ONE YEAR OLD
Wow, how the year has flown, yet it feels like Magnus has been in our world forever and we couldn’t imagine life without him!
The stats:
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Weight – 12.5 kg (95th percentile)
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Height – 83cm (1cm above the 97th percentile)
We’ve found Keryn’s Plunket book and at 1 he was 12.9kg and 83cm…interesting
We have had 2 great celebrations for Magnus birthday which has involved Magnus’ first real indulgence of chocolate and chocolate cake and he sure did make the most of it! The second time around Magnus probably ate just a bit too much cake, had his bottle and Mama passed him over to Great Aunty Diana who wore the brunt of quite a good vomit! Makes for a good story and Diana was a very good sport about it all.
Our wee man is such a smart cookie…so here’s a run down of his latest tricks:
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Words – Mum, Dad, truck, duck, hot, hat, head, naana (banana), brooom brooom (car), oh oh, oooooh
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Favourite things – bed time duckie, driving the car, any water play, zooming up and down in the hallway on upside down table or laundry basket, choo choo train with balls rolling around, squeals in excitement when he sees planes and helicopters in the sky
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Favourite books – The Animals of Farmer Jones, I’m a little Frog, Little Bear and Spot Goes to the Farm
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Favourite Food – blueberries, pineapple and steak
Tricks:
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Can walk very well now (and fast) and only falls over 50 times a day instead of 100 times!
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Sloppy kisses on the mouth
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Some of the actions to ‘incy wincy spider’ and hands on the head for ‘heads, shoulders, knees and toes’
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When we say ‘where’s the baby’ he pulls up his shirt and points at his tummy (or anybody elses tummy!!!) – we now need to reteach that its ‘tummy’ not ‘baby’ and the baby is only in Mummy’s tummy
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Going to the door and saying ‘broooom brooom’ to tell us that he wants to go out. The other morning Keryn and I were talking and I said something about the car which Magnus heard and quickly started saying brooom brooom. He went over to Keryn to be picked up and then turned to wave goodbye to me with a big smile on his face thinking he was going on an outing with Daddy – too cute! So we have started the ’spelling’ thing already and have to be careful about what words we say that he can interpret.
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Blowing bubbles with the bubble trumpet from Uncle Toby
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He likes to pick up our hands and direct them to do things – like bang on the window or open the toy box
I think that about captures what Magnus can do and what he loves as a 1 year old!
Playing in the dirt the night before my First Birthday
Mama and Dada came all the way from Ireland for my First Birthday
Playing with his birthday pressies
Magnus was keen to get his hands on this yummy looking cake that Daddy decorated
Yay…clap hands
Blowing out the candles with Mum and Dad
Eating my first Birthday Cake
Yum…chocolate makes me smile!
The sugar rush is hitting and I’m climbing on my highchair table!
Riding my new trike from Granny and Grandfather
Granny, Aunty Nic and Grandfather
