Happy Halloween

Well we have had a chance to recover from all the celebrating on Monday. Rory had two parties one in our house complete with cake and balloons the other in Nana and Grandads with halloween decorations and fancy dress (Rory was dressed as a lion)! We took lots of videos and photos which brad will put up over the next few days. Rory got lots of gifts from Grandparents and great-Grandparents, Aunties and Uncles, Great-Aunts and Uncles too, not to mention from Mama and Dada and everyone else! He got toys and clothes and so many books and he is still trying to play with everything at once! If he could talk (more than saying Dada) he would say thank you to everyone for all the attention!

Rory is 1 year old!   Rory got spoilt rotten and had a great day.  Here is a video of his reaction in the morning when he walked in to see his birthday surprises.

Rory is walking

Well Rory did it!! He walked by himself last Thursday night and since then he has become more confident and is now crossing the floor all by himself. Brad and I are delighted and Brad has a video of him which he will post later. There's no stopping him now!!

Zoo Trip

Walking the pier

Well our holiday continues yesterday we went to Dun laoghaire (pronounced dun leary) to walk the pier and show Rory the boats. It was a bit cold at the sea but we all wrapped up warm and it was much warmer away from the water. I took a photo of Brad and Rory which I really like. Brad will post the zoo video later but I forgot to mention Rory loved feeding the goats at the farm which we got on camera. Brad might post this video instead.

Rory's zoo trip!

Brad and I are on holidays this week! It's great to be off together for more than a day. We were busy monday sorting out the house, getting rid of old clothes and boxing up Rory's baby things. Today though we decided to take Rory to the zoo. The weather was bright but cold so Rory was all bundled up. He wanted out of his buggy most of the time and was interested in lots of the animals. He liked the sealions and the penguins the elephants and the lions but he paid attention to anything that moved. Check out the video of Rory watching the elephants that Brad will post, he is very serious watching them and looses interest easily but he was fascinated when he first saw them. It was a great day for us all and Rory was full of smiles before he fell asleep on the way home.

Rory has mastered the art of turning his walker as he demonstrates by chasing me in this video.