2011 Update

Gabriel is really growing up. He's very definitely a little boy now and a somewhat stubborn little boy at that, he knows his own mind!

His talking is coming on tremendously and it's rare that a day goes by without him coming out with a new word or phrase. He's realising that it's actually very helpful to be able to talk and say certain things and he tries ever so hard. He isn't silly either though, it didn't take him long to figure out that "John" is far easier to say than "Grandpa"! And today he has re-named Linus's friend Charlie as Dylan because he can say Dylan but he hasn't quite worked Charlie out yet. We have long explanations of what he has done at nursery and (just like his older brother) he is now starting to make up stories about what he has and hasn't done- all utterly untrue! I am sure this must be some important developmental stage that they go through, it's very funny though and he hasn't quite worked out that if you're lying about something that happened at nursery you can't say Linus did it!

At home he alternates between being a very cute little person who pretends to be a cat and miaows around our feet and lies on our laps letting us stroke his head; and a rather stroppy little 3 year old who wants what he wants NOW regardless of what it is he is asking for and whether or not you even have it. Today's example would be a milkshake in a glass bottle. All the glass bottles were in the dishwasher, but no other drinking vessel would do "me want mine milk-hake blass tell MUMMY". And so he did, patiently waiting for the dishwasher to finish and then having his milkshake. Some people may say that he takes after his mother- you should ignore them.

This is just so Gabriel