My new favourite website

A friend recommended www.photobox.co.uk to me!! It is a fantastic website that processes your photographs. I keep ordering prints for the house and family, as it is so cheap and easy. I took some wonderful pics of D today on the bales, and I think I am going to enlarge one to a poster to fill a big frame I have in our stove room. I'm torn between these 2!

Buttons & Gadgets

Whether it be mobile phones, house phones, tv remote or chip and pins at supermarkets... he is fascinated. He has started to reach out to touch and press the buttons every time he is in contact with them!

My little boystrous boy!

Duncan is really becoming quite a character! He loves getting involved everything. I had him in the bumbo seat while I was cooking in the kitchen yesterday. He kept reaching out for things, and wanting to do something...his toys weren't exciting enough!! So I eventually put the basin of water next to him, and just let him have fun splashing about. He was soaking, the floor was soaking, the place was a mess, but it was all in the name of good fun!!

The world is his oyster....

Yesterday was his 7 month birthday!! We went to meet Hina in Linlithgow, which is half way point for both of us. We had a nice coffee and cake, a wonder round the shops, and a stroll down to the pond and saw some swans. Yesterday he also got his brand new walker!! He has been using an old one from the 8Os, that has been great, but I just got a bit worried that he was going to tip it. His new walker is wonderful, and he 'glides' about in it, touching and pulling everything in sight!! I think a cottage de clutter is on the cards.

Time for toast

Today, I tried D on his first ever slice of toast! I want to start encouraging finger foods other than rusks and fruit. He was quite interested in my slice of toast for breakfast, which is what made me go and make him a slice, but with unsalted butter. I lay it on his tray, and he immediately picked it up and put it staright to his mouth. He had a little chew & taste, and then a little wretch... he's still not too keen on lumps in his mouth! It'll come I'm sure!! He then continued to mush it up in his hands and make a big mushy mess! Tomorrow he is 7 months.. how time has flown!

The start of hay field dining

Today was wee Ds first dinner in the hay field! Daddy Dunc was busy cutting the field while the weather stayed good, so I took him down his Spag Bol, and wee D, his favourite puree, Chicken, sweet potato & apple, then yogurt for afters! We were joined by the company of Jock & Jess the new sheep dog! I'm sure this is the first of many dinners in the hay field!

Sitting up

Suddenly he seems to sit up himself! I never quite knew when this would happen, as his balance has been all over the place over the last few weeks, but I think this has been down to his tummy being quite often full , and I think the tightness of his trousers were restricting him from sitting up comfortably!! But today, he proved that he was quite independent on his bottom, and sat there confidently! I think his hours whizzing about in his walker, has really helped him strengthen his muscles!

New beginnings

I have a notepad next to my bed which fill in all my little baby stories and baby developments... I wish I had filled it in more, but I haven't. I feel so uninspired to note down things in pen & pencil, so this is why I have started this little blog 'babies and wellyboots'! I take so many pictures of baby D, I want to log them next to little stories, milestones, and his developments! Wellyboots...well, we live on a farm, so they will be the chosen footwear on most of our adventures!

These little a feet are desperate for lift off