Well Eden seemed to begin teething after the tooth appeared! Since then he has been whingey and clingy and generally hard work (not easily going to sleep). It's kind of a shock to the system, as he has just gotten easier since the lactose has been dealt with!

Apparently butter, cheddar cheese, mozzarella and parmesan don't have lactose in them. I've been very nervous about trying, but we've been using butter for a week with no ill affect...so today i gave eden some soft mozzarella for lunch. He loved it. We'll see if there is anything - not that there should be, but...you know...

It turns out we didn't get a really good sand photo of eden, just lots of him being happy because of it. When I decided to let him play in it, he first tried to get it to his mouth but the sand fell out of his hand...but the wetter his hand got, the easier the sand was to get in! But then he started just face diving into it!!! he had sand up his nose, in his eye-creases - EVERYWHERE. A family near us felt bad and lent me some water to splash on his face...which made me think maybe i should stop letting him be in the sand. I have never seen him that excited though.

Just over a week till the big trip! i've started on the lists of what we can take. Hopefully phil and i will manage to get some luggage space for ourselves....