@ 8 months

After a couple of weeks of assembling the basics, trying different combinations and refining the various discrete moves into a single, glorious process, Juno Ruby Ryan is on the move; yep, crawling all over the place.

Max, as you can see, is now getting some real up close and personal attention from Juno on a regular basis. Where once he was free to get up and make good his escape, now he is followed by the sound of an almost obsessive 8 month old, hands slapping the wooden floor and issuing these excited little pants as she hunts him down like the dog he is... No wonder he has just given up and assumed the position.

Of course, it is not just Max that is being followed around the house. Once she is on the floor, you will shortly hear the slapping and the panting, interrupted ocassionally as she takes a little breather, determinedly covering large swathes of the floor in dribble as she moves relentlessly from room to room, or with the weather a little balmier, the vast open spaces of the front lawn.