I, Felix

Busy, busy, busy...

I don't have much time to write anymore. People ask me "why? what could a little boy like you possibly be doing all day?". Well, those people have no idea!

6.30 - I wake up, stand up in my cot and cry until Mummy or Papa come to get me
7.00 - after lounging with Mummy and Papa in their bed for a bit, Papa dresses me
7.15 - I am having my morning milk in my pushchair downstairs while Mummy and Papa get dressed
8.00 - Breakfast with Mummy
8.30 - Playtime. I am running around downstairs and unpack all my toys for the day
9.30 - Somtimes Mummy and I go away to do something, like swimming or shopping
12.00 - Lunchtime!
13.30 - I am getting ready for a nice nap
15.30 - Waking up from my snooze. Playtime again!
17.15 - Dinner, finally, maybe watching some telly
18.00 - Bathtime. I get very dirty during the day
18.45 - getting dressed for bed and teeth brushing
19.00 - my evening milk makes me very, very, very sleepy...

Out of the way!

How dare you, wall, to be in my way. Move it!

Our new house is ace

Felix in the new house
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

We have been in the new house for four weeks now and it's excellent. I have lots of space to roam around. Mummy and Papa have put down cheap plastic flooring so that the whole ground floor is safe for me to play on. Mummy works all day on the house. Painting, tiling, cleaning and so on, while I play. On the weekends Papa plays with me, while Mummy works hard in the house, painting, tiling, cleaning and so on.

It's Moving Day!

Felix
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

Finally, today is the big day that we are moving into our new house. For the past three weeks we have been staying with Auntie Tory in her house. It has been nice, but very crowded. And I did not have all my toys to play with because our things are in storage.
So today Mummy and me are moving into the new house in Leybourne with the huge garden. Papa will not be moving with us. He is in America with work. Nice one, Papa! I am really looking forward to our new home. Mummy and Papa will have a lot of work to do to make it nice, but it should be worth it in the end.

Hurrah! I am one!

  Felix is happy about his cake? 
  Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

It's my birthday today. I am one year old. Thats makes me as old as Tom, who also one. And I am much older than Enya now, she is only zero. Ha, what a baby.
Mummy took me swimming in the morning and then we had a little birthday party with Enya and Tom, and Claire and Claire and Sarah. I got a nice cake and some presents.
When we came back home Papa was there. He had been away in America for his new job for ten days. So I played with Papa a little and then got lots of more presents: a nice Brio train, a Steiff Hovawart and my first Lego. Papa and I then played with the Lego for a while. Well, Papa was building towers and I knocked them over. It was a very nice day.

New Pics of me

Felix
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

Papa sat me in the garden the other day to take some photographs of me. His motives were selfish though, as he is in California right now and wanted some new photos of me to look at. Boring.

They are keeping me in a cage!

It is an outrage! I am not a dangerous animal or anything like that. Still, Mummy and Papa have started keeping me locked up behind bars. What is wrong with them? All I want to do is explore the house a bit, climb up the stairs and stuff like that. What's the problem?

TV is a great thing

Felix watches TV
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

I really like watching any programme with people on it. Papa gets very annoyed and says that TV makes you stupid and I should not be watching it. But then he cannot be bothered to get up and play with me, so what am I supposed to do? Thank God, Papa will go back to work next week. Mummy is away on a trip and Oma Marianne is here to visit. So it is all very exciting. Oh, and I have learned to crawl. Papa thinks it's a big deal and is very excited. I don't think it's that great. I crawled into the kitchen yesterday, but there wasn't really that much there, so I am not going there again. I will stick with the telly for now.

A long, long walk

In Chav Pub in Mereworth
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

On the weekend I went for a very long walk with Mummy, Papa and auntie Tory. We walked for hours and Papa got in a strop because it was too muddy in the woods. But then we pushed on and after a few more hours ended up in this pub in Mereworth. Papa went to get the drinks and when he came back he said that this pub must be where all the people with ASBOs go to hang out. I don't know what that means, but Mummy and auntie Tory laughed and we only stayed for one drink.

Holiday in Lanzarote

Felix in Sunsuit
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

We have just come back from a nice holiday in Lanzarote. It was the first time that I was on a proper summer holiday.
Mummy and Papa spent most of the time doing nothing at all and I played with my toys. It was all very relaxing. Papa has posted many photos on Flickr.

Papa is crowding me

Felix
Originally uploaded by schlunzi.

Since Papa is at home all day he has started to get on my nerves a bit. He is constantly fussing over me. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to get some attention, but enough is enough. He is always playing with me and kissing me and all that. Fine. But he also keeps trying to make me talk and walk and crawl and eat by myself and sit by myself. He also goes on about how I should be able to say "Mama" at my age and crawl like mad. Nonsense. I got better things to do, like lounging around and playing with my toys.

My first real meal

  Felix feeds himself

Mummy and Papa are finally letting me eat properly. They put me into a full on bodysuit so that I don't get covered in food. Totally unnecessary. I can do it all by myself just fine. Well, sort of.

Papa, what do you say about that?

Ha! Papa thought he could just keep sticking me into purple Yahoo! shirts, but I have a will of my own.

Papa's new camera

Papa has taken lots of new pictures of me with his new camera. He is very excited about it and wrote about it in his blog as well. So expect a wave of new pictures of me on Flickr in the near future where Papa will attemp to show off his photography skills. Good luck to him.

Relaxing holiday

  Felix reading The Economist 

It has been snowing and pretty cold so most of the time we have spent in the lovely warmth of our appartment. Mummy and Papa mostly watch TV while I try to stay current with world affairs.

It worked, Santa was here!

  Felix finds presents from Santa 

In the morning I found lots of presents under our little Christmas tree, all for me. Papa wouldn't let me unpack them though, because we are taking them to Gran Foster's house in Bolton Abbey.

Waiting for Santa

  Waiting for Santa 

It's my first Christmas and Mummy helped me make sure that Santa comes and leaves nice presents for me. I have left out a nice minced pie and a glass of Port for Santa so that he can rest form his journey. Also left out some carrots for his reindeer so that they can have a bite as well.

In York for Christmas

  Minstergate in York 

I am going to spend Christmas in York with Mummy and Papa. They have rented an appartment from the National Trust, right next to York Minster. It is very pretty and we will have a very nice time here. For Christmas Day we are off to Bolton Abbey to spend the day with Gran Foster.

Best of me!

Papa has created a Best of Felix 2005 photo set on Flickr. This includes some of the highlights of my life so far, all in one convenient location. Thanks Papa!

Hurrah, I am a hero...

At least that is what Mummy and Papa keep telling me, because I have learned to turn myself from my back on to my front. Hurrah! I did it three times today without any help and also managed to roll back again. Actually it's very easy. And now I try to do it everywhere: in my buggy, on my changing table and in the bath. Papa panics a lot when I try it in the bath or on the changing table. I don't know why. It's fun!

I have a tooth

Yes, one proper tooth has come through my gum and I can use it to chew on things or bite into Papa's finger. It is great. Mummy also gives me little baby biscuits to chew, but I am still struggling to get them into my mouth. When I do find my mouth I sometimes shove them in too far and choke. It's all very hard work.

Kiebitzbruch

We also went to see Oma Marianne and Opa Hasso in Kiebitzbruch, which is the name of their house. They have four huge dogs. Massive dogs. And they make a lot of noise and bark and jump around but are also quite nice. Opa Hasso is only 2 weeks away from retirement. Then he can sit at home all day and play Sudoku.

Three generations...

...of very tall, big men. Well, I will be tall and big in a little while.
Papa measured me today and I am 72cm long, which is a lot because I am only just turning 6 months next week.

Visiting Berlin

Mummy and Papa have taken me to Berlin. We are staying in a nice hotel near the Ku'Damm, the Swissotel. They provided a great little bed for me complete with Teddy! Also a bath with a rubber duck, a bottle warmer, baby-wipes etc. Very nice!

Nice Day Out in Tunbridge Wells

Mummy and Papa took me for a nice walk in a park in Tunbridge Wells. It was a very clear and bright day, so I had a little snooze by the pond.

I am a big boy now

In fact I am so big now that I am already allowed to sit in a big-boy-carseat. Its much, much better. Its very comfy and Mummy and Papa can get me into my seat much easier. Most importantly I am now facing forward, so I can see where we are going. And when I have something to say I can cry and Mummy and Papa can easily turn around and see me. Usually they can't really do anything. But still, its good.

Everybody wants to hold me

It really is pretty cool when people come to visit, because they want to hold me all the time and play with me.  Grandma Foster and  great aunt  Christine  even looked after me during the evening, while I was sleeping, so that Mummy and Papa could  go to the cinema.

felixfoster.com

Papa has been busy buying domains and so my blog is now also available via http://felixfoster.com - Hurrah!

It's still warm!

This winter thing that I have been told about does not seem to be happening. It is still amazingly warm and Mummy and Papa are taking me for long walks without their coats on.

Finally winter is coming

It is getting a little colder and I can notice the difference. We still do not have much heating in the house so I am being wrapped up nicely by Mummy and Papa. This is easy since I have the world's largest collection of knitted cardigans. This one here was hand made by Oma Marianne and is very nice indeed.

I is BIG

Mummy took me to get weighed and measured today and I is huge. I am 66cm long, even though I have timy short legs and I weigh 8.7kg which is lots.

Back Home

We have just returned from a fantastic little holiday in Devon. In fact this was my first real holiday. We stayed in a Landmark Trust cottage right by the sea. Papa has uploaded some more photos to flickr. It was my first time at the beach and at the sea. I really enjoyed it. Papa now wants to learn surfing.

In the Yorkshire Dales

This weekend Mummy and Papa took me to the Yorkshire Dales to meet Mummy's family and friends. Mummy comes from Bolton Abbey. I got to meet lots of new people and was held a lot by strangers which was kind of fun. Mummy and Papa also took me walking which I enjoyed very much. Papa pushed my up the hills in my buggy. It was very bouncy but I did not mind. Papa was very sweaty though. I like the outdoors, especially the wind.

I am fat and short, apparently

I used to be very tall for my age, but now I am only average. Yet my weight is still slightly above average. Hey, what can I do? I like eating!

Happy Birthday Papa

It is Papa's birthday today. Mummy has cooked him a really nice birthday tea last night with three different types of Thai salad, Papa's favourite food. She also baked him a big chocolate cake.

I told you I can smile

Finally Papa has managed to catch me smiling, at least a little bit:

I can smile, I promise

Last week I learned how to smile. It is good fun. Papa has been trying to take a picture of me smiling, but I try not to smile when he is neat the camera. I also like to practice when nobody is around, so I quite often sit around and giggle to myself. Also very good fun.
I am almost 2.5 months old now and life is getting much more interesting. Mummy and Papa sometimes take me out to restaurants and eat while I sleep or giggle to myself.

Papa is back from China

I am very happy that Papa is back. He says that China is good fun and that there are lots of Chinese people everywhere. Not sure what he expected.
Apparently there are 110 million Chinese tourists who visit Beijing every year. Papa said that about 100 million of them were with him in the Forbidden City when he was visiting it. To make sure they can all drink expensive coffee even there, the wise Chinese people had a Starbuck open right in the Forbidden City.

I am being censored!!!

China stinks! Papa cannot read my blog from China. But he knows its up and running. So the Chinese government must be afraid of me. And so they should, because I am speaking the truth. I may be little, but my voice rings loud and clear (ask Mummy!). Oh well...

Papa is in China

Papa has left Mummy and me and has gone to China. We are not happy. He said he will send me lots of "postcards" from his Mobile phone. This one just said: "Hi Felix, we have just landed in Beijing and are now waiting to get in. More later. Papa"

What I meant by wet

I said that we got wet, when we went walking with Opa Hasso, but I am not sure I made myself perfectly clear: we were soaked! Papa was going to take an umbrella, but he could not find a small one. He didn't feel like taking a huge purple Yahoo! umbrella (Mummy and Papa have lots of those), so we left without. All was fine for 40 minutes or so. But then just after Papa had explained to Mummy how the big dark could where heading straight towards us it started raining and we all tried to seek refuge under a tree. Only the tree had other plans. It let most of the rain straight through. So Mummy had to phone Aunt Tory to come and pick us up and bring dry clothes. Well, at least thats what I was told, because I slept through the whole episode.

Opa Hasso

This weekend I met Opa Hasso. He came to stay for a few days. We went walking and got very wet. We also went to the pub twice and Hasso helped Papa clean up some stuff in the garden today. Then they took me to a tip to get rid of the waste. Afterwards, we had an icecream at the coast, sort of, in Chatham. Don't go there.
Opa Hasso was also very good at feeding me and walking around int he garden with me when I was crying. So I cried a lot.

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Jenkins and I

Well, it really looks like the cats are not afraid of me anymore. Jenkins now sits on the bed, even though I am waving my arms about trying to shoo her off. Now she also has started sitting on Mummy's or Papa's lap, even when its clear that they are busy holding me! Next thing you know, Jenks will be sitting on me.

My new Cardi

Oma Marianne has knitted me a great new cardigan. Mummy and Papa hope that this is only the beginning of a steady stream of hand made clothes. The cardi looks very good on me.

Yet another grandpa

On Saturday Papa went to Berlin to meet my other grandpa (not Opa Hasso), for the first time in 13 years. Papa says I have many genes from this other Opa. And one day I may get to meet him too. That would be nice.

New Relatives

Ur-Oma Ingrid and Oma Marianne are here this week. Papa went to pick them up on Tuesday. On Wednesday we went for a walk around the village. Thursday we went to London for the day and today Papa took both of them to Canterbury.

P.E.R.C.s

Whoever said that parenthood does not come with any perks? Well, at least P.E.R.C.s, or "Poonami Emergency Response Centres". These are little boxes or bags filled with all the essential items required to launch a successful and efficient Poonami response: Nappies, wipes, cotton wool, plastic jar (for water), tissues, nappy sacks, Purell etc. Mummy and Papa have already installed three P.E.R.C.s around the house and Auntie Tory is setting one up at her place too.

Adoption Incentives

Yesterday Mummy and Papa were thinking of giving me away for free. After last night they have decided to offer some incentives to whomever adopts me, to speed up the process. Papa was thinking of throwing in his car. It's a nice Jaguar XJ8, top condition. He will put me in the car and drive us to my new parents. Then he can just walk home, no problem. So hurry...

Adopt me, I am cute...

Mummy and Papa want to put me up for adoption. They have had enough of me. I keep them awake all night with my crying and complaints. It now takes me up to 2 hours to go back to sleep at night when I wake up. I eat all day and then cry until I am exhausted. So they have had enough and I am anybody's. Please, someone volunteer to take me on. I am well behaved and very cute. Look: