My Family Album!

The past couple of weeks since B arrived have been busy but wonderful. B has settled in very well and the kids have taken to her amazingly well. They like to feed her and help me by fetching things around the house, they are so helpful. B is just a little darling, she is so intelligent with a very big personality. We have been to see an American pediatrician who like myself and a couple of others he is a bit stunned by her size as she is almost perfectly healthy. There were concerns about possible TB but a chest x-ray confirmed she didn't have it only a slight case of pneumonia which has cleared up with anti-biotics. We made a rather gruesome discovery during her first week, maggots in her feet, after picking them out and putting her on cream they have also cleared up and her foot is now looking amazing. There are no tests to confirm this and only time will tell but it may be that she is a dwarf as there is a type of dwarfism where the person is in proportion just little, we will see what happens over time with a good diet and added vitamins and minerals. Also Nancy has been on medication for Anemia which has cleared up now much to her disappointment as she looked forward to her medicine every day. She is a rather strange child as when she had a blood test she didn't make a sound and the Dr said she is the only patient he knows who likes those meds!!

My mum arrived on the 9th and we have been having a wonderful time with her, she has been cooking us some lovely meals and we have been enjoying each others company. Right now she is in the middle of the Serengeti on safari...lucky thing!!! She is thoroughly enjoying the children and I really appreciate her help.
Here are some photos from my family album...

Waiting patiently to see the doctor 

I asked Mama Musa to braid Nancy's hair ready for when my mum arrived, I imagined she would so the normal braids so imagine my shock when I came back from B's hospital appointment to see this!! I must say I didn't like it at all at first but once it was all finished it grew on me and now I love it :-) Thanks Mama Musa and Stella!!

In their onesies, I love them dressed like this...so cute!!

Selemani loves to build towers with the duplo given to us by a friend, you know who you are friend...thank-you!!

A few pics from the last couple of weeks.

A friend's son aged 10 months with B aged 18 months

Watching a film

The film was too much for Nancy

B snoozing on Nanny

B drank the whole of Mums milkshake even though it was almost as big as her

B's big beautiful smile

Bath time

Snuggled and happy

Story time but Nancy was naughty so she missed out

Film time

B painting a picture

Cooking bread pudding with Nanny...my fav!!

Yummy!

When mum arrived it was like Christmas had come all over again, we had gifts from friends, family, old neighbours. Thank-you to everyone who gave gifts to my children, I appreciate it so much, everything we received was so wonderful!

The following are a few of the wonderful things...

T-shirts from my uncle and aunt

Dressing up outfits from mum

Dressing gowns which I brought & had delivered to mum

Nancy's crown from her dressing up outfit on B

Thanks to some friends this past week we have discovered a wonderful playground for the children to play at. Unfortunately it is quite far away from where I live but it is worth it to go to once per week and it has reasonable priced food.

This dress was from AuntieSally x

Mum and I took the kids swimming one day, it was B's first time and she surprisingly quite liked it though I didn't keep her in long as it was cold. Selemani loves the water but he gets cold a lot quicker than Nancy so doesn't spend as much time in there, Nancy had a lot of fun swimming with mum.

Thats it from the family album for today...enjoy!! x