Tangled Branches, Roots and Shoots

Well, Nathan is truly a very cheeky monkey. Yesterday I left him in the living room for a moment and when I came back in he had my mobile in his hands and it was suddenly out of charge. I thought to check to see if he’d called anyone and I was relieved to see he hadn’t.

I really should have checked my sent box too…. silly me.

What a cheeky little boy, sending out a photo of himself to my friends and family. I still have no idea how he managed it. He would have had to navigate to my photo album, open the photo, select options and then navigate to the contacts folder and add each individual! He’s better at using my phone than I am!

He reminds me of an advert there….

“I’m 1 and I’m a PC” 

…you make a cup of tea and forget to put the tea bag in!

Today Nathan pushed the loo lid onto me and then flushed the loo. Lovely little boy After that he made his “ha ha” noise. That boy is a right monkey!

Lunch he sneezed all over me, so now I smell like vegetables with noodles and chicken.

He’s now kissing his doll having decided it’s a better idea than getting his fingers stuck in the video player. Oh wait, he’s at the video again. Daft boy.

I’d better rescue him.

Well Nathan has been swimming twice now and he loves it. We went to the new leisure pool both times and it’s fantastic. It has a lazy river, slides, fountains, water cannons, water curtains, bubble jets and a spa pool. By far his favourite thing has to be the spa pool, he loves the jets of water.

The only problem is that he doesn’t realise that he can’t swim. He lets go of me and pushes off, just like he’s about to swim off. Then he sinks. But he doesn’t mind the water on his face, he just spits it out and grins.

The great thing for me is that the water is nice and warm, so I can manage to stay in there as long as he wants to. Both times he managed about an hour and a half. That’s a lot of swimming for a little boy. The first time he fell asleep while I was getting him dried and dressed. I have to admit, I think I was as tired as him as well.

I really loved seeing how happy the water makes him. He splashes about like a very confident boy. I think he takes after me with his love of water. I was a bit of a water baby too. I still love swimming.

I’m really proud of our confident little boy. I hope he stays that way

Oh blimey, not been in here for a while, have I?

In fact, almost a year. Wow. has it been that long already? Well I never.

I’d best catch up, then.

First and foremost, it’s little Nathan’s first birthday soon! I really can’t believe the time’s gone by so quickly. He’s leaving the realms of being a baby and starting to do those ‘little boy’ things, like the other day when I had to go back to work after us 3 having lunch together, he waved goodbye! Awww! Right now, I can’t wait til he’s talking properly. But I’m sure in another year’s time we won’t be able to keep him quiet and be begging for a break.

And yes, I do know pretty much every word of all the Peppa Pig episodes published.

Sad news included my great aunty Ivy passing away recently. Cancer’s not a nice thing to get, so in a way it was a relief that it all happened quite quickly for her. It also gave us an opportunity to catch up with other Wisemans back in Aldershot - crazy tribe that they are. Shenanigans there included little Nathan performing for the crowds in the Garden Gate pub, just up the road from where I grew up. I’m sure one day he’ll appreciate the attention less, but my goodness that little boy knows how to flirt! I’m looking forward to spending some more time back there on happier terms soon.

There’s still very much geekery going on in my daytimes, but I don’t imagine most people are that interested in hearing about that. I’ve gotten into cameras a bit more and been loaned quite a nice digital SLR to play with and see if I can get on with.

Today Tash has taken Nathan swimming for the first time. I’m looking forward to hearing the stories later

Right then. See you in another 12 months!