Livia just loves to play with Aidan - sometimes we have to try to curb her enthusiasm a little, as her games can be a little rough. My blood pressure rises every time I have to nip out of the room for even a second - since she still seems to want to poke out an eye, or give what appears to be infant CPR. But here are a few sibling shots, after I was brave enough to put the two together on the couch.
Kisses...
Cuddles...
Showing Aidan where his mouth is
And where her toes are!
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Monday 9 November 2009
Hip Hip Hooray!
Aidan
Speaking of our little lass, Livia's birthday was this last week (although we will hold her party at the end of the month, when her Nana and Poppa are in town to help celebrate). We had a pretty quiet day - we went to a TinyTots gym class, followed by a trip to see Daddy at work for a Babycino (foamy milk with cocoa on top) and a carrot cupcake as a treat. She loved opening her presents and really got into the Hip Hip Hooray part of the Happy Birthday song. She was a bit freaked out by candles at first, but after a few times was able to give a halfway decent puff towards blowing them out. Here are a few highlights, but more photos can be found on the November Facebook or Picasa pages (see right).
Babycino bliss
Hip Hip Hooray! (With Great Granpa's Teddy Bear card)
Admiring the homemade T-shirts from Aunty Celia
Is this how I put it on?
Right before opening Aunty Bryna's prezzie
She's really getting into art, and now craft as well - she brought home her first collage from daycare recently.
She also really loves to use Aidan as a prop in her action rhymes, as you can see from the movie. He's pretty laid back about it, but I do have to intervene when she wants to sit on his knee. Nearly 12 kg versus just over 5 kg does not a fair match make!
- Age: 13 weeks
- Weight: 5.1 kgs (11 lbs 5 oz)
- Length: 59 cm (23.23 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: Up to an 8 hour stretch at night - getting there! The trick is which 8 hours.... Three fairly predictable daytime naps.
- Latest tricks: Miles and miles of smiles! First trip to the emergency room at Royal Brisbane Children's Hospital. Narrowly escaping needing a lumbar puncture. Lots of thumb-sucking. Quite a bit of cooing.
- Age: 2 years old !
- Weight: 11.5 kg (25 lbs 6 oz)
- Height: 83 cm (32.7 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: 11 at night (although it can be less since it gets light now at 4.30am!), a single 2 or sometimes 3 hour nap at lunchtime
- Latest tricks: Collage! Lots of interaction with Aidan - turns out he's a good partner for Row Row Row Your Boat
Speaking of our little lass, Livia's birthday was this last week (although we will hold her party at the end of the month, when her Nana and Poppa are in town to help celebrate). We had a pretty quiet day - we went to a TinyTots gym class, followed by a trip to see Daddy at work for a Babycino (foamy milk with cocoa on top) and a carrot cupcake as a treat. She loved opening her presents and really got into the Hip Hip Hooray part of the Happy Birthday song. She was a bit freaked out by candles at first, but after a few times was able to give a halfway decent puff towards blowing them out. Here are a few highlights, but more photos can be found on the November Facebook or Picasa pages (see right).
Hip Hip Hooray! (With Great Granpa's Teddy Bear card)
Admiring the homemade T-shirts from Aunty Celia
Is this how I put it on?
Right before opening Aunty Bryna's prezzie
She's really getting into art, and now craft as well - she brought home her first collage from daycare recently.
She also really loves to use Aidan as a prop in her action rhymes, as you can see from the movie. He's pretty laid back about it, but I do have to intervene when she wants to sit on his knee. Nearly 12 kg versus just over 5 kg does not a fair match make!
Monday 2 November 2009
Our little thumb-sucker
Wednesday 21 October 2009
And the littler one said....
Aidan
He's still quite the mini-Chris, as you can see. Here are a few shots in Dad's arms, including one of the first smiles.
Meanwhile, Livia has started going to TinyTots Baby gym classes. They have a big room with padded mats on the floor, and a big room with all sorts of play equipment. She is a bit shy around all the other children, but she loves playing with the hoops and balls. Once she gets warmed up, she also likes to run around and dance on the mats. The instructor, Bec, is great, and really works hard to get to know all the kids.
We have also pieced together a little cat costume for Livia. Check her out! Now, I had better go and start thinking about someone's 2nd birthday party...!
- Age: 11 weeks
- Weight: 4.9 kgs (10 lbs 13 oz)
- Length: 59 cm (23.23 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: Up to a 7 hour stretch at night. 3 daytime naps, usually.
- Latest tricks: Rolling from tummy to back!
- Age: 23.5 months
- Weight: 11.1 kg (24 lbs 7 oz)
- Height: 83 cm (32.7 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: 11 at night, a single 2 or sometimes 3 hour nap at lunchtime
- Latest tricks: Baby gymnastics. Eating beetroot, spinach, asparagus. Word explosion - lots of sentences.
He's still quite the mini-Chris, as you can see. Here are a few shots in Dad's arms, including one of the first smiles.
Meanwhile, Livia has started going to TinyTots Baby gym classes. They have a big room with padded mats on the floor, and a big room with all sorts of play equipment. She is a bit shy around all the other children, but she loves playing with the hoops and balls. Once she gets warmed up, she also likes to run around and dance on the mats. The instructor, Bec, is great, and really works hard to get to know all the kids.
We have also pieced together a little cat costume for Livia. Check her out! Now, I had better go and start thinking about someone's 2nd birthday party...!
Sunday 4 October 2009
Strepping down
Aidan
We're in the middle of clearing out our balcony to turn it into a little playground for Livia. Seeing as it is trickier than before to go out as often, we'd like to have a few more outside activities for her that we can do at home. A bit of a challenge in a two bedroom upstairs apartment! So far, we have focussed on the clearing out bit, but we did get her a clam shell thing that we can use as either a sandpit or a paddling pool. That isn't set up yet, but we do have a few shots of her watering the garden with her new watering can.
- Age: 8 weeks
- Weight: 4.3 kgs (9 lbs 8 oz)
- Length: 54 cm (21.25 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: A bit more alert now, and will often (but not always) go for 6 hours uninterrupted at night, usually from 10pm-4am.
- Latest tricks: Starting to smile!
- Age: 23 months
- Weight: 11.1 kg (24 lbs 7 oz)
- Height: 83 cm (32.7 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: 11 at night, a single 2 or sometimes 3 hour nap at lunchtime
- Latest tricks: Watering the garden, starting to count and do ABCs.
We're in the middle of clearing out our balcony to turn it into a little playground for Livia. Seeing as it is trickier than before to go out as often, we'd like to have a few more outside activities for her that we can do at home. A bit of a challenge in a two bedroom upstairs apartment! So far, we have focussed on the clearing out bit, but we did get her a clam shell thing that we can use as either a sandpit or a paddling pool. That isn't set up yet, but we do have a few shots of her watering the garden with her new watering can.
Monday 21 September 2009
Six weeks!
Aidan
Wee Aidan is not so little any more! He's gained around 700 grams (more than 1 1/2 pounds) over the last two weeks, and we can really notice the difference. While still not exactly chubby, he actually has cheeks and even a few dimples (as distinct from wrinkly skin from not enough fat!). The longest stretch of sleep at night is also gradually being extended - we're now up to 5 hours, usually from 9pm to 2am, or thereabouts.
Meanwhile Livia continues to enjoy cuddling him, and often goes looking for him during the day to say hi. If we tell her he's asleep, then she will shush us. If we change his nappies, she lies down next to him and puts a nappy on herself. If we are burping him, she comes to tap him on the back to make him go 'pop'.
As the temperatures rise, we received a timely offer from a neighbour to use their pool whenever we like. Here are a few photos from our first few trips (more found in the September photos):
- Age: 6 weeks
- Weight: 3.7 kgs (8 lbs 2 oz)
- Length: 49.5 cm (19.5 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: a lot! Longest stretch is now 5 hours at night, apart from during a growth spurt, in which case it is 2 hours
- Latest tricks: More of the same, still waiting for the elusive smiles
- Age: 22.5 months
- Weight: 11.1 kg (24 lbs 4 oz)
- Height: 83 cm (32.7 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: 11 at night, a single 2 or sometimes 3 hour nap at lunchtime
- Latest tricks: Lots of swimming! Putting two or three words together and simply 2-3 word sentences e.g. 'I love you', 'How are you?' and 'All fall down'.
Wee Aidan is not so little any more! He's gained around 700 grams (more than 1 1/2 pounds) over the last two weeks, and we can really notice the difference. While still not exactly chubby, he actually has cheeks and even a few dimples (as distinct from wrinkly skin from not enough fat!). The longest stretch of sleep at night is also gradually being extended - we're now up to 5 hours, usually from 9pm to 2am, or thereabouts.
Meanwhile Livia continues to enjoy cuddling him, and often goes looking for him during the day to say hi. If we tell her he's asleep, then she will shush us. If we change his nappies, she lies down next to him and puts a nappy on herself. If we are burping him, she comes to tap him on the back to make him go 'pop'.
As the temperatures rise, we received a timely offer from a neighbour to use their pool whenever we like. Here are a few photos from our first few trips (more found in the September photos):
Friday 4 September 2009
Aidan's Due Date Day!
Aidan
He's still pretty small. Aidan weighed in this morning at 3.0 kg (6 lbs 9 oz)and 49.5cm (19.5 inches). If he had been born today with those stats, he would have been 10th percentile for weight and 40th percentile for height (not unlike his old man I suspect). However, since he competes in the one month old category, he is not even on the charts! Still not quite measuring up to Livia at birth, as you can see (identical onesie in both photos):
Meanwhile Livia just keeps on learning more and more new words. She loves the complicated ones now - abracadabra, happy birthday, and 'wassup! are her new favourites. She has settled really well into daycare, and is out the door so fast on those days (Thursday and Friday). We may drop her down to one day later on, but for now it's nice to have a couple of toddler-free days. It means I can spend more one on one time with Aidan (and the place gets vacuumed!). Livia is now very much in the middle of the 'no' period, so we are learning to rephrase our questions... 'which skirt do you want to wear - this one or this one?', instead of 'do you want to wear this?' or 'shall we get dressed?'.
And as for me, I'm pretty happy not to be pregnant any more! I have so much more energy. We've had so many lovely meals cooked by friends for us, I haven't even had to do much cooking (although we have been having a lot of fun with a new bbq and breadmaker in the house!).
There are tonnes of photos of Aidan and Livia on Picasa and Facebook (see under Links to Photos in right hand column). Best to take a look at them there! From now on, they will be organised by month.
- Age: 1 month
- Weight: 3.0 kgs (6 lbs 9 oz)
- Length: 49.5 cm (19.5 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: a lot! Longest stretch is 4/4.5 hours at night
- Latest tricks: Feeding, sleeping, pooing, peeing, puking and... growing!
- Age: 22 months
- Weight: 11.0 kg (24 lbs 4 oz)
- Height: 83 cm (32.7 inches)
- Average hours of sleep: 11 at night, a single 2 or sometimes 3 hour nap at lunchtime
- Latest tricks: Finger puppets, doing dishes, watering plants. Saying no... a LOT, and quite a few more back-arching tantrums.
He's still pretty small. Aidan weighed in this morning at 3.0 kg (6 lbs 9 oz)and 49.5cm (19.5 inches). If he had been born today with those stats, he would have been 10th percentile for weight and 40th percentile for height (not unlike his old man I suspect). However, since he competes in the one month old category, he is not even on the charts! Still not quite measuring up to Livia at birth, as you can see (identical onesie in both photos):
Meanwhile Livia just keeps on learning more and more new words. She loves the complicated ones now - abracadabra, happy birthday, and 'wassup! are her new favourites. She has settled really well into daycare, and is out the door so fast on those days (Thursday and Friday). We may drop her down to one day later on, but for now it's nice to have a couple of toddler-free days. It means I can spend more one on one time with Aidan (and the place gets vacuumed!). Livia is now very much in the middle of the 'no' period, so we are learning to rephrase our questions... 'which skirt do you want to wear - this one or this one?', instead of 'do you want to wear this?' or 'shall we get dressed?'.
And as for me, I'm pretty happy not to be pregnant any more! I have so much more energy. We've had so many lovely meals cooked by friends for us, I haven't even had to do much cooking (although we have been having a lot of fun with a new bbq and breadmaker in the house!).
There are tonnes of photos of Aidan and Livia on Picasa and Facebook (see under Links to Photos in right hand column). Best to take a look at them there! From now on, they will be organised by month.
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