Somedays, most days, being a Mummy is hard work

Bill and Thomas sitting in a tree ..., originally uploaded by RellyAB.

and somedays are like this.

We have a lot of the same old, same old going on here. House trouble, money not quite elastic enough to get to the end of the month, teething.
Nothing disastrous and certainly nothing that isn't perked up by coffee with friends or cake.

Toby is the star of the Annett-Baker show though. He has become a big fan of Thomas the Tank Engine, recognises him at 30 paces and say 'woooo woooo' and even tolerates a hat that has Thomas on (granted he has to pull it off every 30 seconds to check the Big T is still there but at least he attempts to put it back on again).

He's trying so hard to say so many words. He says about 5 clearly and attempts about a dozen others complete with signing.

He can walk. More than that, he can run with things in either hand. He can squat and pick stuff up without misbalancing.

He dances. His favourite dance is 'one finger one thumb', complete with shoulder waving.

He mystifies, baffles and continually amazes our single friends with his feats of food redistribution and will happily sit (mostly) content through Mummy having a coffee and a cake (providing he can snaffle some of aforementioned cake).

The hard work bit is made up with the tantrums that are beginning to emerge and the fact he has rather latched on to diet of pastry and dough based food products and raisins. Occasionally he deigns to eat some fish, chicken or broccolli. He was once rumoured to eat lentil risotto. Also he has started waking at 5.30 for a bottle but does go back to sleep till 7.

At which point he is ready to play trains and run around with toast in either hand, singing along to the Thomas theme tune.

Love his bones.