Hello everyone! So far this year I’ve been pretty bad with my new years resolution of doing more blogs, sorry!

Darwin is doing brilliantly! He is now over his jet lag, his cold and is even getting his appetite back! Yippee!

Today we went to the zoo and Darwin loved it! He was really interested in all the animals and was saying ‘hi’ and waving to all of them. He would initially call them all lions, as he loves his big lion in his room. Every night after his bath, he runs up to Mr lion and gives him a big hug! But after we told him the name of each animal, he would repeat it and make the sound that the animal made. Especially ‘baa’, ‘moo’ and ‘raaar’!

Darwin’s vocabulary is expanding every day. He is saying ‘please’ (sounds more like peas), ‘thank you’, ‘hi’, ‘bye’, ‘up’, ‘lion’, ‘dog’, ‘bad’, ‘duck’, ‘banana’ (nana) and ‘bravo’! He calls for dada all day and mama whenever he is upset or wants something! Although he sometimes calls for mama and when I look, he blows me kisses! So adorable.

He found his shadow yesterday. It was very amusing, he was running around after his bath and noticed it. He started kicking his leg out the side and then trying to catch his shadow!

Darwin is now an expert on the slide. We help him walk up the steps and then walks round, positions himself and pushes himself down, we then catch him half way down. He loves sitting on the tyre swing with daddy and gives him really big hugs!

It was Winston’s birthday last Friday! We had a fun day playing in the garden. Darwin played fetch with him. Winston had a steak and bone for his tea and I made him a special dessert table, pictures to follow. He also had lots of cuddles.

Darwin still only has six teeth. We went to pediatric dentist a couple of weeks ago. Darwin had his six teeth cleaned and flossed! He did not enjoy it at all. But his teeth are great and he’s being a very good boy and letting me clean them well every night.