Standing up, sitting down, rolling over

I haven't posted for ages so I thought I'd post a quick progress update.


The little boys continue to progress in their ability to do things, not quite in the same order, but they're both getting along. Lucas and Sam have both mastered pulling themselves up on things, but unfortunately only Lucas has managed to work out how to sit down again, so every little while you will hear Sam whining because he's pulled himself up on something and is now "stuck". Sam has got the hang of rolling over ... sometimes. He's a bit lazy about it though. He did it three times in a row the other night just before we were about to put him to bed so I hurried and lowered his cot, then the next morning he promptly forgot how to do it. Since then sometimes he remembers, sometimes he doesn't. Lucas is still resolutely stuck on his back. If he doesn't get it soon we're going to start calling him "turtle" because they can't roll over from their backs either.

Lucas has developed a nasty habit of face planting. He did it about 4 times on Saturday. The first time was after a bit of "encouragement" by his big brother which lead to a huge bleeding fat lip and he spent the rest of the day looking like he had a very bad collagen lip injection job. Unfortunately through the rest of the day he face planted another 3 or 4 times each time bumping the big lip and leading to much more tears.

In other news, congratulations to Krissy and Glenn on the birth of their little girl Hannah. We're very much looking forward to seeing her via photos of Skype or whatever as soon as possible and meeting her in person at Christmas. We love you all and hope the coming weeks are full of wonderful new experiences and as much sleep as possible. Mitch was very excited at the thought of a new cousin and the prospect of playing with her. Although he did have some concerns. When asked about whether or not he was looking forward to meeting his cousin he said, "She might be friendly or she might be as tall as a bridge!". Admittedly he had only just woken up from a sleep ... but still, amazing imagination!