Merry Christmas

Wow!  Its my first Christmas and it was alot of fun.

I got lots of pressies including a baby walker (you cant get those in Australia anymore) and jumperoo.

Here I am enjoying the jumperoo.

Below is a video (just click on the triangle on the bottom left to play).

Someone's Covered The Grass In Icing Sugar

Well, that's what mum said to me.  I think she's joking, though I'm not sure as I don't know what icing sugar is.  :?

We've mainly been staying indoors but mum took me out on Friday as I had to have my 4 month injections.  (phew, that's the last till I'm 1). 

Mum carried me as it was too difficult to wheel the pram in the snow (she needs to get some skis fitted on it).  As we walked the snow was falling and it landed all over us. 

It was such a strange feeling as it was very very cold but so soft.  Snowflakes landed on my eyelashes and I had to blink several times before they melted away.

Everytime I looked to see where they were coming from more would land on  my face. 

Mum was very proud that I didn't cry.  I just couldn't work out what this stuff was.

Thank You

Mum has been very slack, and now its almost Christmas, with sending out the Thank You cards for all the gifts we'd received.

She'd been planning to send a photo of me with my gift to the sender.  This meant that she needed to get me into the right mood (hopefully smiling).

Here are some of the photos she sent (not everything received is in the photos).

From Aunty Betty & Uncle Arthur

From Aunty Linda and Uncle Trevor

The crochet mat is from Paul and Paula and the tiger costume is from Aunty Faye and Uncle John.

The pj's are from Aunty Pauline

The patchwork mat and the puppets (Galah and Cockatoo) from Fiona.

From Aunty Robin and Uncle Ian

T shirt and Ugg Boots from Katrina and Nathan

From Emma and Craig I got an Australian counting book.  Blinky Bill book and coins are from Travis and Zoe.  'Come back Zach' is fom Paula & Paul.

From Simon and Sinead

Babies Everywhere

Mum and dad had dinner with another set of friends (Tim and Megan); who are expecting their first child in February.  They are expecting a little girl.

This is about the sixth set of couples who have or will be having babies by June next year.  I cant wait, so many playmates.

The were very impressed with my snow suit even if it was too big for me.

Introductions

One of mum and dad's oldest English friends, that's lenght of time known (they aren't that old), came to visit us today. 

Its the first time I've seen them and them me. 

We had a lovely pub lunch.

Bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr

We are in the last month of the year and it is no longer just cold but bitterly cold.  It's been 1 or 2 degrees during the day and in the minus' at night; getting progressively colder as the week continues.

Snow has fallen all over the country and we even had it here in London (although it didn't settle on the ground in our backyard). This is highly unusual and there are now predications for the coldest (and the longest) winter on record.

To mark the change of month and weather I got a cold (mum took me to the doctors who confirmed it was bronchitis).  This meant no medicines as it's viral and just needs to be monitored so it doesn't get any worse.

Whooohhooooo! My first cold!!!

Mum cancelled all our play dates and classes for the week. This has meant that we've been housebound; in particular in the very warm lounge room.

I'm getting alittle bored but on the plus side (well for me), I've learnt to cough.  ;)

See Saw

Mum has been taking Aunty Paula's advice and looking on ebay (and other sites) for the best toys for me.

She got a small swing.

Dad put me in it and it was fantastic. 

It made me giggle.

:)

My Home Boys/Girls

Every Friday mum and I catch up with the gang. 

It's an exclusive club; only 4 of us (plus our mums). 

Clockwise we have Elsie, me, Sophie and Sebastian. 

I swear I thought I saw a puddy cat.   I did, I did. 

Now, Sebastian.  Build those muscles.  1 and 2 and 3 .... 

A scream can be heard - "Mr Bug is attacking Elsie!"

Mild mannered Zachary responds "I'll rescue you, Elsie!" 
(Now where did my super baby suit go?)

Newborn to Infancy

I have officially graduated from being a 'newborn' to an 'infant' so mum and dad decided to let me have a big boy bed (aka cot) rather than the baby basket.

That's right, I now have room to move. 

I haven't begun to roll around yet but I might try in a month or so.  Right now, I'm content with just lying in the vast spaciousness.

Aaaaahhhhhhhhh.  Well, actually, it is more like ZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzz.

BOOOOOO Ohhhhoooohhhooo!!!

Its Halloween and I've decided to get into the spirit (get it?!).

I'm a bit young to go trick or treating so I've decided to put on a Super Baby costume.

Up, up and awayyyyyyyyyyy!

What do you think?

Vital Statistics

Today I took Grandma to visit the health workers. 

I jumped on the scales and found out that I'm a healthy 5.65 kg (12.5 lb). 

Not only that but I decided to check my height as some of my clothes are pretty snug.  I'm approx 62 cm (24.5 inches) long.

When we looked at my growth history we discovered that I've gained approx 3-4 cm (approx 1 1/2 inches) and 1 kg (2 lb) a month; give or take a bit.

Mmmmmmm, I do like my food.  ;)

Lazy Mornings

Since my grandparents arrived we've been having very lazy mornings and sometimes days.

These have been captured so there's no dening it.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Jim and Kath hadn't been to the Victoria and Albert Museum so we decided to take them there.

We decided to enjoy the National History Museum's gardens whilst waiting for dad we noticed quite a few school groups using the gardens for their lunch breaks.

We were sitting chatting when a lady came up to mum and asked her for a disposable nappy bag.  Luckily mum had a packet of these and she gave several of them to the lady.

Why?

Well, apparently one of the boys had got motion sick in the bus on the way to the museum.  This had caused the rest of the students to dry reach (nice!!).  The teacher had explained that the nappy bags are the best sick bags you can get.  This is because they are the right size, waterproof and can be easily tied. 

Once daddy arrived we headed to a cafe (a greasey spoon) to have lunch before going to the Victoria and Albert Museum. 

We wondered happily around for a while around the museum before I decided I wanted some milk.  Mum feed and changed me whilst the others enjoyed the artefacts.

I got a little over stimulated by all the things to see and began to grizzle a bit.  You should've seen the looks mum and dad got from some of the other people. 

You would think that they would be impressed that my parents were introducing me to culture (even at such a young age) but apparently not. 

I decided to ignore them and go to sleep.

Kew Gardens

Kath had mentioned that her photos from her last visit to Kew Gardens had mysteriously vanished so we all decided to recreate the last visit. 

We decided to do this visit on Saturday as this was predicted to be sunny whilst Sunday was meant to be gloomy.  This was not the case on the day.

Despite this we had an enjoyable time wondering around the gardens.

On our way to the gardens we stopped off to have morning tea at a coffee shop.  It was decked out as a garden.

 

We wondered through the glass houses which had plants from the tropics (e.g. orchids) to deserts (e.g. cacti).

Mum had packed a lunch so we could have a mini picnic.  Whilst they ate I got a bit peckish so Grandma kindly help me have my milk.

There was a new feature called the 'Tree Top Walk'.  It is a circular walkway about 5m above ground which winds through some of the trees canopies.

This wasn't bad but it originally had a lift for disabled/prams.  Unfortunately, it kept getting stuck so its out of commission.

The view from the top was good, especially was we saw Jim, Kath and Zachary.

Airport Adventures

Mum and I went to collect Grandma and Grandpa S from the airport.

We had to get a bus, then train and finally the tube as there was a strike by the union which the drivers were part of.  Not only that, it took twice as long as only a skeleton service was running and many parts of the underground were closed.

We made it with plenty of time to spare so I decided to have a spot of afternoon milk whilst mum had a coffee.

Grandma and Grandpa gave us lots of kisses before we took a prebooked taxi home.

 Fun Time

I decided to spend some quality time with dad so I let him play on the floor.

 Now and then I had to get dad to quieten down.

So I could tell him a secret or two.

Border Control

Now that I'm getting bigger I need to get all the legal paperwork done.  For some of these we need pictures.

The rules are pretty strict.

1. Mouths must be closed i.e. no open/smiling mouths.

2. Eyes must be open.

3. No shaddows.

4. Must be looking directly ahead i.e. at the camera.

5. Must be a certain size with a white background, etc.

It took quite a few attempts to get the right one.

Here it is!

Aren't I just the cutest!!!

;)

Chilling

Just us boys, no girls allowed, watching the TV.

How's it goin' mate?!