On Wednesday we went for Bella the dog's first walk off her lead in Chopwell Woods with Carys and Steve. She was very well behaved and wanted to stay so close to us that she nearly tripped daddy up a few times!
On Thursday I took mummy and Bella for a walk. Mummy looked a bit crazy with a baby in a sling and a doggy on a lead but we managed 15 minutes round the block and Bella was happier for this. On the way back home we visited Saltwell Park which is very pretty and I saw a playground that I would have liked to play in but mummy insisted that I was 'too small' (what a killjoy/guastafeste!). That evening we went on walk number three with daddy as he got home early so we went to the fields and woods near our house. We saw lots of wild primroses and bluebells but my favourites were the horsies. I stayed awake the whole way round which is pretty difficult for a baby when you're getting rocked so much!
Then today is was back to Chopwell Woods for another long walk (with a deviation to a nice pub for lunch). I was bored so played the jumping game in mum's arms and finally managed to pull over her drink after about 50 jumps. She didn't even know what I was up to until that point!! 1-0 to me!
In terms of my progress this week, I managed a double roll on the carpet in my room. I've also started trying to crawl but I always seem to end up further away from the object I like which is very annoying after a while. I'm getting very good with my hands now, especially pulling mummy and daddy's hair, face, eyes and necklaces. I'm also becoming confident with a rattle. I am talking a lot but no one seems to understand me. It might be because I sometimes forget to open my lips so just mumble a lot to myself. I am very strong now and managed to kick the water off the changing table this week. Mummy said 'Oh dear, never mind you didn't mean to', but then I laughed at her to make sure she knew that I had done it on purpose! It's great being a baby, I get away with everything!
Tomorrow Auntie Colette and Uncle Simon are coming so I will give you my next installment as soon as I have more to tell you.
Lots of love, especially to my Nonno, Nonna, Grandma and Grandad xxxx
