It seems the Gods are happy today as we have both sun and no wind! We took this opportunity to enjoy a pleasant walk around the neighborhood. Stopping off by some grass we took some time to have a run around, chase a ball and bask in the sunshine. You didn’t quite grasp the first rule of football… don’t pick up the ball 😀 I think you’ll be a goalkeeper.

For the doctors we needed to collect a urine sample from you, this required a cunning plan! More Cunning than a Fox who’s just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University. We thought about letting you run around naked and chasing you with a bucket… probably not the best idea… The final idea was to buy you a potty 🙂 You’re going to need one in the future anyway right? So Mummy had the job of plying you with water while you watched cartoons. Seconds turned into minutes… minutes turned into an hour but eventually she heard the tinkle 😀 Let’s hope the results are good!

I’ve seen a few videos of children going through their first car wash, they all ended up in tears! 🙁 I had high hopes for us and for the first minute or so everything was going well… until the noises got louder 🙂 You can see by your face in the last picture that we had a lot of making up to do, extra chocolate and cartoons tonight it is.

Mummy picked out a new set of blocks for you, 50 pieces of various wood shapes for you to play with. I decided to try and build the structure on the box, it was a work of art. It took me a good 5 minutes to build and it took you 5 seconds to destroy. It was like a hit and run but with a smile and cute laugh 😀

When giving you treats or just to give you a laugh, I created a game where I would hide something under a tissue and make it disappear. At first you were amazed as I was able to make it disappear and reappear. The cutest thing ever is we saw you days later trying to make things disappear yourself. The thing I love the most is that you actually learnt how I did the trick 🙂 Your execution is obviously nowhere as good as mine 😀

I had to take the following video off our living room camera as I couldn’t figure out why you were crying, then it all became clear. You have a habit of walking with your eyes shut sometimes so I assume this was one of those occasions. Or you could have been watching the TV, we’ll never know 100%.

Snacks have started to disappear… I wonder where they could be going? 🙂 Who likes snacks except Mummy… and me? I can only blame myself for not taking into account your strength, or in some cases how skinny your arms are. Looks like I’m going to have to refit those child locks as they’re not doing their job.

Somehow everything turns into a game for you, surprise surprise for a baby right? 😀 I blame Mummy for this one, she started this one… I was just playing it. You have a habit of watering your high chair causing Mummy to take it off you. One time you didn’t want to let go and the ‘Tug of War’ game was born 🙂 I’ve never heard you make the noises in the video before though, not sure which animal you were impersonating.

Today we dusted off my bike and your seat, they’ve been in the garage for well over 8 months. I was surprised you were able to fit in comfortably, I know your face says otherwise! 😀 I think it’s down to you not being used to having a hat on, it irritates you! I just took you for a spin around the block, not too far. I’m sure this summer all 3 of us will enjoy lots of bike tours out, soon you’ll be on your own bike.

*WARNING – Cuteness Overload!

And of course I mean ‘Piggy’ in a cute way 🙂 Today you’re sporting extremely fashionable Pigtails! As your hair is getting longer we’re able to play with it a lot more. The thing we love the most, just like when we put new clothes on you, you always love to go and see yourself in the mirror when we finish.

Look what your Mummy bought you 🙂 I can honestly say you’re the cutest baby ever! However I’d like to get one thing straight now… speaking as a father, from the age of 13 you’re only allowed to wear ankle length dresses 😀

You’ve become fascinated with birds, to the point where you’re even trying to catch them when we’re out. Today you had to view them from afar, behind the window. This however didn’t stop you from showing your passion for bird watching 🙂 Whenever you see them fly off you give a look of disbelief, how could they fly off?!?!?! 😀

Legend has it that, if you can blow all the seeds off a dandelion with a single breath, then the person you love will love you back. If seeds remain, then the object of your affection may have reservations about their feelings toward you…

Even though you couldn’t blow them all off in one go, we have no reservations of our love for you! Every time we go out together, to a park or just around the houses, you always come back with a Dandelion 🙂 Usually it’s a dead one that has seen better days but nevertheless, a nice flower for the house.

Your Great Grandfather was a keen gardener and it seems like you’ve inherited some of those genes. Over the last week I’ve been working hard in the garden but today I had to enlist in your help. I needed help moving stones from one place to another, and then back again for some reason. I also needed help in randomly brushing sand into piles around the garden, with a hand brush. In the end the results speak for themselves, the bi-yearly clean of the back garden is complete! Ready to tackle the front Little One? 🙂

You’ve reached another milestone, your 18th month birthday. You’ve already received a couple of your presents but don’t worry, we still have a couple to give you today. Mummy has wanted to buy you a little house for a while now and today, the wait has ended. We bought you your very own tent, Frozen themed as well! We look forward to the many hours you’ll play in there with your teddies 😀 And on the development side we also bought you a wooden counting play set, with colors and all! Let’s hope the 18th sleep regression doesn’t start tonight!

I’m going to be honest with you Little One, I bought the ‘Jack in a box’ to scare you, you probably realize that by now 🙂 However when we first tried it you didn’t even flinch, no reaction at all, very disappointing 😀 Mummy showed me a video compilation of children getting scared of these toys, she said how brave you are… until I caught this on video. They say you can’t tickle yourself but it seems you can scare yourself 😀 I tried not to laugh but I think it just made it worse.

We all have strange places where we like to read, some people even read on the toilet! 🙂 You on the other hand have chosen to sit on your activity cube while reading a good book. Every now and then I see you wander across to grab a book, walk to the cupboard and pull out your cube, and then proceed to ‘read’ 😀 Like most things it only lasts for a few minutes… but then again… baby books don’t have that many words! On the rare occasion you even manage to get the book the right way up! 🙂

You love your piano when you’re in the mood, however today you loved the drums. When I say drums what I really mean is your bowl covered with plastic and 2 spoons. In your mind you were a ‘rock and roll’ star, even closing your eyes while drumming, feeling the music! When you’re older we’ll start off with something smaller and when we want to annoy the neighbors… we’ll buy you a drum set 😀

Another present came today, a brand new Dolly to go with your pram. She comes with a variety of baby noises, her own dummy and even a bottle. You loved her so much and you couldn’t wait to put her in and feed her. You’ve spent many hours pushing her around, sometimes even just empty 🙂 There’s still 2-3 days until your birthday and you’ve already had 2 presents, I hope you have something left for the big day!

Your 18th month birthday is approaching fast and your presents have started to arrive. As Mummy has no willpower at all when it comes to opening things, we’re opening a few of them a little early, 5 days in fact 😀 The first to come was your very first pram, all pretty in pink. You ‘helped’ me put it together before you took it for a spin, taking your baby out for a stroll around the living room. I wonder if the postman will bring anything else tomorrow… let’s wait and see!