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About Harlow London Stanley

With a lot of help from my mummy, I am writing this blog to help my friends and family stay in touch with me when we move to London in a few weeks. I am going to miss everyone and I am not very good at writing emails and I can't talk yet, so skype can be difficult. So we thought this would be the most fun way for everyone to see what I am up to. At the moment I am almost 6 months old so there are few big milestones ahead of me, teeth, crawling, walking and talking are just a few that I hope to master this year. All of my family will be home in Australia and will miss these amazing moments, so I promise to post them with pictures, videos and little diary entries as soon as they happen.
Jun16

Happy Fathers Day

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Happy fathers Day to the best daddy in the whole world!

H x

 

May4

Introducing …… My little Sister

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I think your all waiting on a very special announcement from me…

I would like to introduce my little sister….Ophelia Winter Stanley

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I have known her name for quite some time now but have never given it away – Daddy said I needed to practise saying it, as it is a bit of a mouthful.

Ophelia arrived very quickly at 00:32 on Friday 3rd May, 2013 weighing in at a hefty 3.4kg. My mummy was in labour for a mere 5 hours – that was super quick compared to my arrival of 10! Mummy was very tough and brave. She had daddy by her side and did it all naturally at Queen Charlottes Hospital. While all this was happening I was quietly sleeping my pretty little head off whilst mummy’s friend Summer looked after me.

I was her first visitor and was so happy to see her. Daddy carried me into the hospital on his shoulders, I was fist pumping all the way calling out to my little sister ‘Ophelia! where are you?’ There she was asleep in her little bed next to a tired mummy. I gave her a big kiss and a hug – she is so small, so I have to be very gentle with her.  To my surprise she had already bought me a present – what a clever little girl.  We left mummy and O for a little bit so they could have a rest and when I came back to see her later in the day I was very happy to see Kiki. I was proud to introduce Kiki to my little sister, Kiki had a cuddle as well.

Mummy and little O had to spend the night at the hospital but this morning we went in to pick her up and welcome her back to our little flat. I am so lucky to have a little sister to play with.  She is already reaping the rewards of having an older sister as she has a pretty nice wardrobe full of clothes from when I was that small. I have so much to show and teach her but at the moment she is very hungry and sleepy all the time so it might have to wait a little bit.

I am one very proud big sister!

H x

Apr20

Easter in the Country

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I know Easter was some few weeks ago and I should have had this post well and truly, done.  However once again my mummy’s busy life has got in the way of my blogging and keeping you all up to date on my adventures.  At the moment she has been working on a theatre production ‘The Duke in Darkness’ showing at the local theatre – The Tabard. It has been taking up all her time but as busy as she is, I think she is enjoying all the work.

Mummy had also been planning Easter for a few weeks with the help of our friend Rae.  We all decided to have a weekend in the country with a group of friends, but I was the only little one.  We left on Friday after mummy finished a work meeting. We had a boys car (daddy’s van) and the girls car (mummy’s car), I don’t think I need to spell out which car was more fun! I slept most of the way to the New Forest, Hampshire.  We had rented out a cottage and had planned a country weekend of long walks, market shopping, Easter eggs, bike riding and good food. I had so much fun all weekend with Rae, Sonders, Adriel and Fish.  This house was really big and had a lovely yard, unfortunately though the weather was not kind to us and so I didn’t get to play outside all that much – it was freezing!

I have to admit that the first couple of days were a little blur, fun as they were I had one very special day in mind – Easter Sunday.  I had made a deal with Mummy that I will give the Easter bunny my dummy (which I used to use at night) along with a carrot and some water and in return the Easter Bunny will leave me lot of chocolate Easter Eggs.  This will be the first time I have Easter eggs but not the first time I have had chocolate. Although its a rare treat I really do love chocolate!

When I woke up on Sunday what mummy told me was true – gone was my dummy and in its place was a lovely pink Peppa Pig egg and lots of little Easter eggs hidden in and around the garden.  Thank fully the sun decided to come out and so we all had a yummy breakfast together outside then I got to look for my eggs in the warm (still very cold) sunshine. Sonders and Daddy helped me find  all the eggs, and when I finished my big basket was overloaded. I couldn’t wait to tuck into them – however I think mummy had other ideas as that basket quickly disappeared and I don’t remember eating them all.

Later in the day we hired bikes and went for a cycle, I sat in this little buggy that was being towed along by daddy’s bike.  It was lots of fun and I hope daddy buys one for me in London. It as very relaxing with daddy doing all the hard work, so it didn’t take long for me to fall asleep. Mummy did well too, at the moment she is sporting a rather large round belly but that didn’t stop her riding up the hills and keeping up with everyone.

In the New Forest the coolest part is that there are wild horses that roam around all the villages. They are really cool, they just wander around, no one owns them and they don’t obey by any rules, if they want to sit in the middle of the road all day then they will, you just have to drive/walk/cycle round them.

It was really nice to have daddy with us for 4 days straight, usually I only get him one day a week for the full day. He showered me with lots of attention – as did Fish, Rae, Adriel, Sonders and Mona who joined us on Saturday night. I totally lapped up all the attention from everyone all weekend.  On Monday when we had to pack up and go home, we decided to take a detour past Stone Henge.  Although we have been before the others in our group hadn’t so it was something new for them to see.  Mummy, Daddy and I stayed in the car though as it was so windy and freezing,  I think it snowed at times over the weekend. Any hoo here are a few pics from our Easter Weekend.

 

 

Apr8

Nursery days

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Mummy has been so busy with work lately and now that I am two, mummy ad daddy decided it was time to send me to nursery.

Last week I had a few introductory days and had so much fun. I have been waiting so long to start as mummy had to clear it all with work and change her hours but its all sorted now.

Today is my first full day! I couldn’t wait to start. As soon as I got in there I went straight for the paints!

I will be here all day so I wonder what mummy will get up to, it must be quiet at home, I hope she isn’t lonely with out me.

H x

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Feb22

Half term fun

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I have been fairly quiet on the blog these days, but I can assure you it isn’t because life is getting dull.  In fact Mummy and I have been busier than ever.  We thought it was busy when we had friends and family staying with us, but mummy has stepped up the activities and since […]

Feb12

Terrible two’s – not me!

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Happy Birthday to me! It was my birthday on Saturday and I have been looking forward to it all week. There has been lots of deliveries at our door so I knew mummy had some special surprises and treats planned for me.  I am pretty sure some of those deliveries were presents as well.

Firstly on Friday night, although it was my birthday in the morning, mummy seemed to get a big present herself the night before – She got a car!! I guess I couldn’t complain as it benefits both of us as she will be driving me every where, to my friends houses and all the fun activities I like to get involved in. So in a funny way it was a present for me too, as now she won’t have any excuses not to take me to a swimming lesson because it’s raining.

Any way back to my birthday, and being another year older! I can’t believe how quickly another year has gone. I have achieved so much in one year – walking, talking, jumping and snowboarding not to mention being toilet trained and sleeping in my own big girl bed. I wonder what this year has in store for me.

I woke up fairly early as I was super excited that my big day had arrived. We also had so much to do today (you know what mummy is like leaving things to the last minute). When I woke up I jumped into bed with mummy and daddy and they smothered me with cuddles and kisses, then they took me into the lounge room and to my surprise they had decorated it like a big party, lots of balloons and bunting and best of a lounge full of PRESENTS!! I jumped straight on the lounge and got stuck into opening them.  It was so exciting, there were presents from family all over the world. Nanny Mindy got me a pink trampoline, Aunty Melissa bought me a Vets outfit, tools and a gardening kit, Mummy and daddy bought me a bouncing cow, some puzzles, books and some cooking utencils which confused me at first but then when I skyped Nan and Gdad I got another surprise. They had bought me a big play kitchen (sadly it wasn’t set up because mummy and daddy tried to put it together the night before only to find out it was broken, so I have to wait a little bit longer for that present, which I don’t mind, it just stretches my birthday out for longer).

I have to admit the trampoline was the most fun and I didn’t want to get off it well, not until mummy put a yummy plate of blueberry and ricotta smiley pancakes with ice cream and maple syrup on the table. YUM!! They went down a treat and she even made extra for daddy. Everyone back in Australia wanted to wish me happy birthday so I had a big Skype session whilst I ate my breakfast.

Mummy was rather frantic after breakfast, running around like a headless chook, we had to go to the shop, the post office – pick up this and that…. It was such a busy morning that I didn’t put up a fight when she told me I had to sleep so she could do some baking. I happily went for my lunchtime nap knowing that I would need all the energy I could find for my big birthday party in the afternoon.

When I woke up it was PARTY TIME!!! Woohoo!! I couldn’t wait to see my friends and have lots of fun. When I got there Mummy’s best friend Kiki was already there as she had help mummy set up and she gave me a big birthday cuddle.  I had my party at an Italian restaurant called Brickoven Milano in Chiswick.  It has a big playroom for kids like me and a separate party room.  Mummy and Kiki had decorated the party room full of balloons and Peppa big decorations – Peppa Pig is my favourite. Mummy must have been baking mad when I was asleep because the table was full of cup cakes and a big Chocolate and Raspberry cake, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!

All my buddies from around Chiswick were at the party and all of mummy and daddy’s friends as well.  Most of the time I played in the playroom with Reece, William, Charlie, Ellia, Olivia and Amelia. I was running around having so much fun I barely saw Mummy and Daddy. I did manage to eat some the delicious Pizza that was on the table but I still had my eye on the prize – Birthday cake.

Finally it was time for CAKE! Everyone gathered around me and sang Happy Birthday. I had to blow out my candles and make a wish and then everyone gave me a clap.  It was so cool, I had such a great party.  Even after everyone had left, I still had all my presents to unwrap at home. It was such a special day and I am so glad I had my friends around to party with.  I am also lucky that I got to see my family in the morning via Skype. Although they are so far away it doesn’t feel that way when I can sit and eat my brekky whilst chatting to them, although I do miss the cuddles.

Thank you everyone who joined me at my party, you helped make my second birthday very special and a big Thank you to everyone for all my lovely gifts and cards, I was one very spoilt little girl. I won’t want to leave the house this week as I have so many new toys to play with.

H x