Everything's sooo exciting...

I've got a great family, not just Mummy and Daddy, but everyone as they're all so interested in me and how I'm getting on. I've got amazing friends too - Harriet and Gene and Justin and Ellie (Justin was early too but Ellie was born at 42 weeks 2 weeks before me and she's over 20lbs now!).

Everyone is so kind and they love to cuddle me, which I love as it makes me all warm and snuggly. Take last night for example, Daddy took me to the pub so that Mummy could get an early night because she's very tired... and if I remember correctly, he only held me for about an hour and then Sarah and Lisa the landlady's took over and so did their chef Louisa (who is a very special friend of mine). As Mummy wasn't there, she does maybe think that Daddy relinquished his duties to me, but I'm sure no one minded as they think I'm quite cute really.

Yesterday was also an exciting day because we got a new car... yes, Daddy made the leap of spending oodles of dosh and we've got a nice big car that fits all of us in... and more....

Also yesterday (I'll talk about other days in a minute), I saw Gt Grandma and Grandma Felicity. You see the car we got was in Newbury and as luck would have it so are some of my family... so we knocked on their door and got a warm welcome. Gt Grandma even phoned her friend Marion to come and have a look at me - what a celebrity!

OK, so other than yesterday (which was Friday 26th by the way), I've been doing bits and bobs and big splodges of proper poop in my nappy! Sorry, that sounded a bit naughty! You see, I've been having not just 1 meal a day, but now it's up to 2 meals a day. At 11am I have baby rice with milk and banana and at 7pm I have baby rice with milk and either butternut squash, broccoli or carrot and swede. It's all mashed up into small bits, not quite pureed so that it's smooth as the blender can't quite manage smooth. But I do chew properly and am learning quite fast I think. Mummy likes to tuck one hand under her arm and hold onto the other one, she's not keen on mess, she thinks I'm a real charlie (Daddy thinks I look like him)... but I'm not that messy really. Sometimes my arms get free and I put my hands in my mouth when there's food it in - that's her worst nightmare... never mind eh, I'm only a baby!

I've graduated from post natal group to 'first friends'. This means that I'm no longer a 'new baby', I'm a fully fledged 'baby', there's nothing new about me... after all I am 6 months old on Tuesday! I know that I had a very tough time at the start - but that's what's made me me and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I smile and giggle all of the time (apart from when 'real' hunger kicks in) and I'm enjoying home life very much.

Some other breaking news is that I've kicked the feed in the dark depths of the night. I go from 11pm feed to 6.30 am now... That means I'm sleeping for a whole 7 hours by the time I finish my night feed and go to bed. I'm sure it's something to do with the proper 11zies and dinner - I'm more satisfied and have more work to do inside my body to digest it all.

Today is an exciting day, I had an early morning conference with my new buddies (courtesy of Charlie - no, not Brown... Briggs, he's a buddy too). I had to let them know that it'll be a bit different round this place when Grandma Pat arrives. She's going to cuddle me later. I'd better have a bath and put a snazzy outfit on for her to see how grown up I am. She's having dinner at my house too, so I'll get her to feed me too - shall I put my hands in my mouth? Shhhh, don't tell her my trick!

Righty ho, must dash, Mummy's got my bath ready... bring on the bubbles!