We of course didn’t have a holiday this weekend, but Saturday was a lovely winter day: about 55 degrees and sunny! Daddy was able to get away from his weekend work for an hour midday, so we took a family walk up to the park. Paul went on a swing for the first time!
I also took him down the slide. He wasn’t very impressed. By the walk home, he was tuckered out.
It was a delightful day!
P.S. Paul is nine months old today!
Paul is such a happy boy.
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Lest you think I’m a horrible mother, unable to control my son, here’s proof that he does successfully take a nap most days.
Video in which Mommy sings Paul a lullaby
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I’m posting lots of pictures lately. It’s Grandma Peggy’s fault: she sent Paul a few really cute outfits. Every time I get him dressed, I feel like I need to take a picture because he is just so darn cute!
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Last Tuesday, Paul and Mommy went swimming with mother’s group. They had a fun time. Paul looks forward to going swimming with his grandma and grandpa too.
Note: Paul is a bit sleepy in this picture. Can you tell?
Here are the happy swimmers!
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Paul’s two front teeth came in at the same time, poor guy. Unfortunately, they are crooked. For some reason, I thought (read: hoped) that the crooked teeth genes waited for the grown-up teeth and skipped the baby teeth.
On a side note, I put him down for his nap this morning and he didn’t want to sleep. I heard him talking to himself and giggling and enjoying being awake. When I went in to get him later, his pants were off and he was chewing on the cuff.
How does a seven-month-old take off his own pants? Granted, they were sweat pants and they are a little big, but they were completely off. This doesn’t bode well….He’s getting smart!
“More, please!”
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(P.S. He even kept smiling when I pulled out the camera. Two tablespoons didn’t last long yesterday. I guess we’ll have to try more today!)
Paul was a great sport on our super-short road trip this weekend. We drove for about six hours along the Great Ocean Road on Friday. Unfortunately, Paul couldn’t see the beautiful scenery as we drove. I think he was wondering why we didn’t let him out of his carseat! We only took two breaks as we drove. Friday night and Saturday morning we spent some time seeing the beautiful rock cliffs off the coast of Southern Victoria. Paul didn’t seem too impressed out in the wind and autumn breeze. But Mommy kept him warm!
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Saturday we drove (the non-scenic) four hours home. It was a very nice short jaunt to see our country. Paul won’t remember any of it, but he sure was a great sport.