More boy in a basket

Here's a couple more pictures of Mitch playing in the basket with his toys on a different days.

Boy in a basket

Amazing the different uses for a washing basket!

Mitch does this thing at the moment where when he is lying on his play mat he reaches up to the little lion as if he wants to touch it, but just has his arms straight up and his little hands as fists. It's like he thinks the lion will come to him, as opposed to moving his hands and grabbing the lion. He's so close to being able to reach out and grab things, it's just so cute.

As much as I hate waking up in the morning, I love getting up to get Mitch out of his bed. He generally wakes up and chats to himself for a while and when you go in to get him he looks up at you and gets so excited and smiley and waves his little arms around and kicks his legs. It is gorgeous. The mornings are generally his best time, he is so happy and cuddly and playful and smiley. It makes it very hard to go to work.

Weekly news

Hello all you Monday updaters out there.

Not a whole lot of news. It looks like Mitch and Meeks are over there colds which is great. I'm mostly better except for a nasty cough which really only surfaces when I'm trying to go to sleep.

We had a fun weekend. Meeks had a massage on Saturday and then Meeks and I went out to dinner and a play at the Ensemble Theatre. It was our first real date since Mitch was born and was a really great night. We saw "They're Playing Our Song". It was really entertaining. It had Georgie Parker and Simon Burke and there was a lot of really great singing. It was sort of a two person musical. The Ensemble is such a small intimate theatre, it feels like it's just you and the actors.

Sunday we went and visited Mikey at his new place in Roselle and went to some markets and had a look around. They were the kind of second hand gear markets, as opposed to a fresh food type market. Not really my thing, but others (like Mikey) love them. It was good to catch up with Mikey though and Kris was there too.

Here are some new photos! Firstly Meeks and Mitch. I love this photo! It's my phone background.


Also another Mitch at the shops. He had these two grannies fawning over him while we were at the check out ("Isn't he cute! How adorable! I have three great grand children ..."), he wasn't too sure about them, but managed to look cute though.

Just a quick update

Just a quick update today.

Mitch is feeling better, but is still a bit stuffed up. He slept in until 8am this morning which is the latest he has ever slept in. Meeks is still feeling crappy with a cold and Dave is feeling okay, but still feels on the edge of having a cold which is no good.

Here is a picture of Mitch in his play mat/gym thing. You can see he's grasped onto one of the ring things. I'd like to say he did it on purpose but he's not quite there yet, he sort of waved his arm and latched on to it!


Mitch had a bit of play in the sunlight on the change table with mummy today. here are some pictures:

Isn't he adorable!

Grandad's birthday

We went out for dinner for Grandad's birthday last night. Unfortunately Meeks and Mitch could not make it because they are still sick. They sent their best wishes but were sad to miss it.


Cousin Lilly wished Meeks and Mitch had been there.


But a very tasty ribbon soon distracted Lilly.


Mitch slept through the night last night after the past couple of nights when he has woken up at 2-3am due to his cold. Meeks and I were quite relieved and hope he's mostly better. Meeks is still sick and I am just starting to get sick. Hopefully I can take care of myself and not cop the full brunt of it.

The birth video

Here is a video of what was happening just before and after Mitch was born. There are no gory bits to worry about!

Here is a link to the video if the control above doesn't work. It is 44Mb so again, you probably only want to check it out with a broadband connection.

A video!

No new pictures today, but instead an old video! This was taken just after Mitch was born. He was probably 2 or three days old at the time and we're still in the hospital. It was one of the first times he had opened his eyes and looked around, hence the title. I can't believe how chubby his little cheeks are! At least 1 pound of his 8 pounds 5 ounces must have been all cheek!

The video is 12Mb, so I would probably only view it if you were on a broadband connection


Here is a link to the video if the above control doesn't work.

In other news Mitch is still sick and Meeks is now sick as well. This is no good and I'm hoping I don't get it too! Please pray for Meeks and Mitch, they are quite unwell. Meeks has almost lost her voice and is pretty much only able to whisper.

I will post another video later. That one is of the events surrounding the birth and Mitch just after he came out. Don't worry there's no gory bits

New pictures!

Mitch looking over daddy's shoulder:


Mitch and daddy on the arm chair. Its on the weekend so daddy is looking a bit crusty



Mitch kicking back on the couch with his beer ... I mean his milk.

Who's a cheeky monkey?

Mitch has a cold :(

The little man has had a nasty cold the last couple of days. Yesterday he was in a very bad way, poor little guy. Blocked or runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, vomiting, pooing. Add to that he wasn't able to sleep, so was crying a lot of the time. It was all very hard for mummy to handle seeing her little guy looking and feeling so sick and not being able to do anything about it. He doesn't know why he feels terrible!

Fortunately, he slept most of last night and has better sleeps today and is looking a bit better. Hopefully soon he'll be better.

I have a bunch of pictures to put on as well, but the picture handling is not working at the moment, so it might have to wait.