my visit

on friday
papa and mum took me
to visit lovely aunty mary
i had a great time
playing with david's baby toys
doing my reversing bum-jumps
on his colourful playmat
and watching a so smart dvd
i am already looking forward
to another visit

where i can finish my
exploration under the playroom couch

(thanks aunty mary and david!)

porta seat

here's another of
mum's ebay acquisitions for me
a fold up baby lounger
that can be taken anywhere
i sit in it
when mum's hanging the laundry outside
and this will be good for
my visits to nan-nan

(p.s. happy anniversary kong kong and poh poh!)

dad-trick

papa taught me
a neat new trick the other day
he showed me
how to hold my bottle
by myself
with my own
two little chubby hands...

(next lesson - beer stubbies!)

chew-bacca

i have recently turned into a
chewing
biting
slobojam
machine
possibly due to my perceived
teething
everything that comes near my mouth
gets chomped between my gums
well apart from my greens, i.e. *gaarrghh*

(been going off my food a little lately)

greenie botty

mum has been slowly
introducing my behind
to the weird and wonderful world
of cloth nappies
as we all try to be
more environmentally conscious
also due to my intake of solids
and am now more 'regular'
she has tried using cloths nappies
a few times now
but dad thinks it wets my botty
and makes it sticky (eeek!)
so mum is going to try out
different biodegradable liners and what not...

(i don't really mind, as long as i don't get the rash)

seventh heaven

i am seven months old today
hip hip hooray
i think i might also be teething
(not happy, jan)
but no sign of any dazzlers as yet
and thus remains
my toothless grin...

(and sleepless nights for all!)

lunch date

over the weekend
i had a lovely lunch
with my godma gay
and godpa gerry
and lovely aunty megan
al fresco out on our deck
i was on my best behaviour
and thoroughly enjoyed
interacting with and
being cuddled by others
... what a pity about the footy though

(i am becoming a right little socialite)

me bathmateys

let me introduce you
to a few of my mates
who help make my bathtimes
a wet and wild ride
(most of them were given to me
by aunties alison and erin)
here are
octi the water thermometer

piggula (aunty letti i have my own!)
lamby with her yellow face
moomoo the spotty cow
konky the black-hooved donkey
and (courtesy of my maternal grandparents)
a family of rubber duckies
where the baby seems strangely drunk...

(ahoy there me mateys!)

thumbety thumb thumb

here i am
snapped in the flukey act
of sucking my thumb
just before falling asleep
it's soothing
and it's nice
but doesn't happen as often as i'd like
cause i can't seem to get
the coordination of separating the thumb
from the rest of my fist
and getting it into my little mouth
just quite right yet...

(poh poh, kong kong, whom does this remind you of??!)

my second letter

dear aunty vicu
you know my blog is only possible
because of the camera you gave me
as my birthday present
so let me say thank you to you
and i thought you might like to see
flat erik and me
playing together

he likes to sit on my head sometimes

and i like to bite him

and we have great laughs together
uncle phil gave flat erik to mum
so many years ago
now she lets me play with flat erik
and wonderful memories of uncle phil
live on in my name and in my playtimes...

(we all miss you so much phil!)

butterfly boy

mum got me this
preloved butterfly playmat
from ebay
i enjoy tummy time on it
feeling the different textures
trying to press the squeakers
and gazing at my reflection in the mirror

(eh.. she seems to be on ebay a lot these days!)

scaredy cat

mum and dad took me to trigg beach
on the weekend
this was my third time
and once again
i cringed and i cried...
(but they laughed at me)
they don't seem to understand
that i am rather afraid of the waves
or maybe the ocean
was a little too cold
for my tiny little feet
(how am i going to be a little nipper??)

i like it... : part 2

this is stripey goonki
another of my favourite things
aunty mary gave it to me
it sits on my change table
and i play with it whenever i am there
i like to bash it about
chew it
and fling it around

(i treat it very nicely)

foot in mouth

*oooohh*... footsie looks quite appetising


*strrrreeeeetch*.... just a little bit closer


*aaaaaahhhh*... finally a taste of tootsie


*yuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm*.....

meet nan-nan

here is my great-grandma kate
whom i call nan-nan
she is 83 years young
and loves me heaps
i have a great time
whenever i visit her in rockingham
i cannot wait till summer
when we will go to the beach
and build sandcastles together...

(hello nan-nan!)

first of many firsts

yesterday i:
had my first grown up lunch at a restaurant
perused my first drinks menu
sat in a foreign high chair for the first time
had my first taste of papaya
and had my first taste of my toes
(but not in public, of course!)

(a pinch and punch
for the first of the month!)

another happy day

i went to baby rhyme time
at the library the other day
(if you're happy and you know it
clap your hands)
and although i was pretty sleepy
i perked up and had quite a good time
then i went straight to dreamland
zzzzzzzzzzz...