Our Little Family

Forgot to include in his 14 month update something very cute has been doing lately. He will put things into little containers very carefully and take them out again, and today he had a little box of sultanas which he emptied, carefully filled again, then tried to 'drink' them out of the box.

These are really easy and Cadell and Matt both love them! All they are really are some mashed vegies - i used potato and carrot - , a tin of tuna, some cheese and then once they are formed into patties dip them in egg and breadcrumbs! And cook of course.

As usual its been busy busy in our house.  I am longing for the time when I am permanently at home with babies because i just know I am not going to feel as stressed. Yes life will still be busy, but if im organized and a good housewife/mother, life will run a lot smoother than it does now.  I feel that when i am home full-time i will be so much more able to give my family the time it deserves. And after all, what is life about? I don't believe its about working so much that your family suffers. Yes Matt has to work fulltime, but that is his job and he enjoys being the provider for us. It is inbuilt that he would get satisfaction from this, like every man. Just like it is inbuilt into every woman to get satisfaction from doing the washing, or feeding a child. I started writing this last week! It has definitely been busy. I only worked 1 day this week ( it is holidays so next week I won't work at all then back to it) and the other 2 days Cadell stayed in daycare so ...

Cadell is 14 months today.  New this month: He has been using his walkers to 'run' round the house a lot more, and been standing by himself for longer periods. He is still not walking but I don't think it will be long before he is. He is 'chatting' but no actual words really apart from mumma and dada ( sometimes 'Daddy'). Finally starting to get over all this sickness he has had since starting daycare, although he (and Daddy) had conjunctivitis this month which was not fun for either of them. We've had a few trips to the beach this month, enjoying more time outside while the weather is nice. He discovered how to climb onto his little chair this month, and stand on it to reach the books on the bookcase! It is amazing how much he is developing. He is definitely becoming a little bit more adventurous, although he is still cautious which is why I think he is not walking yet. He still loves pointing at the birds, and I think he is trying to say ...

He had a great time feeding the magpie, and the ducks and swans. Daddy was trying to feed the eel! He also really enjoyed the swing despite his face in that photo. It was lovely to get out in the beautiful weather we are having right now, before it turns super hot. 

This is so I have a reminder of what a typical day at home with Cadell at 13 months was like. 6am - Wake up, let the dogs out as they are banging on the gate. Cadell might be awake now, sometime s he sleeps in though until 6:30ish. If he is awake, its a morning feed in bed with Mummy and Daddy. If he isn't I might be organized enough to put some washing on or have a shower. 7am - After his feed, he has a nappy change and dressed for the morning. Then its breakfast time (2 weetbix with yoghurt). 7:30am - Playtime! for Cadell. Mummy starts on housework while Cadell plays in the living room. Today I have a lot of washing to get done and while changing the beds Cadell came in the bedroom to play. Its amazing that with all the toys he has in the living room, what kept him occupied and happy for ages in the bedroom was putting a bit of paper in a cup and trying to 'drink' it. 8:30am - sometimes he has a sleep now, but today I am going to try and just put him down earlier ...

This little monkey was a bit proud of himself for getting up on his chair!  We spent a morning the other week in the garden with the dogs running round, Cadell loved that and was a little bit sad that he couldn't chase after the dogs! Won't be long before he is though... Its been a funny week as Matt has been off sick all week. I find it difficult to stick to my usual schedule when he's home, so I don't feel like everything has got done. But that is ok. Matt's birthday tomorrow, not sure what we are doing for it yet, maybe go out for a later lunch (after Cadell wakes up from his nap) and not too much else as he is still not 100%.  Only 1 more week (next week) of school, and then the following week I will work 1 day and the other 2 days Cadell will stay in Daycare and I have a long long list of Spring Cleaning/Decluttering to get done. I have started on it a tiny bit already as there is so much I want to get done. The week after that, I have the f...

Cadell ended up with Conjunctivitis and passed it onto Matt, who is not well with his cold (turned into ear infection so he is on antibiotics) so he went to daycare on monday for about an hr before they sent him home. Fortunately Matt was off work anyway because he is sick, so he has stayed home with Cadell these past 3 days while I have been at work. Matt has the rest of the week off too, so I am able to mostly take care of Cadell and he can get a bit of a rest. I am so ready for us to all be well again and have sickness behind us.  Last weekend I had a lovely lunch with my Mummies group, without the babies. It was nice to catch up before Max has her 3rd baby. She is due in a few weeks. They are a little different to me though, which sometimes makes me uncomfortable as they are both ( only 2 other ladies from the group there this day) in their mid-thirties, and seem to come from another class - e.g. a bit posh and used to having money. Having said this they are lovely and it ...

The weeks seem to fly by. The first part of the week is a whirlwind of getting ready for work, working, then rushing to get Cadell into bed as early as we can manage as he is usually so tired after not really sleeping at daycare (and this week he is still sick so he has been even more tired) then getting our tea and collapsing on the sofa... And then the rest of the week is spent (for me) catching up on washing, cleaning, cooking, and looking after/playing with Cadell. I am going to do a separate post on a typical day when I am at home with Cadell so I can look back on what our routine was at this time. It would have been good if I had been doing the blog when he was younger so I could have recorded his routine at each stage. Hopefully I will be able to do that for the next baby. He seems to be slowly getting better, he has been napping (so far) better than last week, and the last 2 nights he hasn't been coughing all through the night. I think Matt is also a bit better, he has ...

Today is our wedding anniversary. Cant believe its been 7 years already. We've done a lot in that time. It definitely hasn't all been easy, but thats not what a marriage is. It takes work and commitment. We've had a lot of great times, and not so great times. But im definitely looking forward to a lot of great times ahead and as we are growing as a family, our marriage is also changing and growing. One of Matt's greatest qualities is his caring nature. He is always ready and willing to look after me when I am sick, in general I think he always wants to take care of me and our family, everything he does is because he wants to provide the best for us. He is a great father, as I knew he would be, and as a husband he has been amazing over this journey of having our first child. Through my pregnancy he looked after me, drove me to work most days even though it meant going out of his way, dealt with my pregnancy cravings and freak-outs about mone...

Our trip to the beach at Redcliffe this weekend.

Cadell seems to be sick....again. Yesterday he vomited when he was down for his nap, so he only had maybe 40 mins sleep then. He has been really unsettled with sleep lately, coughing a lot and I think he is just generally a bit miserable. Poor boy. He also has had a bit of diarrhoea.  Despite all this, we managed to have a pretty good day yesterday. We made yesterday fathers day for Matt as he is out this morning drumming at church. I made him eggs benedict for breakfast, and after Cadells (unsuccessful) nap, we went to redcliffe to the beach. Cadell had a great time, he is starting to get more and more interactive when it comes to play, and was trying to put sand into the bucket and then knock the bucket over. He was watching Matt tip the bucket over to make sandcastles, and I think he was trying to copy. Matt also had a great time, he is enjoying being able to really play with Cadell now I think.  I am now waiting for Cadell to fall asleep for his morning nap, h...