Hello everyone,
I started the year a troubled soul. We went
to my Godparents’ for New Year’s Eve and the three of us were meant to be
sleeping in their spare bed. Well I just couldn’t get comfortable, so I had to
wake Mummy, then Daddy, then Mummy, then both, then anyone and everyone to
explain that I was unhappy. I was perfectly fine the next day. M&D looked
tired poor things.
I’m continuing to learn new tricks every
week. It’s very satisfying and certainly seems to keep M&D happy. They keep
saying well done – and I give myself a round of applause. Mum says I get this
from Dad!
New stuff I can do:
Cruising – I can get anywhere in a room if
you just give me the odd thing to cling on to.
Standing – I can now stand up on my own.
This becomes a bit of a surprise if I do it in the middle of the room as
there’s nothing to grab, so I have to sit down again!
I’ve tried walking but you get all wobbly
and fall over. M&D and my lovely physiotherapist keep pushing me. I’ll walk
when I want to, thank you!
I can climb stairs though. This is new and
great fun. I did shock Mum by showing her that I didn’t know how to come down
again. I may have bumped my way down but no injuries.
Did I mention I can count? Well I can. Let
me show you: Won, too, free, for, fife, seax, nine, ten; bap, bap, bap. That
last bit is me clapping ‘cos I’ve done so well. Seven and eight are overrated!
As a result of my obvious genius I’ve been
moved up in Gymboree, which means I get to explore a bit more and have more
toddlers around me who are walking. It
also means I get to spend time with my friend Isabella who has also moved class
too. She is encouraging me to walk on my
own too but I’m quite happy bum shuffling for the time being.
Other things this month – it snowed! In
London! I hadn’t played in snow before so M&D took me outside and we built
a snowman, then a snow family of three, just like us. It turns out that snow is
quite cold and doesn’t taste nearly as good as it looks. Still, it gets M&D
very excited.
And Dad went away again for week but I
wasn’t ill this time. It did mean he was away for my actual birthday but Mummy
gave me extra kisses and I threw my food around slightly less than usual to say
thank you.
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| Helping build our snow family |
So M&D held my birthday party on the
Saturday. All my godparents came and so did Sophie and Marcus, Robin’s parents
who I met in C&W Hospital when he and I were both tiny. Godmummy Sherifa
and Goddaddy Fred had made me a cake in the shape of the dinosaur from my
favourite book: Dinosaur sleepover. It was quite the best cake ever. So what
did they all do. No go on, guess.
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| Super cool cake and book! |
They put me to bed. To bed! To sleep! They
then ate lots of food, stinky cheese and drank Daddy’s special grape juice and then they ATE
MY CAKE. Without me. Humph. I did get
some the next day though. It was yummy!
I tell you something; I’m not standing for
this next year. I did get super pressies though so a huge thanks to everyone for
the presents and the cards. I feel very
special indeed and have lots of new toys to play with.
Lots of love to all,
Arthur xxx
