New playroom!!

Watch this space baby boy! Your playroom is getting an overhaul..Pictures to come!

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31/01/12



You love to carry these particular toys around in your mouth, they make crinkling sounds and it must feel nice!



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29/01/12



You're always slow to wake up from a sleep... just like your mummy. Very snuggly and cuddly until... snap! You're awake and ready to go.





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28/01/12

You LOVED Ikea!! (That's m'boy!)



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27/01/12

Cheeky pumpkin-eater



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26/01/12 (Australia Day!)

Rambo-style Australia Day garb (the headscarf lasted about 10 seconds after this picture was taken)



Your first go of the clowns!



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25/01/12

Bakin' a baby! (You like to sit in things)



Cuz Mama's lazy...

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Left:

16/01/12 - A homemade cubby using a sheet and the unused playpen

17/01/12 - Watermelon face... and hands... and body

18/01/12 - Asleep on the job... again

19/01/12 - Meeting a new friend

Right:

20/01/12 - Dinner just isn't dinner without the mess

21/01/12 - Checking out the dinosaur exhibition.. playing paleontologist and digging for dino eggs

23/01/12 - Bubbles, bubbles everywhere!

24/01/12 - Conked out on the rug... at 8am. You'll learn that 5am isn't such a great wake-up time after all.

I don't have a picture for the 22/01/12 - your Aunty Sarah's engagement party! But, we'll get one and update soon.

Groovin'

My little man, you are one helluva groover.

Mama has tried out a bit of a varied playlist on you to see what you're into.

So far:

Joni Mitchell - lukewarm reception apart from a few of the faster songs
Ben Folds - yup! Can bop to that ok
The Beatles - oohhh yeah! You love a bit of the Beatles (in fact, when you fist came home from the hospital, you daddy would walk around the house with you late a night when you couldn't sleep, singing Yesterday. It always calmed you down.)
Regina Spektor - Well, you listened to a heap of Ms. Spektor while you were in my belly, so it is only fitting that she cheers you up when you're feeling low.
Ben Lee  - woohoo! We're all in this together!
Cat Stevens - Only the quicker songs make you smile and bop your head
Cat Empire - You love seeing mummy dance like a fool when Cat Empire come on. Actually, you love to see mummy dance like a fool any old time.
Dispatch - meh.
N.E.R.D - Absolutlely! Even if Daddy thinks the music is terrible.
Groove Armada - For Aunty Zali... this music has a beat you can grab. You love it!

The Killers, Justin Timberlake, James Taylor, Michael Buble, Lilly Allen...Oh, the list goes on.

We dance every day. You love to be spun around and around in my arms. Sometimes we slow dance, other times we jig around the room, giggling the whole time. It inevitably cheers you up when you're in a bit of a tough mood, and to be honest - it cheers me up too!

I hope I catch you on film soon - each time I get the camera out, you stop bopping and pose for a photo... you are so your daddy's son.

I've been taking you to music classes for a few months and you love it. You are able to play the chime bar during the Hello song and shake the bells and rattles to the beat. I can only hope that you don't take after daddy and me in the musical sense - I hope you pick and instrument and love it.. But if you don't want to play anything and just want to dance! Well, that's ok with me too

xoxo

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15/01/2010

Helping Dada clean the car!



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14/01/2012

You're a messy man, Hamish James Thomson, but you won't let anyone help you eat!

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13/01/2010



Dinner at Vita's with Mummy and Daddy



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12/1/12

Breakfast just got to be too much for you... perhaps you should sleep later than 5:30am?

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11/1/12



Sharing with Daddy





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10/1/12

Grouchy boy

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9/1/12

Showing off your new toothy pegs!



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7/1/12

You and your old friend Skyler and new friend Arthur... at Skyler's 1st birthday party.





Your SECOND first Christmas

Mama is finally getting to Christmas with Nanny, Poppy, Aunty Emma and Uncle Scott and wee baby Josie!

I didn't capture nearly as many photos as I would have liked for your first Christmas, but I can guarantee that we have a lovely day - the sun came out for us, the food was glorious, your were spoiled with lots of Nanny and Poppy cuddles and you even got to have a nap at the beach!

You actually allowed the Santa hat to stay on your head!

Opening your presents on Daddy's knee

Helping Daddy open his present from you! A seat to go on his bike so you can go riding with him!

And, of course, the wrapping paper is the best thing ever.

Santa bum!

Stalking your prey... notice you aren't crawling properly here? It's because you hated the feel of grass on your knees :)

Daddy is helping you play with your new remote control car (from Nanny's friend Sue!)

A sweaty, sweet and cozy baby, napping after a hard morning of opening presents.

Happy to spend time with your Nanny and Poppy

Up, up and away!

Where are all of the photos of you and Josie? I forgot to get my camera out! It's a fine line between living in a moment and capturing it on camera... this time, the moment won!

Christmas is over for another year, but Santa will be back next year.

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Higher! Higher!

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Toast hat! (Dodgy quality - taken with my iPad)

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Y'know, just sitting here blowing raspberries, drooling.

7 and 8 Month update

Yup. As I said in an earlier post - I'm way behind in your updates! And I still haven't told you about your christmas with Nanny and Poppy down in Jervis Bay OR Your very first NYE... It will come, I promise!

Today - your 7 and 8 month update.

Let's start with this little GEM:

Wow. I've said it every week.. but this is the FUNNEST age. I can only imagine it is going to get even more fun, but lately you have been a bright, shining star in our lives. Late at night, after you've gone to bed, your daddy and I lay next to each other and recount the funny and cute things you'd done earlier in the day. We lay there laughing and rolling our eyes  - you are such a character little boy.

I have no weight or height measurements at the moment - we'll be getting those on Tuesday, but here's what the last 8 weeks have looked like for you:

• You have officially got 4 teeth - bottom two (at 6 months) and top two (at 7 1/2 months). Now, when you smile, you don't really look like a little baby anymore :(
• Crawling, cruising, jumping up and down in your bed (tsk, tsk), falling backwards onto soft surfaces (your favourite - I will try to video that too!). You are a mobile little creature, and I'm still trying to find a baby gate that will withstand your determination.

• Pointing - you can point your index finger like it's your job. At Christmas Eve mass, I have you on my shoulder so you could look out behind me. I look over at Aunty Emma and she is cracking up at you - you were pointing directly into the faces of the people behind us. You point at people, at things you like the look of, at your food (it's common for you to point, poke and then grab whatever it is we are offering), at Chelsea-dog, at a Bird in the tree, at the radio... you just love to point.
• And that index finger comes in very handy when it comes to reading your favourite books - the one with textures in them. You have come to love each new page, knowing exactly where to touch to feel the different surfaces - fluffy, scratchy, rough...
• You have learned to play the kazoo...oh yes. It's all very monotone at the moment, but you play it like a boss.
• You more or less sleep through the night now. Most nights you wake up once for a quick feed, then back to bed. But then, you're up at 6 most mornings. Daddy and I take it in turns to get up with you and feed you breakfast.
• No official first words yet! I was sure you were to become the strong and silent type, but in the last few weeks you've become more vocal and your favourite things to say are "Wa-wa-wa" and "Bra-bra-bra". You also like yeeeellllll. You stand up against things and holler and hoot. It's hilarious, like you are saying "I am Hamish - hear me ROAR!"

Little boy, you are awake from your nap now and sitting on my lap trying to 'help' me type, so I'll sign off now...

I love you

I love you

I LOVE you

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This here, my dear boy, is your first little tizzy caught on camera...

You just wanted to swing, swing, swing!

Rest assured, the 'giving in' part was only for camera... we don't let you get away with tanty throwing ordinarily!

Christmas take one!

Your first, first christmas was on Sunday 18th December at Grandma and Granda's house. Aunty Sarah, Uncle Simon, Aunty Kate and Uncle Chris were all there too!

You were spoiled with loads of presents (and so was Mummy and Daddy), but most of all you were spoiled with kisses and hugs, which are way better (in my book).

Some pictures:

You were so lucky to get this amazing abacus from Granda and Grandma

Aunty Kate and Uncle Chris

Aunty Sarah helps you open your gift.



Cuddles with Uncle Chris



Grandma cooked a HUGE turkey and we ate all day long. The weather was pretty chilly, so we couldn't have a swim in the pool like we wanted to, but it was still a gorgeous day. Mummy didn't take nearly enough pictures!

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Butter wouldn't melt....

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366* days in a year, 366 captured moments of your precious life.

*Did you know it was a leap year?

Picking up right where we left off...

It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks baby boy, but you've kept on trucking, as is your style.

How about we just start with some cute pictures?

I'd much rather feed myself... even if it means mum has four times as much clean up to do...



"The thighs", how fabulous are they??

 I have so much more to write for you...

• Your 7 and 8 month updates (yes, I forgot to do your 7 month one, so I'll do a combined one)
• Christmas with Daddy's family
• Christmas with Mummy's family
• New years eve/day

But alas, it's almost 10pm and you had a pretty unsettled night last night, so this mama is off to bed. Tomorrow is a new day - and I promise to try harder to keep up to date :)