It is official... I am completely off my knees and WALKING!!
Watch me go!!

Hola everybody! Our daddy turned 36 last week - on the day we lost to the French... so he wasnt a very happy man pretty much all day. He is probably very happy right now though as he is fishing up in Taupo with a few mates. He comes back tomorrow, hopefully with a big fat trout to cook up, but mum isnt holding her breath on that one...

Mummy had her first alcoholic night away from us last weekend - she hasnt got on it since July 2004 - can you believe it!!! It was a hens night and it started at French Farm for lunch, followed by Cosmopolitans all afternoon (well Mum only needed one...) and then she danced the night away at a pub in Akaroa till midnight. Not bad going really. She actually had a sore back for this entire week as she did literally dance like a maniac nonstop for over 4 hours - they all called her the 'energizer rabbit' the next day. Anyway we did miss her while she was away but daddy coped pretty well for the 24hours considering he had to take us to a birthday party too!

PS: i am choosing to walk now instead of crawl about 90% of the time now....... look out Zara!!!

PPS: my mum is also proud to say that finally, (and about 8 months overdue) i am now sleeping right through the night from 6pm - 7am Wahoo to that !!!

Well here I am into the beer again... i cant help but check out the recycling bin most days but sadly they are always completely empty. Now that daylight savings is here we are having lots more time in the sandpit in the evenings while mum gets dinner sorted - but i have to say the slide that granny got for us at Xmas is my favourite activity - there have been countless painful landings but i just get up like a wee energizer rabbit and keep having fun. Mum has had to bring the whole thing into the living room sometimes cos i kick and scream when i am taken off it if it is getting too cold to be outside. Here is Amy with her wee friend Marley at the playground... and down at the farm with all the orphans. We love staying at Granny's place!!

Hola everybody...mum got out the bubbles the other day and i loved them popping on my face... (I think) and then we went off to the forest for a walk - I thought George was quite big until we met Rolf there!!!

Amy had an allergic reaction to some shampoo the other night - so mum took some pics in case her eyes didnt get better - but eventually they did thank goodness!!

Mum had a great week last week with the latest student nanny in the house - she was the best yet and mum even went swimming while she looked after us both. Its the holidays now so mum has an action packed couple of weeks planned for us at the museum, cafes, the forest, parks, the aquarium and of course, Orana Park. Yippee!

Fianlly someone else held the camera so i was able to get a photo with my mum ( i love sucking her face)!!

Today we went to the gardens to admire the daffodils with the cuzzies. Sadly daddy wasnt there since he has had to work over in Akaroa a bit this month. the wind was a bit cold but the flowers were lovely (but didnt taste so good tho!)

Well watch this space - i can stand by myself now and i practise this ALL the time. I am as proud as punch when i do this and mum thinks i am hilarious - i am actually laughing at all the mischief i intend to get into once i can walk and run!! One of my favourite games at the moment is trying to shake the big plants in the big pots in the living room - there are apparently several bricks in each one to keep them upright but i am very intent on pulling one of them over. That game really gets mum running!

Another scary thing i like to do is try and plug things into to the wall sockets - mum has to do a daily plastic plug check and remove all nightlights etc to make sure i get bored of that game fast.

Amy likes to breastfeed alongside mum with her koala at the moment since i still want my mum morning noon and night (and 3am)....

and Amy thinks it must be her birthday again as Lorelei and Charlie donated over 70 books from their home library for us last night and she hasn't left the coffee table this morning as she is too busy checking them all out!!