New Shoes!

Having seen me slip slide my way around for long enough, my custodians finally decide to shell out on a decent pair of shoes for me at last. I had to get measured up and everything by a nice young lady, she took a picture for us as it was my first proper pair:

Apparently i'm a 3 1/2 G! (Whatever that means?) Anyway, they're proper smart.
Food and drink! Dad's now put the blender away so i'm having to eat real food, not mush. I don't mind really. I'm really enjoying marmite sarnies as well but it takes an age for me to eat them. As i'm now one, they've also stopped giving me baby milk and I have to have cow's milk instead.
Changes at nursery too, I no longer have a cot for my morning nap as i'm getting to be one of the older ones in my room, I do have a nice mat and blanket combo though. It seem's that just as I get my head down for a few zzzzz's, dad appears and wakes me up to go home though.....

Happy birthday to me!

Well Mum had last week off so I didn't go to nursery. She had an action packed programme of events planned for me instead.
Monday we went to Reading in the afternoon to do some shopping and we popped in to see Auntie Chris at work.
Tuesday she took me out for lunch with one of her friends while dad went out on his bike.
Then there was Wednesday, my birthday, I'm now one! Everyone keeps saying where has the last year gone....
We went to the Coral Reef in Bracknell for a splash about. It was pretty good and a lot better than Northcroft thats for sure. After that we went home and had some presents, and about time too!

On Thursday we went to the park to play on the swings and on Friday we went down the town and then to Jase's pop quiz and I stayed up really late. Dad was on the winning side and he said I was to make the most of it as he doesn't ever win much else (especially his bike racing the poor deluded fool)!
Saturday was party time! Mum and Dad were pretty nervous that I wouldn't have a kip in the morning but I had plenty of stamina for the big day!
It was a very well attended affair, even though the caterers let me down by not manging to get the jelly's turned out of the moulds in one piece.

Here I am with my Thomas the Tank Engine cake. I'm not sure that a child of my tender years should be eating that much blue icing.

Click here for the full photo album of my birthday shenannigans: http://uk.geocities.com/dhtraildigger/nedsbirthday.htm

I had a great time!

I now have a forward facing car seat! It's much nicer to be able to see what's going on rather than looking up at the back window. I made it as difficult as possible for the first few times they put me into it, but i've started to make it a bit easier for them now.

Anyway, I think that'll do for now as it's taken it out of me going back to nursery this week.

I'll just say a big thank you to everyone who came to see me and for all the lovely presents.

It was mum's birthday this week! We went out to Chili's in Reading. We got great seats near the window so I could watch everybody outside as well as everyone in the restaurant. Instead of me having some re-heated concoction as I normally do when we go out for dinner, I was allowed a proper meal from the menu!

I had cheese and tomato pizza and mashed potato! Thought of by many as an odd combination but I loved it. I also got another balloon, my collection is now well into double figures.
The fools that i've been saddled with as parents managed to leave my eye drops at nursery for the weekend! We ended up watching a James Bond film in Newbury hospital waiting room until 10pm on friday night to get a prescription for some more to tide me over the weekend.
We went down the park on Saturday afternoon. Dad was keen to make amends for not getting any pictures last time:

The swings are really good, but the slide was a bit dull. We also went over to town and got some jelly moulds in preparation for my birthday party next week.
I think i've just about got over the trauma of my haircut this morning. Mum and dad both had theirs on Friday, so I wasn't going to escape for much longer. Mum (tried) to clamp me down while dad got all 'Tony and Guy' with the scissors. I made sure I stuffed a few hand fulls of hair into Mum's mouth for a laugh. The front and top doesn't look too bad to be honest, but apparently the back isn't so good.....never mind, I can't see it anyway!

Eye bogey's!

I've had conjunctivitis:

Uncle Alan's been going on like i've got the plague or something, at least auntie Hanna was still up for a cuddle.
I've had to have eye drops four times a day which I didn't mind at first, but I've had enough of it now....
We went out for my great grandma's birthday. They gave her a balloon because they had no candles to put on her pudding but I soon had that away!
For a laugh at the weekend I pulled the plug out of my baby bath! It took them ages to realise and the carpet was soaked. It was really funny watching them frantically trying to get the plug back in, so much so I did it again! Mum muttered something about me having to go in the proper bath if i'm going to caryy on like that.....ha!

Easter

My first Easter:

....and here I am getting busy with the chocolate!
We went of to Cornwall for a few days over the Easter break. We stayed in a caravan, I loved it because there wasn't anything in there for me to break or pull over.
My stupid parents went in the sea, it looked freezing to me but they seemed to enjoy it. They bought me a wetsuit too, but I won't be going in until the summer that's for sure.

I had a great time and leaned lots about dinosaurs from John and had a good sing-song with Sarah.
Oh well we're back home now....until next time!

Me and Dad checking out the surf.

Mummy and me at Polzeath, she loves it here.....

Spring has sprung

Hello, well the weathers certainly got better and I don't have to go to nursery quite so well wrapped up anymore.
I got sent home from Nursery on Thursday with an exploding backside! All the other kids seemed to have it as well. I'm on the mend now, but I made sure Mum and Dad copped for it as well....
I went out in my car on Saturday:

It was the first time i'd taken it outside and hit the open patio.
On Sunday we went down the park. They bought me a loaf of bread to feed to the ducks but I scoffed most of it myself! I then had my first go on the swings and slide. We probably would have had some lovely pictures to prove it as well if dad hadn't left the memory card stuck in the computer at home.

Headlong into March

Hello,

Back again! What's been going on...oh yeah, how could I forget, POKER!
I am a poker orphan.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! The chips are quite tasty but they don't seem to like playing with them when they're soggy.
Having just missed out last year I had to sort out mothers day. Dad's gift ideas are a bit odd at times (apparently he once got mum a towel with a hippo on it for valentines day) but she seemed pleased with what she got....
I now have a second tooth to keep the other one company!
This last week also saw nanny's birthday! We went out for a meal.

Here she is feeding me at the table. Dad reckons that she will soon be having to eat mushed up food like mine before long at her age!

Here I am with my uncle Slim (with a sore thumb) at the serving hatch.
I made a complete pig of myself and ate nearly as much as cousin Laura does in a day at work!

News

For those of you that haven't seen me for a while I can now claim to own one fully functioning tooth (at the bottom), can pull myself up to standing (against expensive audio/video equipment usually) and just last night I learned to clap my hands together, which adds another skill to my noise making repertoire. Smart!

Welcome!

Hello,

Welcome to Ned's weblog.
Playing catch-up from my last web outing over Christmas, here's a few piccy's:


Here I am testing out a trampoline.


Peeping through a porthole, in a wooden rocket of all things. As if that's going to survive re-entry!


Here I am being taken for a walk in Mudeford.


Enjoying a beer with my mate Chard.


Bathtime! Everyone MUST get soaked!


Mum's very 'specialised' photography 'technique' pays dividends with this lovely snot bubble caught on camera.