Beautiful Day

It has been an absolutely glorious late Winter's day today. Sunny, warm, and breezy. It came with perfect timing, too. Just as winter seemed to be dragging on and on, along comes one of these days. I realised today (as I do every year) that winter doesn't last forever, and that the warmer months are almost upon us. Life felt pretty good anyway, but today's weather was some sweeeeeeet icing. Makes me want to start spring cleaning - I've already started a list for myself, but we'll just have to see how much I can get done. Jessica continues to be an amazing little person to be around. She is so full of smiles and cheeky grins. She's had a hard time lately, as she has just cut her two top lateral teeth (the ones next to the middle teeth), and is currently cutting both top middle teeth and a top canine. I can see how angry and swollen her top gumline is. We have been making good use of the bonjela and children's panadol these past two nights, and they do seem to provide her with relief for a couple of hours at a time. She's still trying to start crawling; I don't think it will be many weeks now until she is chasing Jersey all over the house. Mealtimes continue to be great fun - her appetite is steadily increasing, and a few days ago she realised that it is great fun to blow a raspberry with a mouthful of food! It's so hard to appear displeased when you just want to laugh along with her. Jersey and Jessica are becoming great friends. Jersey has learned that the highchair is a great hangout if you want free food. Earlier today Jersey tried to entice Jessica into a game of fetch by rolling the ball to her several times. It was pretty funny to watch; Jersey couldn't understand why Jessica wouldn't throw the ball to her. The attached photos were taken early this afternoon; Jessica is watching, and laughing, at Jersey. Magic.