Hunter's First Year: Day 40

Thursday 25th September

Happy birthday Aunty Kali :) Hope you made it through this one with no incidents! :P

Today was another gorgeous day! Really nice and sunny and warm, no clouds and no wind! Unfortunately we couldn't really do too much with it as Rob was pretty knackered and so was I after another night of Hunter waking up after 2-3hrs sleep each time. But I did sort of get some sun on Hunter. I put his playmat on the floor near the living room window where all the sun comes in and stripped him down to singlet and nappy and just let him play. He loved it - waved his arms around and kicked his legs and sang to himself. He is starting to try and reach for things that catch his eye now - bright and rattly toys and things like that. However he has zero hand-eye co-ordination and mostly he just waves in the vague direction of the toy. He especially likes the toy that Rob and Lana gave him, when I shake that and rattle the crinkly butterly wings he turns towards it and stares at it and doesn't take his eyes off it.

Hunter had his first visit to Sandown! Ryan and Cassie are over from Western Australia so we got a table. Hunter met Ruby for the first time. Ruby is soo big now! She's gorgeous! She gave Hunter lots of kisses and even I got some kisses at the end of the night. Despite both Cass and I bringing our cameras, we didn't get a single photo! Hunter slept most of the night - his second greyhound meeting and I think he might still yet to see a single dog. Rob showed Hunter off to everyone he possibly could - directors of the club, owners, trainers, even the ladies at the buffet!

Hunter also got spoiled with some lovely presents! Ryan, Cass and Ruby gave him a blue cuddle blanket that matches Ruby's pink one, a cute little tie-dyed singlet, a pair of gorgeous baby boots with furry blue trimming, some stickers with his name printed on them and a nice warm outfit with a hood (with ears!) for cold nights at the dogs in the future. A big thanks to you guys for all the gifts, they are lovely! xx We also got a really nice baby photo box and a silver photo frame (weighs a tonne!) from the Directors & Staff of Sandown. So Hunter has been a pretty spoiled boy with all these presents from people.