Sour Lolly Pop?

Gareth has gotten a promotion at work, which is great - its a step in the right direction and its more money. The down side - he has to go to Brentwood (near Basildon) for 2 months, only coming home on weekends and our trip home that we had planned for May has to be postponed until later in the year, probably October or November..... So we have compared it to a sour lolly pop - its a treat, but you need to work through the horrible sour part first to get to the delicios yummy part.... I just hope that the sour edging is not too thick.

Remember us?

So, its been a few months since I last posted.... oh well. Lots has changed, I no longer have a baby, I now have a toddler that tried to walk everywhere. He has had his circumcision and has lived to tell the tale. I have gone back to work, and James has started nursery. We both love it, although I am probably going to be cutting down my hours to part time soon, and only work 2.5 days a week. We have moved house and James is in his own room and sleeps through the night.

And this weekend we will be having another new change.... I have decided that I have breastfed James long enough and Friday night, 20 March 2009 will be his last breastfeed...... now that is a huge change for me.........

And thats us up to date, hopefully I will start posting more soon again.

It is coming......

Hi To Who Reads this.... we have photos and video of James' birthday, and I promise to upload them soon, but right now we are so exhausted from yesterday that I can not actually describe it. I know that I need to complete my list as well, all in good time.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Video: James 'Eating'

Here is a video of what happens when we let James feed himself. The video is 3 minutes long and I do apologise for the sound of my voice (and the Top Gear background). You can expect lots more videos in the future, as the charger for my video camera arrived from South Africa this week, so my son has now become a movie star!

Number 21 - 15

#21 - I love his eyes

#20 - I love when we blow raspberries on his tummy, and he squeals with laughter

#19 - Gareth loves how James' face lights up when he gets home from work

#18 - I love how he wants to copy everything that I do, even if it can be enduring.

#17 - I love the way he smacks his lips together when he eats something that he especially likes

#16 - I remember how nervous I was the first time I gave James his first bath at home, how scared I was.........

#15 - I love how I can sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to him, and he will go to sleep.....

Number 23 & 22

23 - I love how much James loves books. He is always on the go, but give him a book to read and he will sit there for 20 minutes just paging through the book.

22 - I remember the first time we discovered James' first tooth. It was the 16th August and James had refused to sleep in his cot the night before. We had been shopping in Bournemouth Town Center the whole day and had bought the first security gate to go over the kitchen entrance. We were sitting on the bus to go home, and Gareth felt inside James' mouth and said that he thought he felt something, so I felt and there was this little sharp bit that had not been there the day before, I was so excited that I announced the whole bus (which was not very full), "My baby has his first tooth", I must have said it about 10 times. I remember this old lady, about 3 rows back, giving me the smile. You know the smile, the remember this moment smile.......

Number 25 & 24

25 - I love the way James' sleeps with his bum up in the air.

24 - I will never forget the first time that James smiled. He was exactly one month old, and James and I were sitting on the bed, I was talking to him holding him up to my face, so we were face to face. And suddenly there was this big gummy grin.... it was totally differant to the 'gas smiles'.