And they're off and racing...

To celebrate Melbourne Cup last week, Ollie and I went along to a function with a group of ladies from the neighbourhood. It was good fun but after a few hours of holding the giant baby on my him (while wearing heels) and having him yanking at my hair and fascinator, we decided enough was enough and came home just before the race took place. We listened to it in the car (as we dropped another lady and her baby home) and found out that I came third in the sweeps.

But the real celebration took place later than afternoon. Ollie was playing on the deck on his hands and knees when it occurred to me that he was actually propelling himself forward. Finally he was crawling!!!! Luckily for us Nick had just bought us a new camera that takes great video - but I can't figure out yet how to upload them so you'll all just have to wait a bit longer to see him in action. But check out the pic of him crawling in the meantime.

This weekend we were lucky enough to have Grandpa Chris and Kaye come to visit. They came bearing a wonderful gift of a Geelong Cats guernsey for Ollie. It was marked as a size one so it looked like it would be perfect for next season, however it appears to be a "slim fit" - in other words, the big unit has a bit of a gut on him. Despite this, I'm sure it will get plenty of use and he just looks so gorgeous in it.

In developments this week, there has been a painful shift in his daytime sleeps. Now that he can move around his cot so freely it is very difficult to get him take naps. He stands up in his cot and cries out or he sits at the rails and gets his little limbs stuck out the side. Eventually he gets tired and may go to sleep, sometimes even when he is still sitting up!!

But a lovely development is the sharing game where he delights in passing objects to you and having them passed back to him. We have started saying "ta" and I'm adamant that Ollie says this when we are playing this.

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