In the ballpit

We saw all these balls for only £2 so bought them without really knowing what we would use them for. But add in a paddling pool and we now have 1 of Curtis's favourite toys.

Curtis finds the mouse

In the past few weeks Curtis has been learning something new each day and today it was learning to point at objects in his books. We then discovered that he can identify the little white mouse who hides on each of the pages of his 'That's not my....' range of books. How cute is that? He not only uses his own finger to point but occasionally, just for a change grabs my finger to point at things instead. Hehehehe...funny boy!

Having a giggle

Last week when Curtis was having a really bad spell of teething he just couldn't sleep so we got out of bed and headed to the front room to play and distract ourselves for a while. As I wandered about the room I picked up one of the balls from his ball pit and began doing keep me ups on my hand...according to Curtis this was hilarious...as you can see. [It was freezing at 3am with no heating on hence his rather over wrapped up look!]

Grandad Ken comes to visit

Grandad came to visit Curtis this weekend bringing with him a fantastic gift of a real adult Yamaha drum machine!! It may not be designed for a 10 month old but it certainly fits the bill. Curtis loves it, it's just the right size to lean over, the drum pads are perfect for his little hands and the range of demos and drum noises ranging from hand claps, water drips, cows, sheep, bells, howls, yabadabaoos to clangs, hooters, horses trotting, doors creaking and thunder claps, which can all be selected as drum sounds are sure to keep us ALL entertained this Xmas and beyond. Thanks Grandad for such a fabulous present. As you may see in these quick clips Curtis is starting to look like quite the DJ at his drum machine, dancing when the music comes on and clearly loving it.

November catch up...

And for my final trick!
Last week we went to visit Jamie, Dan and Millie dog woof-woof. Having taught his dog to perform many impressive tricks in the past year it was time for Jamie to now be won over by Curtis's own repetoire of clapping, excited waving, fast crawling, giggling and squealing and for his piece des resistance....pulling himself to standing whilst hanging onto Jamies trousers and leaving Jamie standing in just his pants and top! hahaha...sorry to say it wasn't fair to publish the last photo in this sequence, but neeedless to say Jamie will be investing in a tighter belt for our next visit.

'Hello Teddies'

Just after Curtis has his morning wash and he is dressed he insists on going around his room saying hello and waving to all his toys. Here he is making his stop off to greet the teddies. He even now says something resembling 'teddies' when he sees them.

Happy Days :-)

Curtis clearly has happy days when he goes to his childminder. He not only adores Tracey herself but has become very attached to the whole family. Here he is with Tracey, Katherine and Reece.

Ol blue eyes

Wicked smile


Is that some reddish hair I spy Curtis??

Well, he is the first Scot in the family. It would be very fitting.

New scarf, hat and coat.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?

Curtis catching up with news in America this month

Just me looking cute as usual..

Give me that darn camera!

Just eating a few blueberries again.


I love my new car seat and slept for over an hour and a half in it the other day. Its just a shame we had only just pulled up outside the flat and mum had to sit in the car with me to save disturbing me if she moved me out!

Last Monday Curtis went along to the library meet his buddies Isla, Alex and Will at Bounce and Rhyme. He spent much of his time crawling around and making friends with just a very rare glance back to see that his mum was still there.

Here are Curtis and Isla doing a bit of reading...

Where has he gone to now?

Next, we had some fun at the soft play area up at the park... here's my buddy Alex.

Oh, look at Isla, she's escaped again. Damn I wish I could do that..

...maybe if I'm quick I can catch her.

Ah well, some mate she is, she's off playing Connect Four and I can't get over the edge to join her...

I'll just have to make some new mates in here...

Ah great, who's this wee chap? He looks like fun. We dont know what we are saying to eachother but its making us laugh anyhow.

Well, that's lunch and playtime over, time to get wrapped up and go for a big walk around the park...

Come on doll face get your bonnet on, we're offski.

Determined to keep up with Isla next week, Curtis gets some crawling practice in at home...

Here he comes!!!

...and 0.3 seconds later...here he is. He's getting quite fast now.


Curtis and I went to visit our pals Bev and Kenny in thier lovely new house in Glasgow 2 weeks ago. As they had just moved in, some boxes with their childrens old toys were at hand so Curtis got to play with a cool old skool toy telephone and some trains. He also entertained us with some enthusiastic shaking of his trusty shaker 'the courgette', and made several circuits of the kitchen floor crawling around with the cat and dog, both of whom are like their owners - very chilled out and friendly. Louie was just a big softy really as you can see. 'Mum, can we get a dog?'

Hat's Off!

Gone are the days of getting Curtis to happily wear his flat cap. Now on his 3rd cap: he's changed from green and white stripes to grey fleck and now a good old country style...but can we keep it in his head...no!

'Jest'iculations!

Curtis has become very animated when he is 'talking' and as you can see below, he manages to throw quite some shapes whilst having a wee chatter to himself at breakfast time!

And another round of applause!

Curtis has been very generous with his hand clapping since he started doing this some weeks ago. Both Gareth and I get a smile, a wave and then a round of applause when Curtis first sees us when he wakes up in the morning...how sweet is that? He greets most people with a wave and a clap and claps his hands when he likes his food or finds something funny. Its great that he can express himself in some small ways like this.