Nina's been trying lots of different foods recently. I was heading out to work the other day and Katherine said that she was going to try Nina on mushrooms. "Let me know how it goes", I said. I was curious, I like mushrooms, but Katherine doesn't.
I was sent these pictures...
She actually loved them, but Katherine took the picture just at the right moment to MAKE HER POINT!
But all this testing can be very tiring.
James is a very important police man, but when he tried to arrest me I think I held my own.
Happy to see you
Not just happy, but sometimes quite cheeky
And sometimes one is plotting moving into ones underground layer (รก la Doctor Evil)
And sometimes, one looks like one is getting quite grown up.
Bath time has always been one of my favourite times of the day (except at the beginning when it was new and weird).
This is me during one of the first attempts at a regular bath at 6 weeks.
And this is is me only 6 weeks later.
This is a video which you might not be able to see.
I'm confused - why are you not feeding me?
I'm tired - why am I not asleep?
I'm being cheeky - definitely related to Mummy and Daddy
Bouncing is pretty good. And generally pretty distracting. But then Daddy will tell one of his jokes, and I have to let him know what I think.
At the family party I met so many wonderful people, but I don't know if my dad's cousin is my second cousin or if they are something once removed. I must learn especially as these two lovely people are my Dad's cousin's daughters.
Maybe I'll just call them Daisy and Maya?
Every year Daddy's Mum's family have a big old party. I had a great time at my first one.
Grandpa Daley, Mummy and me
Dad's Cousin Holly and me
Dad's Cousin Kathryn and me
Me and Great Aunty Barbara
Me and Great Aunty Anne
Me and Great Uncle Graham
Nina has been having top up feeds since she left hospital. And that's something Daddy can do, but it's nice for everyone to get a bottle!
Actually in the last few days Nina hasn't been needing her top ups as much, so hopefully for her that phase has come to an end. Shame for Daddy though!
The towel doesn't go on you mummy!
We had a visit from Joe
and Matt
But this brought up a tricky question, will the friends of Mummy and Daddy be known as auntie and uncle too or is that just for relatives? We could have asked Joe but he seemed a bit distracted.
It was lovely to see them, and before he left, Cousin Theo helped mum and dad with the washing!
The other day we received a letter from a member of our Russian family, my Second cousin, Lera.
Katherine has a translation for those of you who don't speak Russian. Sasha is the Russian version of Alex, and is close to the Scottish Sandy.
Dear Katya and Sasha,Congratulations on the birth of your daughter Ninotchka.
Let her grow big, healthy, smart and makes her parents happy.
All the best to her,
Kisses,
Lera and all of your Russian Family
Search your feelings, you know it to be true
(This is a reference to Empire Strikes Back if you are feeling confused)
We received this letter from our family in Russia. See if you can work out what it says.
In Russia they have an interesting diminutive form for names. While in England, Katherine becomes Kat and Alexander becomes Alex, in Russian the names your family and friends call you can often be longer. With me it's Ninotchka.
My Daddy says, "are you hungry my little Ninotchka"?
Uncle Pete, Dad's brother, came to visit me today. He said he was going to check I was ok, but I don't think he's using that Stethoscope right.
He also wanted me to swear I would be an Arsenal fan. We will have to see about that!
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Great Granddad Oleg Andronov wanted to to have a baby girl called Nina, but he didn't get to have a girl, instead he had two boys George and Igor.
George had Michael, and Michael had Finley.
And Igor had Alexander and Peter.
All boys.
By this time the name Nina hadn't been mentioned for a long time. Sadly Oleg had died before Alexander was born.
Alexander and Katherine had wanted to give their child a Russian name and had kept things very quiet as to what it would be. A boys name had come to mind early, but the girls name was undecided. The name Nina suddenly came, just a week before Nina came herself.
It was only after the name was announced to everyone that George and Igor mentioned that Oleg had always wanted a baby girl called Nina.
Nina had her first visitor today Grandma Daley. She was very happy about the visit, and the cuddle. But after a while it was all a bit too exciting and it was time for more napping.
Born at 00:06 on the 19th June
5 pounds 4 ounces
Our wonderful baby daughter.