Sophia here to update on Week 81 of our life with Joseph. New Zealand's move to daylight saving has been great for us as Joseph now wakes at 6/6.30am rather than the 5/5.30am that we were experiencing in the previous few weeks! Joseph has been in really great spirits and had a great week at Bear Park.

His physical development is coming along in leaps and bounds and he getting quite good at walking up and down stairs. He also likes kicking balls - I am trying to get him to kick with his left foot as well so that he will become a more versatile player!! His favourite word is "no" which he uses even when you offer him food (he says no but still takes it). He will also mimic the cadence of your speech...he is trying really hard to say what we say. Very fascinating.

On Friday night, Joseph stayed overnight with Denise and Rob...I think he had a great time (a trip to the park and an ice cream must be pretty high on the list of a young man!). He ended up sleeping for 2.5 hours on Saturday afternoon and not getting dropped back home until 3.30pm!!! Dan and I got loads of work done around the house...it is very tidy and we waxed our new kauri TV cabinet we've had made by our friend, Carl.

Here is Joseph with his "beat stick"...it is actually the inner from a roll of wrapping paper but he uses it to hits us or as a trumpet. I usually give him the inner from the kitchen paper so this one is about five times the size!!!

I think Joseph has been on a bit of a growth spurt as he has been devouring food like nobody's business (in fact one of his other favourite words is "more")...he finished off tonight's dinner with the dregs of Dan's beer.

Finally, here is Joseph telling us all about the panda on the back of his apricot muesli bars.