Dinner Talk

At dinner tonight Lucy announced that she wanted to live alone when she grows up, so that she could have as much tomato sauce as she wants!!! Poor deprived child!

Chicken pox!

Chicken pox appears to be over - in the end I think we got off quite lightly. George had a few on his head and round his willy, Lucy had a good covering over her back & torso and a few on her face and Amelia probably had them the worst, pretty much all over with some massive ones on her face. The really big ones on the girls were practically black in the middle and horrible looking. The girls could have itch-relieving gel and piriton and other than having a rough night each, were absolutely fine. George didnt even have so much as a rough night - just took it in his stride - you would not have known there was anything wrong with the happy little monkey! Lucy has got some nasty scabs pulling now - she calls each one a 'pock' as i guess she thinks she has chicken pocks, 'pocks' being the plural of pock! so cute!
He is at the stage where he wants to be stood up all the time, and just wants to put everything in his mouth - even though he cont properly use his hands to get stuff in there! I actually think there may be a little bit of teething going on - but we will see. Amelia & Lucy are still utterly fabulous with him - and he just adores them - his biggest smiles are for them.
Amelia has gone back into school well - she likes her new teachers and her reading has gone from strength to strength over the summer - it is amazing - so expressive! I also think she is liking the ammount of desk work they are doing  - its more like proper school for her.
Lucy was fine going back to playschool - I had expected tears and a bit of a battle, but she goes in happily and enjoys it - though i still have to bring a treat for after! They are gradually getting smaller and less treat-y but to be honest, I am so relieved she likes it that I dont care what she eats after!!!

Chicken Pox

Jack came down with chicken pox while we were on holiday in Bacton - he had it quite badly, loads of spots and really miserable :(
Lucy came down with it on Monday when i noticed a few spots on her back - to be honest, if I hadnt have just seen Jack's spots, I might not have thought anything of it! Since then, a few have come out, about 10 in two days - she seems to have a very mild dose and is absolutley fine in herself - I caught her climbing the bathroom radiator at bedtime!
Amelia is desperate to have them and has insisted on some of the itch relieve gel on a 'spot' which has turned out not to be chicken-related. However George has three suspicious looking spots :( We think he might have it - just hope its as mild as Lucy's.

Amelia is back at school with her new class and new teachers and is loving it so far. There is more desk work, which she quite likes. She read her reading book in recored time with full expressions - just brilliant - I am so so proud of what a little star she is!

George

George has the windiest bum that i have ever heard. He is constantly letting out extremely loud rippers, which we all find hysterical  - especially the girls. He is just such a happy easy baby. He smiles at everything now, especially his sisters, and is starting to be awake a lot more too. He is also massive - in age 3-6 months when he was 6 weeks!!!
Tonight, when they all bathed he managed to wee up in the hair all over Amelias arm and hair, which she loved... and I think Lucy was a little jealous!
The summer holidays have gone far too quickly - Amelia is back at school on Tuesday :( I just trimmed her hair and ended up taking off a few inches as she wouldnt stand still ... she looks like a big girl now - i cant believe she is going to be in year 1.
LUcy will be back at playschoool too - i just hope George wont be asleep when she isnt around or i may have to do housework!!!

July 2012's best photos..

... well, a few from the end of June!!

More about George

We have had George for 4 weeks now - time has flown by in some ways - but in other ways it seems like we have had him forever. He is such a chilled, easy baby. The only struggle he has is a little wind of an evening - but he rarely cries! He has settled himself into a little routine already , awake a little in the morning and early evening ... but mostly sleeping otherwise. He spent three weeks in our bed, but is gradually integrating into the cot (until I am knackered and just get him back in our bed for the night feed and fall asleep with him!
He has the cutest face, pulls the funniest expressions and has the windiest bum I have ever heard in a baby. He is smiling already and Amelia and Lucy utterly adore him - wanting to hold him, help change his bum and generally include him in everything - even if he is asleep. He was covered in stickers today ..and the other morning they sat on the floor to show him their colouring as they did it so he wouldnt be left out!!
Duncan now has two weeks off work - its perfect timing as I feel fine,  Amelia is off school and we have two weeks to spend having fun as a family!

George

George Duncan Wall was born at 2.08 pm on Friday the 29th of June, weighing 9lb 12oz.
As his head was delivered I reached down and touched his face and he started crying before the rest of him came out. The moment that they put him on me I could hear Duncan saying 'Its a boy , Its George!' was one of the most surreal moments of my life - not only that he had come naturally, but that he is a boy!

The girls are being utterly fabulous with him - they genuinely adore him and want to hold him all time. When they came to visit us in hospital they were so excited - Amelia's first action though was to try to look at the milk coming out of my boobs - and when I explained it only comes out when George sucks it - she then asked how big my miffy now is!!! They find it utterly hysterical when he wees and poos and take great delight in tucking his willy down before his nappy is done up. He got in the bath with them after weeing all over himself during a nappy change and they could not have been more impressed.

He is a very chilled baby - feeds a lot and already has quite a few funny little habits .. fusses constantly when feeding on the left and insisting on rolling on his side and sleeping as close as he possibly can to me. He is just wonderful. I honestly thought he was a girl, but now I cant imagine not having him.

I am beyond happy.