I'm one and it's so much fun:
* I love powerpoints, the media centre and playing in the recyling bin.
* I have fun repeating words after you and am getting really good at saying "ta". Mum and Dad are working on my "ta". It is a fun game to play.
* I have had a few colds of late but nothing too spectacular. I had a fever and was a little grumpy on Friday and all weekend - yes throughout my party. However it was my party and so I could cry when I wanted to. I had yesterday off play-care but insisted on going today to get all the attention :) The sickness is a cunning ploy to delay my one-year-old immunisations (3 needles!) as long as possible.
* I love walking around things and am keen to be able to run after Eli.
* Yogurt, cheese sticks & BBQ chicken are my favourite foods.
* I know how to work mum. Kisses and cuddles will get me ANYTHING :)
* I know how to defend myself. I pull Eli's hair when she gets in my way.
* I love music and very cutely like to bop and jig along. What is a "jig" you say? Well you stand up and move your hips and one leg in time to the music. Yes - it is very cool.

I've made it to 11 months and I can do just about anything
* I can say mum, dad and try very hard to say Eli. I love trying my best to repeat sounds after you. Particularly if you shower me with praise.
* I have six teeth - four up top and two down low.
* I like to crawl - EVERYWHERE! I am a very keen climber too.
* I do recognise my name and I do know what is naughty (gets attention) and what doesn't...
* I'm sleeping like a champion. I still like at least two good naps a day (or three little naps).
* I'm pretty easy with food, but I particularly love meat and yoghurt.
* I am still given 3 bottles of milk a day but I'm not that fussed by them. I can drink them if I want to. What I do love though is the straw-sippy-cup. There is nothing more fun than the drink-and-spit.
* I like to pull to standing on things and then push off - only to land in a heap. I'm dead keen on walking and have lots of confidence.
* I find lots to launch and smile about and love showing mum with kisses and cuddles. I am pretty sure that a smile will get me anything!
* I love bopping and singing to music. I can make up words with the best of them :)
* I really love the remote control and will crawl / climb with focussed intensity when trying to get it. Don't get in my way!

I am a big fan of the drink and spit. Particularly on hot days or when I have my nice clothes on.

What you do, is suck on the straw of your sippy-cup and get a big mouthful of liquid. Then when the time is right, you spurt it everywhere. If it is a hot day you can drizzle it all over yourself. If you are trying to get Eli's attention, you can aim it at her. If you don't like the clothes you are wearing - hey presto! If you don't like the clothes mum is wearing...as you can see it is quite useful.

But the big trick is, to look around proudly afterwards with a big toothy grin. This will make all the adults smile and stop you from getting in trouble.

...the count is now six!
yummy steaks here I come!

On Monday...I had two teeth in the middle down the bottom. Plus four menacing ones up the top - ever so close to cutting through - but not quite.

On Tuesday...I cut a new tooth - the one next to the middle on the top right. So I had three teeth to show and three yet to peep through.

On Wednesday...I cut another new tooth. The top left middle one. So now the count is four to see (if you look very closely!) plus two menacing teeth just below the surface.

On Thursday...another tooth cut through to join the team. It was the top left one next to the middle left one. So five to show and one is still hiding.

On Friday...will the last one finally come through?

I love playing with Eli but have found that I have trouble keeping up with her. So I've solved the problem...Often the best way to get her attention is to crash-tackle her. If she walks past, if you are in the bath together, whatever - you just DIVE onto her and then hold on for dear life. Then you too can do what ever fun thing she is doing :)

Crawling is still a challenge, but who needs it when you can it in the back of your big sisters bike? All I want to do is follow her around anyway!

* I can sit along with the best of them. In fact I sit so well that I can sit in the trailer of Eli's bike as she zooms along (carefully watched by Dad of course!)
* I am an expert roll-er and can tummy-shuffle or sit-shuffle in any direction I want to go (including around in circles :)
* I have two teeth down the bottom and four about to push through up the top any day now.
* I can push to a sitting position from lying on the floor. No-one has actually seen me do it but they have entered the room to find me already up.
* I like to stand and hold on to things. I'm still really enjoying the jolly jumper.
* My favourite foods are meat, meat and pretty much any kind of meat!
* I love to sing ("ahhhhhhh") with you and bop to music.
* I have a little cold at the moment and thanks to my grommets (I assume?) it has stayed a little cold and has not become a full blown ear infection.
* I am trying really hard to interact with people (especially Eli). I like to clap, wave and hi-five.
* When I get older I am going to become a demolition man. I love destroying block towers and block buildings at whatever rate you can build them at.

Mum and Dad - I love to wrestle. Stop worrying!

This is a classic action shot from around our house these days as Elimena and I do some great wrestling, with me giggling the whole time. Thankfully this is only a photo so you can't hear the olds in the background saying "Be careful!", "Gentle Eli", etc.