December 6, 2007

Welcome to this crazy wonderful world, little Bendy!

I would like to take time out of my own madness to welcome my best friend's little boy Bendy into the world.

I love you already, baby.

December 2, 2007

Another week over

Wow, did this week fly. Madness and I traded grumpy moods and illnesses. He was reacting to his vaccinations (reaction generally happens within the first ten days) and I think I was just being a narky cow. Too many late nights this week with too many projects happening at once.

Hello, Headache City. Population: One narky cow.

However, all is better now. Right in time for the weekend. Madness and I took a trek into the city on Friday to have a look at the Christmas market and meet up with Dimples and her mum. It was a glorious rainy, grey and windy day. Perfect for outdoor shopping in a crowded city! Everyone's so pleasant on days like that. Especially Madness.

Madness said his first word outside Mama and Papa. He said "heiss" which is the German word for hot. He said it while touching the heater. I was on the toilet at the time, and he was sitting at my feet (honestly, I can't even widdle in private!) and still I grinned with joy. Lucky I didn't jump up and down like I wanted to. Ew. We're raising him bilingually, and I think it's funny he said German first, where it's me who speaks English with him.

Also, he is walking more than he's crawling so I'm going to look into getting him his first pair of shoes next week.

Shoes and words, and here I am in denial and thinking gee, remember last week when I was still pregnant? The circle of life goes on.

Only, I think mine's more like a hexagon. An asymmetrical one.

Fun tip: Those plastic rain cover things only work when you unfold them so your baby and pram/stroller are in a plastic bubble. If you pull it back to get on the bus, or go inside a cafe, and you don't pull it back over the pram when you leave and it's raining outside, Baby will get wet. Just sayin'.

Serious tip: You don't need to buy shoes for your baby until they're truly walking more than they're crawling. And when you do buy hard-souled shoes for your baby, make sure you can fold them almost in half before you purchase them. They need a lot of give in them for those little baby foot muscles to develop properly.