Bertie boy has been a polite boy. Always staring at you while you repeatedly say “Ta”… “Ta”… rinse and repeat til you get sick of it and hand him whatever it is you are wanting him to “Ta” you for. He’d say Ta every now and then, but it wasn’t regular or did he ever […]

Just one more month to his first birthday. This time last year I was lolling about the house, already on leave from work, wondering when he’d turn up. I think this weekend coming up was the one where Knack organised a bit of an arvo tea “baby shower” for us.
So long ago, and yet […]

Some of you may have noticed a slight change to the title of this here blog.
Well, we decided that since we were no longer contemplating Albert (kinda difficult actually, as he’s already here!!), we ought to reconfigure things a little.
Part of this reconfiguration included the fact that we are contemplating adding a 5th […]

Not loving this at all. Third day in and I’m a mess. Have cried in the car, teared up while chatting with my boss and am in desperate need of a third coffee at 9:25am.
I dropped him off on Monday. Smiles, gurgles and a general “cool! Kids and new toys to play with. Go ‘way […]

Over the past few months we have created a monster. Albert has gone from a baby who is given a bottle, to a slobbering monster who must feed himself.
Recently I’ve noticed that as soon as he sees the bottle, he’ll roll over onto his back, give you a look of “Come on! out with the […]

This past weekend, Albert has started to wave and say “Ta-ta”. Again, it was while we were in Shepparton on Saturday that he took on this new skill. It seems everytime we visit, he develops just a little more. He must be trying to impress his pretty Aunty Hele. He does love the blondes!
Nana Lois […]

Spending time together has changed things. Albert is so reliant on his Dada now. You can see his face change when his Dada comes into view.
Of course, it’s not the same face of adulation that he gives to Phee each and every time he sees her, but it’s a look of love and trust that […]

Bert is learning the word “No”. Very very slowly.
Pick up the speaker wire*; No! Look up, smile at Mama/Dada, look back at cord, stretch hand out, No! Look up at M/D, smile and try again, before being yoinked away from the cord and dumped unceremoniously into the playpen. *sigh* Jail again.
* CHange speaker wire to […]

Got my gag Groucho glasses on, and now I’ve got some jokes for you.

Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says “dam”
A jump-lead walks into a bar. The barman says “I’ll serve you, but don’t start anything.”
Two aerials meet on a roof, fall in love get married. The ceremony […]

Trying to get a new routine happening this week, in preparation for Tony’s first week. Albert is pretty good and feeds on a schedule, but this week (well, as of yesterday) we’ve introduced rice cereal in the morning, as well as continuing with a dinner meal in the late arvo.
One day down, let’s see how […]