George - July 09

As Dan mentioned, we've had to move to monthly posts...this post is a selection of photos documenting George's month of July. He had a late arriving present from Aunty Kate in Bristol...a hand knitted dinosaur made by Harry's teacher's Mum!

At the end of July, we headed off to sunny Brisbane for two weeks holiday. Here is George having a great time at Aunty Di's and Uncle Ben's..he really made short work of getting the scarves out of the drawer! This is a skill he has transferred to Auckland as I often find my clothes all over the bedroom after being pulled out of the wardrobe.

George loved the beach at Noosa. He he is at Tea Tree Beach in the National Park. This is one of the first beaches we took Joseph to as well. Unfortunately, on this trip, Joseph didn't want a bar of the beach, sand or sea.

George has been standing for ages now and has also been toddling around holding onto to us and pieces of furniture. He also loves climbing stairs. Here he is at Main Beach, Noosa. From memory, George and I had just polished off a gelato from Maximos! George was a bit sick on this trip with an ear infection and he also had his two top eye teeth coming through. He didn't sleep very well at night - neither did we!!!

June 2009

We've given up on the weekly posts - life is too hectic now George is no longer a baby but an on-the-go toddler - but more details on that later. Right now we 'll just try to get the best part of 3 months of news updated, so back to June...

A long running story on this blog has been Joseph's haircuts. But every time he gets one he is a little bit better (starting from a very low base!). You can see from the pic below he's still a bit tense sitting in the chair as his regular stylist Cham does his work, but he knows there's a treat from the bakery across the road straight afterwards.
I've got some serious competition for the bowl nowadays when Sophia is baking and when there's more than one around I just give up. Lizzie's helping out but Joe seems to be making sure he's controllong things.
The biggest news we've left to last was of course George's 1st birthday on June 30. We had a family morning tea party with Grandma & Grandad BQ, Aunty Dorothy & Uncle Bruce and Aunty Aida the Sunday before. Joseph was happy to be on hand to assist with opening presents and playing with them as well.
Sophia made a cake for George's birthday at Bear Park. Here is the morning tea crew (extremely well behaved at daycare!)
And here is a cute one of George with his cake.