Visit to the Midwife and other stuff

Isabella and I got ourselves to the midwife yesterday and we were able to find out that she is now getting so big! Although according to the charts, she is exactly average for her age. Good to know! Someone asked me the other day if she was 6 months old and when I said 10 months, they commented that she was quite small...maybe the world's population is getting bigger even at that age!?! So I assured that she is average which makes me happy. I have noticed that she has been growing out of her clothes at an alarming rate recently and that was in keeping with the information from the midwife that she has grown 5cm/2in in the past 2 months. So she is now 73cm/29in and 9.3kg/20lbs. Where did my tiny baby go???

And she has been trying things like apples...this apple in the photo came from my friend Tiina's mother's yard and they were very juicy and sweet.






She is still happy and laughing most of the time which is great. She is a real joy to be around. And quite a copycat (or copy monkey as they say in Finnish!)...as you can see in this photo with Taneli on my birthday.





These last two photos were taken today in the tiny 'park' next to our house. It was a lovely sunny day so Katriina and I took Isabella there for a swing...she really enjoyed it...and so did Isabella.





As you can see, I had left Katriina and Isabella alone earlier in the morning so Katriina decided to have a little fun with her hair...the motion of the swing didn't help much either! hahahaha










Story I forgot to tell...
And the last thing I want to tell you about is something that happened when my friend Riitta was visiting...we went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch and it was a buffet- all-you-can-eat...this is important...and when we arrived they insisted that we sit at a specific seat (even though it was open seating). So we sat where we were told. I must mention that all the workers there expect one waitress was Chinese...so you don't get the wrong impression of Finnish people. And once we were seated one woman came over to ask if Isabella would be eating...because as she said (in English) "she eat, she pay"...I assured her that she would not be eating from the Chinese food buffet...she was only 9 months old. She went away and then came back a minute or so later and said it again..."she eat, she pay". Again I said that she would not be eating. I was beginning to get a little annoyed. Why would a 9 month old baby be eating from this kind of buffet and really, how much could they charge for the 3 tablespoons of food she eats???? So Riitta goes to get her food, and then I go to get mine. By this time, Isabella has seen us eating and she wants to eat too..I don't blame her, it was also her lunch time. So I took out the food I had brought from home for her and I didn't even bother to ask for it to be warmed up...I didn't figure that they were that kind of restaurant! So out came the tupperware container and as I am feeding her, one of the guys comes over to the table and makes it obvious that he is checking out what was in the container...to make sure that it wasn't anything from the buffet!!!! What a cheek...I couldn't believe it and we certainly will never be eating there again.