Naughtiness

I must write more often - every day brings a new event. Recently, we've seen her reach for her water when some food has gone down the wrong way; take all her toys out of her aquarium and then, oh joy, put one back; and conquer her dislike of water on her face. Minor achievements, but our little girl is growing up.

The weekend, however, saw her first act of trickery. As per the previous post, she is now a dream to put to sleep and will simply put her head on one side. The other day, after her bath, she was in that nude stage between being dried and having her nappy put on. It doesn't last long - I've been burnt before. However, we were running a bit late, so as I hurriedly bent down to get her nappy, and returned my gaze to the naked baby, it seemed that she had already gone to sleep. Completely exposed and lying on the change table. Her head was on one side and her eyes were closed. She was still.

"Look, Pater", I exclaimed, "She's only gone and nodded orf". Or words to that effect, perhaps slightly less influenced by comedy english charachers on the wartime drama we are currently watching on DVD.

On hearing my voice, Alice opened one eye, then another, waved her arms and legs about, gave me an enormous beaming smile and began to giggle and shout something I couldn't quite make out. She had tricked me and she was very pleased with herself.

As Aunty Deborah said in an e-mail yesterday, "...babies love to imitate and Alice has a head start with her genes". I read this quickly and thought that she said "...babies love to irritate and Alice has a head start with her genes". Perhaps she did mean that - I've heard the stories of Stu as a little brother and they sound bad enough from his side of the story. I'm sure I will soon have a little terror on my hands.

PS The upshot of writing more often might be that not all posts have photos. You make your choices in this life, Grannies.