January 2013 - Baby/Mommy Club!

Hi Ladies

Your kiddies are so cute... Nice mag pic Anthea... That's awesome.

Colby is also "Crawling" he mostly goes sideways & backwards with his leopard crawling. But way prefers to be sitting... He's outgrown his "baby toys" and most plays with his sisters toys so usually it's something pink. I feel quite bad as i've not bought one toy for him yet, but he'll have to wait as we just don't have the bucks right now to go toy shopping.

We're still BF (about 4 feeds a day) but that is going to come to an abrupt end quickly as he's bitten me twice now & it's seriously sore! Other than BM from the boob he sort of drinks/bites a bit of water from his sippy cup. Going to be a tough road trying to wean him... eeek...

Otherwise all good here, going to take him for a weigh in tomorrow and we start swimming lessons tomorrow which i'm super happy about. He really loves the water.

Have a good rest of the week everyone!

SMA - you like resemblances hey - check this one out. My brother and i way back, and Morgan and Tristyn today...

Hi Sma - good to hear from you too!

Your little madam is on the go hey - crawling almost hey! Morgan started doing the same thing this weekend. Sits quite contently and will suddenly flop forward and start sliding around on her stomach - imitating the crawling action but not getting anywhere! her older sister finds it hilarious hey! "Look mommy - Morgan wants to wlk"... We explained to her that in order for Morgan to wlak she first has to crawl so she is quite fascinated with it...

Other than that - they both a bit snotty at the moment... think its the change of season...

We planning our next trip to Hoedspruit for the long weekend in September - looking forward to getting away but not looking forward to packing up everything

Hope everyone else is well?

Here's a pic of the girls in the recent Your Baby mag

Haven't taken pictures in a while....well there are issues ..... Phones/cameras are not very safe when the kids are around, Tamina wants to take it and chew on it, Mondli wants to take it and he changes settings. He's done that to our phones and we struggled to figure out what he did ... So eish, whenever a phone is in sight, it's war..

Our kids will be a year soon and running around and starting to talk...gosh time flies.... I'm remembering when we were all 30something weeks pregnant and we all just wanted to give birth already, and then bam Cherikey gave birth and Snoekie and myself were just pulling our hair out going overdue hahaha oooh those were funny and challenging days..

Hi ladies

Seems we are all just super busy!! And it's about to get worse for me, one employee in our department is retiring so I have to take over his whole costing section. And we are hosting Bible conference next week, so I won't even be able to take leave for it, my husband and the nanny will have to work out a schedule for the kids during the morning seminars, I'm sure I'll be totally distracted here at work, will be the first time I'm missing it in years!!

We were at Zulu Nyala in Hluhluwe KZN this past weekend, it's that side of Umfolozi, the game reserves. It was so nice, Mondli saw a zebra just outside our room and for some reason when I told him what its called he heard brother, so he kept on showing daddy the "brother" hahaha. There were crocodiles by the swamp, they were sunbathing so they totally didn't move, so he didn't notice them, he probably thought it's rocks haha. He loves meat lately, gosh, before he would just chew the flavour out and "secretly" throw the flesh into the bin, but now he swallows it and eats just the meat in a meal.

Tamina is growing very well. No teeth yet but oooh she chews on everything. She loves playing ball with her brother, well he kicks it or throws it around, then she follows him (in her walker) when he goes to fetch it but she does all the actions, the hands in the air, the screaming when he kicks the ball and he says "good shot" .
Strangest thing about her, and very funny also cos it makes her look like hubby's granny who has lost her teeth cos she's quite advanced in years .. She chews solids, first time I saw her do it I just laughed cos I got so worried when I realised she had taken Mondli's biscuits and they are not so soft, but she chewed it with the gums, and on the side like a normal person then she swallows. Even fried chips, she eats them just like us, just too funny. I still watch her very closely though cos it's just weird
She's sitting very well now, doesn't fall anymore, she intentionally gets on her stomach to reach stuff. She's not crawling, but she gets around on her stomach so we don't leave her on the bed anymore.
Oh gosh and the babbling, and big brother is also at that "what's this" stage, so they go on and on and on I end up just saying "mmmhh", hope I haven't agreed to any purchases without realising it hahaha.

Not sure why it duplicated....

Hi there Cherikey

It seems its just you and me on here...

COlby is adorable... and seems tall hey! Happy 8monthday - hope you have a great day! And that Mommy spoils you rotten

Sounds alot like Morgan... and the non-stop babbling - the ma ma ma ma ma, the da da da da, and ba ba ba.. and Lord help us of we take too long between mouthfuls... Then we really get an ear full... She loves her Sussie hey - you see the adoration all over her face whenever her Sussie is around...

We've taken to walking around the Estate with them and she loves the fresh air!

Her blood tests have come back positive - its still not as high as we would like it but there is a definite increase and the paed is very happy!

Attached is a recent pic of her...