BROKEN LEG!

Hey Guys, and as you can tell by the title, I have had a slight accident. I must admit that it may not be broken but unfortunately, as I am still looking for work, I am not currently covered by the healthcare system to check it out. To be honest it might be me being a little dramatic as always but next week I will be insured and we'll see whats going on.

As you may have read in my previous blogs, I have signed for a football team called FK Libez. Since Novemeber I have trained real hard to lose all my baby weight (hehe) and started to gain a little more muscle again. When we had our second pre-season friendly last week, I unfortunately had an accident where I collided with the goalkeeper and my leg folded underneath me. Since then I have had Doctor Jitka Hirst Klapova look after me!

To say the least, I have been going mad here! My day consists of sitting on the sofa with my leg in the air and to be honest, there is only so much Czech television and FIFA in one day I can handle. I then thought to myself, well why not update my blog, as the whole purpose is an online diary.

Apart from that, I have had a couple of interviews and I'm sure I will be in work sometime soon. Well that's enough about me! Max is doing real well, he is really active now and just wants to play all day. He now knows little games such as pass the toy (where he passes the toy to me and then I pass it  back), he loves peek-a-boo and his favourite game is to chase our dog (Mia) around the house. They are becoming best friends.

He's also going through around 3 dribble cloths a day which means he is cutting more teeth. It will more than likely be his top two but who knows?! Jitka is also doing well and has also started writing articles on fashion. I will leave a link on the bottom in case anybody would like to check it out. I wish I could comment more but my fashion knowledge is pretty poor....Jitka is in charge of pretty much everything when it comes to fashion.

We also added a new member to the family....meet Diego the Siamese Fighting Fish also known as Bettas. It was my birthday present from Jitka and I absolutely love him! He has got a twenty gallon tank so he should be happy in there. And yes, he is called Diego because of the mighty Diego Costa who plays for Chelsea (Jitka did not approve). We just need to wait a few days before we can add some other fish.

So to wrap up, keep your fingers crossed for me and hopefully I will announce some good news. Thank you for reading and I will leave the link below to Jitka's fashion article (it is written in Czech but it can be translated).

Bye guys!

Jitka's Article

http://dvehlavy.cz/moda/historie-mikiny-a-trochu-inspirace

EIGHT MONTH UPDATE!

Hey Guys, and welcome to my update on Max. I believe I did my last update when he was only six months old, so I have quite a bit to tell you about.

First of all I cannot believe how fast Max is growing up! Eight months ago and our lives were about to change forever. I must admit, I wasn't scared at all which came as a surprise because I usually tend to freak out at things as huge as this. I just knew it was the right time.

So Max has gone from "commando crawling" to now moving on his knees. One of us always has to keep an eye on him as he loves to play with everything which isn't his toys. If he's not going after the cables, he's heading for the dog bowl or if it's not the dog bowl, he tries to pull the bin over....I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

When we were in England last week my dad taught him how to stand! He was extremely wobbly to begin with but over the past week or so he really is being more stable. He can also crawl over to his play pen or the sofa and pull himself up. His face of excitement is the best because you can see he is extremely pleased with himself.

Normally you would think he has learnt enough at the moment but no, he is trying his hardest to talk. As one wise person on Jeremy Kyle once said, he's "smacking his gums together" but I'm sure he wasn't using it in the same context. They are not quite words yet but I think he will be asking what he wants for breakfast sometime soon.

And to top it all off, he has two "nearly fully" grown bottom teeth. When being first time parents I wasn't sure whether he was teething or not, so when the first two popped out it was a sigh of relief. And I must say, that when he smiles, he looks like a rabbit (only joking) he looks adorable! Now the first ones have popped out I'm sure the rest will follow.

That's all of the milestones he has achieved so far and I must admit that he seems to be a very happy and healthy baby. I will look forward to giving you another update this time next month. I am now going to get ready for my first pre-season football match today. So have a great day and I'll see you soon. I hope you enjoy the videos.

Bye Guys.

ENGLAND BABY!

Hey Guys, so I know its been a while since my last blog update, but I have been rather busy visiting family and friends back at home. I also spent the first two weeks on my own without Jitka and Max for the first time, so it meant that I had nobody to take decent pictures for me. Jitka once asked me to take a picture of her and I somehow cut her head out of the photo.....so my photography skills aren't the best! So I apologize if the photos are not up to standard on this blog.

WEEK ONE

It's Friday 9th January at 13:00 and I have arrived back to the lovely town of Cambridge. As I got on the bus to my parents house, the first thing that crossed my mind was "WHAT!? A day rider is £4.00?!? Before I left it cost £3.80....bloody cheek". So after I got ripped off (hehe) I had made it back home.

First day back and I was home alone so I decided to have a bit of me time.....and I didn't mean that! I sat down with a coffee and caught up with all the amazing English television I was missing. To be honest I really enjoyed it because although watching The Simpsons in Czech is funny to begin with, after a few days the novelty does wear off.

So as the week progresses I made plans to see my brother. Nothing beats a couple of beers while kicking ass on FIFA. As the night progressed and more alcohol was being consumed, I couldn't help but order a Doner Kebab....it just had to be done. And that was a great way to cap off my first week back.

WEEK TWO

After a very relaxing first week, we can now turn to week two where things got a bit more eventful. It started on the Friday night where me and my parents got very music happy and were playing youtube until the early hours of the morning. And it was at two am when I realized that I needed to be awake at seven to go suit fitting.

So Saturday morning came and I was pleasantly surprised as I was feeling "not too bad". It was the car journey that made things more challenging. But we arrived for my Brothers suit fitting and all went very smooth. First one down and one more to go. For the second fitting I arrived promptly and up we went for the second fitting, this was for my best friend Tom's wedding.

We were greeted by two lovely ladies and I have to say, I think they were week at the knees. We had such a laugh and they didn't want us to leave.....they have another client downstairs waiting as we took so long, and they were happy for him to wait. I believe they said "Keep him downstairs, he won't be half as fun as these chaps". I think we made their morning. After all of the suit fitting fun I spent the night at Tom's house where he cooked an amazing Spaghetti Bolognese and again started to play some Playstation.

Sunday then arrived and I went to see another one of my best friends, and what was supposed to be a two hour visit, shortly turned into three, then four and...well I'm sure you can guess whats coming next. I got home at 1 am but had an amazing time!

On Tuesday I went to visit my Sister and nieces. It had been a while since I last saw them so I was really looking forward it. I want to give a big shout out to Gwen as well, as I've heard a lot about you but never met until last week. I have to say, you're a pretty cool mum. We then went out for a meal and made back in time for Eastenders and all that other rubbish.....sorry Melissa but I hate soaps (hehe). But apart from that I really had a time seeing you all.

WEEK THREE

After a few days off Saturday came round and Jitka was flying with Max. To be honest I couldn't wait! Two weeks without my family is definitely long enough. When we met Jitka at the airport, I was greeted with the hugest of smiles from Max....I was sure he missed me as much as I missed Max and Jitka.

As the week went on Max started crawling for the first time on his knees, and before we knew it, he started standing!! When I left two weeks prior he was only crawling commando, and in the space of a few days Max had learnt a lot. 

Week three was a quiet week for us as I unfortunately got a throat infection which led to us cancelling a few plans. So I will take the time to apologize on my blog if you're reading. But apart from that, we had a great time. It was amazing to be back and want to thank my parents for making it a great visit!

So now as I am back in Czech I will update my blog more regularly and I look forward to posting more great achievements from Max. Now I have to go prepare for a big day tomorrow as I have a trial day at a Kindergarten School. Wish me luck :)

See you soon!

NEW YEARS TOOTH!

Hey Guys, another huge milestone and yesterday was the 31st December. Max officially has got his first tooth, what a way to end the year! Over the past few weeks Max has had disrupted sleep to say the least and we were constantly blaming it on teething. He had disrupted sleep patterns, red cheeks and goes through around three dribble clothes a day so after say a couple of weeks, you tend to doubt yourself and begin to think it could be something else. That's when we noticed his first tooth and knew all of the hard work Max has done has paid off.

How amazing is it that it's popped right out on New Year's Eve.....I think he just times these things too perfectly. We took Max to have his six month check-up and he seems to be doing very well and is healthy. The baby doctor (she was actually a fully grown woman not a baby) also said that he is developing at a very fast pace, he is coming up to seven months and can already sit, crawl and roll over so I'm kind of expecting him to ask me what he wants for breakfast tomorrow. So as you can guess we are extremely proud of him.

What should we do to celebrate this massive milestone? Well it's New Year's Eve......so me and Jitka had a couple of hours off while our grandparents looked after Max. I know he is developing at a fast pace but I'm pretty sure he is still too young for a glass of bubbly (hehe).

Yesterday we went to the local Fireman's Depot and had a gathering with close friends for a couple of beverages and nibbles. And we had an amazing time! It wasn't like our usual get together from England, with golden coated smoked salmon and spending it with our two best friends, it was more of a karaoke situation and drinking games and we had a great time.

So I hope you guys enjoyed your night, whatever it was you did, and I will give a blog update over the next couple of days and who knows, maybe Max will be walking and talking...... 

Bye Guys