Success

The Parents have managed to fulfil their end of the bargain.  I have now offically made it to two.  Measurement on the day put me at 93cm short.  Had a good tie recently, with train rides, swimming, parks and cake.  Just a few pics to let you know things are still ok in my world.

 Train!

Cake!

 Candy!

'Puter!

Sat on a wall...

Art. For art's sake

Here it is...

Circles

This could be one of several things:

• warming up before drawing a circle
• cooling down after drawing a circle
• just making circles, 'cause circles are cool
• random muscular movements with no meaning...

you can decide for yourselves...

All gone...

Summer Vids

Inside Fun...

Outside Fun...

Some things...

Beach on a sunny summer day

Na-na-naaa for breakfast

PS3 with Uncle Scott

One point Five

And a bit... just had my last chek till jut before school.  Mum and dad have already decided never to take me to a doctor ever again...well at least thats the way I would like it, especially if they want me nude and uncomfortable.  But at least it's all over now.   I have new stats!!  Check 'em:

1. Height - 88cm (34.5 in) - 92nd percentile
2. Weight - 14 kg (30.8 lb) - 94th percentile
3. Head circ. - 46cm (18 in) - 15th perentile

 So as you can see I am pretty big for my age (except my head - I am so awesome I could never get a big head).  I have skillz too... got a tick in every box but for one in the blue book.

Pics later... it's lunch time!

Busy Busy

Fixing Mum's bike so that she can go for a ride again...

Pumping up the soccer ball too...












In other news:  It's only take 2 weeks to get used to having a pillow in bed.  Now I can use that rather than Bunny, which may mean he will have a longer life.

The Day after a Big Day

 

and I've not started drinking yet...

Snoring

This really speaks for itself...

More activity

It's taken a while to reach this kind of relationship, but slowly there are more and more cat privileges.  This is probably as gentle as I can get patting the cat...and possibly the longest she has endured my affections..

however, I don't think she appreciated being spun around on the chair... I now have scratches to prove it.

Still alive!

Been busy doing all kinds of things.  Like patting goats...

Watching Morris Dancers

















And wearing kilts

Day at the Beach

 At first I wasn't really sure about the big wet stuff.  

In fact my very first touch of icy cold salt water on my feet was a bit scary.  I needed a cuddle after that.  But then my curiosity started to win and I had to go back.  So far out, in fact, that I fell in and had to have a change of clothes... twice! 

 Not quite sure why Mum and Dad didn't bring more than 2 changes of clothes.  But as you can all see I had a pretty good time in the water and on the sand. 

 It was an exciting time.  So much that I had to sleep in the car on the way home (or maybe that was because I didn't take my morning nap).

Time Flies

Been so busy recently.  But at least I could get a photographer to record the moments this time around.  Gonna be brief in terms of text, but there are a few nice shots of me doing regular stuff.

Telling everyone where we need to go at the Botanical gardens.

 Playing with the birdbath

 At my friend Lycan's house during party time. 

 Helping in the garden

Texting my agent about the next fashion show

Just hanging out with Mum, pulling a few poses.

Census

Well at least I got counted.
Things have been pretty busy for a few weeks, not a lot of photos to share, but I do have a training video for my marathon career...

 
And there is the time we tried to escape...

Tax Time

 

 At this time of year I dread the drudgery of paperwork and all things income  - of lack thereof.  So there is plenty of procrastination -  watching TV, having snacks, lying about pretending that things don't need to get done.










But Dad seems to enjoy it.  So I go hang out in the gardens with Mum and let the bearded one deal with it all.

One Year

These two pictures were taken exactly one year apart (by day, not hour for those pedantic people out there).

A little older, a little wider

Are you ready for it?
Are you really ready?
Ok.  Here it comes.

Mega-multi-super-update.
 Had my 12 month check-up at the MCHN.  Things are going pretty well.  Continuing to grow.  At this rate I will be taller than Dad by a couple centimeter.  But for now, I am 11.2kg light and 79cm short.  I am growing up fast!  So here is a pic of me looking like MacGuyver...





Since that fateful day over a year ago, there have been quite a few changes.  Not only for me.  Pip has had to deal with a whole lot less snooze time and a whole lot more noise.
For example:  "That thing" (the closest human equivalent for Pips expression upon seeing me a little too close)




Another:  "But why are there no bowls of noms for me in the lounge room?"







And the constant plea:  "Has he gone to bed yet?"

Of course, my changes are far more interesting.  One skill that I lack, which would be most excellent, is being able to stand up without holding onto something.  If I could, there would be no environment unnavigable, i.e. I could walk everywhere!  But when the worst comes to the worst, I can always start climbing.



 Starting to make progress in other areas too.  I have such advanced motor skillz that I can spoon feed myself, my chair, and the floor at the same time!!

I seem to have spent an awful lot of time driving Dad around for his appointments and what-not.  So much so I have had to resort to having car books and a car blanket.

The biggest event most recently was my birthday.  I got to see most of the people I know, I got more presents that my entire body weight.  So here are a few shots of me wearing, using, eating or just playing with some of the new things!  Thanks to everyone that shared some time with me :)
My new Train - TooT TooT!

New Hat and Jumper - good timing too, the weather is not like a Melbourne summer at all.








Despite both Mum and Dad being busy almost constantly, we did get the chance to find a pile of dirt to play in on our most recent visit to the botanical gardens.  Maybe next time I will get to try tasting some before they find me.

 Thanks for visiting!

Sorry about the long delay in updates.

So when does a baby stop being a baby?

Now that I am officially non-zero, and that there is no rounding involved to get to an integer in age I am going for my train driving license. See vid for my training session...

The birthday was pretty cool... i was swallowed by a balloon monster in the shape of a cot. It was a good thing Barnacles was there to protect me.

P.S. Sorry about the video intensive update. Kept file sizes at around 3MB, so they shouldn't take too long to load.