Fun on the slide

Graffiti

Eoin got some bath crayons for christmas and as you can tell Daddy has been enjoying them a little more than Eoin ;-)

Climbing even higher....

Look how high I can climb now ;-)

Big boy booster seat

Eoin is officially out of his highchair and into his big boy booster seat. He loves sitting up to the table with us and is eating his food really well. The fact the he has discovered tomato ketchup helps too. If we give him his dinner with out it he asks for 'dip dip'.

Great book

Eoin's grandparents in Ireland got him a great Christmas present - a book that you can put photos in and then record a little message to go with each photo. His book is filled with pictures of his five uncles and Granddad and Sassy. So far it's been a huge hit!

Look at me....

...and the fascination with climbing continues.

Christmas Day

What a great day. We celebrated with mass in the morning and then we attacked the huge pile of presents that we had received from friends and family and of course Santa!



Andy and his Mum cooked a wonderful and tasty goose and a chicken and of course there were all the trimmings to go with it.

By the end of the day Eoin was over excited and tired but we all had a great day.

Christmas Eve

We had lots of our friends over for Christmas Eve Polish style. As tradition dictates there were many fish dishes and side dishes but no meat. We all broke and shared Oplatek bread and shared our good wishes for the coming year with each other.

Eoin got to open his stocking on christmas eve. The chocolate coins and gooey blue thing were the hits of the stocking.

Our friends Dominic and Agnes made Eoin his first gingerbread house. He had loads of fun demolishing it!

14 months old

And we celebrated with a visit to Santa.

Eoin now ways in at around 29 pounds and is 33.5 inches long so not much change since last month.

What has changed is how amazingly quick Eoin's speech is coming along. Yesterday he was running around the house shouting 'high five' at everyone. His other new words this month are bird, get down, ouie, and teddy. Eoin's comprehension of speech is huge and he will follow directions now; like get your shoes we're going to the park.

Eoin now has eight teeth in total. Four top and bottom.
He is sleeping around 13 hours at night and is down to one nap a day.

His energy is endless and he loves going to the park and sliding down the slide (which from yesterday he now does on his own).

Enjoying nature

Eoin has really been showing a huge interest in everything around him especially the outdoors. When we go for walks he stops and smells all the flowers and loves to pick up leaves and explore.

Big shoes to fill.

Eoin has been trying on everyone's shoes in the last few days. Here he is with Uncle Conor's shoes.

Christmas Visitor's

We have a full house for Christmas and we are loving it! Eoin has Granny and his Uncle Conor here to spoil him and play all day with him.

Eoin has taken an immediate shine to his Uncle Conor and loves rough and tumbling with him. And he has learnt very quickly to run to Granny if he needs to get away with something he shouldn't!

Climbing

Today I found Eoin using one of his drums to stand on to get to the top of his toy boxes. I think this might be the beginning of him learning to climb!

Discovering oranges

Hide and Seek

Interactive play

In the last few weeks eoin has really started to play interactively with us. He loves to throw and roll his balls and be chased around the house. This week he started to play hide and seek with Mommy and he loves to play with his cars with Daddy.

First haircut

Ok so I don't know who is more traumatized Eoin or me - well actually I do I am so sad to see all of Eoin's curls gone! I've told Andy that Eoin can't get his hair cut again till he is three.
Eoin was a star for his haircut and sat there like a pro. The only thing he didn't like, which wasn't a surprise, was the work around his ears. He loved the little vacuum they used to clean the cut hair of his clothes.

Last Day of trip

On our last day in England we decided to take Eoin and his cousin Mark to a local wildlife park. It was still really cold so we weren't sure if many animals would be out but we were pleasantly surprised. The boys got to see lots of monkeys, tigers, horses, raccoons, snakes, owls, eagles, lizards, fish and many other animals. Eoin loved watching the lemurs probably because his favorite show is Zoboomafoo which has a lemur in it. Uncle Cookie bought Eoin a lemur in the gift shop and Eoin has been giving it hugs and kisses ever since.

For breakfast I like to eat....

.......little boys heads. Very tasty!

(seriously though the horse wasn't eating Eoin's head it's just one of those great camera angles).

More cold weather....

.....it really was very cold and poor Eoin just didn't know what to make of it all! But we still had fun playing with James and Amy at the park. The girls even meet the boys in a game of football (soccer).

Great Grandpa

Eoin got to meet his great Grandpa on this trip. They had lots of fun getting to know each other and hanging out together.

Cousins and Great Auntie's

While in Sheffield we all hung out with our cousins and Auntie Claire and Uncle Mic. Eoin loved playing with Rebecca, Billy and Daniel.

Eoin had tons of fun playing Rebecca's recorder and playing with the boys trucks and cars.
On our last night there we had a tasty meal out and Eoin gave hugs and kisses to everyone. We'll really miss everyone and Eoin will miss having his cool older cousins to play with.

Maestro .....

Eoin loved playing on a real piano!

Rock on dude...

...maybe Eoin would look like a hard rocker if it wasn't for the pink guitar ;-)

Cold weather

While staying in the north of England the weather became really cold. There were hard frosts and even some snow. Eoin got to have his first experience of the real cold and waking on frosty grass (which he didn't much enjoy). Eoin hated wearing a hat and wouldn't keep it on until we figured out that if we put his mittens on before his hat he couldn't take his hat off.

Fun with the Argalls

We stayed with our good friends Jon and Judith for part of our trip and had fun catching up with them and their three girls Rebecca, Jessica and Emily. The girls are very excited about appearing on the blog so here you are girls - two videos of the fun to be had at the Argall house.

Playzone

While in Preston we went to a soft play area (oh how I wish we had one near us here in Palo Alto). Eoin just loved it and both Andy and I had a blast running round after him the huge play structure.