Dear Izzy..

I set Isabelle an email account when she was born, i have emailed her several times since, and i intend to continue to do so throughout her life. I have written one to her tonight, regrettably the first one in a while, but i thought it would make a good blog post too, as it explains all of her recent progress....

Hello my beautiful little lady! Guess what? You are now 20 weeks old!! I have been sooo busy lately; we've been doing all sorts together so this is the first chance I have had to email in a while.
You are growing up so fast; you are now in 6-9 months sleep suits because you are so long! We had an incredible first Christmas with you; you were spoilt rotten by everyone who loves you! You are changing and learning so much every day! You like to hold toys in your hands now, and shaking rattles! You LOVE it when mummy sings to you. Your favourite song is 'five little men in a flying saucer’, closely followed by 'five little speckled frogs’  ... these can make you giggle even when your feeling really sad! You love playing in your blossom farm activity centre, and your jumperoo and you can reach the floor in both of them now! You have found your voice and love to chatter away to us! You even give us sloppy kisses now too which is lovely! You’re trying very hard to roll over now, and I don’t think it'll be long before you do it! You manage to get onto your side so far!
You can almost sit up on your own too! Mummy sits behind you because you do sometime flop over a little bit, but you're getting stronger and stronger every single day!

We have started going to mummy and baby swimming, which we both really enjoy!  You were pretty unsure to begin with, and you clung to mummy's neck. You are getting braver and braver every week! You still absolutely love bath time, and like to splash mummy and daddy!
You love to look at yourself in the mirror too, and always give yourself a huge smile!

Everyone who every see's your comments on how beautiful, and smiley you are. You’re such a happy little girl, and mummy and daddy love your smile more than anything in the world!

You're a very cuddly little girl. You struggle to sleep unless you have something to cuddle (usually your bunny). We had planned to put you in your own room for the first time tonight, but mummy is so nervous about it! We just love being able to wake up and see you there next to us whenever we want to. I hate the thought of you being on your own in your big girl bedroom, but I suppose it needs to happen sooner or later. You’re getting too big for your Moses basket really!

We're going on a little holiday at the end of February. For 5 days at Centre Parcs! You, Mummy, Daddy, Auntie Kelly, Uncle Craigy, Peyton, Nanna and Grandad and we are very excited! Mummy has just won a lovely Peppa Pig swimming costume for you on eBay that we can take!

You have been quite poorly since Christmas. You aren't eating much and you are very sick all of the time. You have dipped quite a lot in your weight charts now too. We go to the hospital every few weeks, and they have just put you on some new milk, and new medicine, which seems to be helping a lot. I just love what a brave little girl you are, and even though you have been really poorly, and in a lot of pain, you still manage to keep that wonderful smile on your beautiful little face.

We love you more and more every day! You are turning into such a little character, and it's such an amazing adventure watching you grow up!

All the love and cuddles in the world from Mummy and Daddy!
xxxx