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.