bamberino christmas

Here are a few photos...all from Christmas Day. I'll upload more onto facebook...

Eden definitely wasn't into opening presents, but loved what was inside. I think his favourite 2 presents were: a wooden train that comes into block pieces (from a mummy friend) and his ride on fire engine (from grandparents bamber).

He definitely, however, knew that 'something' was going on. And it was the first christmas I've ever taken a nap before lunch!!! but we had an awful night, so when he went down for his usual nap, we did too!

Snow Snow Snow!!!

(eden isn't so happy to be handed over to mummy for a photoshoot)

Well for the first time since I've lived here, there is snow worth speaking about! I think it's about 5 inches now? Tres exciting if you ask me. Although suddenly I am painfully aware of our very large driveway and lack of a snow shovel!!!

Fun and games though. Eden helped phil make a snow man... sort of.

a few clips

once again they're just off my mobile...there'll be better quality ones at some point, but we're having technical difficulties with the video camera right now.

(the first two are from the same time, i can only take 19 sec videos... sometime last week)

He's walking enough that we're going to break out the lady bug harness backpack he got for his birthday...we took him to sainsburys yesterday and the only way he'd stop whingeing was if he was allowed to walk (and crab crawl)... which was fine until he wanted to go a different way than us!!!

All this walking is making him sleep more as well... that i can't complain about!

And he walks!

(this is eden's truly happy/proud face!)
He's still a bit shaky, but attempts to walk everywhere! If you hold his hand, he can walk next to you pretty far. I love it. It's a totally different experience holding his hand. He seems so big!

Well, saying that, he is big. Massive. 5-10 lbs heavier than most kids his age! Quickly growing out of all his 12-18 month clothing.

These are photos from a photoshoot phil did with him a few weeks ago. Obviously phil didn't take the one of the two of them - i did. There are more. Lots more.

Today Eden has another appointment with the specialist about lactose intolerance. We were so close to being in the clear but he seemed to react quite badly to the introduction of milk, about a week into it. We've pulled him off it and are waiting to see what the specialist advises. He is on other dairy products.

Eden is trying his hardest to learn how to use cutlery these days. He loves it when i give him the container of fromage frais (doesn't drip out like yoghurt!) and a spoon. He doesn't quite get it right, but he knows the necessary actions! Sometimes he won't eat unless we give him cutlery, which then requires our assistance as he struggles to get anything on his spoon or fork.

And the teeth that have been bothering him have finally broken through! He's up at 8 teeth now, even though everyone only ever sees the bottom 2. Soon the new 2 will be visible and his two tooth grin will be a memory.

Sorry about the quality of these shots, I just took them with my phone.

Eden's favourite way to play right now, is sitting in one of his toy buckets:

Things are going well. We've cut back on milk as we've had a terrible week of pain and we think it's lactose? I haven't had more than a few hours sleep at a time for over a week (which now is awful...before a few hours was good!). He's going to his grandparents' tonight, as phil and i are off to a fancy dress party - i hope they get some sleep!!! Sorry!

He's getting closer and closer to officially being a walker. He is walking little bits all the time, just not everywhere.

Anyway. I don't have much to say. This video was on his birthday. Also my phone, sorry.

Unfortunately I can't find where Phil's saved all our recent photos. Everytime I sit down to blog, I look for them...but it's inevitably when he's at work and eden's in bed...so i still haven't found them. Videos I can find. I'm not sure what this one is exactly but it's labeled 'keyboard' so i imagine it's something to do with him playing on his keyboard!

I've suspected it for awhile, but today eden most definitely said 'mmnana' in response to my offering him banana!!!

And he's also started trying to build his block tower himself...except his motor skills aren't quite that good yet, so the blocks mostly end up next to each other. He gets so excited with himself though, and picks them up again and claps them wildly together before trying again!

Mainly what we do, however, is i sit on his futon and he brings books, climbs onto my lap...flicks through the pages, gets off and finds another book! (or brings back the same one). Over and over. Generally to find one page in the book before going on to the next one. In Sly Fox and Red Hen he loves the last page, where the fox gets splashed with hot water. He flicks the pages with great concentration till he gets to it!

Anyway. The house is a tip. I have jewelry to make and some design stuff for foxton to do.

And he turned 1. . .

Eden is 1! How on earth did that happen???? For his birthday we took him to a local pub which has a massive free play area until 3pm everyday...he had his first Tikka Masala! And then yesterday we threw a party for him. He dealt really well with all of the people, and really enjoyed everyone singing happy birthday. He clapped when they all finished. His grandma made him a hedgehog birthday cake which was scrumptious. Next year maybe he can even have a piece!

We've started experimenting with the lactose issue. He's regularly having margarine and yoghurt or fromage frais. I've not worked my way up to much actual milk but there haven't been any reactions. The only possible one is that his eczema is flaring up, but i'm under the impression that eczema flares in winter...

He's taking steps! It's like something suddenly clicked and he's decided to walk. So he is constantly walking around the furniture or with our hands... and taking steps here and there. last night it was 5! There were 2 tentative steps and then he carried on for 3 more as if he'd always been walking.

Anyway. I'll leave you with one of his very first photos....is this the same child???