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WALK THIS WAY

That’s right, he is walking!!!!  On Sunday, Nick and I encouraged the little unit to walk between us and amazingly, it worked.  Even more amazingly we were filming it at the time so captured on film the first time he took five steps (unfortunately I cannot upload it at the moment – sorry.  am trying to rectify).

Since then his little tottering around has exceeded eight steps now.  He gets SO excited with himself and is often found standing up clapping himself just before he launches off on a frolic.

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The birthday celebrations around here continue.  We went out on Monday night with a bunch of friends to commemorate my anniversary while Ollie slept soundly at Nanna Carmel’s.  Nick didn’t get too much sleep though as we stumbled in around 2am and Ollie decided to start the day at 5am!! 

But Ollie’s birthday still rates a mention with the arrival of a beautiful gift from our friend Cyndee.  While visiting her family home recently, Ollie had a great time playing with an amazing wooden puzzle that had been handmade by her uncle.  So we were especially thrilled when a puzzle made just for him turned up.  It is the kind of toy that he will have for many many years and his use of it will change over time.  For the moment he has a fixation with the green frog (the letter “f”) and insists on carrying it around the lounge, sometimes noisily dragging it along the walls.

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Here is Obear caught doing a little bit of yoga.  He thinks it is totally hilarious to look at the world upside down.

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