Life continues to be extremely exhausting here. I feel like we are well and truly back on the hamster wheel after the Christmas break. Elsie herself is a delight beyond measure – but it just takes so much stuff to keep her going. And even more stuff to keep her plus the rest of the household going!

I think I’m just extra tired cause we had quite an exciting weekend, which is obviously good (all three of us stayed at Sarah’s house down in Somerset, where she had a big raucous dinner party and games) – but then we are so tired cause we never got to catch up on sleep. It’s like this constant trade off between having a life that’s just work with a little bit of Elsie on either side, and sleep, or a life that is varied, exciting and worth having – but full of constant knackeredness.

Anyway… she is soo close to walking now! (Auntie Katie will be happy and relieved to hear!) She took one step on Saturday by herself, and I reckon she could do it if she just a little bit braver. So I will keep you posted on that.

Here is Elsie playing with her crayons at Christmas – she did enjoy drawing a little bit, but then discovered it was much more fun to take crayons out of the box and then put them back in again – yay!