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Though you may have thought differently due to Mummy not updating for me in AGES…so she is officially sacked. …. After she has finished typing this for me…maybe…we’ll see…

Balls!

Anyway…There has been much going on in the life of the Hoopoo over the last 3 and a bit months! I have grown more teeth, and bigger feet (I am bigger in general actually)I can sing not only Balamory, but Twinkle twinkle, Old MacDonald, and do the actions to Incy Wincy spider. (Are you suitably impressed? - Mummy and Daddy are - especially when I perform from my extensive repertoire in the wee small hours of morning!)  I have travelled well since we last spoke -visiting Nana and Grandpa in their  new home in Derby (and seeing cousins Ewan and Erin too) Popping over to Granny and Grandad’s to play in the garden, and rearrange a few flowers and stones…I have been on holiday with Mummy and Daddy to Cumbria which was great fun as I got to go in the backpack and got brilliant views of everything. Mummy and I have been out for coffee with Auntie Grazie and Aggie (who can apparently now climb like me - hee hee, watch out Uncle Rob and Auntie Grazie!!) Also we’ve gone out with Mummy’s friend Auntie Ana and my mate Luke (who I’ve given some of my toys to)and shopped (which can get a bit boring unless I nap)and I had a go in a swimming pool. (and I didn’t cry, it was actually quite nice.) Auntie Cheila and Amy and Eve have visited and we’ve seen them too and eaten lots of cake. so hopefully we’ll see them again soon! Mummy was even very brave and drove us to see Uncle Ich and go on a miniature train with teddy at Frimley Lodge Park which was brilliant. (and fast!) And finally this weekend we saw Auntie Jules and Uncle G and I rearranged the stones and a few flowers in her garden too. (and picked and ate a raspberry which was yum….and also a green tomato which was not.)so as you can see it has been a bit of a whirlwind.

I am also expecting that some people may have been brought to the edge of boredom by all this prose, and will have scrolled down to the pictures….shame on you!!!  This is probably how it will be from now on as I don’t allow Mummy much Pooter time, so you better get used to it!

We will be seeing Nana and Grandpa soon when they come down for the day, and Granny and Grandad will be back from holiday soon too. oooh , I nearly forgot - I also got to see two of my other cousins when Uncle Nick bought them to say hello - Merry had a blue plastercast on his arm as he fell when trampolining (not sure what a trampoline is but it sounded fun and then painful) and Kallista fell asleep on the sofa (even when I prodded her with some mega bloks) The other two other cousins were in Poland with Auntie Nedra doing a violin course, so I’ll see them another time I expect.

I discovered that Daddy’s nice boss lady Carmen sometimes reads my blog (aswell as some of Daddy’s work friends) when Mummy and I went to meet her last week. She was very nice, even when I went a bit shy, and gave me some lovely presents. Mummy gave her some chocolate biscuits before we left - I think she should have given them to her first then I could have had one. never mind, I’ll remind her next time.

Ok. now photo time. If Mummy can get it to work…. I thank you for your patience, and look forward to chatting with you again soon. (well, sooner than this time at any rate!) mwah mwah xx

Me in my blue hat.

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles

With Daddy at Hadrian's wall.

Mummy says she'll still be doing this when I'm 18...

Now where to throw this one...

Ewan and Erin.

Playing with Merry.

Anyone for tennis?

Reading with Granny.

Discussing the importance of feet with Uncle Ich.

And so to bed.

Well it’s 2009 - a whole new year would you believe, we’re already well into March and Mummy has only just decided to update my blog! (you just can’t get the staff these days) I have done soooo much it’s not possible to fit into one post (but I’ll try anyway!) Hmmmm where to start…Nana and Grandpa managed to sell their house in January and moved upto Derby near to Uncle Tim and Auntie Claire in February. (Mum says they’ve also just managed to get a permanent place to live now so hopefully we’ll see them soon) I am a pooter whizz kid and skype family members on a weekly basis - I sometimes manage to wave too! At the end of January I turned the grand age of one.(see the picture from my exclusive ‘do’ below!) Let me tell you it’s brilliant - I can do so many things I couldn’t do last year and all of them are more annoying for Mum and Dad! I crawl really quickly now and get into all sorts of things I am not supposed to get into (well my fingers are the perfect size for plug sockets and cupboards and drawers and I’m the perfect height for reaching mugs of coffee or tea or the remote control. AND I’ve perfected the art of throwing pretty much anything behind me - but small wooden blocks are best for making the most noise and causing the most upset!) We went up to see cousins Ewan and Erin after my birthday as it Ewan’s birthday in January too - he’s 5 now, a big boy at school, and very clever. Erin let me play with some of her toys which I thought was very kind and we all went to the park (apparently, I was asleep)

ok, what next… (keeping up ok?!) I did a photoshoot thing at Daddy’s work and was everso well behaved…there are a couple of pics below- aren’t I lovely?!

It was Mummy’s birthday in February (and Uncle Rob’s) and we had a holiday in Wales (pics below) I also managed to surprise the Parents by standing alone for a couple of seconds - it made them very happy, so I figured I’d practice a bit more over the coming weeks…Now I can stand for ages! and and and I actually walked on my own a few steps yesterday so watch out world I am nearly independently mobile!!

There have been many trips to the park - swings!!! -and Granny looks after me when Mummy teaches this new pupil, and I’ve made a new friend Luke (Mummy knows his Mummy Ana from Church) and seen Auntie Cheila and Amy and Eve and Tata JuJu and Auntie Grazie and Aggie and I’m SUCH a social butterfly!

Right, I think I won’t sack Mum just yet as she’s typed this without complaining, but she better not leave it so long next time. Goodbye my friends, Au revoir, Auf wiedersehen, ciao for now toot toot! x

Birthday blue stuff

not sure about this outfit, wheres my stylist?!

escape!

Mummy and me.

just after my 'standing' trick!

our holiday abode

not today thankyou!

that's all folks!

I really like this Christmas thing - it seems to last lots of days and you get loads of people to see and presents and food and noise and trips outside to playgrounds and everything!! Today we went to Uncle Richard’s house in London, and I saw my Manchester cousins Lyle, Ray, Merry and Kallista. (and Uncle Nick and Auntie Nedra, Uncle Richard, Uncle Rodney and Granny and Grandad!) We had a lovely peaceful time….NOT! We made noisy noise as we opened more presents and ate lots of food and chocolate (well, not me, not much!) and the others showed me how their toys worked. Later we went for a walk and I stayed nice and warm in my buggy muff from Uncle Richard. (everyone else froze!)and Uncle Rodney lost someone’s remote control flying thing - naughty Uncle Rod! All in all a fab and exhausting day. I was good as usual and slept beautifully when we got home all ready for Boxing day… see you then! x

Here is us looking angelic…!

smile for the camera!

Well, the day anyway! I had a lovely time playing at home in the morning and showing Mummy and Daddy how good I am at this walking lark.. (until I fall over that is!) Here is a picture of me being gorgeous.

This book is a real page turner!

In the afternoon we went to Nana and Grandpa’s and had fun with Auntie Grazie and Uncle Rob and cousins Manon and Aggie (and Carol and James, and Nicki and Ted and Jono and James) It was brilliant - lots of attention and presents and food! (and racing Grannies…) Hopefully we’ll be able to post some pics here soon. When we got home Mummy and Daddy opened our presents from Auntie Claire and Uncle Tim - they’re cool - blocks and a twisty pooh bear add a dvd (whatever that is!)And lovely wine for Mum and Dad…  I eventually went to sleep and left Mum and Dad to have a rest! (I had gone to sleep at Nana and Grandpa’s but woke up again later as it was all too exciting!) See you soon Santa!

Mum and Dad took me up to Holbeach today to see Uncle Rod at his house. I was a good boy and slept a lot of the journey (Mum and Dad stopped at another house to look at on the way - Dad says it was Angelsey Abbey - more lovely things to look at and people to talk to!) I also tried out my new travel cot - it’s red! And  I slept all night too. On the Saturday we all went to Oxburgh Hall (yes, another house!) which was good, though there were lots of stairs to tire Mummy out! (it did rain a lot but in short bursts so we managed most of the time to avoid it!) Uncle Rod has a little cat called Flicker who said hello (loudly!) but didn’t seem to mind me.A really good weekend in all - Mummy even got to see her old friends from school when we got back. Here is me on Uncle Rod’s sofa! byee.

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