13 months

Did I really not blog since january 11th!!! Time IS flying, and there are so many things happening in my life, that I would need the rest of the day to tell you all about it. I'll tell you some highlights. Well, first of all, this walking business is going really well. By now I can bend down and pick up things, stand up without holding anything, and best of all, at the playground, I'm free to go wherever I want. Another great thing is that when we walk to the car I get to explore all the things that until now I've only seen from above and now -finally- I get the chance to study close up. Such as the moss that grows on our next doors neighbour's fence, the flowers at number 21, the breadcrumbs that mMarco the dwarf feeds the birds and so on. It can take the whole afternoon just to arrive to the car! I'm also getting quite skilled in eating alone. First I just used the gudsgaflana (god's forks, as they say in iceland), as you can see on this picture, and I still do when I'm not up to more complicated stuff, but I've also learnt to use a fork and a spoon (as you can see on the second photo). It took some effort (and several changes of sweaters, and washing of the floor) for me to learn to direct these devices towards my mouth. It is less easy than it looks -especially when you want to add an artistic touch to it, as I do! But then I got the hang of it, and now I'm quickly learning to pick up the food with the fork or the spoon, without distributing the food all over the table, -or the floor, or the nearby furniture, -or the toys, -or my clothes...! So I'm getting quite independent as you can see. But sometimes, being so independent can be tiring. Like last sunday when my mum took me for a 2 hour walk in the Vernavola park, with a visit to the pond where the crazy-geese live, and to the playground, and then we went home to eat pork chop with mashed potatoes and I got so tired that I fell asleep while eating, as you can see on the last series of photos. Anyway, my mum thought it was quite cute, and my coma was so profound that I didn't wake up at all when she transferred me to my bed -where I continued to sleep for over 2 hours. but from the pictures in this blog you can grasp that "Oscar eating" is one of the favourite subject for my parents photographing. Now I wouldn't mind getting to snap a photo or two of THEM when they are feeding me, for they can be quite hilarious. I don't think they realize, but every time they bring the spoon towards my mouth (or brought, for now I'm mainly doing things on my own) they open their mouth as if they were going to feed themselves, and then close it when I close mine with the food in my mouth. They have no idea how stupid that looks!
Another subject I would like to bring up, is how our flat is getting smaller all the time. I noticed it a lot when we came back from christmas in iceland. Then suddenly the kitchen table had become smaller than me, shelves I couldn't reach before were not only reachable but easily reachable, buttons and books that seemed to be a part of the sky before were suddenly within reach (riaising a series of new nei nei nei, situations), and I'm just about to be able to climb the sofa without needing a push from my parents. I don't know how the flat with everything in it managed to shrink so much, but I do think it's about time we find something bigger for us -before I start to be able to touch the ceiling here!
I have a lot of other things to tell you, but I have to stop here. Before going though, I would like to send birthday greetings to my italo-francese friend Tommi who is one years old in 2 days and I'll send belated birthdaywishes to Maria, my cousin in Iceland, who is still angry at me for not sending official birthdaygreetings to her on my blog, on her birthday! Better late than not at all!

P.s.
A short correction, just to show how fast things happen in my life. This afternoon (a few hours after writing this blog) I successfully climbed our sofa -alone! My mum was busy preparing dinner and couldn't believe her eyes when she saw me putting the icelandic, and italian flag on this peak to celebrate my conquist. I guess my middle name should be Edmond!