Reuben's Walking

On Sunday 7th December, Tanya and David were sitting in the living room watching television and suddenly Reuben just stood up in the middle of the floor and walked over to us!!

He has walked more and more since then (trouble is, he can get to where he wants to go ~ especially when he's racing Marianne ~ a lot quicker when he's crawling!!!).

I have also attached a copy of his first passport photo - ahhh!!!

Christmas Tree

Tanya, Marianne & Reuben had a fantastic day with George on Tuesday 16th December. We went to Forest Lodge Garden Centre to buy the Christmas tree and we put up the decorations and decorated the tree during the afternoon. The kids love it and so far, so good!!! We're all looking forward to Christmas day now and wish everyone who's reading this a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year xxx

Marianne's Chistmas Concert @ Nursery - 9th December

Marianne had her Christmas Concert at Nursery on Tuesday 9th December - it was brilliant. I managed to film a clip of the children singing (apologies now as it's not very good, but gives you an idea!). Marianne seemed to enjoy herself and was pleased as punch that Daddy, Mummy and Reuben were all there.

Tanya has dance classes

As you all know, one of Tanya's loves is Strictly Come Dancing and she was lucky enough to get tickets to a Rumba dance class with Matthew and Nicole Cutler - it was absolutely fantastic and they were so nice. They finished the class off with one of their Samba dances which was amazing to see live.

Reuben's Birthday Party Family Pictures

Reuben's 1st Birthday - Tuesday 28th October

It was Reuben's 1st birthday and we all had a lovely day. Tanya, David, Marianne and Reuben caught the train from Haslemere to Portsmouth Harbour and went to Gunwalf Quays to buy Reuben's 1st pair of shoes, see the boats and have lunch - we sat outside by the water (it was a beautiful sunny day). We caught the train back home before Reuben's birthday party at 4pm when all the family came round and celebrated with us. Reuben got some lovely presents (which Marianne is enjoying playing with!!!).

Reuben goes swimming for the 1st time!

Here he is - all dressed & ready for swimming!!!
He absolutely loved it. He was a bit nervous at first, then found he could splash lots, move around and was fascinated by the water. He didn't know what to look at or do first - he particularly liked the turtle.
I took him down the big water slide and he giggled and squeeled with excitement, so he must have liked it.
I tried to do a bit of swimming with him and he did splash him arms, but not his legs! He also liked being thrown in the water and making a splashing noise as he landed!