365 Photos - Feb 22

Whoo-hoo, caught up agian!

Zeke woke up sometime during the night and came into our bed, so we were up a bit earlier, but that meant he got in a good long sleep before playgroup. Somehow, this didn't stop him & Kayleb having a lot of fights about who got to play with certain toys!

Despite the brawls, they're pretty great together, as soon as the boys saw each other, they walked up and gave each other a hug and a kiss without Cat or I prompting - so cute! Zeke has a habit of walking over and kissing Kayleb at random too - he's such an affectionate little man.

Granny and 2 aunties for dinner tonight, and Zeke was thrilled with that. He ate HEAPS for dinner as well, 3 fish fingers, some potato, some beans & peas, and some capsicum and lettuce. Yes, he's actually eating lettuce now!

He was in bed at a good time as well - actually I should do the same, he's probably going to get up at stupid am just because I'm up late!

Monday 22nd February 2010



This was one of the finer moments in the boys' behaviour this afternoon, on Cat's back verandah. They were playing peek-a-boo behind around the chair, and cracking each other up no end - pity they weren't like that the whole time, Cat & I thought it was gorgeous!

365 Photos - Feb 21

Well it was Ryan's turn to get sick overnight, although he took himself to the ER. The same virus Zeke had made his asthma flare up really badly, so Sunday was very quiet as well. I pottered around and did some cleaning, but generally we all just chilled out.

The best part of the day was Zeke waking up at his usual time, napping at his usual time - and GOING TO BED at his usual time. Woot! Made being horrid to him on Saturday worth it! He had a lovely long play in the bath before bed too - he's getting so good at pouring water to and from his cups, and worked out on his own how to fill an old bubble bath bottle by holding it under the water for longer instead of just scooping like a cup. Smarty pants or what?

Sunday 21st February 2010



While I was tidying up, I spotted the rose Ryan had given me for V-day and decided to take a comparison pic of the change a week makes. Interesting enough, but I need to learn to compose shots better.

365 Photos - Feb 20

Saturday ended up being busy, we had to go put a deposit on my wedding ring, buy envelopes for wedding invites, and stop by Grandave's to pick something up as well. It meant that Zeke missed his usual nap, and he was pooped, bored and cranky in the shops, but had a wonderful time playing with Grandave, and even said 'Camera' again! He also showed Grandave how fantastic he's getting at jumping, and all the different animal noises he can make (as well as scoffing half a slice of toast with tuna and grilled cheese!)

By the time we got home it was so late in the afternoon, I only let him have 45 minutes to sleep, otherwise I knew he'd be up all night. I felt horrible waking him up, he was so tired. Thankfully our usual Saturday playdate was off this week, but ZEKE WENT TO BED AT A NORMAL TIME! Ryan and I both breathed a huge sigh of relief, and followed not long after!

Saturday 20th Feb 2010



Another thing Zeke loves as well as drawing and building is music. (Although he gets all shy in music classes!) He has a xylophone, a kazoo, a mini drumkit and a toy guitar, but best of all is Grandave's piano - he heads straight for it as soon as we arrive there. I got Ryan to play with him this time, I can't actually play anything, and it was nice for Zeke to play with someone who can play something properly.

365 Photos - Feb 19

Friday was music again - hooray! Somehow ended up being a little late to that, not really sure what happened there, the morning just kind of got away from us.

Zeke wouldn't nap when we got home though, which was frustrating, meant he was so tired and miserable later in the day, although he did go to bed a little easier.

We decided to have Hungry Jacks on Friday night as well, I was so proud of Zeke, he sat up in his high chair, and held and ate a cheeseburger all by himself! He's really getting grown up now - even checked out one of the waitresses - cheeky boy!

Friday 19th February 2010



Unfortunately I'd left my camera at home so I only have photos of Zeke and his cheeseburger on my phone, and I didn't end up taking anything else, so I snapped a photo of the gorgeous portraits we had done in Feb 08... I can't believe this was a year ago! How much Zeke has grown... I've not changed much though!

(Apologies for the crappy lighting. It's too dark w/out the flash, but reflects with it. )

365 Photos - Feb 18

Another quiet blah day with a late start. Really didn't get up to much at all. Tried to get Zeke to have a shorter nap (in hope of a better bedtime) but instead fell asleep on the couch myself - genius! Still, I got him down by 11, which was definitely an improvement!

Ryan was out at bedtime too, which didn't make things easy, Zeke was very disappointed that he didn't get to say goodnight to Daddy, and sat in his cot crying "Dada Dada Dada" every time I tried to put him to bed. My little heart-breaker!

Thursday 18th February 2010



Here's my sleepy-head boy rubbing his eyes in the morning. I had woken him up a little earlier. Funnily enough, he's wearing a shirt that says "Heart Breaker" on it - very appropriate given his bedtime antics later on in the day!

365 Photos - Feb 17

So... Wednesday was a bit of a write-off after the crappy bedtime we had. It was warm/humid too, which made Zeke cranky, not to mention the last of that virus bugging him.

We went shopping with Grandma for a little while, and I FOUND MY WEDDING RING! (You all have to wait till the big day to see it, unless you're a JM friend though :P)

Despite doing my best to wear Zeke out again (and waking him up earlier) he was still horrid at bedtime again, I think we got him down maybe slightly earlier, but no easy task all the same!

Wednesday 17th February 2010



Zeke loves drawing, so we got him an easel with a whiteboard for Christmas. It's the perfect height for him, and it means there's less paper strewn around the house - awesome! Anyway, he's worked out that he can smudge the marks with his hand (less awesome, the texta goes on his hands, and then on everything else) to change the effect of the drawing, and he is quite deliberate about it, this is one of his finished products. I love the pink & black colour scheme - really vibrant!

365 Photos - Feb 16

Playing catch up again! I just got caught up from last week, and then this weeks flown by somehow.

Tuesday was quiet, because on Monday night Zeke became extremely unsettled and appeared to have a red blotchy rash all over, not raised or anything, just red, as well as being quite sweaty (but no fever) and sounding rather hoarse and congested, so off we went back to the ER late at night. Of course the rash had all but disappeared by the time we got there!

The Paediatric doctor took FOREVER to come down to the ER, but said he had a virus, and generally seemed okay, and off we went back home, all of us VERY tired. Could have done without the midnight trip, but rash + young child = probably not serious, but needs to be seen right away.

Unfortunately a late night on Saturday, and what ended up being a late night on Sunday with V-day dinner, and then this midnight ER run meant Tuesday night bedtime was FOUL... I think it was 12.30am before I got Zeke to bed at last... only problem is I'm so tired after that, that I sleep in too, and don't get up in time to wake Zeke at his regular time to try and get him back into routine.

Zeke did do something awesome on Tuesday though, he learned a new word - Uh oh! He says it whenever his blocks fall down, it's more like a hoot the way he ways it though, very high pitched, but the meaning is clear, and he will knock his blocks down deliberately in order to say it! He's got heaps of new words now - which is so much fun, but still not communicating regularly with them. Just waiting for the day he suddenly replies to me with a whole sentence rather than babble or a single word!

Tuesday 16th February 2010



Part of our quiet day was lots of fun stacking Zeke's blocks. He loves them... I regret buying 100 of them when I'm collecting them from every corner of the loungeroom (it's an odd shaped room, so there are 7 corners!) but the fun he has is well worth it. Ryan, as you can see loves them too. I love the way Zeke is posing in this one as well - he's such a cutie!