Month 6-9

Once again you have managed so many first's, you have figured how to clap clap your hands, you have been to the park and happily sat in the swing for the whole time we were there, enjoying watching everyone else play and run around.
At just over 5 months you were able to sit up unaided for a short time.
You also went into the sea for the first time in Llanbedrog beach, and loved it, thankfully the water was lovely and warm and weather was fantastic. You were dressed up in your blue all in one uv protector suit and smothered in suncream.

At 6 months old we started giving you some finger foods, you loved most things we gave you and your favourite foods were fruit surprisingly. You had a particular liking for satsumas!!

you keep enjoying your baths, and getting very excited in there, splashing to the point where your dad and I are soaked with water!
You made your dad proud by saying 'Dad' for the first time and you haven't stopped since.

Finally after a long time waiting we get to see your first teeth pop through, 2 at once and both next to each other on the bottom. All in all with these first ones there wasn't much grumbling from you so hopefully the rest come through the same way.
End of October we go out for the first time in the evening with you with Uncle Phil and Aunty Gill to the Goat, you behaved so well considering it was past your bedtime, you didn't eat much or sleep much there as there was too much going on and to see! But we survived and at least we knew now that we could do it again.
Beginning of November you started to play Pipo with items of clothing or with your muslin sheets, you also started to scuffle forward on your belly, and continued to do so for a long time... its what we called the commando crawl!!!
We went to Glasfryn to watch the firework with you and Heidi Adam Moli and Caio. They were fantastic and you didn't flinch at all, didn't cry. We were impressed but I'm expecting much worse next year!
End of November we went to nant Gwtheyrn to the xmas fayre and you saw your first santa clause, you didn't seem phased by him either.
You also start to wave and hi five with us.
22nd Nov you finally try to crawl on all fours... which will take a little while to perfect.
Unfortunately this was the time for you first bug, the d+v lasted only a couple days but you went off your food almost altogether and your milk intake was awful also, i started to give you plenty water and dioralyte to make sure you weren't dehydrated. After almost two weeks things went back to normal and your appetite came back with  vengeance.

Carnifal Rhoshirwaun

At 5 months old we decided to go to the carnifal in Rhoshirwaun as we had not been since I was a young girl.
We would go to many of these places to do what we called 'queens' we would dress up in bridesmaids type dresses, and have to walk around in a circle and curtsey to the judges. Winners would get trophies/sash's/or a pound or two... depending on the ages.
We would be part of a group also, each area had their own queen and the queen would have their own corsage, I was never a queen as there wasn't one for the village where I grew up but myself and Anti Heidi were in a corsage for another. Anyway reason I'm rambling is because it was a big thing, and is still going on nowadays also, but it seems not as big as it once was.

We would dress you up in the all in one teddy bear outfit that your nannan knitted, place you in a basket with a blanket and another couple of teddies and pose you as teddy bear picnic.
You won first prize in your category of 3 year and younger. Then Caio won in best of show type, but at that point you were sleeping in my arms and didn't look like your original teddy!!

month 4-6

Baby Walker
We again borrowed this from your Nannan and Taid, and unfortunately due to our house consisting of mainly carpet you couldn't use it much in our house. But we did take it with us when we went to Anti Heidi's house and to Nannan and Taids house. To begin with you couldn't move at all but as the weeks passed you were able to use it well and you were quick in it as well, to the point that you often tripped Del the dog over trying to get her!

We had some wonderful weather this summer but as you couldnt move much we had to make this play tent up for you!

Time to move to your own room! You look small in it at the minute but you'll soon grow into it!

Here's you at home stationary in your walker but seem to want to play on the xbox like your mam and dad.

Here's Nain Pip at her place in Tudweiliog, and you seem very happy with your dolls!

Again here's one of your favourite dogs Del!

From here on end you begin moving a lot more, and rolled onto your side for the first time on 29/6. Then rolled over from front to back whilst we were at baby massage on 12/7.

We went to Grimsby again in July to see your Grandma Grandad and Uncle Dave, as well as many others who wanted to see you as it wasn't very often we were able to get up to see them.

Aunty Sarah And Uncle Danny love seeing you each time were up.

We also went to Uncle Phil and Aunty Gill for Phils 60th birthday BBQ, it was wonderful weather and you had so much fun and were very well behaved until you got tired and so we left to put you to bed!

Here's you with Uncle Steve.

Del the dog loved it when you went over to their house as you would continuously feed her your leftovers and accidental mishaps with food!

All clear!

Today (3 1/2 months) was one of the days that we have been waiting for since coming out of hospital with you all those months back, we visited Heulwen ward in Ysbyty Gwynedd to meet with the paediatric consultant to discuss your heart murmur.
There has been nothing that we noticed to indicate that it was still there, but they didn't do much checks when we were there, they weighed you and asked us questions and she listened to your chest. All of which confirmed that it had gone and there was nothing to be found. She was happy to discharge you and nothing more was to be done.
As you would have thought both your dad and I were overjoyed and we didn't have to think of it any more, we could go home and not need to go back to see them.

Week holiday

The first week of May 2012 Sam and I went to stay at Nannan's and Taid's house as Dad went to Scotland for a climbing holiday.
We had a good week and you found your voice, on the Monday we went to the National Eisteddfod held in Glynllifon, Anti Heidi, Moli, Caio, Iwan and their son came with us. We used the bus from Pwllheli to save on stress and worked relatively well considering we had the buggy with us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Vc_rVE7VI

I went fishing with Taid whilst you stayed with Nannan, and i caught the biggest fish!
Also another big thing that happened this week is that we gave you your first taste of babyrice, as the health visitor had advised to start you off on food at around 17 weeks as you were stubborn with milk and kept refusing!

Here's a picture of you making a mess with your food, I must admit you did spit out more than you ate but you seemed to enjoy it, so from here we tried more and more things and got you fattened up!!

We also watched on the Sunday as your Taid built the slide castle and den area for Moli Caio and you to play with, unfortunately you're going to have to wait a while yet until you're able to use it but that'll come quick enough.

Door bouncer

We got all exited when we bought home a door bouncer for Sam to use thinking it would be fantastic. But its a pity that it has barely been used, the effort it took to get you into it and then to hook it onto the door made very hard work. I can understand why so many people bought the jumparoos for their babies as it removed any hassle of fiddling to get babies into them, would have loved to have one but the space it would have taken was enormous.
You did seem very confused when you first went into it and merely stood there looking at us silly. But we did get you to bounce a little in it.