March 13

In spite of having fallen off this old computer a dozen times, my fearless little Byron climbs up again to reach better books. Next he got down the brown one on the next shelf up. He has been pulling these ones ("Ellie Chronicles") down all week, so I put them up a shelf... thus the climb.

We have to be careful about the B.A.T.H. word... his little face lights up when he hears it, like a dog with "walk". If we're not serious about a bath Right Now, well, it's just unkind.

Trying to get a picture of "the wave" which is the way his hair wants to go. It parts equally well on the right and left and the grain goes in to the centre to make an almost surfable wave.

Favorite study activity (other than book-throwing) is to turn the printer on and off. Nathan moved the printer under the computer table, but he found it in 2 seconds.

"Helping" mummy make a knitted toy sheep. (Finished product is very popular. See pic on http://knitterings.blogspot.com/)

Ready to be wrapped. We have to be careful what we leave near the edges of tabletops these days.

Lately, with the warm weather, he has been refusing to have a daytime sleep. Then he conks out on the floor! He actually fell asleep on my knee, and the stove timer went off, so I dumped him here and he went back to sleep.

He was resting his head on the floor (watching TV) and when I put the pillow in front of him he crawled on. Slept here for well over an hour.

Byron's treadmill. Well, actually it's his mum's, but she can't use it much. Either she wakes him up, or she risks him getting sucked under... because he can't stay away!

Up on the tready mechanics. He leaned forwards a bit far one day and did a lovely little forward roll. Looked quite stunned at his daring, but he didn't cry.

Trying to get higher. Potential mountain-hiking nut.

Favorite thing to chew. Note the baggy eyes... his mummy has them, too!

February 19

"I'm stuck!"

Well, the monkey is 9 months old, now, and crawling all over the house. Here are a few places we have found him lately...

between the old armchairs...

half-way to the DVD's...

under the kitchen chairs...

under the coffee table...

under our bed...

and under his high chair!

Here he is, very proud of himself for getting the doorstop off again AFTER Daddy superglued it on. He was crying a minute later, though, because he couldn't get the white part off (which is screwed onto the wall).

YAY!! Mummy found my favorite ad on You Tube! He would crawl straight to the telly to jig along with the "So you think you can dance" ads.

Time for some fatter books than "Dr Seuss", I think.

Oooo... it's moving! My new swing!

He got this for Christmas, but we only got a frame to hang it on yesterday.

Higher! Higher!!

We can sit on the garden bench and push him.

After swinging for 20 minutes, he began to contemplate the physics of it all.

This was today... after refusing his morning sleep, as he sometimes does, he flaked out in the middle of lunch. he he he.

Jan 18, 2008

Well, Byron is having a wonderful time, now that he's figured out crawling. He doesn't flop onto his stomach much, and though he looks slightly awkward, he's quite quick. Turn your back for a second and...

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He was weighed on the 14th and was 8.81 kilos, which is right on average for 8 months. Of course, he wasn't 8 months until the 17th, and for his "birthday" he got two new sharp teeth, coming up from the bottom gum.

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He's eating well (he had (minced) tuna casserole today) and is getting into trouble every 5 minutes for playing with power cords. I noticed he can twist his tongue sideways, but when I mentioned this to Nathan he said, "So what? Everyone can." Well, not me, so it must be a genetic thing he got from Nathan.

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Other tricks he's been up to include dancing to music (especially shaking his head), waving and giving sloppy kisses. Tonight he is starting to sleep in the cot overnight, as he keeps wriggling to the top of the cradle and then getting cross when his head presses the top.

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Hmmm, Daddy is comfy...

Byron and Nathan

Locked out of the kitchen!!

So many more toys, now that I can crawl!

Just in case anyone is thinking of having a baby out there... lol!

Jan 9, 2008

Going out

Coming home.

New stuff from Auntie Kelly.

Mmmmmm! Raw zucchini!

The destructive phase begins!

He learned to say mumumum before Christmas, but by Christmas was onto Brrrrooom. Now it's all Dadadad. He can't sit still long. He starts off sitting, folds in his right leg and leans forward into a crawling position. If he's already lying down, he does a pushup and tucks his knees under. He can move his hands but can't quite get his knees coordinated. He can inch forward, though, or roll over and over to get somewhere.



His current goal in life is to reach the power cord and make his mummy growl at him, which is hilarious. He likes all his toys, but prefers grass, if possible. He likes most food, but his current favorite is raw zucchini.

Dec 30

Seeing if he can fit into the dishes bucket (for camping)

Pushups. Could push up and slip backwards and get all over the room this way by Christmas, but he was frustrated, because he was trying to go forward!

Presents from his Dad and Mum: blocks, rings and a little pool.

All ready for Christmas lunch in his Rudolf tshirt. He tried all the meat and veges we had, stuffed into his little mesh bag feeder.

Ready to go camping, squished in beside the esky.

Sleeping in his camping bed: a fold up baby tent with a mozzie screen.

Relaxing by the pool in his new bathers. It was 35 degrees, so we went home the next day and missed out on the 39-40 degree days. Too hot for tenting.

Swimming in the pool at home. Another hot day!

December 16

I haven't put the pictures from the camera onto the computer for a while, so when I did there were 130! While I was searching through them, I was singing "Alouette" and Byron was giggling madly, like he speaks French and understood the words. he he.

He wriggled his way over until finally he was completely under the table.

Helping his mum to sort out the decorations.

He got pretty wet before he got the proper bit in his mouth. Spent quite a while trying to get to the water through the side of the bottle!

Really wish I knew what he was thinking here. Something mischievous...

Chomping on the car keys.

He's learning to wave. Here he is in his new high chair.

One of his favorite games... sit down, stand up (times 50!!).

At his "desk".