As I write Alfie is yelling as we are trying to get him to go to sleep without nursing. The theory being that he will learn to put himself to sleep and will stop waking us up in the middle of the night.
We shall see...........................
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Swinging in the park
Yesterday we went to the park with our friends Dion, Leila and Dillon. Alfie took his first ride in a swing and was pretty excited by it all.
As I write Alfie is yelling as we are trying to get him to go to sleep without nursing. The theory being that he will learn to put himself to sleep and will stop waking us up in the middle of the night.
We shall see...........................
As I write Alfie is yelling as we are trying to get him to go to sleep without nursing. The theory being that he will learn to put himself to sleep and will stop waking us up in the middle of the night.
We shall see...........................
Friday, May 18, 2007
Faces
Alfie is now sitting up, pretty much on his own and cannot be left for long as he likes to roll over and over. He has been very helpful getting the new house in order, measuring curtains, changing lightbulbs etc.
Johanna is enjoying being back at work and I am loving not being at work and being at home with Alfie. Today we went to a local group and hung out with all the local mums. Alfie had a good time until they sang happy birthday to another girl (he is going to be one of those kids who wants it to be his birthday every day).
Other good news, Johanna has been offered a part time contract next year which means she gets to stay home with Alfie 2 out of 5 weekdays. This is a massive relief.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Moving across Bristol
We are finally beginning to settle down in our new house which is 100 times better than the old one, although the roof is leaking.
The tub is big, the oven works, we have a garden (gravel only), 2 bathrooms and Johanna is 5 minutes from work.
Joe and Tom helped with the move and we could not have done it without them. The scary part was putting our bed base on top of the van, particularly as we only had one piece of rope and none of us knew how to tie a knot. We drove at about 25mph across Bristol much to the pleasure of everyone following us. The Welch brothers will not be going into the removal business, at one point we put Alfie's cot in and out of the van 5 times.
Here are some pictures.
1. breakfast the morning after (no photo's taken on moving day - far too exhausted)with Joe,
2. Alfie laughing (wearing his cardy from Granny)
3. living room
4. bedroom
5. bed base stuck half way up stairs (where it remains)
The tub is big, the oven works, we have a garden (gravel only), 2 bathrooms and Johanna is 5 minutes from work.
Joe and Tom helped with the move and we could not have done it without them. The scary part was putting our bed base on top of the van, particularly as we only had one piece of rope and none of us knew how to tie a knot. We drove at about 25mph across Bristol much to the pleasure of everyone following us. The Welch brothers will not be going into the removal business, at one point we put Alfie's cot in and out of the van 5 times.
Here are some pictures.
1. breakfast the morning after (no photo's taken on moving day - far too exhausted)with Joe,
2. Alfie laughing (wearing his cardy from Granny)
3. living room
4. bedroom
5. bed base stuck half way up stairs (where it remains)
more........
The pictures are in no particular order and apologies for lack of explanation but they are mostly of Alfie as usual, I think I got in one photo and he is crying.
More pictures from trip to US
I have been trying to sort through the photo's of the trip and quite a few are going to follow. The 3 of us had a fantastic time in Asheville visiting family and friends. Brattan and Danielle were kind enough to put us up for a couple of weeks.
Alfie got along very well with Waylan and is going to miss all the hugs and kisses from his grandparents, aunt and uncles.
We ate out quite a lot with I think 5 meals in 2 days the record for continuous eating out. We also ate very well at home, with Suzie's biscuits and gravy, Danielle's red macaroni, Katie's turkey burgers, Lisa's curry and salad and Brattan's hotdogs all on the menu.
Quite a few trips were also made to the shops as everything is so cheap right now.
Alfie was fantastic on the plane on the way home and Continental Airlines saved themselves (after poor service on the flight on the way out and at customer services) right at the last minute with an employee who finally showed some sense and made sure we had some space on the way home.
Since we arrived back we have moved house and more pics will follow.
I bought Alfie a Jumperoo today, I could deprive him no longer.
Not sure what I caught Alfie watching in this first photo...he did enjoy the big TV though!
Alfie got along very well with Waylan and is going to miss all the hugs and kisses from his grandparents, aunt and uncles.
We ate out quite a lot with I think 5 meals in 2 days the record for continuous eating out. We also ate very well at home, with Suzie's biscuits and gravy, Danielle's red macaroni, Katie's turkey burgers, Lisa's curry and salad and Brattan's hotdogs all on the menu.
Quite a few trips were also made to the shops as everything is so cheap right now.
Alfie was fantastic on the plane on the way home and Continental Airlines saved themselves (after poor service on the flight on the way out and at customer services) right at the last minute with an employee who finally showed some sense and made sure we had some space on the way home.
Since we arrived back we have moved house and more pics will follow.
I bought Alfie a Jumperoo today, I could deprive him no longer.
Not sure what I caught Alfie watching in this first photo...he did enjoy the big TV though!
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