Little cutie

Sometimes you have the camera out and Mitchy is playing around and you are lucky enough to take some photos which come out nicely.





The cute photos made up for the disastrous trip to get Mitch's photo taken with Santa at Myer (which is why he was dressed up). He looked at Santa with these big scared eyes and then when he sat on Santa's lap his bottom lip poked out and he looked sadder than we have ever seen him. He didn't wriggle or cry just looked petrified. We've never seen him look like that. Anyway, the whole Santa photo thing was aborted. We may try again another time.

Meeks has another cold. She's just had a nightmare year for colds! I'm not sick and Mitch has a tiny runny nose, but apart from that the rest of us are well.

A morning at the beach

Meeks and Mitch went to Balmoral Beach yesterday for something a bit different. Mitch loves playing in the dirt but hasn't had much experience with sand yet. At first he wasn't too keen on it.

But eventually he got the hang of it.

In fact he liked it so much he decided to lie on it and roll around on it.

When it was time to go, Mitch had decided the beach was pretty fun and he was a very happy boy. We'll have to try it again soon.

Growing boy

We really have the feeling that Mitch is growing up at the moment. He's starting to say more words and develop his own little personality.

He spent some time playing on the deck this morning.

This is just a beautiful photo. What a gorgeous little boy.

Work on the deck continues

Today I got a chance to fill the planter box on the deck. Beforehand Mitch had a bit of a play in the box.

As the dirt pile went down the planter box filled up


Then with all the plants in. They're all looking a bit crook after sitting in their pots for a few weeks. They were really dry as well. Hopefully they'll perk up after being replanted and having a big drink.

We have this azalea in the front garden that spends most of the year looking like it has died and we spend most of the year thinking we should pull it out. Then at this time of year it sprouts all these flowers.

So we keep it for another year. Maybe this year we'll prune it so it looks a bit neater at least.

Mitchy playing outside

After some rain last week Mitchy finally got a chance to play outside this week. Firstly on the deck

Then in the park

Sometimes the planets align (or perhaps it was the earth/moon/sun) and you get some photos which are gems. Meeks got these two today

Playing in the Park

Mitch and I had some fun in the park this morning. This park is on Jersey St in Hornsby and it is across the road from the train lines. Every time a train came past Mitch would pause to stop and watch the train.


How cute is this one? He does this little hands behind the back thing sometimes ...

Next was on to the slippery dip. Despite what the pictures show, I did actually help Mitch down the slide, but he climbed the steps and got himself into position.



There is this spin around thing too which he enjoys but you have to keep an eye on him because he likes to let go while he's spinning around.

Going to work

Mitch is still sick, but he's battling through. He has a runny nose and a nasty cough, but he still manages to say goodbye to Daddy in the morning with a big smile on his face.

What a cutie!

This is such a cute little photo I had to post it. Mitch is looking at the bookshelf trying to find himself some reading material.

Mitch on his jolly jumper

Sometimes Mitch just loves his Jolly Jumper other times he's not so thrilled with it and we couldn't really work out why. This afternoon we lowered it a bit and put some foam under his feet and he had a hoot playing on it for ages. Here are some photos:
"Thank you Lord for my Jolly Jumper it's great fun"

"Here we go! Jumpy, jump, jumpy"

"I wonder if I can jump all the way up there"

"Sheesh, this jumping sure is tiring"

After his jumping fun he was exhausted and barely made it through dinner before falling asleep.

In other news the bathroom is finally finished. Yay! the shower screen was install on Friday afternoon and we painted the final bits so it's all finished in time for Christmas.

Beautiful boy

Hi readers.

We've had a weekend of gearing up for Christmas. We've done most of the Christmas shopping including buying Mitch's Christmas present, we've set up the Christmas tree and we've begun setting up the back deck with Christmas lights etc. It's a very festive time.

This morning Mitch got up before 7 which wasn't very nice, but after Daddy had got up and given him some breakfast Mitch went back to bed and slept for 2 hours. Mummy didn't get up until after 10am! It's the longest sleep in she has had since Mitchy was born!

He's very close to crawling at the moment. He gets up on his hands and knees and sort of rocks back and forth, but can't quite get the arms going forward and the legs don't seem to get any purchase on the ground. He's very close though, who knows how long before he's off into the Christmas tree!

Anyway here's a photo of the gorgeous little boy.

First pair of jeans

Everyone has a favourite pair of jeans. Some people like them when they are new and stiff or just out of the wash and other's like them when they are old and comfy and ripped and faded. Phil and Shaz gave Mitch a pair of jeans and he can finally fit them, so here is Mitch in his first pair of jeans, and isn't he happy!

New pictures

We bought Mitch a high chair last week so he can sit up and eat his food better. Over the weekend he had some more yoghurt and apple and pear and he also tried some sweet potato. He loves the yoghurt, but wasn't so sure about the sweet potato. We took some highly amusing video footage which hopefully I'll get up onto the blog soon - the facial expressions are priceless. In the mean time here's a picture of our refined little eater:


We think Mitch is always cute but there are still special moments, like this one:

Smiley boy

After the last week when Mitch hasn't been the happiest of boys, what with being sick and getting teeth and having injections, it's nice to see he can still smile. Isn't he beautiful!

Not the greatest quality of photo (what can you expect with a phone camera), but the subject is the cutest! He's on his playmat looking up at mummy. This is what daddy misses when he goes 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.

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?