Sometimes it's easy to forget with kids that simple things are the best. A couple of months ago Marcus asked about being able to go out for a night-time drive - he always likes to look at the lights out from our house at night and wanted to go for a drive in it. So we told him in June we could. We went for our big night-time drive tonight. We went out for 30 minutes up Mt Vic to see the lookout over the city. He absolutely loved it - it was one of the most exciting things he's done in a long time.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
What a week.
This week has been a hard one. We've all succumbed to various illnesses, some of us more than once. Last week Oli and Marcus had colds. This week I got the cold quite badly and had to take a couple of days off work. By the time I got over it, I got a dose of some sort of food poisoning or stomach bug. It might have been related to Marcus' bout of vomiting on Tuesday/Wednesday - 8 times in 6 hours. He's been pretty lethargic the rest of the week, as am I!
On the up side, things are going well more generally. Oli is doing all he should although not sleeping as well as we'd like. Even Marcus slept a bit better at this age. But he's definitely growing, getting bigger every day. He watches his big brother intently. And Marcus is doing well. He really enjoys Playcentre and loves playing outdoors all the time. He doesn't like watching tv and would rather be outside throwing his trains around!
On the up side, things are going well more generally. Oli is doing all he should although not sleeping as well as we'd like. Even Marcus slept a bit better at this age. But he's definitely growing, getting bigger every day. He watches his big brother intently. And Marcus is doing well. He really enjoys Playcentre and loves playing outdoors all the time. He doesn't like watching tv and would rather be outside throwing his trains around!
Marcus WoOdhead!
Last week we got Marcus some new letters. This pack of magnetic letters has lots of double ups which is great. He pulled them out today and proceeded to spell Marcus Woodhead (although he also enjoys spelling out sucram daehdoow and getting us to pronounce it).
He's also rediscovering lots of old books, which is great and he can read some of them, which helps distract him from us - sometimes.
He's also rediscovering lots of old books, which is great and he can read some of them, which helps distract him from us - sometimes.
Marcus and Ayesha
Last weekend Ayesha came around (and her mum and dad). She was born about a week after Marcus so has always been part of his life. They spent a bit of time playing together, which was very cute. Her visit helped Marcus to rediscover his very noisy hammer toy.
Oli
Many people tell us they think Oli looks like Marcus. We disagree. Marcus looks very much like my (Karl's) side of the family and Oli looks very much like Shelley's side of the family. There's a number of things about them that are very similar - body shape, lack of sleepness, and nose.
And they're both very cute!
And they're both very cute!
Marcus helps with the dishes
One of Marcus' favourite activities at Playcentre is washing the trains. One day at home he decided to wash the trains and at the same time do all the dishes on the bench! It's a good sign, but I think by the time he's able to actually do the dishes he won't want to.
Marcus and Oli
When Oli is in his bouncer Marcus loves to go up and play with him and around him. He likes to point to Oli's "little feet" and "little hands" and "little nose" and "little ears"! He keeps asking when Oli can play with him.
Having a bath
We've been managing to bath Oliver in the laundry tub. However, he's now getting too big and he'll have to move to the baby bath we've got. At 10 weeks he is also now approaching being too big for his moses basket and will have to go into his cot. It's amazing how quickly this all passes - maybe the lack of sleep helps to make it go faster!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Mum and son (5 weeks)
Here's Shelley after getting Oliver to sleep earlier today. Today Oliver turned 5 weeks old! That means I only have one week of parental leave left.
Today's big adventure was a family trip on the cable car. We parked in Kelburn, took the cable car into town, went to the library and Kirkcaldies (so I could buy some ceramic balls to use for blind baking to make a couple of tarts) and then back up the cable car. It was Oliver's first trip in his buggy and it went well. For Marcus it was a trip on the cable car so it was a great day!
Today's big adventure was a family trip on the cable car. We parked in Kelburn, took the cable car into town, went to the library and Kirkcaldies (so I could buy some ceramic balls to use for blind baking to make a couple of tarts) and then back up the cable car. It was Oliver's first trip in his buggy and it went well. For Marcus it was a trip on the cable car so it was a great day!
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