A blog site for Shelley and Karl to update friends and family on them and the boys.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Ready for solids

Ready for solids
Ready for solids,
originally uploaded by KarlW.
Oliver watches our every move when we drink and eat. He's started reaching out for our plates, forks and cups. He's ready for solids! We'll start this weekend with some pear and pumpkin so it's a big stage in his development!

Surveying the neighbourhood

Surveying the neighbourhood
Surveying the neighbourhood,
originally uploaded by KarlW.
Yesterday's big adventure walk involved a 60 minute walk from home. We went up to the top of Jackson St, on the path to Volga Street, to the end and then up Mt Albert Rd to the top of the hill. There are some roadworks up there that we can see from our house which Marcus wanted to look at. There was a digger across the road we looked at also. We then spent the afternoon in the garden so it was a big outdoors day.

Growing some teeth

Growing some teeth
Growing some teeth,
originally uploaded by KarlW.
Oli now has his first teeth. The first one came through two Sundays ago and the second one came through last Sunday. Two down, eighteen to go.

His development is really good, he's happy and perky and jovial. We just want him to sleep more!

A big adventure walk

A big adventure walk
A big adventure walk,
originally uploaded by KarlW.
Recently Marcus and I have started a new Sunday routine - the big adventure walk. Last Sunday we did our first one, a 70 minute walk off a trail off the wind turbine. It follows the road down, probably about 1 1/2 kms, and then we went back up the road. It was great, with great weather. We both had a great time and it tired Marcus out! We're now going to try and do one every weekend, so he can see more and more of Wellington. He's at his happiest when we're doing things outside.

Self-portrait August 2008

Self-portrait August 2008

Ready to go

Ready to go
Ready to go,
originally uploaded by KarlW.