Middle Child

The past month or so has seen a few new things happen.

You are beginning to talk, things like 'duck', 'da', 'ball', 'baby' .. all of course utterly unintelligible to anyone but us.

On Sunday evening we had some perfect light - allowing me to snatch the following :

You do of course have a new little brother...

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Trouble

Gabriel:

• Still can't talk
• Wakes in the night for a snack
• Has a nap in the day time
• Can make contextual duck/quack, woof and arrrk noises
• Eats sand/gravel (see below)
• Removes DVD cases from storage unit many times a day
• Can operate the DVD player (mostly)
• Likes to play right where you are or need to be
• Can sometimes be quite useful (see below for details)

Take him to a beach (pic from our Nerja Holiday) and he starts eating it:

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Walk to the park

Last weekend Gabriel and I walked to the park and had a meander about.

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Actually, we meandered on the way to the park, going everywhere that we didn't need to go. For example; other peoples gardens, the road or back towards home.

Once at the park he played nicely with the other boys and afterwards we went for a little walk (and did some duck hunting).

Snow

Ok yes, this one is late too! but better late than never right? And all of you Gabriel fans don't really care as long as you get some cute pictures right?? Good

Gabriel thought the snow was pretty cool. Well, from indoors that is. He spent quite a vast amount of time just looking out of various windows and pointing and saying "aaaahhhhhh" and watching the snow fall from the sky.

I figured he'd like to go outside in it. I figured wrong. He might have just been tired, it might have been the fact that he fell over and hit his head on a brick, it might have been the fact that he could barely walk because he was so togged up, it might just have been that he is grumpy. But he did NOT like the snow. We went indoors again.

Later, when Linus came home from nursery we tried him out in the snow again. It was a tiny bit better this time, but not much. Especially not when you keep falling over because the snow is too deep. And when you fall over you can't get up. And your brother is helpfully "watering" the path that you've fallen on. Hmmm.

Still, not to be defeated we wait until the next day. Reinforcements arrive in the form of Aunty Melly and we traipse outside again. Some of the snow has melted, making it easier to walk in. Gabriel has slightly fewer layers, so finds it easier to get up when he falls down. And it works! the snow is acceptable to him now! in fact, he actually likes it! especially the snowman that he helps make. He only gets cross when mummy repeatedly stops him from running into the big snowy road! Meany

Christmas already

A couple of months since your Birthday and it's Christmas already. There should have been a couple of posts here, but there haven't. So there.

Anyway. This Christmas should have been the first one that you could really appreciate, but it's been a little broken by your lurgy from Christmas Eve, through the night and into Christmas Day. This left you all tired and pointless for the day itself. Subsequently you've perked-up a bit (despite a messy relapse earlier today)

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