Making purees and opening savings accounts!

Yesterday I bought pears, sweet potatoes and loads of carrots, all organic, then made a start on preparing food for the big day next week when we start weaning! Steamed the carrots and cooked some apples, pureed them both with my hand blender, and plopped the results into my Annabel Karmel ice cube trays with lids. I was so impressed! It looked like really baby food, and really didn't take too much time (although I'm sure I won't be saying that when I've been doing it for weeks!).

We've got to get a highchair sorted now. I've been following ones on E-bay, ones that are pickup only, but the one that looked reasonable is being sold by a family that sound a bit mad, so I'm going to steer clear and head for Argos next week.

The other thing we did yesterday was open a savings account. I paid in all the money that she was given when she was born and for her christening, and she was given a plastic money box, the type that you post coins into and can see them stacking up. Had a big discussion with husband about what proportion of her pocket money should be saved in the future, and we made a few good decisions. We want to instil in Elizabeth the importance of savings, and want her to take responsibility for her savings rather than 'making' her do it.
Elizabeth is beginning to show affection! Twice she has given me a big, sloppy, open-mouthed kiss. She is beginning to reach her arms up when I got to pick her up. She pats my face while I am feeding her, and she seems to love being cuddled.

She has started playing with her toy 'star' and last night when I went into her room to check on her she had fallen asleep with the star on her tummy!

This weekend we are taking her away for the first time since Christmas. We're trying out the travel cot and pushchair in readiness for our holiday at the end of June, so we're off to visit friends in Surrey for the weekend. Going to be packing all day! Got to go and try to find her some cheap clothes as well - we manage fine when I can wash everything but being away from home will present a new challenge, and she could really do with some trousers that aren't pink!

I've just read on her bouncy chair that she has to stop using it when she is 18.5lbs, can support her own head or is six months old - all of those things are about to happen, so it looks like another thing to be consigned to the loft. Very sad that she's pretty much stopped using her pram now - the pushchair is brilliant, but sad not to see her asleep in her pram.