30th May - 1st June

And now the final post to bring us completely up to date!

On Saturday, Joseph chose to wear shorts...so here he is looking quite like Billy Elliott! This is just before we went to the supermarket for the weekly shop. He was very good at the shop until he saw the mega chocolate display and then starting whining about wanting chocolate. I made him eat an apple before I gave him some chocolate!

George met another milestone on Saturday when he climbed up the stairs for the very first time...in very quick time too. Joseph is not happy about this development and keeps telling us to "get him and take him away". As soon as George hears the door being opened he is quick to see if he can slip out and get up those stairs.

We participate in a med school study and have two med students visit us (well, George really) every six weeks or so. They have been following George's progress for about a year now (before he was born) and come to make sure he is meeting his milestones. Ru and Madeline came on Saturday afternoon to put George through his paces. Here is a picture of Ru and George. I'll try and get one of Madeline at the next visit.

George is still working the camera (unlike Joseph who has not taken a lovely photo for months!!!)...look at those teeth!

Finally, Dan was keen to watch the Warriors on Sunday afternoon, unfortunately both boys wanted Dan's attention. Here is Dan watching the TV and helping the boys read at the same time!

23rd - 29th May

I took George to visit Grandma and GRandad BQ over an extended weekend on Fri 22nd - Mon 25th May. Aunty Kate was also there having come down from Bristol for a week. We got to see Grandma and Grandad BQ's new house and check out all the lovely cafes and shop in Bulimba.

Unfortunately George only started to warm to Kate, Grandma and Grandad on the Sunday afternoon...he was Master Clingy for most of the time. He wouldn't let me out of his sight so all my plans of leaving him to spend quality time with his grandparents didn't come to fruition!!!

George did have a lovely time playing with all the toys by himself with no interuptions from Joseph and he also had a very special treat of being able to play with the TV and DVD remotes (something we don't encourage at home!).


Mum and Dad's new home doesn't have a bath so we used the laundry tub to keep George clean. To be honest, he didn't really relax into it but was fascinate by the hose from the washing machine and kept trying to pull it out.

16th - 22nd May

Only a couple of pictures from this week.

Joseph went for his six weekly haircut down at the BHC in Onehunga (Brother's Hair Cuts!). He is getting better at sitting still and actually let the haircut happen rather than try and stop it wherever possible. I will try and get some shots of the actual event the next time we go. As usual, Joseph's reward was a finger bun from Baker's Delight - this time with sprinkles. He wanted it cut up and placed on a plate so he could eat it on his bed (I was finding 100s and 1000s in his bed for days!).


George loves getting out amongst it outside these days and like, Joseph, he has discovered the little raised bed outside the back door. It got a good turning over by George.

9th May - 15th May

Dan and I went out for dinner on Saturday 10th May Great Aunt Aida came over to babysit...here they are just before we left...watching "Thomas the Tank Engine" (that DVD is still going strong - thanks Godmother Vikki!).

George has had a few tumbles of late as he keeps exploring. Here he is sporting a good red mark/bruise under his left eye after he pulled a dining room chair down onto himself on Mother's Day.


We had a lovely Mother's Day...I made french toast for us for second breakfast and could hardly keep up the production line as Joseph was devouring it as fast as I could make it. I got a lovely card and two instant scratchies (we won $5 on one of them) and I got to have a very nice afternoon sleep. I also made the first crock pot of the winter season and here is George sampling the magic ingredient.

George has been very interested in the cupboards this week and will take any opportunity to come over the investigate.
Finally, a picture of number one son, Joseph. He, too, is keen to get involved and learn new things so here we are ironing my shirt (a very tricky cotton number (ie requiring the iron to be on "hot") with bell sleeves!). He loved the water squirter and was a bit over zealous in applying excess water to the shirt - luckily the iron was set to hot!!!

29th April - 8th May

We're still trying to squeeze in posts to get up to date! I am going to try and get three up tonight taking us to mid-May. This one is primarily about George (I feel this is ok since Joseph had weeks and weeks of posts about him before George arrived!).

George is really changing quickly, every day he does new things, makes new noises, learns more about winding Joseph up! Here is George "getting on the tools"...a skill Joseph also mastered early on.

He is continuing developing his ability to stand but we are not seeing any standing on his own nor any "cruising" along the furniture. He loves to crawl and then climb up onto you.


George loves to be involved with whatever is going on and we are finding it hard to get things done as he is always wanting to see what you're doing. Here we resorted to locking him into position using the chair and a drawer full of plastic ware. It did work - but only for five minutes and then he started slipping off the chair!
We got the wooden trolley out of the cupboard and George is learning how to walk with that. He starts off quite quickly and can go quite fast. We have to use the telephone books as ballast otherwise it tips over and gives everyone a fright!