Will at eight months

Will is hilarious. Brilliant during the day, always looking for a reaction and ready with a laugh or a smile. He is so much fun. New tricks every week, including this week just gone commando style crawling, hence his new nickname 'Sarge'.

He is now also clapping (just started yesterday), and he sometimes says 'Dada'. His progress with solids has been really good for two or three weeks now, so Nicky and I feel more confident.

While his new found mobility is great in terms of reducing his frustration, it means more work for us. He particularly likes wires, very dangerous and repetitive :-) Hence the new prison we have for him, which is currently wrapped around the TV and sound system area.

It is great watching Will interact with family and friends, and with his little baby playmates. It is kind of strange though to think that in only a couple of months now Nick will be going back to work for two days a week. That will take some getting used to.

Next steps, teach him to sit up, (currently he can only recline like a Roman), and improve the crawl action :-)