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Today we went to Rudy's 1st birthday party at a soft play centre near us. Amelie was a bit unsure about the whole thing. We sat in the ball pit for a while and she clung to me (in the same way she does when we get the hoover out). She had a little rumage around but to be honest I think she was just trying to get back to me. Then we climbed up high through lots of small spaces and holes (I'm exhausted) and eventually came back down the slide. I'm not convinced she enjoyed either of those things either. It surprises me actually as she seems quite adventurous at home and is always excited by new things. It could be that she is just cautious (Chris was like this when he was a wee boy apparently). She does spend a lot of time concetrating and thinking about things. She happily spends ages trying to figure out how certain things work, you can almost see the cogs turning!

Louise and Rose came back here with us for lunch. We tried to get the girls to nap about 3 oclock but they weren't having any of it and so it was a very sleepy baby who joined me in the bath and promptly fell asleep (again). She didn't even wake up as I washed her hair. She didn't wake up in fact until Daddy's freezing cold hands reached in to pick her up.

She's been down for about 2 hours now and woken up quite a few times. I'm not sure if our neighbours are being a little noisy or she's a bit unsettled...A long night ahead I think.