cute

Today something amazing happened that has never happened before. Finley climbed onto our bed, tucked himself in under the covers, read himself a book and then fell asleep All By Himself with the book left open on his chest.

I was busy in the kitchen and was planning on going in to do all that for him, but he beat me to it! I think having had the experience of dealing with a challenging sleeper over the last two years (although the first year was so much more difficult than the second) makes this moment all the more sweeter.

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This was taken at the beginning of the year at Boulders beach in Simonstown. Just came across it now while doing some spring cleaning.

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I've been meaning to write down these words for such a long time. I'm forced to keep repeating them in my mind so that I don't forget them, but its time to free up some mental resources and put pen to paper (fingers to keyboard, you know what i mean)!

Dear Finley

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Its always difficult to explain when people ask if Finley is talking, because he is, its just that we seem to be the only ones who understand what he is saying.

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Yesterday Amanda and Fin visited Auntie Leela, with Auntie Kiran, and the boy did his usual cute tricks. Mandy said there was a five minute period between when they arrived (and Fin was dressed in a cute button up top), and when he was drenched with water from the newly emptied bird bath, and subsequently naked. We now have a boy in our lives. He hits things with sticks, he loves playing with mud and sand, and expresses sheer delight when he makes a mess.

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I did muck around with the colours, some of me says it looks a bit weird, some of me not.

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I present to you a glut of photos of Finley from our trip to Durban in September, 2007. Chronologically (roughly):

Finley yawning at us in Bailey Road, Durban.

Finley eating grass in front of a wall of Jasmin flowers, on the Freeman's farm near Melmouth.

Amanda and Finley enjoying a day at the beach near "Pebble Beach" cottage, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal.

Finley sits on Amanda's lap, bemused after playing with his cousin Maya, "Pebble Beach" cottage, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal.

Bathing Fin while he plays with his new lego blocks (courtesy of HBelle), "Pebble Beach" cottage, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal.

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I present to you Finley James Whittington in a cute state. Because I do not have a fancy digicam this photo was taken using a W850i cellphone, and retouched by the Gimp (by me).

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We woke up this morning to a very talkative little boy lying between us. He had so many things to say, not so much the monosyllabic words that all the baby books say he should be saying (like ma ma da da ba ba), but more complex sounds running off into long sentences resisting the urge to pause for a breath. Sounds something like "leehlelodhli dlali dhludla" and "heydhla hlalo deelehli". So so cute. Will try and upload some sound clips soon so you can all hear for yourselves.

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