Clever Thomas

Thomas loves peekaboo! Aunty Katie Biggs was being very funny, and Thomas decided to be funny too!

Peekaboo!!

Thomas can crawl!!!

You asked for it, I delivered!!

Thomas' first crawl!!!

His own little person

Thomas has a very strong personality! He knows what he likes and doesn't like, and he will try to get what he wants. He is very musical, although Guitar Hero doesn't really count... He bops along to music and claps at the end with others. He loves remote controls and mobile phones - he thinks they taste awesome. Also keys. Typical baby type stuff... It's great that he's such a little individual, but we're trying to be very careful that he is not running the household. He loves to yell out loud when he wants something or if we aren't feeding him fast enough, and he's usually met with a calm, rational "Yes, Thomas, is there something you would like? Just tell us quietly". We dunno if it works, but he's so not the boss of me... :)

Okay - time really does fly...

It seems yesterday that Thomas was born - but now he's nine months old. He has FIVE teeth. He can smile, babble, wave, clap, walk while holding onto furniture and hi-5. This new little baby is fast becoming a little boy. He has so much personality and can be so stubborn. He is the absolute delight of our lives and we are so proud of him everyday. However, with me going back to work, time is passing way too quickly. I miss out on seeing him for at least 6 or 7 hours three days in a row. I hardly catch up with housework and the washing is never ever finished. I managed to wean him from breast to bottle, now it's bottle to solids - and there's no end to recipes. He's grown so fast that I'm clearing out his wardrobe constantly and he is now in 0s going quickly into 1s. I've had so many friends have babies since he was born that he has an endless selection of future girlfriends and best mates. And now we face decisions like - how do we say 'no' and mean it? What do we do when he bites? To smack or not to smack? This is all ahead. And people ask if we're having a second soon and wonder why I punch them in the face (well, if only...)!! So forgive me if I haven't been in contact recently, I really do love our family and friends, but life gets hectic!The LaBan family - all four of us.

Five!!! Three up the top, two down the bottom...