Author Archives: Adrienne

Poppy has been standing by herself for lengthy periods of time over the past two months. She can stoop down and stand back up and she can also dance and wiggle with her feet in one place. She has only ever taken 3 or 4 steps without holding something – she is quite fast walking …

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Poppy is obviously enthralled with GranJan’s husky Anya. She learned the sign for DOG very early on (pat hand on thigh) and now mimicks her howling perfectly. She ‘talks’ about Anya several times a day and over the past two days has learned to say “ANYA” quite clearly. When she visits the farm, she has …

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Poppy was up early checking out her presents from Santa under the tree. She opened all of them with a little help from Mummy and had fun playing with them before having her breakfast. After a wee morning sleep, Mummy & Poppy went next door to Josh’s house to see what he got for Christmas. …

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Here is a streaming video of Poppy and Fred opening Grandpa Bill’s gift this Christmas [6.5megs]. RIGHT CLICK the link above and SAVE AS to your computer, and then OPEN after the download completes.

Poppy had her bath and dressed in her “My First Christmas” jammies ready for her last sleep before Santa! She helped me put the last presents under the tree and put out carrots for Santa’s raindeer. Then she went to bed with a big smile… looking forward to the morning.

Poppy waited in line for Santa this morning at the Richmond Mall. I thought she might be wary of him like she was with the Christchurch Santa – but I backed her onto his knee so she didn’t come face to face with his big white beard until after the shot.