Hello again, Grayson reporting from my pirate's den. I'm rather tired after an endless day of presents, cuddles, kisses, lots of squishey, lots of older women and LOTS of PIRATES.
Mummy and Daddy renamed my day of foetal emergence "Talk like a BABY pirate day!"
As you can see by exhibit A (photo) Daddy came through with the cake making stakes with an amazing pirate ship replica, complete with pirates, a jolly roger flag and lots of loot. The parent units also tried to go for the world record at squeezing a large number of people into our home.
And did I mention it was REALLY hot so we had to stay inside with the airconditioning on and everything?
Mummy and Daddy gave me a truck, a wooden walker and a spinning top. Nan and Gramps gave me a tricycle (with a bell and a flag, although I am going to replace the eurotrike one with my pirate flag and the Jenkins gave me an easel with chalk and a blackboard (I'm sure I can get up to a LOT of mischief with that!). I got lots more things from other people too, but don't have enough room to thank or list everyone.
So I am one now - this means more responsibilities for me (learning to walk, talk and do daddy's BAS so he isn't so stressed) and I need to maintain my youthful good looks so mummy and daddy still think I am the cutest baby ever (although I suspect they are a tad biased in this regard - not that this is a bad thing or anything!)
Please, disregard a rather embarassing photo the mother unit put up on flickr with me just wearing a nappy and shirt. I was getting into party mode!
I'm off to sleep now - a monster needs his rest!
Love
Grayson
Sunday, September 30
Tuesday, September 25
Passing the time playng a few numbers
Well we have been busy planing the monstor's birthday parting this last week and a bit. Mel's cake order fell through so I decided (rather foolishly some would say) to step up and make one myself! Time will tell if it will all end in tears. I hope it will be something to remember (well at least for me as G is still a little young to remember these sort of things) I have gone to great lengths in the planning phase with blueprints, a number of drafts, revisions and finally a master plan. I even had to get out the power drill! What for you ask...Ahh, all will be revealed on the day. Anyway the cake underneath all the icing and decorations that I am planning will be made by Jocelyn so at least if the cake thing doesn't go to plan we will be able to scape off all the crap on top and eat a nice cake. You have to have a back up plan :)
Saturday, September 15
Swinging G
Not sure he was in a swinging mood today! Well we had to do something to pass the time while mummy did her ward rounds. It was quite hot in the sun so this may have been his problem. We are getting a taste of what summer will be like already and I am not sure I like it. We tried the slide next and it was ok but nothing special. We then gave up on the playground and headed inside to play with blown up latex gloves with funny faces on them. You have to make do when you are in a hospital!
Later we went and picked up the coffee machine that needed a few service issues sorted out......and none too soon either as we had coffee withdrawl this morning :( Tomorrow will bring a brighter day as the morning coffee will be had!
Later we went and picked up the coffee machine that needed a few service issues sorted out......and none too soon either as we had coffee withdrawl this morning :( Tomorrow will bring a brighter day as the morning coffee will be had!
Thursday, September 13
Perth 07 day 4 and 5
G man checking in again....
Today it was rainy and mummy had to go and do another work thing again so left me with the father unit for some more manly fun! Since most of the real manly places to go required you to be over 18 yo and I haven't even got to one yet!, we had to settle for seeing other stuff. First on the list today was the Perth Mint. They wouldn't let daddy take any photos inside so this is the only photo of me today! Maybe they thought daddy looked funny and a bit of a security risk. He was spending a bit too much time holding the 12kg gold bar. I wonder what he was thinking? Apparently it was worth LOTS of money! Some guy showed us how they make the gold bar from really hot liquid gold. It was a bit scary as there were a few flames and stuff but I was pretty good daddy said.
After we got bored looking at lots of coins we decided to go to some place called the WACA. Pretty silly name if you ask me. We went into the museum but I didn't get to see one dinosaur! Just lots of old bats and caps and stuff. Funny museum if you ask me! Daddy did show me some really famous ball. He said something about how it was thrown underarm but I don't see how that makes it so special. I have plenty of balls and I get to throw them like that all the time. And mine looked much more colourful that the silly white dirty ball. Grown ups can be hard to understand some times. They also wouldn't let daddy take any photos. Strange place this Perth.
Well I had about as much of old stuff as I could take so I told daddy we needed to find mummy. We found her where we left her and then went back to our temporary home as it was pretty cold and wet. Daddy made a phone call and someone knocked on the door with some food. We had to have a good sleep as tomorrow we had to go on the plane again and I had to be on my best behaviour. Mmmm...I wonder what kind of mischief I can get upto tomorrow?
Over and out for Perth 07
PS this has nothing to do with Kevin 07!
G.
Today it was rainy and mummy had to go and do another work thing again so left me with the father unit for some more manly fun! Since most of the real manly places to go required you to be over 18 yo and I haven't even got to one yet!, we had to settle for seeing other stuff. First on the list today was the Perth Mint. They wouldn't let daddy take any photos inside so this is the only photo of me today! Maybe they thought daddy looked funny and a bit of a security risk. He was spending a bit too much time holding the 12kg gold bar. I wonder what he was thinking? Apparently it was worth LOTS of money! Some guy showed us how they make the gold bar from really hot liquid gold. It was a bit scary as there were a few flames and stuff but I was pretty good daddy said.
After we got bored looking at lots of coins we decided to go to some place called the WACA. Pretty silly name if you ask me. We went into the museum but I didn't get to see one dinosaur! Just lots of old bats and caps and stuff. Funny museum if you ask me! Daddy did show me some really famous ball. He said something about how it was thrown underarm but I don't see how that makes it so special. I have plenty of balls and I get to throw them like that all the time. And mine looked much more colourful that the silly white dirty ball. Grown ups can be hard to understand some times. They also wouldn't let daddy take any photos. Strange place this Perth.
Well I had about as much of old stuff as I could take so I told daddy we needed to find mummy. We found her where we left her and then went back to our temporary home as it was pretty cold and wet. Daddy made a phone call and someone knocked on the door with some food. We had to have a good sleep as tomorrow we had to go on the plane again and I had to be on my best behaviour. Mmmm...I wonder what kind of mischief I can get upto tomorrow?
Over and out for Perth 07
PS this has nothing to do with Kevin 07!
G.
Tuesday, September 11
Perth 07 day 3
Busy is my middle name…
Grayson reporting again from Western Australia, and can I just say I am NOT enjoying the time differences. I get up at what I think is an appropriate time for holiday sleep ins (730am) only to find that it is FIVE thirty here and the sun isn’t even really up yet.
BAH!
At least the parental units are good enough to attend to my needs at this time of the morning – nappy, squishey and cuddles!
Well, after a pleasant day yesterday getting acquainted with a slightly older woman (more cuddles!), one would wake up wondering what exciting adventures could happen to me today… Hmmm.
I got up at the usual hour but was coughing quite a bit and as a result may have been a bit grumpy. Mummy and daddy took me to a nearby doctor to get him to listen to my chest and stuff. I don’t want to talk about it… Just let me say that a deaf, blind and barely able to walk doctor wasn’t able to inspire a lot of confidence in any of us.
To cheer ourselves up we decided to go out to the Swan Valley for lunch and to check out the Caversham wildlife park where I got to pull a few animal ears, rattle a few cages and come to the realisation that pigs really don’t go “oink oink oink” (more like a really noisy SQUEEEEEEEEEEEAL). Why were there pigs in a wildlife park? Can’t really say (hey I am only 11 and a bit months) but there were also some goats, cows, donkeys AND camels.
Wasn’t too sure about the camels.
And the koalas smelt a bit funny too.
But it was nice spending the whole day with mummy and daddy again.
One nice warm bath and I am off to bed.
zzzzzz
G
Grayson reporting again from Western Australia, and can I just say I am NOT enjoying the time differences. I get up at what I think is an appropriate time for holiday sleep ins (730am) only to find that it is FIVE thirty here and the sun isn’t even really up yet.
BAH!
At least the parental units are good enough to attend to my needs at this time of the morning – nappy, squishey and cuddles!
Well, after a pleasant day yesterday getting acquainted with a slightly older woman (more cuddles!), one would wake up wondering what exciting adventures could happen to me today… Hmmm.
I got up at the usual hour but was coughing quite a bit and as a result may have been a bit grumpy. Mummy and daddy took me to a nearby doctor to get him to listen to my chest and stuff. I don’t want to talk about it… Just let me say that a deaf, blind and barely able to walk doctor wasn’t able to inspire a lot of confidence in any of us.
To cheer ourselves up we decided to go out to the Swan Valley for lunch and to check out the Caversham wildlife park where I got to pull a few animal ears, rattle a few cages and come to the realisation that pigs really don’t go “oink oink oink” (more like a really noisy SQUEEEEEEEEEEEAL). Why were there pigs in a wildlife park? Can’t really say (hey I am only 11 and a bit months) but there were also some goats, cows, donkeys AND camels.
Wasn’t too sure about the camels.
And the koalas smelt a bit funny too.
But it was nice spending the whole day with mummy and daddy again.
One nice warm bath and I am off to bed.
zzzzzz
G
Monday, September 10
Perth 07 day 2
It’s me again…G man!
We have been so busy since my last post. As mummy said the room service wasn’t very nice we had to go out for dinner last night. Daddy picked this place down the road and managed to find a pretty good parking spot right out side the door (and if you don’t believe me there is a picture on Flikr). Dad kept going on about how it was such a good parking spot he thought he would have to leave the car there for next time. I don’t understand my parents sometimes!
Today though mummy had to go to some special work thing so it was just me and dad, so we got to do boy things…..well we mostly just went to the park and then the Gant store but we did go see the big bells by the water. (the Swan Bells – Ed) They were a bit loud so we didn’t go inside.
After a bit of a rest we got to go pick mummy up and went back to the park so mummy could see what we got up to today. Just when I saw this cute chick and started putting on some of my best moves, the parental units had to go and embarrass me by coming over to get me and telling her I was only 11 months old! She was 27 months old you see and I wasn’t sure if she was ready for a younger man. Way to go mum!
After I got over the embarrassment we had to go back to the beach so we could see the sun go gown over the water instead of the mountains. I didn’t see what all the fuss was about. After all it is just like the sunrise only in reverse! Oh well, whatever turns the parents on. Anyway, I got to practice my walking (with a little help from mummy) by the beach so it wasn’t all bad.
I will have to wait to see what mummy and daddy have in store for me tomorrow but don’t worry, I will keep you all in the loop.
G.
We have been so busy since my last post. As mummy said the room service wasn’t very nice we had to go out for dinner last night. Daddy picked this place down the road and managed to find a pretty good parking spot right out side the door (and if you don’t believe me there is a picture on Flikr). Dad kept going on about how it was such a good parking spot he thought he would have to leave the car there for next time. I don’t understand my parents sometimes!
Today though mummy had to go to some special work thing so it was just me and dad, so we got to do boy things…..well we mostly just went to the park and then the Gant store but we did go see the big bells by the water. (the Swan Bells – Ed) They were a bit loud so we didn’t go inside.
After a bit of a rest we got to go pick mummy up and went back to the park so mummy could see what we got up to today. Just when I saw this cute chick and started putting on some of my best moves, the parental units had to go and embarrass me by coming over to get me and telling her I was only 11 months old! She was 27 months old you see and I wasn’t sure if she was ready for a younger man. Way to go mum!
After I got over the embarrassment we had to go back to the beach so we could see the sun go gown over the water instead of the mountains. I didn’t see what all the fuss was about. After all it is just like the sunrise only in reverse! Oh well, whatever turns the parents on. Anyway, I got to practice my walking (with a little help from mummy) by the beach so it wasn’t all bad.
I will have to wait to see what mummy and daddy have in store for me tomorrow but don’t worry, I will keep you all in the loop.
G.
Sunday, September 9
Perth 07 day 1
Mummy and daddy took me on another plane ride to this place called Perth. It must be a long way from home because we were on the plane for ages! But I did have a little nap so mummy seemed happy with me. We are staying in this room with another big bed just like we have at home but not as comfy. We got to sleep in…..well I think it was a sleep in….the clock said 5.30am but it really felt like 7.30 to me! After we had some breakfast we went for a drive to somewhere called Freo. That’s what daddy was calling it but I don’t think he was right because mummy kept laughing at him! I got to eat some nice fruit toast and thought daddy might like some too so I fed him some.
After this we went to a beach and I got to play in the park. It was pretty fun but not as much fun as what we did next. Mummy and daddy took me to this place with lots of fish and other funny things. They said it was called an a-kwere-ium or something but it was pretty cool! I got to see sharkies just like I have at home in the bath but much bigger. Mummy wouldn’t let me take a bath with these ones! But the thing I liked best was the lion under the water. Well mummy said it was a sea lion but I didn’t think it looked much like the lions in my books at home. Oh well, he was quite funny to look at and liked to kiss the glass in front of us. Lots of laughs!
After all that fun we had to go back and have a nap. Tomorrow mummy has to do some work thing so daddy is going to take me to the Gant store to do some man’s shopping! Will check in again later.
G.
After this we went to a beach and I got to play in the park. It was pretty fun but not as much fun as what we did next. Mummy and daddy took me to this place with lots of fish and other funny things. They said it was called an a-kwere-ium or something but it was pretty cool! I got to see sharkies just like I have at home in the bath but much bigger. Mummy wouldn’t let me take a bath with these ones! But the thing I liked best was the lion under the water. Well mummy said it was a sea lion but I didn’t think it looked much like the lions in my books at home. Oh well, he was quite funny to look at and liked to kiss the glass in front of us. Lots of laughs!
After all that fun we had to go back and have a nap. Tomorrow mummy has to do some work thing so daddy is going to take me to the Gant store to do some man’s shopping! Will check in again later.
G.
Sunday, September 2
Daddy's Day!
We all had fun today. That was after a rather sleep deprived night. Not because Grayson couldn't wait to give daddy his first father's day present......but due to some rather raucous neighbours having a soirée next door. Now I am not adverse to having a gathering where refreshments are served but I do draw the line at very loud, drunk women singing (or should that be screeching) along to Bon Jovi and God forbid, Shannon Noll, after midnight. There are some things that should be made illegal and inflincting Mr Noll on poor unsuspecting smugs should be one of them! I thought this was Teneriffe that we had moved to, not Woodridge! Oh well, I guess I could get them back by having my 40th here and singing very loudly and badly to Björk or Radiohead or something at a rather inappropriate hour :) But then there is the baby to consider......
Anyway after Grayson waking about 6 am to greet daddy with a smile and a Da Da! we got to forget the horrors of the night before and got down to having a nice Sunday together. Grayson's present to daddy was a new 10 mega pixel point and shoot (see photo opposite for a sample of it's ability) so we had to start putting it to good use. We went down to the power house for brunch and to watch the boats go by (see other photos on Flikr).
Next important event will be Grayson's birthday. I wonder how the wiggles sound played loudly at midnight :)
Anyway after Grayson waking about 6 am to greet daddy with a smile and a Da Da! we got to forget the horrors of the night before and got down to having a nice Sunday together. Grayson's present to daddy was a new 10 mega pixel point and shoot (see photo opposite for a sample of it's ability) so we had to start putting it to good use. We went down to the power house for brunch and to watch the boats go by (see other photos on Flikr).
Next important event will be Grayson's birthday. I wonder how the wiggles sound played loudly at midnight :)
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