G'day

Just a little update on our little chap. He now has crawling down to a fine art. Jacob is very fast and if we are not watching him can be playing with the blind, just about to try his new teeth out on the laptop cable, sucking on our footwear or finding something interesting off the carpet to put in his mouth (I know, I should vacuum more often - but when do I find the time ;o)?!).

Jacob is also getting a little more confident in his abilities, we often find him sitting looking very pleased with himself after reaching for a toy or even on his knees holding onto the side of his cot or playpen. Then this morning after putting Jacob down for his morning nap and 20 minutes worth of crying, I went a checked on him again. To my delight and horror I found him holding on for dear life onto the side of his cot standing up - yes, I did say standing up!!!!!!!!!!! He just now needs to work out how to bend his knees and get back down again.

So after updating you all with his newest achievements, Dave and I also took him for his monthly weigh in last night. Jacob is now up to 8 kg or 17 lb 6 ounces (according to the conversion on my phone) and is 69 cm long with a head circumference of 43.5 cm. He is fine on all the charts we get here. The nurse said he seems fine and very active, so that might be why he doesn't put much weight on.

Well, that's it for now as we're off out again soon for a surprise 30th birthday party and need to get ready.

The photo is showing Jacob's pretty amazing reading skills - he can read the book upside down - just so advanced!!!

My Fit Mums Fun Bubs Friends

Jacob and I have made several good friends since joining Fit Mums Fun Bubs and here are some of them.

From R-L - Jacob and I, Susanne and Oskar, Tracey and Ciara, Valerie and Elise

What is scary is that in that group there is two English, one Swedish and one French. The Australia friend (just the one!) can be seen below on my birthday photo.

My 31st Birthday

Can't believe I turned 31 last weekend or that it was my first as a mum!

We had a great day starting at 6.30 am and the ship's foghorn waking us up! It was then a phone call with my parents, opening cards and presents, going round to my good Aussie mates first thing and finding a surprise with Teaps, Ant & Ciara and Cate and Eden. They sung happy birthday to me, there was a banner up AND a chocolate birthday cake, it was very kind of them.

We spent the day in the Hunter Valley sampling beer, sparkling wine, desert wine, cheese and anything else we could find. We had a lovely lunch at Peterson's champagne restaurant and then an early night.

The Playpen

I had to get something to contain Jacob and his rolling/crawling/dragging. I kept finding him under the coffee table, his head under the glass cabinet or under the tv cabinet or even on the other side of the room. To stop my worrying, and many searches for one on the internet, I got a playpen last Monday. It is brilliant. Jacob enjoys being in there and all his favourite toys are in there for him too.

Jacob and his girlfiends

Jacob has many girlfiends here - Ciara, Eden, Elise and any other mum or baby he can get to smile at him.

Ciara's dad is getting slightly worried with what Jacob has been doing with his daughter - last week we had toe sucking, holding hands, pulling hair, getting his hands on her nappy, trying to steal her toys, stealing her towel - many, many things.

Elise's parents are happy for Jacob to chat to her and hold her hand. They haven't experienced the above yet.

Eden is a little older than Jacob and regularly likes to show Jacob what to do! Crawling, talking, sitting, eating nicely. Actually, there was a little incident today of Jacob stealing some of Eden's biscuit, she wasn't too bothered though.

The final UK pics

Jacob update

He's forward crawling now - just a couple of crawls and he then drags himself to where he wants to go! We have two teeth coming through at the bottom and they are sharp, especially if you put your finger in there. Jacob chats away quite a bit and says Dadda a lot! When he's excited he'll go 'ada' very cute. He loves to stand and walk holding your hands. Smiles and laughs loads and generally is a happy little boy.

We took Jacob for a walk on the beach and splash in the ocean last Monday (1st October) and even though the water was very cold, he loved it.

Trying Jacob with different foods is going very well, yesterday and today he had butter chicken (just like chicken korma) for babies. I mix it with extra sweet potato and carrots - yummy.

Last post from our European holiday

As promised, more photos from our trip. I've just been a little busy of late, so sorry about the delay. Mainly due to Facebook - very addictive to those who have already found it.

Dave, Jacob and I managed to catch up with most family and friends whilst we were over in the UK but unfortunately there were some people that we didn't. I am so sorry, I had planned on meeting up with everyone but couldn't believe how quick the time went and of course our parents wanted to spend as much time as possible with Jacob.

So, sorry to Lucy, Glenis, Penny, Carol, Hugh, Simon, Clive, Angela, Mike and anyone else from the National Forest Company that were hoping to catch up with us. Sorry to Jayne, to Claire and Clare, to Roy and Leslie, Shane and Lynne, Vic and Fran, Robert and Lyn, Anne and Hazel, Paul and Vicky.