i can do it myself!

Jamie has decided that it's much better if he feeds himself, despite the fact that it takes twice as long and is twice as messy.

Happy (late) Easter!

Last weekend and this weekend are 4-day weekends in the UK, so Paul is making the most of the time by redoing our staircase, which had some damaged spindles. You can see the results of last weekend on Flickr, it's looking very nice so far. Needless to say, it was a busy weekend for us, I was on baby/dog watch most of the time, but we did manage to celebrate Easter in the madness. We had breakfast together, followed by chocolate Easter eggs for dessert and then church. We then went to our friends' the Shelley's for Mexican lunch. Random, but very fun. Here are some photos:

A Caramel Easter Egg in my own motorcycle egg cup (that Anna gave me last year). (Wasn't it nice of me to donate the egg to mom and dad?!)

Don't worry, they let me have some chocolate:  

The Easter bunny brought me a big yellow duck:

Nana bought me a lovely Easter basket and Betsy (Wheeler) gave me a dancing bunny which I like a lot!

jamie's birthday(s!)

The end of March was a very busy couple of weeks for the birthday boy. It started with the first celebration with Nanna and Grandad.

We spent some time planting in the front garden while Jamie got cuddles from Grandad:

And then we opened and enjoyed presents:

And of course there was cake (it is a Remmy version of Clifford, handmade by me--I don't think I have a future career in cake-making!)

Who doesn't love a photos of a child covered in chocolate cake:

The next big event was a last minute visit from Big Daddy. We had lots of fun with him. We went to the playground , practiced his walking, and played with new presents outside. Unfortunately, our nice camera broke the morning of his birthday, so our photos are limited, but here is a nice one:

While he was here we had a birthday BBQ with some of our friends. He really enjoyed himself and got lots of nice presents, and, of course, another cake:

He was also spoiled by all his aunts and uncles. Lots and lots and lots of fun presents, including a few which we have especially enjoying in the warm sunshine this week. Thanks to everyone who helped make it so special.

our little Frankenstein

Still sorting through the birthday photos, but in the meantime, here's a video we shot of Jamie walking today. He's up to about 10 steps or so now. He still chooses to crawl for transport, but I'm sure it won't be long now...

You can view it on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKlY1a_5vn8

holy cow...12 months!

We've got a lot to catch up on...mainly surrounding a certain little mister's 1st birthday(s!). We had a special visitor too...Big Daddy! But before I get to all those, let's carry on with tradition and see the last set of birthday blocks! It's been a big month for the J-ster. Biggest excitement...walking!!...well taking steps. We've gotten 4-5 steps at a time. He's still fairly wobbly, but he knows what he's doing and always claps for himself after he does it. It is too cute! He's now very good at standing. He's really coming along with his hand eye coordination. He's become much more vocal, with lots of different babble sounds coming out all the time. He's developing his temper (not fun) and some separation anxiety (also not fun), both come out particularly when he's tired. And, he's finally got his two front teeth!

Now on with the photos. Sadly, Paul's fancy camera broke the morning of Jamie's birthday so we were left with my old one, which doesn't take as nice photos. I took a few, wasn't happy with them, so we borrowed a friend's camera the next day, but only had time for a few. Here are the best:

The point and shoot camera:

Showing off his stacking abilities:

The best:

Don't I look like such a big boy?!:

 

I can stand!: