Ruby

Merry Christmas to you all

2006-12-19T15:43:00.000Z

Hi All

Just want to wish all my family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will be visiting all my family over the festive period and am looking forward to lots of presents, lots of food (mainly chocolate), but mainly lots of fun, hugs and kisses. I am very excited about seeing my Uncle Andy and Auntie Sam in January 2007 as well.

So once again, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas
Lots of love and festive wishes
Ruby xxx

Here I am again...

2006-11-26T21:33:00.000Z

Hi All. My Mum apologises for being so useless with her updating my blog. The digital camera broke and then the rest has just been laziness! Actually to be fair to her she has been very at busy at work and then of course she has to look after me (so she is forgiven)! I have been busy myself, learning lots of new words, getting into pink and sparkly stuff (much to my folks dismay), having fun at Nursery, hanging out with my friends and getting excited about the up and coming festive season.

Mum reckons i have been naughty and nice this year, but the nice outweighs the naughty...so roll on the christmas presents for me? I am going to see all my family this Christmas, so trips to Breaston, Nottingham and Dorset (luckily the new car will make sure i travel in style and comfort). I am however very excited about the fact that i get to see my Uncle Andy and Auntie Pam (can't pronouce Sam yet) in less than two months....the following photos are to show them how much i have grown and that the Hello Kitty top they sent me from Japan in Jan 06 now fits. Looking forward to seeing all my friends and family over the next few months. Lots of love xxx

More pictures of my holiday

2006-09-02T17:35:00.000Z

Summer of 2006

2006-09-02T15:48:00.000Z

Hello all. Well i have been an extremely busy young lady this summer. MY parents went to Italy and got engaged whereas i stayed with my Nana Coleen and Grandpa Rod and had lots of fun. Then we all went off to Norfolk for a week and then I went to Dorset and saw Granny Hilary, Grandpa Ken and Great Grandpa John. I have also been to the Zoo with Grandpa John and Granny Annie and over the course of the summer have seen donkeys, seals, lions, elephants, giraffes, gorillas and monkeys and many more creatures. I have a wide vocabulary now, my favourite words being "tractor" and "baby". I have nearly 14 teeth, i can run quite fast, fall over a lot, bang my head, and have the most amazing tantrums when necessary!

Mummy and Daddy are going to get married next year on Saturday 11th August 2007. I will be the main bridesmaid obviously, but will be joined by my two favourite cousins Essie and Belle and Mummy's best pal Beth. I am already looking forward to it and am very happy that they are making it legit...took Mummy 6 years to get her way, so well done!

Hope you like the pictures of my super summer of 2006 (next year i am gonna gatecrash the honeymoon)!!

Busy, busy, busy...

2006-07-24T05:08:00.000Z

Well i have been very busy of late. My mummy and Daddy decided that i needed a safe garden to play in, so with huge thanks to the Bank of Masters and then Gradwell/Armitage i am now the proud owner of lovely flat green garden with a nice little trellis fence and gate to keep me safe and sound....only thing is i can't use it till the lawn is bedded in, so roll on 10th Aug when they can install my sandpit and paddling pool! I have also been busy learnign to talk and have so far mastered saying, "no", "yes" "dog, dog" and "duck". Mummy keeps laughing at me as i keep mixing up "no" with "yes"......so she offers me ice cream and i say"no".......hilarious!

My folks are off to Italy this week, without me...charming! I, however will be spending a wonderful week with Nana and Grandpa in Nottingham, being spoilt rotten, hanging out with my cousins and going for an exciting day trip with Grandpa John and Grannie Annie. The folks keep going on about having lie in's, lying on the beach, eating fabulous food and relaxing...but they are sooooooooo gonna miss me!! They better buy me a great pressie that's all i can say.

So hope you like the photo's...i now have 10 teeth and love ice cream...just like my Daddy.
Lots of love to all my family everywhere xxx

At the kitchen sink....

2006-06-09T18:56:00.000Z

Here are the pictures which i talked about in the blog below....

A few days in Dorset

2006-06-09T18:20:00.000Z

I went with my Mummy to visit my Grandma Hilary and Grandpa Ken in Dorset the other week. Daddy stayed at home as he was very tired from working so hard and needed a rest...good thing he did because the journey there took us nearly 8 hours. We were stuck on the M5 for hours, but luckily I was asleep and when I woke up Mummy sang me 50 nursery songs from my CD which cheered me up! It was a relief to get out of my car seat and say hello to Grandma and Grandpa, and of course Oscar.

He and I are great mates now as I can walk round the garden with him, pull his tail, stroke his fur and he gives me big slobbery kisses. I had a lovely time in Dorset. I went on a seesaw with Mummy and Grandma, tried to kiss a 2 and a half year old boy in the park (he pushed me over), played with the bolts of the toy tunnel and of course spent ages on the swings....Brilliant!

I also went to see Great Grandpa John who is growing a beard, so his whiskers tickled me and I walked round his beautiful garden. I also went to the beach in Bridport and got shingle in my hair, my shoes and my nappy and made Grandma get a wet foot as she dragged me back from the waves. It was great and I had lots of fun. Grandpa took lots of picture of me walking round the garden and generally being gorgeous (even if I do so say so myself)!

As you will see, I have also got into cooking. I now have a cooker and a combi sink, dishwasher and fridge. I make several meals of delightful plastic fishfingers, peas and even fennel (very middle class plastic shopping trolley don't ya know)? I have great fun with this and think I shall become a chef when I grow up.

Well I am off now as need to get my beauty sleep before tomorrow. It is my first World Cup and I am going to watch it with my God daddy Rob and Jeanine, enjoy the sunshine, have a BBQ and watch England beat Paraguay 2:0.....c'mon England!!

A few more of me....

2006-05-17T20:26:00.000Z

Mummy thought just a few more of me might make you all smile.....

A spring in my step

2006-05-17T20:02:00.000Z

Well it is May now, lovely and spring like with almost a hint of summer. Bu the greatest news is that.....i am now walking! Oh yes, for two weeks now i have been walking around the house (looked more like wobbling at the start), making great strides and falling onto my bottom a great deal. I love to walk, it makes me smile and i always look quite pleased with myself.

My Nana Coleen was instrumental in this development as Mummy and Daddy asked her to have words with me when they left me their for the weekend. Mummy muttered something about me being too heavy to carry all the time and that her back hurt....so Nana had stern words and i thought it was in my best interest to get up and walk..so i did!

I wear a size 5G and am now the proud owner of a lovely pair of white Clarks sandals (they look great with red socks?), a pair of jelly shoes and some groovy blue plimsols with multicoloured laces.....Daddy keep telling Mummy to stop passing on her shoe fetish to me, but i'm not complaining...all my baby mates are well jealous at babygroup!

I also now have another tooth (bottom right) and another on the way (bottom left) which will make a total of nearly 8. I have been waking up at 5.30 am every morning for the last few weeks as well, which the old folks don't seem too impressed with, but what can you do...i hear the birds twittering and see the sun shining under my (supposedly black out) blinds, and i am ready to start the day.

I love going to nursery and am always bringing home a new painting or picture . I enjoy playing with musical instruments, especially maracca's and the other day i dressed up as a police woman (Mummy and Daddy laughed for ages about this when they got my daily report?). I am also really into The Fimbles and still love reading a good book..as you will see.

So thats me for now. I am looking forward to getting my new sandpit soon, so more pictures to come when that happens. Love to all my family...wherever you are xxx

Easter treats

2006-04-21T20:34:00.000Z

On Easter sunday my Uncle Mark, Auntie Jo and cousins Essie and Belle came over for the day. We all had to hunt the easter eggs hidden in the house. I got 3 bags of chocolate buttons, 1 small egg and a huge chocolate bunny called Max. I have already devoured the buttons and the egg but haven't seen Max at all......mum and dad mysteriously have been keeping quiet about the whole episode...

Lots more fun...

2006-04-21T19:48:00.000Z

I also got to play on the swings and tunnels at Beaminster playground which was great fun. I am a big fan of swings and was sadly let down at the Peter Pan Playground in Brighton as they had loads of cool climbing frames etc, but no swings...i was very gutted! Still off i went to Donatello's the famous cheapie Italian in the Lanes and had another massive serving of my old fave...spag bol...yum!

It was very wierd being in Brighton and not staying with my uncle and aunt, and poor mum and dad had to cough up and pay for a hotel. It was on the new steine, called the fivehotel and the owners Caroline and Simon were very friendly. We all had a nice time, but i think i prefer being in Brighton when my favourite two people are there, and not travelling round the globe...we miss Uncle Andy and Auntie Sam loads..check them out on www.andyandsam.blogspot.com!

When we came back to Sheffield the folks took me to Chatsworth which is a grand stately home. It has a beautiful river running through it, lovely acres to walk round, a petting zoo and the biggest ice creams you've ever seen...Mummy shared her's with me! I got to say hello to lots of dogs, saw a big swan and also a mummy sheep and her lambs...dogs are my favourite thing at the moment. although i did love pointing at the massive sea gulls in Brighton.

My Easter holidays

2006-04-21T19:30:00.001Z

I went with my Mum and Dad to visit my Grandparents in Dorset. I had a lovely time and played a lot with Oscar the dog...I think i made as much noise as he did. I also had lots of fun with my new friends Tommy Tiger and Kevin the Koala. Grandma Hilary made me lots of yummy food, my favourite being Spaghetti Bolognaise and Grandpa Ken showed me how to play pop the weasal. It was especially great to spend some time with my Great Grandpa John. I think i squashed him when i sat on his knee. We all went to his local village pub for some lunch and i was very well behaved! I showed him my six lovely teeth (still no more as yet, only 14 to go) and my attempts at walking solo, which i am getting better at everyday.

My folks...

2006-03-25T20:06:00.000Z

So i thought i should put some pictures of my parents on the blog, mainly for Uncle Andy and Auntie Sam to see how metrosexual Daddy still is...loving the pink jumper! They don't scrub up too bad though. Just a few more of me looking gorgeous in my kimono, i am such a fashion leader amongst my baby posse in Sheffield!

Its been a while...

2006-03-18T15:16:00.001Z

Apologies everyone for not writing sooner but I have been very busy, what with sorting out my toys, learning to climb stairs, gaining another tooth (that's a total of 6 now), having conjunctivitus and generally being a busy baby. I have also been waking up much earlier than before, between 5 and 6am everyday, and for some reason Mummy and Daddy don't seem to be appreciating this, hence the reason why Mummy hasn't updated my blog for a while. They keep muttering something about being very tired and why can't i wake up at a later hour? Still, as you will see, I am looking good on less sleep..

I have been going to the park a lot and really enjoying the swings, and am beginning to walk much better with my trolley. I can walk around holding on to the furniture and peoples hands, and took a few faltering steps on my own the other day...Mummy says she is going to get my feet measured soon so i can have my first real pair of walking shoes....excellent stuff....stillettos can't be far off now?

I also went to a party the other day for my friend Evie who is 1 and i wore my special outfit sent from Japan by Uncle Andy and Auntie Sam...I think you will agree i look fabulous. Everyone commented on how cute I was and Mummy seemed very proud...i was also the coolest dressed baby around with my ghetto Kimono chic style. Daddy got some new Prada glasses and looks very handsome, as you can see!

I am ONE

2006-02-12T20:17:00.000Z

For my other birthday party Mummy and Daddy invited family and friends round for some food and drink. Once again I tasted the delights of chocolate (how good is that stuff?), very lovely birthday cake, and once again we played pass the parcel (c'mon Mum think of another party game). I had a great time and had so many wonderful presents...lots of books (as regular readers will know, I am a mad book fan), some very groovy clothes, a gorgeous piggybank, lots of cash (thanks to all the grandparents, esp Great Grandpa John) and the best stuffed toy from Uncle Andy and Auntie Sam....Totoro rocks!

Mummy and Daddy took me to an Italian restaurant for my birthday tea. I had lots of breadsticks, a huge bowl of spaghetti bolognaise and then some yummy vanilla ice cream (being one is great because Mummy is less of a control freak when it comes to sugar and other foodstuffs..at long last!). I had a good time and Mummy and Daddy seemed to enjoy their glasses of wine (heard them mumbling on about what a tiring year it had been?).

So all in all I had a great first birthday and think that I will look forward to the next one. Thank you to everyone for making it such a happy first year and I can't wait to have more fun with you all, just remember though, hands off the ice cream...it's mine now!

Party Girl

2006-02-12T19:58:00.000Z

I had two parties this year. Here I am under the table ready for my babygroup party. I have been hanging out with since I was 10 weeks old (mummy says the other Mummies saved her sanity, but all they seem to do is moan about lack of sleep, eat cake and whinge about having no life anymore?). The other babies and I like to crawl around, nick each others toys, make each other cry and compete for who can keep their parents up the most at night!

Anyway, I had an excellent party with them all and I ate a chocolate finger for the first time (brilliant), had some birthday cake (delicious) and played pass the parcel...what a great game! The excitement was too much for me as you can see...

Nearly one...

2006-02-12T19:48:00.000Z

This is a picture of me which was taken before I turned 1 on the 6th February. I think you will see that the pictures of me after my first birthday show a greater sense of both maturity and depth...actually thats rubbish, what they show is how much bigger I am getting, but once you see the photo of my meal which I had for my birthday tea....you will understand why I am such a big girl!

Close up...

2006-01-25T15:05:00.000Z

Mummy just wanted to show you all how gorgeous I am, up close and personal!

In a Pub...at my age?

2006-01-25T10:24:00.000Z

On saturday I went to my first party. My friend Eve was 2 and she hired a place called Gymboree where you can play with toys, sit in ball pits, shake rattles, watch bubbles being blown and sit under a big rainbow canopy while adults waft it up and down over your head. I had great fun crawling around and made Mummy and Daddy very tired running after me all the time. Due to them needing a drink after this excitement, they took me to the pub along with my godfather Rob and his lovely girlfriend Jeanine (who has the most amazing curly hair which I like to grab and pull). Being responsible parents, we all sat in the no-smoking section of the pub and I got to sit happily in the highchair and watch them all enjoying a nice cold beer...I had water!

She walks, she reads...what next?

2006-01-25T10:14:00.000Z

One of my most favourite things to do is to pull all my books out of my book box and sit there and look at the pictures. I can spend ages doing this, happily throwing books around and generally making a mess of the living room. My favourite books at the moment are:
1) I Won't Bite - it has a great ending with a scary crocodile and sharp teeth which make me squeal and shudder!
2) The Very Hungry Caterpillar - a classic, especially when it eats all those yummy things on the saturday...that's my kind of insect!
3) Dear Zoo - I get to see what animal they have sent me for a pet when i lift up the flap...brilliant!
So if you fancy a good read and you are aged between 6 months and 2 years, give it a go.

Walking with my trolley

2006-01-25T10:09:00.000Z

As you can see I am learning to walk with the aid of my super woooden trolley in which I carry my colourful bricks (a present from my friends, Cherry, Martin, Lizzie & Sam). Sometimes if I push too fast I start to slip, but Mummy always comes to my rescue. For some reason it seems to make Mummy and Daddy laugh a lot when I almost fall...go figure?

It's gonna take me forever to get to Japan on Stanley...

2006-01-15T20:44:00.000Z

This is me on my Christmas present from Grandpa Ken & Grandma Hilary, Stanley the Snail. He is great and I sit on him to watch my Balamory DVD ( Mum only allows me 20 minutes of TV a day...not fair!). I reckon if I keep rocking enough I might be able to catch up with Uncle Andy & Auntie Sammy, seeing as they wouldn't take me in their rucksack...think Auntie Sammy had too many toiletries. Watch out Japan...Ruby san is coming....ps, please can I have a Playstation Uncle Andy?

See ya when I'm two!

2006-01-15T20:27:00.000Z

Just want to wish my Uncle Andy and Auntie Sammy a safe journey to Japan on 16/1/06, the start of an amazing year for them both. I had a really great time with them when they came to see me and I am gonna miss them lots, but will make sure my Mummy reads me their travel blog on a regular basis and make sure she puts pictures of me on my blog so they can see how I am getting on. I now have 3.5 teeth and had my fringe cut for the first time this week. I am also learning to walk, which isn't easy when you are carrying a big tummy around with you, slow progress so far!

All my love to my Uncle and Auntie...big slobbery kisses from me, my Mum and my Dad xxx

2006-01-04T18:10:00.000Z

2005-11-23T16:35:00.000Z

Ok Mum, time to let me go...

2005-11-23T16:31:00.000Z

...Go!

2005-11-23T16:29:00.000Z

On your marks, get set...

2005-11-23T16:28:00.000Z

Look at my lovely curls...

2005-11-23T16:26:00.000Z

Yep...still hungry.

2005-11-23T16:24:00.000Z

Is that close enough...?

2005-11-23T16:22:00.000Z

Leaving a trail of toys for Mum to tidy up...

2005-11-23T16:19:00.000Z

Glug, glug, glug!

2005-11-23T16:17:00.000Z

Don't think they will notice if i eat the corner...starving!

2005-11-23T16:16:00.000Z

If I don't look at it, maybe it will disappear?

2005-11-23T16:14:00.000Z

I warned Dad to stop singing.

2005-11-23T16:12:00.000Z

Ready for my first day at nursery (aged nearly 9 months old) and Mum's first day back at work (31st Oct 2005).

2005-11-23T16:09:00.000Z

I daren't tell Mum and Dad what the phone bill is...

2005-11-23T16:05:00.000Z

My favourite wooden cow...moo!

2005-11-23T15:57:00.000Z

We're so happy together...

2005-10-26T18:21:00.000Z

Wish Belle and I were playing chess....much more refined.

2005-10-26T18:17:00.000Z

Three pink ladies...

2005-10-26T18:12:00.000Z

More stripes......can you see my first tooth?

2005-10-26T17:58:00.000Z

Still smiling...despite the stripes!

2005-10-26T17:56:00.000Z

Grandma Hilary is trying not to cry at how heavy I am.

2005-10-26T17:55:00.000Z

C'mon Grandpa Ken, just give me one piece of gum...

2005-10-26T17:53:00.000Z

The snuggly pram, the colourful toys...what's not to smile about?

2005-10-26T17:51:00.000Z

These fingers are fantastique...merci?

2005-10-26T17:48:00.000Z

Uncle Andy also seems a bit shocked at my weight...

2005-10-26T17:04:00.000Z

Great Grandpa can't believe how large I am? Still, horizontal stripes don't flatter me...

2005-10-26T17:01:00.000Z

Me with Mummy's pal Chloe...now in Kentucky, USA ...we miss you lots!

2005-10-26T16:55:00.000Z

Oh so gorgeous/

2005-10-24T20:11:00.000Z

Next....Sudoku...easy?

2005-10-24T20:08:00.000Z

I seem to have stalled...

2005-09-07T09:43:00.000Z

Everything's gone pink...

2005-09-07T09:34:00.000Z

The hat helps my concentration.

2005-09-07T09:32:00.000Z

Practising early for the role of Mary in the nativity.

2005-09-07T09:28:00.000Z

Bathtime rocks!

2005-09-07T09:23:00.000Z

Maybe Mum won't be laughing so much when she sees what's inside my nappy...

2005-09-07T09:22:00.000Z

Think Dad's just realised its his turn to change me?

2005-09-07T09:18:00.000Z

Always wear your sun hat with a smile.

2005-09-07T09:14:00.000Z

Sweet dreams...

2005-09-07T09:12:00.000Z

Still no teeth...just a gummy smile.

2005-09-07T09:08:00.000Z

Getting weary of the camera always in my face...

2005-09-02T20:46:00.000Z

I'm finger lickin' good.

2005-09-02T20:45:00.000Z

Could i be more smiley?

2005-09-02T20:42:00.000Z

Where's my food then...

2005-09-02T20:37:00.000Z

Too many colours, too many toys....help!

2005-09-02T20:35:00.000Z

Not sure about the hairstyle today Mum?

2005-09-02T20:33:00.000Z

Lying around waiting...

2005-09-02T20:31:00.000Z

Still not sure about carrot...or the pink bib?

2005-08-26T10:12:00.000Z

Adios Spain....i will return!

2005-08-26T10:09:00.000Z

The end of my holiday....not sure why Daddy is so tired...me thinks it might be all that Sangria?

2005-08-26T10:07:00.000Z

Essie and me looking adorable.

2005-08-26T10:06:00.000Z

Look who i got to babysit.....Grandpa Roddy and Uncle Mark!

2005-08-26T10:05:00.000Z

A sun lounger and a few toys are all a girl needs on holiday.

2005-08-26T10:03:00.001Z

Ahh, this relaxing life is for me...

2005-08-26T10:03:00.000Z

Think my Dad has had too much sun....

2005-08-26T10:02:00.000Z

Nana Coleen making sure i keep hydrated in the heat.

2005-08-26T10:00:00.000Z

Me and David Hasselhoff at the beach in Javea.

2005-08-26T09:58:00.000Z

Discussing the menu with Belle while the adults stumble with the lingo.

2005-08-26T09:56:00.000Z

Cousins Belle and Essie....i loved playing with them, they looked after me lots.

2005-08-26T09:54:00.000Z

Spain is wicked....I love it. Can i stay?

2005-08-26T09:52:00.000Z

Me with my minders on my first foreign holiday, Javea, Spain...ola!

2005-08-26T09:49:00.000Z

Once again at another pub...but this time with my Grandad John.

2005-08-26T09:47:00.000Z

Think the wooden spoon was more tasty...

2005-08-26T09:46:00.000Z

Making me wait for my food at the pub...a girls gotta eat something.

2005-08-26T09:40:00.000Z

Enjoying the beach at Polzeath.

2005-08-26T09:38:00.000Z

Taking time out from the serious business of driving.

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See how my Daddy smiles.....(we are in a pub though)!

2005-08-26T09:35:00.000Z

Paddling in the sea, with some help from my Dad

2005-08-26T09:33:00.000Z

My first holiday with Mum and Dad - Padstow, Cornwall

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Good ol' Grandpa Ken and me

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Me and Granny Hilary...she's lovely she is.

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Great Grandpa John, me and my Mum

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Hanging around looking gorgeous.

2005-08-26T09:12:00.000Z

It's a seat, not a potty I assure you.

2005-08-26T09:09:00.000Z

Think I may have scared Tom off too....

2005-08-26T09:07:00.000Z

Not sure why Roan doesn't want to be my boyfriend? Give him time...

2005-08-26T09:04:00.000Z

Me and my Godmother Beth...she's great!

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Me and Charlie mouse relaxing