Baby Steps

Well well, there are 2 very proud parents in our household today due to the fact that our little baby (AKA Punk Rupert) has taken a major step forward in his quest to explore the whole house!

Yes, whilst Phil was upstairs putting his train set back together after months of derailment, Rupert decided he needed to see what was going on and with a little encouragement (and a safety back up team, ie Me) he managed to climb the stairs to the landing! Oh bless his cottons it was extremely hard work for the little fella but he made it all the way to the top but was pooped by the time he launched himself on to the last step. Of course going up is very different from going down and that's not something I'm willing to let him try out - Pekes are top heavy (so to speak) and so don't do well if confronted with going downwards in a head first fashion as they are off balance and so I just know it would be asking for a disaster to let him go downstairs on his own). I'm very proud of him but also realise we have now opened the gates of hell in terms of keeping an eye on the little bugger - I've a feeling a puppy gate might well be purchased in the near future!

So apart from that excitement the day isn't full of many other surprises. Phil is home on holiday and spends the majority of that trying to set up another laptop since our other one has blown up and pottering with his trains, whilst I go to the gym and do my usual daily stuff. We do go out to pick up yet another fan that Phil can take into work since his office is like a small furnace in the afternoons and also go to tesco to pick up tonight's tea which is oven fried chicken with almonds. I've never made it before and is a recipe gleaned from my new cook books that I got on Saturday, gotta say however is nicely curbed my craving for KFC and tasted delicious, but perhaps I don't need to cook quite so much next time :)

Managed another 30 mins on the treadmill today as well btw, not as hard work as I'd expected so quite happy with that, and will be looking to increase some of the weights I'm using by the end of the week as though it pains me to confess this, a few of them are getting a bit too easy :)

Posted by Abi on the July 17, 2006 9:09 PM