Eden is completely nappy free!!!

Busy Days of Nothing

Life has been manic lately. My parents visiting. Matt visiting. The Wedding. And here we are, in the lull following the storm. I didn't get Eden dressed until 10am this morning because he really didn't want to, and I couldn't see why he had to. Instead, while Caleb slept we read, played, coloured and painted. It's been a long while since we've had time to do that together.

Caleb still isn't crawling per se, but he definitely isn't staying still. he is never where I leave him. He rolls, scrambles, pulls himself along...

And finally eats!

Caleb is all about movement. He gets on his hands and knees and rocks like he's going to take off. He bounces twice as long as Eden ever did, and does acrobatics when you hold him.

And Eden just got a flute...like grandad!

I know, I know - it's been ages! Life has been a little on the crazy side around these parts. Caleb doesn't like to sleep and has had some pretty bad digestive problems...I've introduced food this weekend in hopes to help him out.

Eden, who desperately needs a haircut I know!, is dry and in underwear all day. Nightime we will tackle soon but not yet.



This is Caleb right now:

This is what everyone does after a nap on a pj day, right?!

Well we are in the throes of potty training. It's not going as quickly as I hoped. I *think* we've cracked it at home, but this morning we were out with a bunch of friends/kids and he had 2 accidents, despite my constant "do you need a wee?"... he simply does not want to stop what he's doing until the last possible second, when it's too late. But I don't think this is a big shock!

Caleb is getting smilier and funnier all the time. He is such a sociable child. He does not like to sleep, or to be alone... but if he's along with everyone he grins and giggles.

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Give a little bounce!

Caleb and his bouncer are going to be friends!

I'm sorry for the lack of posting. I can't make up for it today but here are some photos I took an hour ago & a short video!

A new boat

Days go by

We are stuck in today, waiting for Eden's new car seat to be delivered. Caleb is sitting in his chair, talking to his toy... Eden is watching Fireman Sam. He's already made his grandad's birthday card and a valentine card for his daddy.




Eden is far more interested in Caleb than before, which is good and bad. It means poor Caleb is subjected to a lot more!

But the exciting news is eden is finally willing to sit on his potty!!!! After last night's success, he sat determinedly on the potty for 10 minutes- he was desperate to have another sticker for his potty!

Anyway, crying baby beckons.

Family Day

Yesterday was a brilliant day - for once all of us were in good moods, and the weather was cold but lovely. So out we went.

The day started with feeding the ducks. Then to Booths Cafe to warm up. Home for a nap and then out to the park.

I think Eden had a good day, do you?

Twinkle twinkle

Eden is cracking us up these days. This video is terrible picture quality but hilarious!

New.

Eden has a new jacket and a new hat. Now, for ordinary children this would be ranging from mundane to slightly exciting. For Eden, it's scary. (apparently). So we had to be creative in our attempts to even get these things on.

For the jacket, the fact that it has a small car on the front and cars on the liner helped... but he still said he was scared. So, Phil suggests that Trunky wore one jacket and eden the other. Eden let trunky wear the old jacket, so phil helped eden into the new one (with some protest) by putting his arm in too! the hat, however was not going to happen yesterday.

This morning, I got him into the hat by convincing him to put it on PLUS his Bob hat. The things we have to do!

(and obviously he fell in a mud puddle the first time he wore it)

A little bit of C

I thought I'd post a little Caleb video! Sadly this isn't our activity mat -I have activity mat envy! Eden liked that one too- but it was the first time he's been on anything like that and he liked it! (I think)

A little habit

You can often find the four of us in Booths Cafe on a rainy morning when phil is off. It's a good escape- brews, a scone to share, couches and space to play.

This was from this morning. I forget now how great eden's speech is, because I'm used to it. All the way there he was talking about the wind turbine and on the way back he learned to say "bonjour"!

When he's asleep, I see a resemblance to Eden as a baby, but at no other time.
He's 9lb7 now - sticking to the 50th percentile line (whilst Eden never strayed below the 98th percentile line!!!)

Eden is starting to pay attention to Caleb- wanting to put his dummy back in, rock him, etc. He also tells me to put Caleb down and not to pick him up!

We are surviving though, at home alone. The key is leaving the house in the morning!