Preston's day at the beach

We are staying with Grandad and Nana Karon this weekend so I can buy a car (yay!) and today we went to Ruakaka Beach since it was such a lovely sunny winter day. Preston had his first taste of sand and shells...mmmm... Here are some pictures of his new experiences!

Lick lick lick! It's what I like to do! 

Preston is going to be a star!!!

Well ever since Preston has been born people have been saying what a lovely baby he is, and I thought people said that to every baby. A number of people suggested we should get him to be a baby model, especially since he is more exotic looking with his half-Chinese heritage. I decided this was a good plan, as most advertising things need a cultural mix to keep it all PC, plus of course he IS pretty cute!!

So the other day I submitted Preston to a Talent Agency - and they just called me to say his application has passed through their processes and he has been accepted!! He's going to be a star!

He had his first taste of stardom today (not from the talent agency). One of Dan's friends is at film school and so today we had a film crew following us around to study A Day in the Life of Preston. We did things like go to Plunket, make baby food, have a little friend over, play with toys etc. Can't wait to see the final result!

Mummy knitted Mr Funny for me - isn't he cool?? 

Mummy's pink shoe is soooo funny! 

I'm strapped into my stroller, going for a walk. 

Mummy & Preston, 7 months  

Oi! What are you doing here? These are my toys! 

I'm going to get you Mummy! (Preston is learning to pull himself up on things. Hmmm) 

Like my Superman overalls? 

Welcome to my cot! Nice and spacious, with plenty of room to roll around. Although, I prefer to sleep stuffed up in a corner with my head pressed against the wood, and no blankets. 

We are going to Japan!

Yes, we are planning a trip to Tokyo in september! It will only be for about 5 days, but should be fun. The attraction is the Toyko Game Show (computer games etc) and Dan has been wishing he could go for years...and finally this year he's decided to go!

It's funny going on overseas holidays now. We went to Norfolk Island just before we were pregnant as a 'last holiday' sort of thing before our lives would be taken over with a baby. Then when I was 4 months pregnant we ended up going to the US for the ebay conference... and we totally thought that would be our last holiday ever. And then when Preston was 5 months old I decided it would be ok to travel with a baby and took him to Melbourne, and if you read my post at the time, you are probably thinking 'it was a disaster, so why are you even thinking about going to Japan!'

Well....we will give it a go. Preston will be 9 months old by then so hopefully will be better with travelling. Also Dan will be there too so I wont have to do everything myself.

So last year was 'my' holiday for the ebay thing, and Dan was very good to tag along and dress up in my NZ promotional uniform I got for us to wear. This year is 'Dan's' holiday, so who knows what I will be expected to do for the games show. I guess we will have to dress Preston up as a nintendo character of some kind, or maybe even a ninja!

The expo is in some new city in Chiba that is based around the convention centre, and the whole city looks all shiny, new and high tech. Here is a picture of the convention centre where an expected 160,000 people will be joining us....that's a lot of people...

So we are looking forward to going :)

Did you know Preston can say Mama, Dada, Baba and has quite an interesting baby babble vocabulary!

Preston vs Wolverine

Caught up with Nayden and Francis on Friday. Here's a pic of Francis introducing Preston to everyone's favourite X-man. Unfortunately, Nayden didn't capture the part when Preston's heat vision melted away Wolverine's adamantium claws.

Watch out kitty, here comes Preston!

Preston has been busy perfecting his crawling, and now he can move pretty fast anywhere he wants. Yesterday he was chasing the cat - she was kind of asking for it anyway - she likes to tease him and walk near so she sees her, then she walks quickly away (not running), and Preston goes after her. She kept going around the lounge, and Preston followed where she went! But she knows she is quicker than he is, so in an emergency she could escape without much effort.

He talks to cats. When he sees a cat he says 'KKKTHSSSSSSSSSTTTTHKKK' and it's the only time he makes that sound. We had coffee group at someone's house the other day and they had a super-friendly cat who loved attention, so it sat down right in front of Preston so he could pat it. He got a bit too friendly though, and ended up with a mouth full of tail!!

The other thing Preston has mastered is clapping! It's really cute - he claps his hands when I come to get him from his cot, and when he's excited, and even sometimes when he's crying. And he loves when we clap our hands too.

We're onto 3 meals of pureed foods a day now. Mmmmm....

Also, at our last swimming class (the 10th one) he FINALLY got the hang of being in the water and loved it! Normally he just whimpers the whole time and screams when he gets dunked, but at last he has his confidence and had a great time. He even started paddling, and the teacher (who is quite sympathetic to Preston) noticed and said 'right everyone, Preston wants to do paddling, and even though its a stage 2 activity lets all do it!'. So that was nice. We've got two weeks off for school holidays so when we go back next week I hope he still remembers he likes swimming.

I knitted this jumper years and years ago when we lived in Newmarket - it was the first baby clothing I knitted, and FINALLY it can be worn! It makes me so happy to see something I made is at last being used. I'm having a big knitting burst at the moment, and I have a list of over 20 things I need to make between now and the end of the year...so if you are hoping for me to make something, you'd better put your order in now!! 

Our son is a child of the new millenium - he's an iPod Baby!! 

big fat cheeks