We have a new cousin!!!! Yes Joe and Jessie's baby girl, Claire arrived last Thursday! We are all very excited about the new arrival and want to say a big congratulations to Joe and Jessie. Now Lily will have a girl cousin her own age to grow up with, how lovely.
In our house we are all recovering from being sick, and adjusting to our new life with me back at work. It has been hectic and I want to apologise in advance for forthcoming lack of communication. I am run off my feet trying to keep up with all that needs to be done on a daily basis. I am sure it will all settle down in a few weeks when we get used to our new routine.
This little video is from our Christmas holidays.
The end clip in the video where Lily is sitting happily and playing with her toys is already a little dated. It is looking like Lily will be crawling any day now. There is a lot of frustrated grumbling going on due to unsuccessful attempts at crawling. We sit her down, she lunges forward onto her belly and then gets stuck and gives out. Then we sit her up again and the process starts all over again. To be honest we were hoping she would hold out on the crawling for a little longer as we know how much work a crawling baby is but....oh well.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Happy New Year! I hope Christmas went well for everyone. We had a lovely Christmas. On Christmas Eve we took a family trip into town to have a look at the lights on Grafton Street. James loved the lights and got to run around and use up some of his Christmas Eve energy.
In the morning he had forgotten it was Christmas and came into our bed for a snuggle. I said "James, Happy Christmas" upon which he scampered out of our bed back into his room to rummage through his stocking. After a good while he went into the front room where his Lego police station was waiting for him in a giant box, the sight of which made him gasp. He also got a girl power ranger as requested, and a Wall-e that folds into a box as a surprise. Santa was kind enough to also leave a couple of books and a poster for James as well as a chew toy, cuddle toy and a pair of shoes for Lily.
Poor Daddy was sick in bed with the flu on Christmas morning so Mammy and James began the task of building the Lego police station. Four hours later, James having lost interest, it was complete! The sight of the completed masterpiece left James overwhelmed with excitement and full of promises not to take it apart. To my surprise and Daddy's happiness this creation has not been taken apart yet even though it's been played with all week!
On Christmas afternoon we went to the Ward's for a lovely Christmas feast. Cousin Paddy and James watched Wall-e and played peacefully while we ate our meal, unaware that there were more presents to come. After dinner the boys were given presents, the highlight of which was receiving two light sabers each. It's not hard to imagine what happened next...yes a light saber frenzy which Uncle Michael and Auntie Celine kindly participated in for hours. There was also a glowing remote control car which provided plenty of entertainment.
James was amazed by his Christmas experience. Like a good boy he was very grateful for his presents. At one point when Daddy said jokingly "you got so many presents I want one of them", James willingly handed one over!
The day after St. Stephens Day we traveled to Co. Clare to visit Bama who was also very sick with the flu. We had a lovely time enjoying the cold and bright days and got our first family photo taken on Lahinch promenade.
Lily took huge leaps forward over Christmas. She took her first few spoons of solids on and began siting unassisted both on Christmas day.
In the morning he had forgotten it was Christmas and came into our bed for a snuggle. I said "James, Happy Christmas" upon which he scampered out of our bed back into his room to rummage through his stocking. After a good while he went into the front room where his Lego police station was waiting for him in a giant box, the sight of which made him gasp. He also got a girl power ranger as requested, and a Wall-e that folds into a box as a surprise. Santa was kind enough to also leave a couple of books and a poster for James as well as a chew toy, cuddle toy and a pair of shoes for Lily.
Poor Daddy was sick in bed with the flu on Christmas morning so Mammy and James began the task of building the Lego police station. Four hours later, James having lost interest, it was complete! The sight of the completed masterpiece left James overwhelmed with excitement and full of promises not to take it apart. To my surprise and Daddy's happiness this creation has not been taken apart yet even though it's been played with all week!
On Christmas afternoon we went to the Ward's for a lovely Christmas feast. Cousin Paddy and James watched Wall-e and played peacefully while we ate our meal, unaware that there were more presents to come. After dinner the boys were given presents, the highlight of which was receiving two light sabers each. It's not hard to imagine what happened next...yes a light saber frenzy which Uncle Michael and Auntie Celine kindly participated in for hours. There was also a glowing remote control car which provided plenty of entertainment.
James was amazed by his Christmas experience. Like a good boy he was very grateful for his presents. At one point when Daddy said jokingly "you got so many presents I want one of them", James willingly handed one over!
The day after St. Stephens Day we traveled to Co. Clare to visit Bama who was also very sick with the flu. We had a lovely time enjoying the cold and bright days and got our first family photo taken on Lahinch promenade.
Lily took huge leaps forward over Christmas. She took her first few spoons of solids on and began siting unassisted both on Christmas day.
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