Sticky Baby: Magic Milestones

Magic Milestones

Brought you Home: Sunday,19th September, 2009 Met grandparents for the first time: Granski&Pop - Mon, 28th Sep, 2009 Mamy Nic&Papy Jacques - Sun, 20th Dec, 2009 First smile: Nearly 3 months? We were too besotted to take note! First laugh: 5 months. First BIG belly laugh, in Byron Bay with cousin Gisele, Tuesday 9th March, 2010 First tooth: 4 months - both lower, middle teeth. Lots of drooling, lots of irritability! 2 front teeth, looking like the little rabbit that you are: May 8th, 2010 Slept through the night: 3 months old. YAHOO! Started solids: 3 months, 3 wks old. Hungry boy! You were drinking nearly 4x240ml bottles a day! Time to move to real food. First time at daycare: With Nanny Barbara, Thurs, 29th April, 2010. You will be going once a week. Said 'mama' or 'dada': 7 months - "dadadadada"; 7 months 3 wks - "mum" (but not really knowing what you were saying!); 8 months 2 wks - ‘mumumum’ all the time now! First time rolling over: 5 months onto back; 6 months from back to front. First time sitting up unsupported: 7 months. A whole new world! First time 'scooting' (sliding like a snake): Thursday, 29th April, 2010 First vacation: Oct, 2010, to Normandy and the Loire Valley. You were only 6 weeks old! First plane trip: All the way to Oz to visit family and friends Feb-March, 2010 First hug: To mum, Thurs, 29th April, 2010. Memorable:) First kiss: More like an open-mouthed bite/pash - 9 months. You only kiss your red bouncy horse though. First time crawling: Backwards - Sunday, 23rd May. Forward (!!) - Sunday, 30th, 2010 May (french mothers’ day) First time standing up: You started pulling yourself up on everything at 9 months of age. First wave goodbye: Tuesday, 29th June, 2010 On command (to daddy before heading up for nap): Monday, 9th August, 2010 (nearly 11 months old) Standing up by yourself, unsupported: Tuesday, 5th August, 2010 (10.5 months old) First steps: Tuesday, 21st September, 2010 at Granski and Pop's house!! 5 steps in a row!! (12 months and 1 week old) First words: “Bye Bye” - 4th September, 2010 (11.5 months old) First haircut:

Cast of Characters

Mama L: Semi-retired fashion model; Wishes she invented Nutella (hence retired model); Cries at most episodes of Oprah; Kick-ass singer in the car; Makes a mean cup of Nescafe; Still doesn’t quite know how she managed to incubate & birth such a big human.

Papadada: The husband; Perfect male specimen; Obsessed with motorbikes, scooters, cars, remote control toys & giant flip-flops; Provider, Protector, Pretty Damn Sexy; Sick addiction to mayonnaise.

Mama L+Papadada=FIREWORKS!

(9 months later....)

Sticky Baby: Cheekiness in a nappy; loves cherry tomatoes by the dozen, swimming goggles found on floor of the car, electrical cords & being upside down; We clean him. But he’s always sticky.

After living a 3-year dream in the south of France for Papadada's work, we are finally back home ‘DownUnder’. Ummm....is there anything better than having 2 sets of grandparents gagging for time with their sticky grandson? Can anyone say "date night" and "free time"? Being home rocks our socks off!