The Week in Pictures

Well some of it anyway


Food Time.

Hanging with Dad.

I can hold things now.

My first pair of jeans.

New Threads

You're just jealous because your hat doesn't match your cardigan.

Simon is getting big...

...but he's still not that big.

However, he is starting to enjoy bath time.

All my babies out there, let me hear you say "ah!"

Simon has (possibly) started responding to sounds and mimicking them.
Although David Hume would say that just because Pamela made a noise then Simon made a noise afterwards doesn't mean that the first caused the second (and I would tend to agree), it's still pretty cool.

Simon's Growing Up

It's really amazing to see Simon develop and change. He started making sounds (other than crying) about 10 days ago and yesterday he starting joining two sounds together. His first double sound was aahooh.

Simon's also started sleeping for longer at night time. He had a feed at 7 last night, went to sleep at 9 and didn't wake up until 4:30. So he went for almost 10 hours between feeds and slept for almost 8. Because I went to sleep at the same time as him, I think that just about counts for sleeping through the night.

What Simon has done this week

Simon went to the doctors for the first time on Monday. At the doctors he got his jaundice checked (he's still slightly jaundiced but it's not too bad) and he got weighed. Simon has grown a lot since he was born. He now weighs 4.5Kg. So he's now right on average for his age.

Simon has also learnt to dribble and suck his thumb this week. Although often when he tries to suck his thumb he can't get his thumb untangled from his fingers and ends up sucking his fist instead which is very cute.

Simon's vocabulary is also expanding. It now includes ooh, eh, meh and a few others I couldn't work out how to spell.

Talking

Simon can't talk yet.

He's working on it though and has recently added 'aah' noises to his vocabulary.

A Week of Firsts

Simon had a big week.

On Friday he wore shorts for the first time.

They were a bit big on him and looked more like pants.

On Saturday Simon went to his first wedding (Congratulations Ev and Leesh). He got hungry so he missed most of the ceremony and as we arrived for the reception he got hungry again and missed the first bit. But after that he had a great time meeting lots of Mum and Dad's friends. He got lots of cuddles.

On Saturday Simon also went to both Gran and Gramp's house and Grandma and Grandpa's house for the first time. He spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's with Mum. He missed his Dad as Dad had to go to work and spent the night at home.

On Sunday Simon went out for breakfast to celebrate Uncle Luke's birthday. After breakfast he went to the beach for the first time.

On Sunday afternoon Simon got to meet Great Grandma and Great Grandpa for the first time. Great Grandma really enjoyed holding Simon.

On Monday Simon slept for most of the day to recover from his big weekend.

On Tuesday Mum went out to bible study and left Dad to look after Simon by himself for the first time. Simon liked the time with Dad and is looking forward to it happening again.

Toys and Hugs

Simon likes to play with his rattle. On Wednesday he waved it around for the first time.

On Thursday not only did he wave it around but he followed it around with his eyes.

Simon also likes hugs and has been hugging Dad and Mum.