We have a climber.

Josh:  I've picked up a new hobby.  Daddy thinks it is very cool.  Mommy, well, not so much.  Generally crawling just gets me places (I am pretty speedy now so I can get there fast though).  What I really like to do is climb.  The first place I shoot off to is the bathroom, where I like to hang over the bath and reach for knock my toys into the bath which makes a nice big noise.  Not quite able to swing my leg up yet and I am working on turning on the taps.... Sometimes I eat soap.  Yum. 

I like to try climbing up the drawers, but they're a bit wobbly.  The oven door doesn't let me hang on it either... And neither does the washing line.  But I do give it a good shake and help mommy take the washing off, especially when it is still wet. 

I like to climb up over mommy and daddy onto the couch and reach for the door handle which swings nicely.  Fortunately for me, they haven't baby-proofed the flat too well, as hard as they have tried, but they do follow me around everywhere (especially mommy).

I am super speedy up stairs!  Amazing really!  We don't have any in our flat.  Well, besides a whole lot out the front door.  But I had a good go at them at the B&B the other day.  Mommy could hardly keep up!  Daddy was very proud of me.

But my latest trick is climbing onto the chair in my room.  I got mommy to take a video of me in action, but I was a little slower than normal last night - a lot of effort was involved.  It was just after my rather large dinner hmmm.  

So there you go....  I am finally off to sleep and now right through the night too.  By now you may be understanding why!

A man on a mission

Josh: So I have this new plan, right.  If I want to go somewhere, I just have to wriggle along sneakily on my tummy and perhaps mommy and daddy won't notice me.  If they do though, not a problem, cos I'll just try again.  I'll get there eventually mwah ha ha.  I thought I was being original in my style but other babies have told me they do this too.  Seems a pretty good plan to me.

On daddy's shoulders

Cath: Josh's new favourite activity - adventures on daddy's shoulders.  In particular he shrieks with excitement when daddy runs down the stairs!

Bathtimes are fun - Part 2

Cath: Thought you might like to see Josh in his bath now (compare to post in October)!  He is sitting up all on his own now, and yes, bathtimes are still fun.  He likes splashing and playing with Mr Quack and Derek the ducks.  Oo and funky hairstyles.

My new wellies

Josh:  A friend gave me my first pair of wellies, so now I am all prepared for rain.  Just in time for Spring.  Well I have some growing to do, so probably a good thing that it is currently all sunny outside!  I'm modelling them for you in my cool superhero suit:

Ah the joys of solids.

Cath:  Josh is just getting smarter.  These days we often end up having a friendly tug of war at mealtimes when Josh keeps grabbing the spoon (yet at the same time this is good that he wants to grab the spoon)... And to the point that I just have to laugh and accept that there will be no escape from messy mealtimes!  There seems to be no getting away from food smeared all over my hands, up my arms, sprayed on my face and on my clothes, food on the walls, floor, chair, table, Bumbo and as for Josh, well, Josh in a nice shade of butternut orange or beetroot pink is the general end product.... There is no doubt about it though - he looks so cute covered in all that goo I can't help but smile!

So far he has had baby rice, potato, sweet potato, butternut, baby marrow, lentils, carrot, parsnip, peas, beetroot, pear, apple, peach, banana (though not a lot much to Dave's relief), yoghurt, cream cheese, chicken, chopped tomatoes with onion, and even small pieces of avo, melon, strawberries, toast and one whole piece of tuna pasta.  Oh and Rooibos tea.  He especially loves pureed pear.  Mmm.

Here is Josh disguised in shades of butternut (note the soggy pieces of carrot in the bib's pouch - a back-fired attempt at finger food):

Yummm Cornflakes box. The video.

Josh:  I went exploring via back-wiggle today and look what I found!  Daddy's Cornflakes box!  Tastes pretty good I think.