santa photo

Okay so here he is...

... and what a funny photo it is! We weren't getting any smiles, so I did the mum thing... made a total fool out of myself for my kid... squatted down, wiggled my bum (shook the tailfeathers), waved my hands around (like a grandma pickles goodbye wave) and blew the biggest raspberry, which resulted in this gummy grin! Poor little man has been a bit off the air the past few days, grizzly, unhappy, not settling well, not sleeping, and when I look at this photo it reminds me of photos of brother pickles when he was teething... could we be getting teeth soon??? Each day I have a good feel around in that little mouth, but nothing that feels like teeth yet....

Oh, and in case you were wondering, no this is not a miniature santa, but an enormous baby boy!

Video of the little gherkin eating soon to be posted, so stay tuned!
xo

oh my... five months old already

03-12-08-open mouth
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

He can't be... but he is.

Five months have flown by and I can feel myself clinging desperately to every moment with the gherkin, knowing that these moments are strictly limited and disappearing faster than I could ever have imagined.

I am loving being his mum, especially right now.... I feel as though we have gotten to know each other by now, and I not only love, but really like this little person who has entered our lives.

We are so thrilled the gherkin chose us as parents! We are very lucky indeed.

Chat soon xo

Oh! and yes, he loves his food! check out my flickr for more photos...

oh my... five months old already

03-12-08-open mouth
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

He can't be... but he is.

Five months have flown by and I can feel myself clinging desperately to every moment with the gherkin, knowing that these moments are strictly limited and disappearing faster than I could ever have imagined.

I am loving being his mum, especially right now.... I feel as though we have gotten to know each other by now, and I not only love, but really like this little person who has entered our lives.

We are so thrilled the gherkin chose us as parents! We are very lucky indeed.

Chat soon xo

Oh! and yes, he loves his food! check out my flickr for more photos...

four months old already...

loves of my life
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

Where does the time go?!?

I think the first 12 weeks are just so scary, overwhelming, wonderful, that I lost time.... time seems to be slowing down a little, but now our social life is picking up again, I am sure life will pick up pace again soon enough!

We have had a wonderful time this week, got home from Adelaide (Adelaide update on its way), hung out with the two boys, had a few coffees/hot chocolates out and about, put eye drops in for poor hubby who has "pink-eye", bought a new quilt cover (photos to follow --- not the one spotted in Adelaide) .

Then on Monday we spent the day with the very lovely h&b and her youngest for the day, whilst the gherkin had many many photos taken by someone who actually knows what she is doing! We felt so very lucky, and yes, h&b's home is as gorgeous as the photos (better actually because of all of the warmth & love in their home). And I baked... a great banana and date loaf (a one bowl recipe... my favourite!). And hubby had the day off to play with us today while those horses ran around some track in melbourne.

Just lovely.

Chat soon, and yes, aunty k, I owe you a phone call...
xo

someone's a celebrity

james brown bandanna (1)
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

...google brown pug, and on the second page, up pops james brown in his smashing bandanna attire! ah, the things we learn from flickr stats!
have fun, gotta dash, the gherkin is complaining about having dropped his dummy xo

concentrating.... on growing perhaps?

concentrating
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

Here he is, our little man, looking as though he is concentrating quite hard! And maybe there was more going on than just shaking a dinosaur...

Thinking that he was getting much taller but not a whole lot heavier, Mr & Mrs Pickles agreed it might be worthwhile having another weigh and measure done by the very lovely Ethna at the maternal & child health centre.

So, here are our boy's latest stats:
head circumference: 43 cm
weight: 6295 grams
length: 65 cm

So, that's a whopping 3cm increase in length over three weeks, and only 215gram increase in weight. So we're upping the feeds to 210 mLs... will keep you posted on how we go.

Chat again soon, xo

our absolutely beautiful baby boy

our absolutely beautiful baby boy
Originally uploaded by summer pickles

Okay, there is news, there's heaps of news, but I am short on time, and this photo is just divine. Hope you are all well and happy --- we are! xo