Ailsa Alexandra Tate Kennedy 

Milestones:

First Lumbar Puncture - [May 27, 2005 - sniff sniff]

First Trip to a Pub - [2 weeks old - The Barnsbury, short walk from our place]

First trip to Maison Bertaux - 2 1/2 weeks old (with Julie K.)

Last call at the American Bar at the Connaught Hotel, Mayfair - [Almost 3 weeks old]

Going with mum to pick blackberries - [Sept 2005 - Leicestershire]

See cows, horses, sheep - [Sept 2005 - Leicestershire]

See a pig - [Sept 2005- London - a 5 minute walk from our flat at Freightliner Farm] / Loved the ones in France (Aug 2006)

Go for dim Sum in Chinatown - [Oct 3, 2005 w/ Leila and her mum]

First time underwater (twice) - [October 7, 2005 as part of little dippers class. ]

Crawling - Hard to say - started pulling herself around in November, got into crawling a bit in December - but not very efficiently, but got much better in January (very very fast crawler since Jan/ Feb)

First Trip to Texas - Dec 16, 2005

Pull up to standing - Feb 4th , 2006

Walking - May 6th, 2006 for first proper step (early July to walk without encouragement....as a fast crawler she wasn't too bothered to walk)....but there was one time in Feb where she took one step and fell....and didn't try it again for a looooong time.

First Tooth - March 22nd, 2006

Starts to point to things she wants - February 26th, 2006

First time to figure out how to undo the garden gate and leave - July 2006 (was it something I said?)

First time in a Bouncy Castle / baby friendly rides - Sept 1, 2006 at the Kew Fayre. (Bouncy castles Rock!)

First time to be naked in public (at the park) - Sept 11, 2006 (I didn't know we'd be going into the paddling pool at the park or that she'd go in quite deep...or that she'd fall....and then decide to sit down)

Put something away in the next room when asked - Sept 11, 2006. I asked her to put my makeup bag back in the bathroom (and pointed to bathroom and perhaps the bag) twice. She went to the bathroom - I peeked in to see her opening the cabinet and putting the bag in. Score!!!

First Eye Exam - Feb 2006

First Joint...of Beef (with Yorkshire puds) - Or First Pot...Roast (heh heh) -Paul thought that would be funny to add....

First Trip to France - August 2006 to Chateau Fertot

First time to see mummy have an ultrasound - November 2006

First time to travel Business Class - November 2006 (and she kept trying to go into first class)

First sleepover - November 2006 (Donne' came with toddler Aisling and Dawn came with toddler Aynika....and all 3 girls took a bath together. We had Tex-Mex after the little ones went to bed.)

First time to meet her cousin Liam - November 2006

First bath with Liam - November 2006

First bath with Dillon - November 2006

First Trip to SeaWorld in Orlando (with Jeff and Loren) to see Shamu - January 2007

First time to touch a sting ray - January 2007

First Time to See 'The Muppet Movie' - Jan 2007, but don't think she was really paying attention.

First time to use the phrase "Oh Dear" - Late May / Early June 2007

First time to Fergus 'Nose to Tail Eating' Henderson's restaurant St. John -

First Blackberry Picking Trip w/ Mummy (where Ailsa also joins in) -

First kiss from one of the Kauffman boys (Dec 2005?)

First trip to Twycross Zoo - April 2007

First Use of the Word 'No' - Sept 2006  (ish)

Get to make first spreadsheet with daddy -

First trip to the Norfolk Beaches -

First Trip to Germany -

First Time Sitting on a Pony -

First Proper Riding Lesson with Grandma -

First time sailing (with John & Diane?) -

First Ski Lesson -

First Time down a Black Run (or Double Diamond in US) -

First time to camp out with mum for the Royal College of Art's Secret Sale (late November) -

First lesson in Baseball with Mummy -

First lesson in American Football with Mummy -

First lesson in Cricket - not from Mummy -(in fact Mummy will attend as well)

Learn to Ride a Bike -

Learn to Play Squash with Dad -

Go Mountain Biking with Uncle John -

Use Chemistry Set for an explosion with Uncle John -

Learn Clay Pigeon Shooting from Great Uncle John - [best to Learn from a well respected expert]-

Learn Fly Fishing from Great Uncle John (must wear goggles based on Paul's hook in eyelid experience) -

Learn to Play Tennis with Great Aunt Julie -

Learn to Play Canasta -

Beat Mum and Dad at Scrabble (Mum and Dad still need to beat Naomi..."Koala" didn't even save us) -

Read over Feynman's '6 Easy pieces' and '6 Not-so easy Pieces' with Clare -