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LI Happy Birthday Muscles!!

L WALKING!!!!

Needing something big for the 50th post and just a few days short of his 1st birthday, Hayden goes ballistic, discarding the walker [it was only holding him up!!] and taking his first few quick steps.

XLIX Walker

Walker arrives and vision is restored...

XLVIII High chair antics

Hayden, sick & tired of waiting around for Grandad to finish his walker, takes matters into his own hands... heck he's got places to go, havoc to wreak!!

XLVII Underwater video!!

Hayden's dad loved the underwater housing too!!

XLVI Underwater!!!

Speaking of presents. Hayden's uncle extraordinaire presented Hayden's mother with an underwater housing for her camera. She was excited to get it... but not as excited as her brother was to have a new piece of photographic equipment to play with!!




And you all wondered why Thorpe retired...

XLVI Christmas!!

Hayden's first Christmas was, as expected, fabulous. Not for the presents (which he seemed to be getting well before Christmas anyway and his favourite of which was a small flashing fish that WILL (trust me I know) give him an electric shock should he ever lick the terminals...) nor for the food, because lets face it, the boy is happy chewing on anything... No, Christmas was fabulous because his uncle flew home from Japan to spend it with him!! Lucky little drummer boy.

XLV A message to family and friends

With Christmas and a first birthday rapidly approaching we wanted to remind you that Hayden is blessed to have been born in Australia, where the issue of child poverty is very minor compared with many other countries around the world.
He has parents that can provide everything he needs in way of shelter, food and clothing, as well as extra 'creature comforts'. He also has a massive extended family that give him lots of love.
At the request of several family memers we have set up a bank account in Hayden's name. This will allow family and friends to invest in Hayden's future. We would request that if you were thinking of giving Hayden a Christmas or birthday present that instead of buying him something, you instead contribute what you would have otherwise spent into his account.
Alternatively, you could contribute this money to a charity that can help other children in less fortunate circumstances.
(deposit slips or bank account details are available from Hayden's parents. If you are thinking about donating to a charity a good point of information is www.makepovertyhistory.com.au)

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And Rocky thinking about dinner...

XLIII - blowfish

Have I told you how beautiful Hayden is??? Here is the proof...

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Hayden has a new tooth popping through at the top (beside front), and another one on the way(opposite side).
He is still the most beautiful boy in the world.
He is also starting to make a move. He has been crawling around and getting into everything for the last few weeks, but today he pulled himself up on the coffee table and started to walk along the side of it.
He is also inhaling food. Still eats whatever we give him, but after he has his own meal he harrasses anyone else that is eating until they give him more.

XLI Rock & Roll

Double click for tunes!

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OK - so he looks like a little girl - but so very cute!!!
This photo was taken today, so now you know exactly what he looks like at the moment.
He has a ribbon in his hair because it is Aunty Trace's birthday and this ribbon was on the present that Hayden and family gave her.

Hayden is now very mobile. He is pulling himself up to stand on anything and everything, climbing the stairs at grandma and grandads house, and crawling to wherever it is that he wants to go at that particular time.

We can't see any top teeth coming through yet, but we think they are on the way as he was not well on Friday and woke up at midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 3.30am, 4.30am and then managed to sleep through until about 7am.

Sunday night was a bit better, but mum ended up taking him for a three hour walk in the morning (7.30 - 10.30am) so that he could have a sleep in the pram, and dad could have a bit of a sleep in.

Monday night was better again, and then last night he slept through until 6am. Yay! 6am doesn't sound that great but then he climbed into bed with mum and slept until 9am. Then he got up for brekky and a feed then went back to bed for another hour!! Not a bad life. Now he is at Granny's stuffing his face with biscuits and rockmelon!

XXXIX - who told him?!

Someone has let the cat out of the bag and told Hayden about the nudie shots on the 21st photo board. Who was it????

XXXVI - Chef Extraordinaire

Hayden has been helping Dad & Mum out in the kitchen cooking chocolate cake. What a wonderful job he did!

The best part was cleaning up or licking the bowl!

XXXV - Going to school

Hayden came to school to visit Dad and ended up staying for lunch with the teachers in the staffroom, while Mum and Grandma went off for a birthday lunch. They were late coming back, so Hayden ventured into the classroom with Dad and preceded to totally ruin 'silent reading' time!

He then became the topic of a Maths lesson on measurement where the chn had to guess Hayden's measurements and compare them with their own. It is safe to say that dad had no control over the children for the rest of the afternoon as Hayden had done his best to stir them all up!! Welcome to school life son!

XXXIV - Baby Gym

Hayden put on his new shirt and set off to Ballarat to attend his first Baby Gym class. He loved bouncing on the trampoline, scurrying through tunnels and dancing to 'Wheels on the Bus', but he especially loved playing with his Mum. We are not sure who had more fun - Mum or Son!

XXXIII - Auntie M the "Comment Queen"

Hayden thought that he had better thank Auntie M for all of her visits to his Blog and for making so many great comments. He gave her a special kiss when they visited recently for a picnic. Mmmm, Hayden loves food! Thanks Auntie M!

XXXII - Holiday

We had a great week on the NSW coast over the September school holidays. Hayden had his first plane ride, which he coped with really well. Spent a night in Newcastle before heading up to Nelson Bay for a few nights, then back down to Bateau Bay to stay with Auntie Trace for another couple of nights.
Didn't sleep all that well. Had a cold for the first day or two, and then a new tooth decided to pop through. Went swimming in the resort pool at Nelson Bay, and then at the beach in Bateau Bay. Practiced lots of commando crawling. Went from doing donuts on the Friday, to actually getting places on the Sunday.