And the littler one said....

Aidan

• 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!
  

Livia

• 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.
  

Aidan has learnt to roll over from his tummy to his back! He's done it a couple of times over the last week, but today I managed to catch it on camera. Livia first learned to roll over later - around 17 weeks, but she started with rolling from back to tummy, which is harder.




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...!

Strepping down

Aidan

• 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!

Livia

• 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.

Unfortunately, Livia and I have been a bit sick this last week. She's been bringing home loads of bugs from daycare, and sharing them with the rest of us! I've had tonsillitis this week (supposedly strep throat, but we're not too sure since my throat still feels like I've swallowed broken glass and it's been over a week now), and Liv has also been on antibiotics. But the fellas have been a lot better off thank goodness. Although if Aidan could talk, he might not agree - he just had his first lot of jabs. Chris did have a cold, but didn't get a lot of sympathy from the rest of us.

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.