearing mummies shoes, necklaces, bracelets, etc. She is also a big Disney fan and has almost worn out our Cinderella DVD, i'm also hearing the 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse' themesong in my sleep!!

Anyway enough rambling and unto the pics.

Philip, Amanda & Leah

I am 2

Out with my buggy

First camping trip with mum & dad

Playing with Rosie

Keeping cool

Leah is Two!!

Wow! Its been a long time since our last update, time flys at 100mph when you're having fun.

Our little Leah turned two on the 21st April, it seems like a long time ago now when we met a little 9month old bundle wrapped in a blue blanket. She is continuing to do fantastically well and seems like she is learning 5 new words per day, its getting hard to get a word in edgeways in my house these days! :)

We are having her party on Saturday so look out for a few new party pics in the next week or so.

Be back soon, enjoy the pictures!

Philip, Amanda & Leah

"Paint the picture Leah, not your face!"

Cheeky Leah

Leah out shopping with Jacob

Leah and Charlie making sandcastles in sunny Portstewart

Leah and Phoebe

One Year Anniversary!

One year ago today we first met Leah and all of our lives changed forever! Its hard to believe that it has been that long already, as you can see from the following pics she has changed quite a bit in the last 12 months!

We didn't believe it at the time but its true that looking back now all we can remember are the good times and wonderful moments from our trip to Kazakhstan, all the nasty and stressful ones have thankfully faded away.

Enjoy the 'before and after' pics! ;)

Philip, Amanda & Leah

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First day with Leah.

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Exactly 12 months later!
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Leah Update - January 2009

Happy new year everyone!!


Its hard to believe that in another couple of weeks it will be a year to the day since we first met Leah! Its been an amazing year and watching Leah grow and develop has been wonderful.


She is really into helping out at the moment and loves pulling everything out of cupboards then putting it away neatly again, she also loves cooking in her kitchen and pushing her baby around in her buggy. She also loves 'looking after' her wee cousins, sticking their dummies in their mouths whether they want it or not and also chasing them with wet wipes to clean their faces!!


She has such a lovely, funny personality and keeps us both amused. Apart from when she is teething (11 at the last count) she also sleeps fantastically well, 12 hours a night as well as a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day! We'll enjoy it while it lasts...


Anyway without further ado I'll get to the good stuff, more photos!

Cya in a few months!


Philip, Amanda & Leah




Cheeky face





Not quite awake leah on Christmas morning.





"Why has my new car got no wheels?!?!?"




Yes, I can feed myself!

Awh

Leah Update - September

Ok, I know its been a while!!

To make it up to you I've posted some pics from our trip last month to Disneyland Paris. We had a fantastic time and Leah loved every minute of it. We went with my sis Avril, Jeff and their wee boy Charlie! In all honesty the trip was just for the kids, the adults didn't enjoy themselves at all!! wink, wink ;)

Leah is continuing to delight us, she is running everywhere as fast as her legs are carrying her and is starting to copy things we say, as well as her normal gibberish, she even has a Ballywalter accent which is very cute! She is also 'helping' Amanda in the house... by helping I mean trying to climb into the dishwasher when its open, pressing all the buttons on the washing machine and dragging all the clothes out when she gets a chance, that sort of thing!

She is also growing like a weed, clothes that are big for her one week will be too short two weeks later, good job christmas is coming ;)

Promise i'll be quicker with the next update, please stop with the angry emails!!!

Philip, Amanda & Leah




Getting Ready to Go




Had to be done!




Tinkerbell!!



Getting something to eat




"Let me help you with that dummy Charlie"

New Leah Pics - July

Hey all you Leah fans out there!!

We went for a nice family break to Limavady last week, there were 14 of us altogether, 10 adults and 4.9 children (my brothers wife is very pregnant). The babies loved the pool and soft play area, the ladies got to go to a spa for the day and the men got in a few rounds of golf so everyone was a winner!!

We are also more famous than we realised, we were enjoying an ice-cream in Portstewart when a very nice young lady from Scotland came over to our table and asked if we were Leah's parents, she recognised us and Leah from our blog!! Quite amazing but very nice!

This months pictures are from Belfast zoo.

See y'all next month!

Philip, Amanda & Leah

Taking a breather outside the monkey house.

Checking out the penguins with her cousins.

Posing with Mummy

"ha ha ha, good one Josh"

Amanda's mum and dad with all their grandchildren

New Leah Pics - June

Can't believe another month has flown past so quickly! We've now been home for three months and Kazakhstan is a distant dream. Leah continues to delight us and seems to learn something new everyday, she is standing pretty well without support now and can manage 3-4 steps before falling over, give her another month or so and she will be flying!

Few pics from our recent visit to Isle of Man. Next months pics are from our trip to Belfast Zoo, watch this space!!

Philip, Amanda & Leah

Amanda swapping babies with her sis.

"this stuff's weird"

Leah pushing Anna around!

Out for a walk with Caitlin and Anna

Leah loving the matching outfits!