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the endless party-planning and -concocting and -shopping and -what not.  yes, i’ve started planning little M’s first birthday party.  cant believe, he’ll be turning one in little less than six weeks.  eish!

thanks for all the messages, we’ve been to the doc’s and what a waste it was.  didnt tell me anything i didnt know (that there’s a problem somewhere and i need to go for a MR scan) and was so mislik and unhelpful, cant believe he’s still practicing.  so no, i didnt go for the scan because my medical aid doesnt cover it out of hospital and we dont have r6500 to pay for it.  or rather, hubby said we must make a plan, and i know most doc’s have a pay-off policy but it is against my grain to pay that type of money for ‘nothing’.  yes, i know.  so we decided to buy an orthopedic bed instead (which we must still do) and i’m changing the way i move and sit and drive and all and all, and thats the end.  en klaar.

our boy is getting so big, so fast, its unbelievable.  he amazes me more and more each day, with the little things he does!

he started waving tata.  takes a while, but once he starts he doesnt stop till he cant see the person he’s waving to anymore.  he’s clapping hands, especially when eating and more if its noodles!  he squats and stands up without support.  he stands on tippytoes, especially when checking his bathwater.  two weeks ago he even screwed together his milkpowder cups! THREE of it.  yesterday he carried his own things, without trying to chew on it.

speaking of teeth, he’s popping three at once.  luckily he wont look like a onetoothed vampire anymore  both top front teeth and left eyetooth is out, since saturday last week.  sommer net so.

he is such a good eater, loves his pap (regular old mieliepap!) and kookkos.  haha, and because of his love for food, he skipped 12-18mths clothing and went straight to 18-24.  rite.  he weighed in at 12kg’s on the 18th, about 1.5kg’s lighter than his cuzzy – who is turning 3.  and no, he is not ‘fat’ or overweight (i’ve seen children that’s much worse!), he is BIG.  he is tall for his size (just about a head shorter than same cuzzy) and just mollig.

loves his school, is so at ease even the owner tells me he feels as if the owns them

oe, and he started giving hugs – its the best thing ever!  kisses, he does for a while now, making little sounds as he’s doing it (mostly just slobbering everywhere!) but the hugs are special.  and he only gives one a day, it seems.  rite.

and thats about it for the time i have!  would love to tell you more about how awesome our boy is, but that would just be bragging

have a wonderful rest of the week xxx

dont you just sometimes wish, think or hope that you could still believe in wishes that can come true?  or that it helps to wish cos maybe it will make a difference?  or that you could still believe in the power of a wish like a child.  or something like such.

today is one of the days i so wish that my mom was still here, that i could just pick up a phone and tell her stuff.  in this case, some important stuff, but still.  or my dad, for that matter.

although i really dont know if i wouldve told them, if they were still here.  i know i can phone my mil or fil, they mean the world to me but some things are better left unsaid sometimes.  and now i feel as if there is no one to talk to except hubby.  who is telling me that i’m full of shite.  rite

going to see the orthopeadic surgeon on friday, my back is giving me trouble.  and i’m scared.  and full of ‘what if’s?’.

and i dont know how i’m going to handle it if i have to go for a back-op.  at 27.  with a 10month old.

and that’s why hubby says i’m full of crap – because it probably isnt as bad as i feel it is.  which is why we are going to the docs anycase, so he can decide what is what.  doesnt really help, but ja.

so how’s your life

Ai, how I miss the days I had enough time on my hands to do everything! It seems, these days, as if I’m on a kind of slowstrike, as if I work and work and nothing gets done. Or better. Or finished. Or whatever. Ja tog!

We are STILL busy moving – today marks the two week mark. Yes, you’ve read rite. Two weeks. Last weekend we took the last things out of our old house to the new house, but our dogs are still at the old house. All our outside stuff’s still there as well. We just don’t have time! Our weekends are full, its dark so early now in the afternoons. Ai.

But we are enjoying the new house so far, there is a lot of work still to be done and everything still needs to find its place. Its lekker for little M to wander on his own, without having to worry about the steps or the glass door or the whatever. Cant wait for him to start enjoying the garden, havent spent too much time there yet as we’ve been busy inside the house. Our room is just exceptionally cold! Luckily there is a mounted panelheater and an aircon, so that helps. But now little M’s nose and throat dries out during the nite, we put out a bit of water but it doesn’t help. The humidifier (that was accidentally broken by hubby) would’ve been awesome now. Will see to get another one soon.

On little M’s front, he is getting SO big! I swear, I cant believe how he’s grown. Last week (and it had to be, cos it was in the new house!) I tried on 12-18mth pajamas, and it was too big. Last nite, it fit! MIL commented (they’ve last seen him on sunday) last nite that she cant believe how much he’s grown in this week. So I went shopping today (EEK!!) for 12-18 clothes, MIL bought him a few things (including said nities) so he’s waxed for a bit. Wearing a size 2 shoe (or bootie, rather, at ten months!) which JUST fits. He really is a big boy He is starting to make a lot of sounds, some of it even sounds like words lol! No talking yet, and I cant quite figure out how he calls his pappa, but he’s getting there. Jissie, he’s a real babbelbekkie – always talking. Just like his mamma

Those two are making me jealous They bonded so tightly (suddenly too, it feels!) that some days little M just wants his pappa. Suits me fine, but still… makes me feel as if he’s growing up too fast – not needing me anymore. Ai.

Little M is also cruising along nicely, he is standing by himself for long lengths of time now as well – especially if he can touch something, like the table or the wall. Not holding on, just touching. But as soon as he remembers he’s standing, he sits down. Last nite he was standing up by himself as well, not needing to hold on to something. Did give a little ‘trippel’ while he was standing, and fell quickly after that, but no walking yet! Although I really think it is very close. He can walk holding on to my hand with one of his, or taking my leg and walking along. Haha, last weekend he was standing by himself, ‘holding on’ to our friends’ dog’s hair. Rite. Totally happy with himself for standing while touching something, although I don’t really know how doghair (it’s a sheepdog) will stop him from falling.

And now for a drum roll – we had our first shoptantrum this week! He is TEN MONTHS. Rite. Over a packet of sultanas. He was playing with it, and the till lady wanted to scan it but he wouldn’t let go. He makes this little ‘uh uh’ sound out of the back of this throat (sounds like a growl!) and he’ll keep his treasure closer. Then the lady wanted to take his hand away, which was over the barcode, and he slapped her! Luckily, our crowd (cos there was about five employees standing around – little M is quite a hit in that specific shop! They love him, alwas comments on his growth and how big he’s getting and how cute he is.) thought it was quite funny (although I didn’t – no manners, this little man!) and we succeeded in ringing up the packet without too much tears. He slept on the way home, and then I put him in his cot when we got home – all the while clutching his little bag of sultanas. Ai tog. Makes me want to run for the hills when I think about the terrible Two’s to come!

He is SO happy at the new school, with his teacher. Although he is kind of a bully (in my opinion, she thinks its just cos he’s a boy – “ ‘n lekker rowwe mannetjie! ”) – he rolls his classmates, causing scrapes and bruisesand all round unhappiness. But they retaliate, and they will stand up for themselves if its too much, so I really don’t mind at this stage. I just hope he outgrows it! Although, cuzzie’s little boy was like that too – so much so that the school moved him out of the babyclass to the bigger class cos they said he’s bored with the babies, being used to the older cousins. So I hope that is also the case here. And of course, he has the whole school wrapped around his little pudgy finger!

And other than that, we have a beautiful little (haha!) babyboy, who is too big for his shoes, too cute for himself and who makes our lives so much more than we are used to.

And now, I am going to fetch him from said school – miss him too much today! The colleagues are also moaning cos they havent seen him in a while soooo….

Lovely weekend, and an awesome mother’s day filled with slobbery wet chocoalety little mouth kisses and sticky hands hugs!

xxx

its been almost a month since my last post, and there is SO much to tell!  please forgive me for ignoring you, but time is not on my side these days…

so lets start lol!

little M is such a big boy, turned nine months last thursday already!  cant believe, already started planning his first birthday.  rite.  he has three teeth now – two fronts on the bottom, and one canine on top right.  yes, a canine.  and the left side is also sprouting.  no teeth inbetween though.  eish.

he is trying to walk with a passion – pushing around everything in the house and walking behind it, he can go for lengths at a time without an interruption.  he crawls ‘right’ now, on both knees. but when he wants to move quickly, still uses only one knee.  te oulik!

think he’s allergic to banana – gave him some mashed up twice, and he threw up.  gave him pap with banana – no sleep for almost a week.  changed the pap – blissfull sleep!  haha, takes after his mommy with that one – i really hate banana.  dont even eat a banana sweetie.

on the allergies front, we are back where we started it would seem.  according to the doc, he has ‘allergic rhinitus’ – because of allergies (to goodness knows what!) his ‘snotkliere’ are packing up, giving him a type of sinus drip and making his chest wheezy and scratchy, making him bark cough like mad and then throw up.  so he’s on telfast syrup now, for two weeks (started on monday) to see if it makes a difference.  if not, he’s back to the doc’s cos he doesnt want little M starting out the winter like this.  i felt so sorry for our boy, i cried my eyes out while he was screaming and there was nothing i gave him that made him feel better.  three nites in a row.  even hubby had a hard time keeping his composure!  but  little M will grow up, and this too shall pass.  i believe, in any case!

on easter weekend he fell over hubby’s welder – HUGE bruise on his thigh!  a bloukol almost as big and long as my index finger.  i was in another room, and just heard the ‘bang’ and then that deadquiet before he started screaming his lungs out – more of a fright as well, he fell over the welder face first.  never knew i could run so fast or our house seemed so big!  hubby was there with him, and as little M is standing against everything he thought nothing of it.  then little M started swinging the welder back and forth, and that’s when it happened.  ai.

haha, little M started shaking his head – for no apparent reason.  he’ll just sit and watch you, and then start moving his head from side to side.  when he does it, i say ‘nee nee nee’ while shaking my head as well, making it a speletjie, and he loves it!  has got such a beautiful laugh, our little one

so we moved him to the new school, and he loves it!  was supposed to still be two weeks at the old school (month’s notice and all) but i talked to the owner and she said its fine, we can move.  ’she has a waiting list’, so it wont bother if he’s not there.  real nice about the whole thing, actually.  little M just couldnt get hold on his new juffrou, although she is lovely with the kids.  four days i had to give him to the help, and once she moved into another room with him so that i could leave.  so we changed and i’m so glad!  i wasnt sure, cried when i dropped him off the first day but when i went to fetch him, i felt relieved and at peace.  it was the right decision.  his old juffrou sent me a sms at about 11am to say that he watches her like a hawk – if she moves, he moves as well!  checking to see if she’ll leave him again.  heartmelting.

and now, when he was so sick since last thursday, over the weekend until yesterday, it was proven again that we did the rite thing.  on monday he cried for his juffrou, i couldnt take him from her.  didnt want me at all – got mil in the pharmacy, and when little M saw her it was tickets – just wanted his ouma.  funny thing is, his juffrou is actually not his – she is in another class, but since she is so good with him he has ‘special privileges’

so i’m fine now with the school.  cuzzie’s little boy also moved there (he got hidings TWICE at the old school, which no one told them about – he came home two days in a row telling them ‘die skool het my gefoeter’.  jissie!) so now little M thinks its christmas.

he loves playing outside, in the sand or mud or water or anything that isnt the house!  and now at school they have a lot of outside play, which i am very grateful for!  i know they have to have ‘school’ but he just blossoms when he is outside, touching everything and putting everything in his mouth.  he can sit in the sand and rub his hand over it for long, moving the sand about till it suites him.

and thats what i can think of now

we are moving house end of the month, and i am SO not lus!  i just want to go live in the new house, not do the moving thing.  but ja, it must be done.  ai.  hubby is busy fixing up the house now while we dont live there yet, and its going a bit slower than i hoped.  but we dont really have money now, so its understandable.

haha, i think i gave him a heartattack earlier today!  phoned him and told him i want another baby lol  i was holding a little boy, eight days old and 3kgs, and it felt SO good!  on the one hand.  on the other, i was gone already for about ten minutes and my hands were still shaking – he is SO tiny!  it felt strange, though, to think that nine months ago our little one was also so small – newborn clothes hanging like bags, newborn diapers that needed to be folded over to fit, those tiny little tiny hands clutching at everything.  ag, it was nice.  but i wont trade our little M for him

anyways, i hope you all have a good time ahead – will (hopefully, no promises!) talk to you soon!!

xxx

every time i start a new post i must first apologise, cos i havent been here in ages!  ai.  and we’ve had quite a lot going on now, so ja…

so little M is almost nine months old. jissie.  standing against everything, getting up in the bath, falling over in the bath, the usual   got his first bloukol last weekend – on his NOSE.  rite.  played with the cupboard doors, fell over and knocked himself sideways in the face with the door.  hubby thought he broke his nose!   but luckily not. 

he is in a fowl mood now, cries when he wakes up from sleeping, doesnt want to eat, throws huge tantrums.  think he’s teething again, his top gums are swollen. we’ll see.  eish, those tantrums.  especially if you take away something that he wants NOW.  like a thorny stick, for example.  he nearly exploded! maar nou ja.

cant believe how quickly our little boy got so big.  he started ‘pushwalking’ a bit – pushing his bumbo chair while walking behind it.  just a few steps, then he falls down.  he also started to make ‘L’ sounds while babbling. 

on tuesday nite we were playing (hubby is sickish again so he already went to bed) when i saw that little M taught himself a new trick.  he’ll stand between my raised legs (with my legs under his armpits) and push his head through my legs to see how far it can go.  rite.  when my legs got tired and i put it down, he kept pulling my pantsleg and rubbing his face on it.  too oulik!

have a ‘problem’ at school – his juffrou is leaving.  now i cant decide if little M should leave with her,.  they’ll be three or four babes under her care, while now they are nine.  i think i already made up my mind to take him with her, but on the one hand i’m not so sure.  but he’s only 8 1\2 months, so he deserves it to go with her.  we know each other, he’s been with her since 10 weeks, and she loves him to bits.  ag, i dont know.  things arent going to good at his current school – but in the bigger classes, his is still fine.  so i’m stuck a bit!

me and hubby are going so-so, had a huge fite last weekend which we didnt sort out yet.  and yes, its same old same old – him partying while i sit in the house.  rite.  think i should really just get used to it, but i wont – cos it doesnt work that way.  en klaar. 

but anycase, thats about it – need to finish work again!

hope you all have an awesome weekend xxx

so it seems like TWO weeks since my last post! jissie, cant believe!

things are hectic busy at work, being financial year end and all – no rest for the wicked

so a few things, off the top of my head – and sorry if i sound confused lol, theres just so much going on!

little M is doing great!  think he’s cutting another toofie, had to go to the doc’s again yesterday with a high fever.  and of course, last nite – no fevers. go figure.  doing some version of crawling now, with his one leg under him as he moves along.  and if thats too slow, he’ll do a bit of ‘padda swem’ – flat on his tummy and flailing arms and legs like mad.  jissie, but that mannetjie can motor!

he has learnt the following:

climbing out of the door into the yard – lekker.

chasing the dogs – they dont think its too lekker!

standing in the bath.  rite.  just after trying to crawl in the bath.

standing against the safety doors, especially at school.

trying to stand on his own, but not really getting his back straight yet.

trying to stand against furniture.

giving mommy a heartattack in a few easy movements.  as usual

sitting up by himself in his cot – didnt see him do it any other place yet, but ja.

blowing farts with his mouth – learnt from his daddy

biting – with his ‘still two’ teeth!

throwing his head back when we bath and wash hair – and i didnt teach him that one!

opens his mouth when brushing – too oulik!  then trying to catch the toothbrush with his tongue  - not too oulik!

helps to dress himself by sticking his arms through his shirts, and taking off his doek. rerig. his juffrou also commented on it!

loves to bang things against each other or any other noisemaking surface.

loves laughing and singing.  hates sleeping – especially through the day!

and thats about all i can think of now  he really is a bulletjie, weighing 9.67kg’s yesterday.  but since the crawling i’m not too worried about his weight, as he’s still got a lot of padding everywhere lol! getting extremely heavy to lift out of his cot, and to carry around.  and to get to sleep.  ai.

other than that, me and hubby are doing fine.  although last nite i told him to stop his crap, he’s been in a foulish mood since last week.  granted, we didnt get much sleep since friday but still.

saturday i went to harties for a conference, and hubby had to look after little M.  luckily our friends were there till about five, so he wasnt totally alone  think little M enjoyed the alonetime more than hubby did!

weightwise i think i’m going to be surprised – i did so good and then last weekend with the little sleep and the running around shopping and whatnot i totally lost track again.  but i will persevere!  will see tonite how it went.  eish.

and thats about all i have time for now, really miss you girls!  sorry i dont have much time to comment now, but i try to keep as updated as possible – as usual

lekker week ahead xxx

we had a very lekker weekend for a change!  went to one of the resorts nearby with friends and it was great!

little M had a blast!  he went supertubing (with pappa, just once!) and we jacuzzi’d (he loved it, kept on trying to catch the bubbles!) and we bought him a oulike tjoepie that he can put his legs through.  so if he’s in the water, he kicks up a storm  he even swam ( ) to me when i let him go for a bit.  te oulik

but now we’re all sick. go figure.  little M had a runny nose since friday morning (of course), and sunday nite he was coughing so hard he made himself naar.  took him to the docs yesterday and again its kleuterskoolsiekte.  but of course, at school he didnt even cough once.  rite. but on the upside he weighs 9.3kgs  i think he lost a bit of weight, coz thats what he weighed almost three weeks ago.

he really is starting to motor with the crawling thing.  went all over the vloer last nite, but he’s not ‘crawling’ yet.  more wiggling than anything else, i suppose.  its too cute when he sits, he can turn himself around!  he shuffles with his legs so that he can change direction lol!

and thats about all, i think i need to start working

good week to all of you xxxx

i have to tell you just quickly, cos i want to BURST of proudness!!

our little M was named Mr Valentine for his class yesterday!  too oulik  i think he’s his juffrou’s sweetheart, mind you lol!

she only told me this morning cos i didnt see her yesterday, so a little gggrrr but for the rest proud mommy!  yay

haha, and i know i’m making an issue but still – its his first valentine’s day and all and all so i can be silly about it

hope you all have lovely weekend, we’re going camping – cant wait!

xxx

is becoming a little tooth monster!! as you know, on friday 01feb he cut his first tooth.  today, tuesday 12feb, number two is out!  jissie

last nite he was a bit niggly, didnt want to sleep (no sleeping in the car on the way home as usual – he only passed out at about half past ten!) or anything.  i saw his gummy was swollen when i brushed his other toofie earlier, so i thought thats whats bothering him.  put on teejel and i didnt feel a thing. he didnt quiet down as usual, so i thought something else is bothering. this morning, while giving his vitamins, i saw something and whoop – there it is! happiness!

so glad for our little guy, now he can finally relax a bit!  this tooth is one of those we saw on christmas day already.

told his juffrou this morning, and she said he was chewing on everything yesterday but she also didnt feel anything.  so once again i am first

but then she asked me if we saw how he’s crawling – and gone is my happiness  little M doesnt do the tummy thing at home, he gets really frustrated.  and he’s reverted to pushing himself into a ‘bending standing’ position – his legs are straight, bum in the air, arms on the ground.  so we still feel that crawling isnt going to happen, he is pushing himself to stand on his own.  rite.  but we’ll check tonite, and see what is what.

but ja, just a bit of happy news for today  hope you all have a gorgeous week!

xxx

its almost weekend (YAY!) and i have time for a quick post

Little M got his first toothbrush and tootbrushing on monday.  not impressed with it, but likes the toothpaste  oh, and loves his toothbrush – to eat only lol.

he weighs about 9.5 – 9.8kgs, not totally sure but still.  bleddie vettie that one!  not that i mind, i like it when he’s chubby.  doc said that they’re supposed to be overweight a bit (not obese or anything, just a bit) so that if they get sick they have reserves to call on.

not much news, actually, and i think i’m typing too fast because i have loads of work to do still!  went to the dentist today (for the first time since i was in std 3! or grade 5. turn 28 this year. rite.) and i’m very impressed.  he is very nice, have to go back for fillings but waiting for the medical aid.  luckily.  was very scared, but he is so nice i was totally at ease with him.

anyways, hope you all have an awesome weekend, lekker rus!!  going shopping tomorrow in pietersburg with my friend (YAY, i have someone i can call a friend – who is not forced by family bond lol!) and cuzzy and sil.  lekker

xxx