Precious time

It's been a wonderful week of enjoying the incredible sun filled days.

EJ is walking with increasing determination. The development from rolling, crawling, standing and walking has been so amazing to watch unfold.

I am in awe of the incredible core strength that babies develop. One of EJ's favourite games at the moment is going from squatting to standing again and again. His control is superb and he just keeps going. Long after I'm lost in laughter on the floor at my inability to keep up.

We had a very interesting discovery on our garden path the other morning.

Everybody say hello to the nice (and thankfully previously deceased) the North Qld Tarantula.

Nice set of fangs.

It has been an incredibly refreshing experience here at Grasstree.
We go for walks down to the beach, chatting with puppies and their owners, watching horses swim and meeting the people who live in this idilic spot.

The friendly openness and genuine sense of community I've felt is just so lovely.

EJ has a ball hanging out with some of the children. We've been lent toys (check out our spishy red wheels), had play days and generally enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

All the excitement leaves us a bit tired.

  What a way to nap though, eh?

This afternoon, EJ fell asleep in his Papa's arms. And together they slept. 

and slept

and slept.

So I took photos and blogged. lol. I do love photographing these two.

For me, this time is so precious.

All time with EJ is, it's true. I find that in these increasingly rare moments of just me time though, that I have the opportunity to unwind, drink a hot(!) tea and read something wonderfully interesting. And just breathe. Ahh. Then I am renewed and ready for the next instalment of The Incredible Adventures of EJ.