Its been a looong time!!

Splintaspot has been a little bit lonely of late...no time...moving house, going to Australia, sitting an exam...all make life a bit busy. But we are back on track, although my phone does not readily lend itself to blogging...so still need to overcome that obstacle.
Anyhow,
Josh is now 10 months...and he is amazing (if I don't say so myself!!) he is now starting to talk and off course loves to cruise the furniture and walk with a little help from other aids including me!

He regularly says Daddy and also 'down' as stairs are his favourite past time these days. He can whip up and down them in a flash...really is time for that stair gate.
He has settled into his new house with no problems and seems to enjoy his new room especially now his daddy has painted it sky blue...purple really was not Josh's colour and he could even specify this when asked which wall he preferred...the one that was purple or the one that was blu..by utilsing that very useful little pointy finger of his!!! (Which I might add comes in handy for many things! He is a regular pointer!!)
He also LOVES skype and LOVES speaking to Nanny and Poppy on the computer, he gives repeated waves to the computer...indicating it is about time he spoke to Nanny and Poppy, and has even got the hang of saying Nanny, whilst Poppy has taught him to clap- all computer aided!!
Quite a surprise to me, as I really didn't think 10 mth olds would show any interest in a computer aside form pushing all those lovely buttins on the keyboard!!! However, it does seem that Josh's little foray to Oz, has rekindled his family connections!

Josh is also an avid reader and loves his books. He loves Spottywot and Dottywot- so thanks Aunty Sharon, he also now says duck, and cat and is starting to stack his blcoks into a tower, so far we can get to 4!! and then he gives himself a little clap of pride! Hwe also claps mummy when she manages to build a tower too, and of course his two most endearing little developemntal achievements includes blowing kisses and snorting like a piggy- something daddy taught him, which he finds most amusing. Finally he has his 2 bottom teeth which came in Australia, and he now has his 2 top teeth, and is starting to look like a real little boy!

Anyhow- that is a quick update, with hopefully some photo's to follow of the last few months and of course - the Australia tour.

The house is great, and we can't wait for Sammy and Marcel and Ollie and Maya to c ome visit. Robbie is already doing reconaissance missions to explore exciting outings for us all, and hopefully by then we will be sweet with the farmer, so Ollie can really experience farming in the dales.

Not Long Now!