August

More photos to share with you! Firstly the smallest – Sophie is 4 months old and getting stronger. She can happily sit up in a supported bumbo seat.



Sophie has progressed to sleeping in the big cot now – it makes her look much smaller all of a sudden. She is really happy in it, and it saves our backs from bending down quite as far. Of course, it does also take up a much larger chunk of our bedroom.



She is also enjoying spending more time on her front these days, and reaching for things. She can fairly reliably grab things with two hands and get them in her mouth now.



Now the oldest, and best at telling us what Sophie wants and what Sophie is thinking about (such an interpreter). William surprised me the other day by knowing exactly how to hold a guitar and play it – here is some footage. I guess that he has seen Andrew do it and that was enough.



William and I made play doh together last weekend. We both had lots of fun making it and it turned out well. I’m sorry to say that I didn’t get a photo of the great dragon that Andrew and William made with it but here are some shots of William making it and playing with it (“Still hot from saucepan Mummy”).



Although it looks like William will probably be on the short side in height, he obviously won’t take no for an answer, as he tells us daily that “I’m growing up (to) clouds”.

My friend Clare taught William a cheeky face a few months ago (thumbs in ears, hands wiggling, tongue sticking out and wiggling) which he thinks is hilarious and uses on lots of people. A few weeks ago he showed us a new face (?learnt from another kid at nursery) which I cal the 'scary face' - not that it deters him from using it on me all the time!


Finally, a picture of William and I eating ice creams in Brecon. Think that this is the first time we’ve ever given him a whole cone of his own to hold and eat – it disappeared within 60 seconds.