I know I should have updated this a long time ago but I have found out that for some reason babies suck away all the free time you used to take for granted.
When I last blogged Alfie was just learning to smile, and that if he lifted his legs up he would be able to flop on to his side. Fast forward a few months and he is now busy trying to co-ordinate his movements into a proper crawl, aswell as having mastered the art of sitting up (if only for a minute at the moment). He has also become a lot more vocal and seems to practicing ahead of his first word. Some of his gurgles at the moment sound disturbingly like “mama” too, despite all my hours of “dada” training.
Day 64. A summery baby photo with his first shades which he promptly tried to remove from his head probably trying to work out why everything had all suddenly gone dark.
Day 73. Alfie never did like prams, he always wanted to see what was going on, whether that was sitting in a pushchair or a view from my shoulder he has always been curious and inquisitive, forever exploring his surroundings and looking for new things to experience.
This particular pram belonged to Alfie’s mum and her dolls. Briefly rescued from the loft along with the doll for this shot it had not fared too well in the years it was away. Still it fits Alfie’s emotion perfectly in this instance.
Day 107.
Alfie is forever exploring now only content to be still for a short while before looking for something to entertain him. Unless he sees something that will keep his interest, in this case a bright little softbox caught his eye.
Day 121.
Something a little more mad today, several pictures of Alfie’s various emotions that day edited and pasted onto some vegetables, what could be more normal? This pic always makes me smile.
Day 135.
A trip to Nan’s today, and Alfie perfects his new circus skills with a fantastic balancing act. This was a pain to edit, with lots of separate layers to keep track of and all the shots taken handheld which made stitching the images together a nightmare. It was easier to light with a softbox to the right and a flash bounced off the wall to the left to give the natural light a helping hand.
Day 162.
Alfie has some new shoes. Lovely handmade shoes from Dee Morgan at S.P.A.C.E in Ellesmere and he seems to like them and is very content to bounce around in them. I love these sort of pictures, the ones that arent taken too often but record the little details you would otherwise miss.
Day 181.
Alfie is turning into a big baby now, more confident in everything he does he is rapidly finding out how to move and will soon be scurrying around on all fours. He has definitely found his feet and is busy exploring what they do.
Day 183.
6 Months today! This is the halfway point while I document Alfie’s first year and looking back he has changed so much but he still is and always will be the tiny fragile little bundle that I held for the first time on April 8th 2010.
The full set of Alfie’s pictures can be found here with more coming for another busy 6 months.
Earlier Baby 365 posts are here: Part 2 Part 1
