tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55944796859444662982024-02-07T19:25:28.913-08:00Growing PangsLuisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-51134341767156029932013-04-28T12:00:00.001-07:002013-04-28T12:00:17.622-07:00Is it finally spring in Belfast?<br />
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Well we actually got out into a bit of sunshine this weekend. We headed over to one of our favourite parks on Saturday, Lady Dixon. We did our family photo shoot here last October. It's a lovely park with acres upon acres of beautiful landscaped areas, rose gardens, walled gardens, loads of walking trails, ponds, play parks... so much to see and do.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam is a giant in this photo... he is in real life too. The boy is going through some major growth spurt at the minute!</td></tr>
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<br />Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-26026123937906530502013-04-28T11:01:00.000-07:002013-04-28T12:03:26.306-07:00Mom's visit, Easter and the snow!So much for me keeping this blog up to date, eh? I'm a busy bee these days and I need to figure out how to upload and update the blog from my phone or the ipad.<br />
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So my mom came over for a 2 week holiday at the end of March/ beginning of April. She arrived on the Friday when the biggest snowstorm 'on record' was starting. The roads were moving at a snails pace, but I made it to the International Airport eventually. The normally 25 minute journey took me over an hour in both directions. It was stressful getting up the hill to our development. I got stuck for a few minutes in the first entrance to our street so I went around the back and was able to get on the curb in front of our neighbor's house. Her husband had to abandon their car at the bottom of the development.<br />
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We didn't tell the boys my mom was coming over. I just told them that morning that I was heading out to bring them a surprise. Both of the boys were so excited to see her when she surprised them in the living room. They gave her big hugs and kisses and Cian wasn't strange with her at all.<br />
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She brought loads of goodies, but a few of them came in very handy with the strange weather. New hats, scarves and amazing snowsuits. They got everything on and got out to enjoy the snow.<br />
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We made snowmen (back garden and front) and took the sled down the hill by the play park. We were stuck inside for 3 days, 4 if you count the Friday. Ollie skipped into work on the Monday, he was so ready to get out of the house!<br />
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Cian got the chicken pox a couple of days before Easter... great timing, so we didn't get out much during her stay. I took the first Tuesday off and left the boys in daycare/school so that we could visit the Titanic Experience. It was excellent... much better than I expected! We enjoyed lunch, did some shopping at Ikea, Sainsburys and B&Q before picking up the boys to head home.<br />
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We celebrated Easter at our house. Mom and I stayed up to get the baskets all ready. She brought loads of candy and toys with her from NJ. They loved it... especially the bunny ears! Cian was full on with the chicken pox at this stage so he wasn't feeling the best.<br />
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We had Anne, Annie and Gerard over for dinner so it wasn't too stressful. I did rocket topped king prawn with marie rose sauce on wheaten bread for starters. We had a stuffed pork (I had fish) with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots and gravy. Yum. For desert, I made my tried and trusted (totally amazing) carrot cake and had my first successful attempt at a pavlova (meringue topped with whipped cream and strawberries) which was super tasty. <br />
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We spent most of Easter week cleaning the house (we were housebound because of Cian's chicken pox). My mom gifted us a shark steam mop and it is awesome! The floors are clean enough to eat off. <br />
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Mom brought over the good ol' Kraft Mac & Cheese and we let Liam make us lunch one day. This was the first thing I learned to 'cook' as a child.<br />
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We got out to Wallace Park. It was cold, but thankfully sunny and dry! Liam enjoyed showing off his spiderman skills.<br />
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I think she enjoyed herself while she was here. The snowstorm and chicken pox did make it a little less exciting and we didn't get out as much as I had hoped. The zoo was closed over Easter, it's biggest long weekend of the year! We'll have to make up for it when we head home this summer... flights are booked and we'll be back in the sun for 15 days in July/August! Woo hoo.<br />
<br />Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-39192178944289639912013-02-03T08:40:00.001-08:002013-02-03T08:41:03.879-08:00Fun at the MarketWe popped down to St George's Market on Saturday morning. It's full of nice stalls with fresh fruits & veg, meats, crafts, cookies, muffins... loads! A visit to the market is always a nice little family outing.<br />
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The stink face...<br />
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They had a bunch of cute little animals in- hamsters, chicks, lambs, goats, puppies and a rabbit. They boys were so excited to pet them and get kisses.<br />
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Just a quick post to share with those of you who follow my blog, but not Facebook. We had quite the snowfall on Monday night/ Tuesday morning. To say the roads were treacherous would be a huge understatement- it's the worst I've driven in and we had pretty bad snow growing up in New Jersey and very bad snow when I was at university in Massachusetts. We live up the side of a hill on the edge of Belfast and it's tough to get up at the best of times. There were a couple of dozen cars that were abandoned due to the snow. Luckily I had someone looking out for me and I was able to get up the hill with the boys without much hassle. They just aren't equipped for snow and ice here in Northern Ireland. But with the winter weather getting increasingly worse these past few years, they will need to invest in more gritters and snowplows!<br />
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Playing out in the snow...<br />
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Building snowmen in the backyard...<br />
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So, with all of the 8 inches of snow, schools were cancelled and we had a snow day! The boys were so excited to build snowmen and use the new sled we got on Friday. As we live on a hill, there are loads of hilly bits throughout the development. This provided an excellent place to try out the new sled.<br />
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And a great little video of Liam enjoying sledding...<br />
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<br />Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-43414022985536424362012-11-13T01:45:00.001-08:002012-11-13T01:45:25.168-08:00Liam's P1 School PhotosI still need to get over the fact that my little Liam is growing into a big boy. When Liam tried his school jumper on for the first time in the shop, my eyes welled up with tears. He looked so grown up. Then on his first day of school I let several tears escape my eyes and roll down my cheeks. He had on his tie and was holding his lunch bag like a briefcase and I got a knot in the bottom of my stomach. I knew this day was coming, but it still kind of caught me by surprise.<br />
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Our dress rehearsal for his first day...<br />
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I REALLY wanted to go with the shorts, but Ollie said no other kids would be wearing them and he didn't want Liam to start off being different on his first day of school. He was right, no other kids were wearing shorts. But he looks so cute!!<br />
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He had his photos taken at school. We could order a set- your usual 8x10, 7x5, 6x4, wallets deal but I rang up and asked for the pictures on USB. I 'll probably just go with the set going forward, but I wanted these first ones in high res.<br />
Maybe I'll put them on mugs and t-shirts or just save for when he turns 18 and get the mugs and t-shirts made then!
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I prefer the more casual one. He has a more natural smile.<br />
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Liam is doing really well in school, really well. He comes home everyday and shares the new sound he's learning. One of his favourite games to play in the car is the adding game- Ollie gives him 2 numbers to add together and he figures it out. We haven't gone above 10 yet- he's still adding up most combinations on his fingers.<br />
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Liam got the first head teacher's award. The principal (head teacher) presented him with a badge during assembly in front of the whole school. He was so proud of that badge and wore it for days.<br />
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He loves doing his homework and rushes in the house everyday to open up his workbook. They have just started reading books- well, they are picture books and we have to make a story up with them and then point to different parts of the picture I hope that continues!!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-43046613632782573272012-11-04T03:42:00.000-08:002012-11-04T03:42:18.267-08:00We're back....<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's been a while, eh? I could list a million excuses for not updating the blog (almost everyone who reads this is on facebook or instagram or twitter or pinterest so they see my updates there) but it's mostly just that I haven't bothered. Well, I'm making a very late new year's resolution... with 2 months left of 2012, I'm going to try and update this thing on a more regular basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past year has been very full of fun and adventure. Liam started P1 (Kindergarten) and Cian has grown into a very active toddler. We have been back to the US twice enjoying some warm sunny weather- last year the boys and I were home for 6 weeks and this past summer we were home for 2 weeks. Ollie and I celebrated 11 years together, 6 years married and I've lived in </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Ireland </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At my last post (in August of last year), Cian was 5 months old. He's now 20 months old and running around wrecking the joint. Here is my handsome little man (as Robin):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a fun Halloween. The boys dressed up as Batman and Robin for a Halloween party at Daycare. We had intended to go to Wallace Park in Lisburn for the Halloween Hoolie, but it was so cold and Cian still has an early bedtime (7-7:15) and gets very grouchy when up late. So we just put on our costumes and did a little trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. It's not as big of a deal over here as it is back home, so only a handful of people were home and giving out candy. It was still nice to get out and around our part of the development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All dressed up and giving me a little pose...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a random blond curly wig that Liam wanted to try on with his costume (you can see Cian in the background crying because he wanted to try it on too).</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My attempt at getting a photo of Cian with the wig on... fail!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holding hands to trick-or-treat. </span><br />
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was really cute. Liam would take Cian's hand and walk him up to the
door. Then they would both knock on the door (or ring the doorbell
several times) and when someone answered Liam would say 'Trick or
treat!' and Cian would say 'hiya' and just walk right in. I spent more
time apologizing for his over-friendliness than we did trick or treating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're pretty busy for the rest of the year, so I'll have no excuse for lack of things to post about.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We have a few birthday parties to attend, my first fund raising event (a sponsored hike up Blacks Mountain) for St Luke's PTA, my first Ulster American Woman's Club Thanksgiving Potluck lunch, Liam's Superhero 5th Birthday party, The Panto, and loads of things for Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till then... </span>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-91827223773910278502011-08-20T03:09:00.000-07:002011-08-20T03:51:20.546-07:005 monthsOkay, so I'm a little late (again) on the Cian update, but I wanted to get it up before we fly over to the states for 6 weeks.
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<br />Right, so my little man is huge. He's pretty much on the same growth rate as Liam, which is big. At his 5 month check up he was a big 18lbs and 70cms. He's in US size 9months and UK size 6-9 month clothing. We changed him to the active baby pampers because he's such a mover. He spends most of his time on his tummy- he rolls over withing 2 seconds of being put down. At this stage (5 1/2 months), Liam was showing signs of crawling- he would be planking and putting his wee bum up in the air. Cian is showing this same signs and I think he'll be crawling around the same time.
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxUfqVfES-HWY_2nib38lbfuY54_tRoQpBp94N5mjgVX18y1YqDtYAtOIEPq0H1muvQK5qGPMlgPma4qUA3Wl2WI3BbcjE8E7I8S9Z9VIPPb29II_yrL6mCieQxbdUvvvi__PoEy-j-k/s1600/DSC_0936.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxUfqVfES-HWY_2nib38lbfuY54_tRoQpBp94N5mjgVX18y1YqDtYAtOIEPq0H1muvQK5qGPMlgPma4qUA3Wl2WI3BbcjE8E7I8S9Z9VIPPb29II_yrL6mCieQxbdUvvvi__PoEy-j-k/s320/DSC_0936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642882239491417266" border="0" /></a>Cian is eating all different types of vegetables- he's not very keen on fruit at this stage. He's tried carrot, parsnip, turnip, butternut squash, sweet potato, avocado, banana, apple and pear. We are going to continue with other fruits and veggies and start to introduce fish and chicken after 6 months.
<br />This is what I find most of the time, Liam and Cian together.
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<br />We are off to the states tomorrow morning! I'll make sure to update the blog with loads of pictures from all of our adventures.
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<br />Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-22554736003593612352011-07-25T07:58:00.000-07:002011-07-25T08:36:24.103-07:004 MonthsYes, I know, this is a really delayed update (as per usual these days). So the little man was 4 months at the beginning of the month. He is getting bigger and stronger with each passing day. I have him in US size 6-9 month clothing and he's outgrowing his UK size 3-6 month clothes already. He really is a big bruiser. I am visiting the baby clinic next Monday to have him weighed and measured but I think he's around 17 1/2 pounds and probably 70 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cms</span>. He is the same size, if not bigger than Liam was at this age. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR8oRNpPn7d5VIOdP1EOFWtfz7MnFs3T8V6Q6Z0GX2XeDvSNJsUVIhzC5Ym6AX0vDGtqR5LAtKFNfC03TvuwyfxcAxjzG4Buj1tQSp4ZHrPQE-gb6y7sAWjVaIdOo61bNr8OOFAL3aAI/s1600/DSC_0794.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR8oRNpPn7d5VIOdP1EOFWtfz7MnFs3T8V6Q6Z0GX2XeDvSNJsUVIhzC5Ym6AX0vDGtqR5LAtKFNfC03TvuwyfxcAxjzG4Buj1tQSp4ZHrPQE-gb6y7sAWjVaIdOo61bNr8OOFAL3aAI/s320/DSC_0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633307706531421618" border="0" /></a>He's a pretty calm baby, but has his moments. He has found his hands and feet and spends a lot of time playing with both. He's mastered taking his dummy out and popping it back in. He is also rolling over back to tummy and tummy to back, something I found out unfortunately with a thud as he rolled off the bed- a good 4 rolls. Needless to say, he's no longer on my bed for anything. If I have forgotten something and I need to pop into another room, he goes straight on a blanket on the floor.<br /><br />He started waking up in the middle of the night at 18/19 weeks for a feed, something he hasn't done since 3 or 4 weeks. So, I have started weaning him. We started with baby rice at 19 weeks. He was getting a bit constipated with just the rice and I also noticed a bit of eczema on the backs of his thighs and behind his ears. It's not severe and doesn't seem to be bothering him at all. I'm just making sure he's well oiled up after baths. We progressed at 20 weeks to a baby cereal in the morning and he didn't really like the taste, but after a few goes he seems to be taking to it. Last week (21 weeks) we started steamed pureed organic carrots which seems to have cured the constipation. This week we'll go for organic butternut squash and organic pureed apples. I love making him all of the little baby foods and watching as he tries something new. <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I0ma-TLbyFpedB-zRLtd2jOE_lYr3KKtlJwselk9ypCn2OI20UqQhVox6qBZK7koZj4BwGXL52N7-y7yYCrl4e-ZXXMG8PuHH6ZSAUdm7bMtKEUsr5OmK29RCahs7Aywrc6YQFFdNTA/s1600/DSC_0796.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I0ma-TLbyFpedB-zRLtd2jOE_lYr3KKtlJwselk9ypCn2OI20UqQhVox6qBZK7koZj4BwGXL52N7-y7yYCrl4e-ZXXMG8PuHH6ZSAUdm7bMtKEUsr5OmK29RCahs7Aywrc6YQFFdNTA/s320/DSC_0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633307719216627458" border="0" /></a>The little man also seems to be teething. I bought him a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Baltic</span> amber teething anklet at 3 months because he was showing signs of teething then. He seems a bit better, but has very red <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">rosy</span> cheeks, is drooling constantly and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">gnawing</span> away at anything he can.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfJV_INV4PM4E0P5FXJlS8wfefGNRLTsdnI-nhBaAHiETR7EZn1Zv26FJhxFCrnDXZfVYzZDh3rjhtqTuBVCR6RXFEk8NqYcuAQ-JIn8RKeBKAR5YgjKUSE2gWjXcPZZOBpTFAXkrFCQ/s1600/DSC_0791.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfJV_INV4PM4E0P5FXJlS8wfefGNRLTsdnI-nhBaAHiETR7EZn1Zv26FJhxFCrnDXZfVYzZDh3rjhtqTuBVCR6RXFEk8NqYcuAQ-JIn8RKeBKAR5YgjKUSE2gWjXcPZZOBpTFAXkrFCQ/s320/DSC_0791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633307714487567650" border="0" /></a>He loves tummy time and flips onto his tummy pretty much as soon as I put him down. He grabs for everything, especially my hair, and loves looking at himself in the mirror. He is starting to babble a lot and loves to hear the sound of his voice. He has one piercing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">screech</span>!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNNVxx-XJwC9B-JfiIV4yNuE1zjgZR8GoOVVTQMOMbaSRLJpHVxgLrgHZ4pbFb0ndfZziRx5egIxDGRFlFbj1zy_R6LCsFU2W6VkP0T1yzJubb4uUJs5YrS7_0wG9vLLzahKBllFenv0/s1600/DSC_0849.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNNVxx-XJwC9B-JfiIV4yNuE1zjgZR8GoOVVTQMOMbaSRLJpHVxgLrgHZ4pbFb0ndfZziRx5egIxDGRFlFbj1zy_R6LCsFU2W6VkP0T1yzJubb4uUJs5YrS7_0wG9vLLzahKBllFenv0/s320/DSC_0849.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633307702977977490" border="0" /></a>You can see his lovely eyes in this photo. They are getting bluer by the day. He has beautiful long and curled eyelashes- I'm very jealous!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-5Mf8OvMYqsybUL4_IZufTaxbkTJdzxxyGkDsuLDgbhT7cIBetyEnnPtH-BB_BUMMJYpU9vopmE59ZGfONUjXlugAVNpKTmqj1m0l6dPfXY8sbMpJnZBz11p_b-xFXFIgfXjsdnqKKo/s1600/DSC_0852.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-5Mf8OvMYqsybUL4_IZufTaxbkTJdzxxyGkDsuLDgbhT7cIBetyEnnPtH-BB_BUMMJYpU9vopmE59ZGfONUjXlugAVNpKTmqj1m0l6dPfXY8sbMpJnZBz11p_b-xFXFIgfXjsdnqKKo/s320/DSC_0852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633307692886952898" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-53324905640628694182011-06-21T08:08:00.000-07:002011-06-21T08:42:05.841-07:00Aunt Linda's visitMy aunt came over for just over 2 weeks at the end of May, beginning of June. It was so nice to have her here to help entertain Liam, love up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian</span> and help me organise the house a bit. The weather was less than impressive with low temperatures and mostly rainy or cloudy days... damn Irish weather!<br />She helped me get things prepared for the christening and was the official photographer on the day. We visited with Anne and Aunt Annie, hit the shops, visited the farm and the park. She introduced Liam to Banana ice cream, which is now his favourite ever!<br /><br />I love this shot of Aunt Annie and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cian</span>...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhWGQhBWMPJXcTMcrvXiVyUchfPb54W7YDicVyoXkOcbBHtfGQjaK6pE-lfN5zbFAQ97aY4mPqVgDK6OgyNWn7MxWUvT9IpmKDRRbfyE7NNXhTIN6Y4CevdIM3FuWP1QmGyfaS1gcUVM/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhWGQhBWMPJXcTMcrvXiVyUchfPb54W7YDicVyoXkOcbBHtfGQjaK6pE-lfN5zbFAQ97aY4mPqVgDK6OgyNWn7MxWUvT9IpmKDRRbfyE7NNXhTIN6Y4CevdIM3FuWP1QmGyfaS1gcUVM/s320/IMG_0598.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620694407971673010" border="0" /></a><br />Aunt Lin and the wee man...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5Nwo1BolPGw7A5gMq36XpYRZdneLQ2qpZ6pVfSMzPNXr5BYZq2ZIJTonxOwHH_2-KFfqZvkXHWE3aS4HV9pDaRdP38Zmv-Jj6Igy38Kvd7ZtjmU8hitMwMqncn8yTNuOHCJ23AjFMC0/s1600/IMG_0595.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5Nwo1BolPGw7A5gMq36XpYRZdneLQ2qpZ6pVfSMzPNXr5BYZq2ZIJTonxOwHH_2-KFfqZvkXHWE3aS4HV9pDaRdP38Zmv-Jj6Igy38Kvd7ZtjmU8hitMwMqncn8yTNuOHCJ23AjFMC0/s320/IMG_0595.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620694398039085410" border="0" /></a><br />The weather got nicer towards the end of Aunt Lin's visit and we were able to get to the park for some fooling around...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdxQY5Hu_RIL7Iklw6eS4TInfr5E_h2Pve40k9YZKeqXgmgCDRZ_2DWbOXJXDPR69G3LEbkojc004DOHSjFRHcXJQNu575eicyAD3Fqz61J6DHJAEijQ9LuAwL3TODxgQ4jNyQ_IfQ6I/s1600/DSC_0759.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdxQY5Hu_RIL7Iklw6eS4TInfr5E_h2Pve40k9YZKeqXgmgCDRZ_2DWbOXJXDPR69G3LEbkojc004DOHSjFRHcXJQNu575eicyAD3Fqz61J6DHJAEijQ9LuAwL3TODxgQ4jNyQ_IfQ6I/s320/DSC_0759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620692576653328370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7HtUheV_ymsoD3f-hsQMdnUS6SRgMzWb7kMktgVRyOT31eWXZzwWREovs3cuvO8v1IGJRCyO27Jb5RDvsuS6DwwOsEgUSm9vH1fPdzjiFwmg3swcsvv8KHq-pq2a_NhYXMQZzVy73sE/s1600/DSC_0781.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7HtUheV_ymsoD3f-hsQMdnUS6SRgMzWb7kMktgVRyOT31eWXZzwWREovs3cuvO8v1IGJRCyO27Jb5RDvsuS6DwwOsEgUSm9vH1fPdzjiFwmg3swcsvv8KHq-pq2a_NhYXMQZzVy73sE/s320/DSC_0781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620692562117530482" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Spiderman</span>...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFV5iYWLQvnblroabesBGDBXssSz1ZpIhU1Vfm0LJqIfjzCRE5kBl2tdhXfHFV0T4yzdfhJof8Je1krHa_YxYIigalMDJCh2RXAZJZCyID3Uw6WFCwJ2rfpOjTXMBiaURdE5nlqmWFic/s1600/DSCN0317.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFV5iYWLQvnblroabesBGDBXssSz1ZpIhU1Vfm0LJqIfjzCRE5kBl2tdhXfHFV0T4yzdfhJof8Je1krHa_YxYIigalMDJCh2RXAZJZCyID3Uw6WFCwJ2rfpOjTXMBiaURdE5nlqmWFic/s320/DSCN0317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620692556721884818" border="0" /></a>We went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Springvale</span> farm to see the animals. The weather was a bit crazy- one minute sunshine, the next clouds and rain. It was a nice day getting to see all of the little animals. Here's Liam hamming it up with me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cian</span> (wonder where he got that from?)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy_UIjxauloehtKmPXiVj6GCBJIFPu2eNOlRuzzNc4_xiSKWN06_laxdytVbdvrAPaWYYOhPxx_QrS6lAmvCZ5DzSEEzfCr_tKJ2dOhkAczo-gZKneba0Twvfk95S9mr894uvil_ZMmo/s1600/DSCN0353.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy_UIjxauloehtKmPXiVj6GCBJIFPu2eNOlRuzzNc4_xiSKWN06_laxdytVbdvrAPaWYYOhPxx_QrS6lAmvCZ5DzSEEzfCr_tKJ2dOhkAczo-gZKneba0Twvfk95S9mr894uvil_ZMmo/s320/DSCN0353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620692548974417250" border="0" /></a>Big boy gets to go on his own in the barrel ride!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNsF-U6Aw4oP6e7lLAGlMDabl2DQ2-Z9OSMBblWdZZyL6gMnwuRjy2lNT0CUQIuqgmB4xnefIcaFBevd-8uJzl1pUbROILKMB7PWQt5eva55tF00klH_LBboaHQFMtgxLfTcBV5N2QN8/s1600/DSCN0355.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNsF-U6Aw4oP6e7lLAGlMDabl2DQ2-Z9OSMBblWdZZyL6gMnwuRjy2lNT0CUQIuqgmB4xnefIcaFBevd-8uJzl1pUbROILKMB7PWQt5eva55tF00klH_LBboaHQFMtgxLfTcBV5N2QN8/s320/DSCN0355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620692543040983426" border="0" /></a>Nice shot of the boys.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMfzaZBks2pFWiPSn-tjjuHTgdX730GMiYMx-6VaCi70YXjw0O6jnl08pxmDRFuBk8AE1k7fw9WjDQQb-k7XIH9Eujmh7ogNyh5cdk6YeW9WA8kjOGrJbY9ihIe6YXsA1yNIy342HbMw/s1600/IMG_0668.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMfzaZBks2pFWiPSn-tjjuHTgdX730GMiYMx-6VaCi70YXjw0O6jnl08pxmDRFuBk8AE1k7fw9WjDQQb-k7XIH9Eujmh7ogNyh5cdk6YeW9WA8kjOGrJbY9ihIe6YXsA1yNIy342HbMw/s320/IMG_0668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620694420565577442" border="0" /></a>At the start of our development there are a few shops- hairdressers, tanning salon, chemist and village store. The village store was celebrating it's 1 year anniversary and threw a little family fun day with a bouncy castle, sumo wrestling, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">dj</span>, etc. Here's Liam showing off his prize for being such a great dancer...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvOpPoiRHkXV6GbHDooHfNBscxgs0yFMmxaEEgizQ_0G-IvwHBLIlmgrOMp1VXsR-GmRBZbQjPA35otYVkRZPPgqRsr6TrUs0uAyMMjTFTbhfpxp62-K_iScBoST7FjJr7qaIShJUsY0/s1600/IMG_0618.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvOpPoiRHkXV6GbHDooHfNBscxgs0yFMmxaEEgizQ_0G-IvwHBLIlmgrOMp1VXsR-GmRBZbQjPA35otYVkRZPPgqRsr6TrUs0uAyMMjTFTbhfpxp62-K_iScBoST7FjJr7qaIShJUsY0/s320/IMG_0618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620694416692599634" border="0" /></a>I realised how much I missed her, my mom, grandma and the rest of my family and friends so... I'm heading home to the states for an extended holiday at the end of the summer! I'm off on maternity leave until November so the time couldn't be better. I'll have 4 weeks there with just me and the boys and then Ollie will join us for the final 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to not having to cram a million visits into 2 weeks and get to enjoy a holiday at home for once!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-4596913401801763802011-06-12T14:32:00.001-07:002011-06-21T08:07:30.598-07:00Cian is 3 months<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian</span> is 3 months (well was a few weeks ago... he's nearly 4 months now) and boy is this little man growing strong! He's still a brilliant sleeper and is normally in bed from 9-10pm until 7-8am. He takes 2 set 2-3 hour naps during the day and is very alert for the remaining 7-10 hours! We have stopped breastfeeding completely now- I stopped at 12 weeks. My milk was just not there and that combined with his reflux and huge appetite just meant we had to stop. I was a little disappointed, but we did our best and 3 months is better than nothing at all! He is taking 210<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">mls</span>/ 7<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ozs</span> of formula 5 to 6 times a day. He loves his food and is taking a real interest in what we are eating too. At his 3 month check up and injections he measured a big 65.5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cms</span> (25.8 ins) and 15lbs 9 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ozs</span>. He's in the 91st-97<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">th</span> percentile for both weight and length. He's pretty much exactly the same as Liam was at this stage, but considering he started out over a pound lighter and an inch smaller he might just be bigger than Liam soon! He has beautiful medium blue eyes and brown hair. Here's a pretty good shot of his eyes...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AGYsCNeJZ69Eq_dz1wiMh4rqbfHEPsPeI1EKvwU-5oL2sDKy3sB7pzVXZTLbWcGjJV-Yl50darD7ShUoVjbCiJRwrRgTgtHlvd4BF8bCJ7hYQiJyp9PzmeONwWYdjTp0U92mFy16klo/s1600/DSC_0768.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AGYsCNeJZ69Eq_dz1wiMh4rqbfHEPsPeI1EKvwU-5oL2sDKy3sB7pzVXZTLbWcGjJV-Yl50darD7ShUoVjbCiJRwrRgTgtHlvd4BF8bCJ7hYQiJyp9PzmeONwWYdjTp0U92mFy16klo/s320/DSC_0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617452764159914818" border="0" /></a><br />I have brown eyes and both Ollie and Liam have a hazel green, but everyone else in my family (apart from my grandmother) has blue eyes so I'm hoping they stay blue. He's a wee dote as they would say here- meaning he's a little cutie. He is a really good baby and I cannot complain one bit. He is a great sleeper, good eater, and for the most part has a great disposition. He seems to have outgrown his evening colic which makes for a more pleasant evening for everyone. He is so strong and loves to stand up (supported, of course) and is starting to enjoy tummy time, sitting in his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bumbo</span> chair and loves baby yoga. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cian</span> is a wee wriggler and you cannot keep him still. I think he'll be rolling around and crawling in no time! He smiles all of the time now and has started laughing too. He loves his big brother and Liam loves him. I was a little worried that Liam would be jealous and be a bit rough with him, but he is so gentle and loving that it makes my heart melt. I know they are going to be best buddies.<br /><br />Some recent photos of my little cutie-pie.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fAUpvohdCqc0hyhUB1scnpE7mIa3er1livkX6Vl3Z9ZsMjMmvPp7jJJD2inLDhRHEfdwn0bqRQub5o7lI6I6xPdEMjlxbxCvvXoXKdsLzqGiA1qCMqHEGgyIOID5CPlw8l6ESqfRSnM/s1600/DSC_0784.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fAUpvohdCqc0hyhUB1scnpE7mIa3er1livkX6Vl3Z9ZsMjMmvPp7jJJD2inLDhRHEfdwn0bqRQub5o7lI6I6xPdEMjlxbxCvvXoXKdsLzqGiA1qCMqHEGgyIOID5CPlw8l6ESqfRSnM/s320/DSC_0784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617452755252138498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUgOE3KQvkkDsISVzf9DxSauiBz6eJ9Wo2BRi-vo3kZapOC8-icSuNvx1mkMVE1YkyJcHyUWL8x0IL96JmSveUzP2wpek2ZwhEGDEx85WIPsrQCt6x4m21sgxuczpsBYmRpDl__6gsS0/s1600/IMG_0532.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUgOE3KQvkkDsISVzf9DxSauiBz6eJ9Wo2BRi-vo3kZapOC8-icSuNvx1mkMVE1YkyJcHyUWL8x0IL96JmSveUzP2wpek2ZwhEGDEx85WIPsrQCt6x4m21sgxuczpsBYmRpDl__6gsS0/s320/IMG_0532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617451660084365618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKK7g4rq1cyODoy0oNLIaL-j1s53fMYlkBrGlzPZKLLXc1WsZ7V2eaNovZUQCqcbN58XYQcTm76-kwEjbCPIVhnYEmLWGvy7Eaq3IlFl_VDTz71H2g-FdIvIYI0-LfaGefbE-nVqfwog/s1600/DSC_0756.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKK7g4rq1cyODoy0oNLIaL-j1s53fMYlkBrGlzPZKLLXc1WsZ7V2eaNovZUQCqcbN58XYQcTm76-kwEjbCPIVhnYEmLWGvy7Eaq3IlFl_VDTz71H2g-FdIvIYI0-LfaGefbE-nVqfwog/s320/DSC_0756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617451647356235810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfVT-p2Ny6XOEw1p7Ezrxpiz5G-MpBXlGUATlFT4OxYTybINOsjnbwHOwmaXr4CSdfOmzIvEPpU3mUx9MmEzwSM7LpmvDHau3c_w-DtyfHh66Xo8ouW6PlyOgA1nTGpGbCcMdooeg8Sw/s1600/DSC_0752.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfVT-p2Ny6XOEw1p7Ezrxpiz5G-MpBXlGUATlFT4OxYTybINOsjnbwHOwmaXr4CSdfOmzIvEPpU3mUx9MmEzwSM7LpmvDHau3c_w-DtyfHh66Xo8ouW6PlyOgA1nTGpGbCcMdooeg8Sw/s320/DSC_0752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617451641378321746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRsbDa0hzVK78XSORLVxGIPSQ5ofnH9AR7Hh-nYzJ8sFzocY5-8Sj41TLVRJtajlXYNnrnp_KkyrrQ33dUna-LCcg9Ep-2CgX3BoGhcMILuE7JRZBO5jLwzyIyfH5dtjvqQXk4-Dctk0/s1600/IMG_0633.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRsbDa0hzVK78XSORLVxGIPSQ5ofnH9AR7Hh-nYzJ8sFzocY5-8Sj41TLVRJtajlXYNnrnp_KkyrrQ33dUna-LCcg9Ep-2CgX3BoGhcMILuE7JRZBO5jLwzyIyfH5dtjvqQXk4-Dctk0/s320/IMG_0633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617451634353792898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28fJm_T5NSspnICyjTBp0qP-urZ6k3SMgqoKa_C7y2Q5tOuIiumM5z1BB92m8uE12vWV9emxMrOq2Uaq8l0_iGA0MaZE3RwGpPM4ylwnO9_xAsLOODw-zhAeaH3oYMRXo64nrbKie4pc/s1600/IMG_0606.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28fJm_T5NSspnICyjTBp0qP-urZ6k3SMgqoKa_C7y2Q5tOuIiumM5z1BB92m8uE12vWV9emxMrOq2Uaq8l0_iGA0MaZE3RwGpPM4ylwnO9_xAsLOODw-zhAeaH3oYMRXo64nrbKie4pc/s320/IMG_0606.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617451623143934578" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-40458843166285692082011-06-12T13:57:00.000-07:002011-06-15T15:12:48.479-07:00Cian's ChristeningWe celebrated Cian's christening on a sun filled, windy Sunday afternoon. He wore the same christening gown as Liam, one that I hope his own children will wear one day. I was getting a little worried he might not fit into it as it's 3-6 months and he is a little porker these days, but thankfully he fit it perfectly. We had Cian's christening at our parish church, Christ the Redeemer and Father Raymond performed a wonderfully personal service for us and 2 other babies. Cian, of course, was the cutest and most vocal... and from what my arms felt like after the 45 minute service, the heaviest. Here he is with his daddy after getting dressed in the crying chapel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf6kypnp1pW3VL3knKcPJ5oGQwtXJ6kZdSj3j_qIO60xvXSzh8SWJ0evlTGbOEvg40M-fpQ6qEooPhhJLXE8aIBPPqHManVkbeLlDckhUrMfE77m7m45JT04G7sf8uk_0jgS96-WAkHk/s1600/DSC_0724.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf6kypnp1pW3VL3knKcPJ5oGQwtXJ6kZdSj3j_qIO60xvXSzh8SWJ0evlTGbOEvg40M-fpQ6qEooPhhJLXE8aIBPPqHManVkbeLlDckhUrMfE77m7m45JT04G7sf8uk_0jgS96-WAkHk/s320/DSC_0724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617448367931836898" border="0" /></a>He wasn't that impressed with the water, but only fussed a wee bit.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdcvT806NM4-rseCglB6qcndwdpHXlO3wF5PfIT2jqGnNDl8q6K9b2cNoiHPKNbRbDqoj0d-nQaUFGYdvzBxiLi1XxzmfdZ57rcQVSEpxxDBIOLoM5U3Jz398arr6FgquhUwrBVjE93c/s1600/DSC_0738.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0uz12tciVbBSAdpQ1XwDj2r-ht_cnC4nSnlOceHTzQkw2_zXayRk7ExGqEM-kEBD8J_XzzgfX9kH3jOfl-mRQYuE_v150MLQQWjEx7dOUwZlpPb7l41SiMRHHj_up3gpLQurYBnYqG4/s1600/DSC_0730.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0uz12tciVbBSAdpQ1XwDj2r-ht_cnC4nSnlOceHTzQkw2_zXayRk7ExGqEM-kEBD8J_XzzgfX9kH3jOfl-mRQYuE_v150MLQQWjEx7dOUwZlpPb7l41SiMRHHj_up3gpLQurYBnYqG4/s320/DSC_0730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617446939966874018" border="0" /></a>We stayed for a few photos in the chapel before heading around to the Balmoral Hotel for his party. Here's the best family shot we could get.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI4pbBGhbjUvLNnR65jUrdqr4WjuZX9XBanJpXX4bV1ysM9Q5-dUrvBDvW03Fk3NRzUTr0zbnD3qikvWvVIRW8ls41zZioOKbEzDwsLfGbXB7_ivjt5QG3KXjor05MM_J_0uC_jZX8BQ/s1600/DSC_0734.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI4pbBGhbjUvLNnR65jUrdqr4WjuZX9XBanJpXX4bV1ysM9Q5-dUrvBDvW03Fk3NRzUTr0zbnD3qikvWvVIRW8ls41zZioOKbEzDwsLfGbXB7_ivjt5QG3KXjor05MM_J_0uC_jZX8BQ/s320/DSC_0734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617446941352056930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdcvT806NM4-rseCglB6qcndwdpHXlO3wF5PfIT2jqGnNDl8q6K9b2cNoiHPKNbRbDqoj0d-nQaUFGYdvzBxiLi1XxzmfdZ57rcQVSEpxxDBIOLoM5U3Jz398arr6FgquhUwrBVjE93c/s1600/DSC_0738.JPG"></a>Cian was stood for by one of Ollie's best mates, Joe (who according to Ollie would raise Cian in the religion of Man United) and Ollie's sister Susan.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdcvT806NM4-rseCglB6qcndwdpHXlO3wF5PfIT2jqGnNDl8q6K9b2cNoiHPKNbRbDqoj0d-nQaUFGYdvzBxiLi1XxzmfdZ57rcQVSEpxxDBIOLoM5U3Jz398arr6FgquhUwrBVjE93c/s1600/DSC_0738.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdcvT806NM4-rseCglB6qcndwdpHXlO3wF5PfIT2jqGnNDl8q6K9b2cNoiHPKNbRbDqoj0d-nQaUFGYdvzBxiLi1XxzmfdZ57rcQVSEpxxDBIOLoM5U3Jz398arr6FgquhUwrBVjE93c/s320/DSC_0738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617446955877492514" border="0" /></a>We had around 40 people join us for a hot buffet lunch of vegetarian pasta and garlic chicken with rice, salads and fresh breads. I made a cake and cupcakes for the kids. We had a friend, Warren, sing and play guitar. He got the kids all dancing to the Jungle Book and loads of funky wee tunes. Here's me with the wee man of the day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPcb3Nh2i_hlhgSaIm8iJ26y3mFkCegT0Y_Kbbf9-8oHch-C4C-aX3KTwjfhpiZxo3_IyFqcecrUHoawRqryXd1hVBRqhySuqnuj-cfBnLmVwVB-7Ci2yWnXd9pDY4lzIxNJAoU7W868/s1600/DSCN0344.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPcb3Nh2i_hlhgSaIm8iJ26y3mFkCegT0Y_Kbbf9-8oHch-C4C-aX3KTwjfhpiZxo3_IyFqcecrUHoawRqryXd1hVBRqhySuqnuj-cfBnLmVwVB-7Ci2yWnXd9pDY4lzIxNJAoU7W868/s320/DSCN0344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617448377904242978" border="0" /></a> Liam was in fine form, running around the ballroom and shouting, singing and dancing his wee heart out. He didn't even want a story that night and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.<br /><br />I'm a bit proud of Cian's cake which I made from scratch using fondant icing for the first time. It was a Madeira sponge cake with buttercream, strawberry jam and fresh strawberries. It turned out really well and I'm going to try and get myself a few commission jobs to improve my skills.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM3FMkBjPs8s1jWYo0VmTN4vguevEOzBoV2Okv8Y_oaLTiJG-PJcZwlb0zIB9Vi9puirwlFHeDFP7aelXugE5BCj49AA5yI3VcqUIDM0Zy8yevIGeSM6KFKoBPh2v7XtaYieqdyQiiog/s1600/DSC_0721.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM3FMkBjPs8s1jWYo0VmTN4vguevEOzBoV2Okv8Y_oaLTiJG-PJcZwlb0zIB9Vi9puirwlFHeDFP7aelXugE5BCj49AA5yI3VcqUIDM0Zy8yevIGeSM6KFKoBPh2v7XtaYieqdyQiiog/s320/DSC_0721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617446929335718946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLV3rFrjwfmN08OaE-3X4YRTEymwtyzu_V0LlwAzPZxF7WpFLs4IrkaUB57-fr-JeDame97uEcFL4TsQ1fYmud1dPx00KcRs0jTbOfaKwHO4Oe8Rb3gGfoeayaAKln9erQ4TFM6UAG1g/s1600/DSC_0720.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLV3rFrjwfmN08OaE-3X4YRTEymwtyzu_V0LlwAzPZxF7WpFLs4IrkaUB57-fr-JeDame97uEcFL4TsQ1fYmud1dPx00KcRs0jTbOfaKwHO4Oe8Rb3gGfoeayaAKln9erQ4TFM6UAG1g/s320/DSC_0720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617446920278055714" border="0" /></a>More posts to come...Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-60993027224606206972011-05-04T12:10:00.001-07:002011-05-04T13:06:19.677-07:00Cian is 2 months!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFQmb6k21ARADPR6F23CG4n6EYZEOxMABc6tWXKKbFdvaNzvhjLjYyYGi_WPPSo5ywBW_aJZ65gm3KxNAf5vkV_O1MqTOSjTytOesmV4Gq-_BswHRVCT5eSHMgEgVml9GVvAm-H3SXZw/s1600/DSC_0689.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFQmb6k21ARADPR6F23CG4n6EYZEOxMABc6tWXKKbFdvaNzvhjLjYyYGi_WPPSo5ywBW_aJZ65gm3KxNAf5vkV_O1MqTOSjTytOesmV4Gq-_BswHRVCT5eSHMgEgVml9GVvAm-H3SXZw/s320/DSC_0689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602942339941011490" border="0" /></a>Wow, that was fast! These past 2 months have flown by quicker than I would like. It is nice to see him starting to get into a routine and to watch him get more alert and interested with each passing day, but it reminds me that my maternity leave is also flying by. I mean, I still have 6 months left but it's moving by too quickly!<br />**special mention for my BFF Heather who made the lovely blanket in the picture above**<br /><br />So what's our little man up to... he had his 8 week injections last Thursday and was not impressed. He did the whole crying so hard he didn't make a sound but turned beat red. It broke my heart- I think I'm going to see if Ollie can bring him next time. We also saw the doctor for a check up and she thought he was doing brilliantly. He's got great head control and is very sturdy. Everything is where it should be and she was charmed by his flirty little smiles. I discussed his spitting/throwing up with her and she confirmed that she thought it was reflux. We now have to add a milk thickener to his bottles and so far it's really doing the trick. He was never too distressed by throwing up but this way he gets all of his feed and it stays down. I have to wait for the thickener to work which gives me enough time to nurse before his bottle. He is a great sleeper at night and has been from the start really. We now usually give him his last feed around 8/9pm and he wakes for his next feed at 5/6am. I suppose that's one of the advantages of combination feeding and the thickener might be helping as well.<br />He's for the most part a pleasant baby- I've started playing him the baby Einstein dvds and he's really into them (they are only 30 minutes). He still is pretty cranky at night, but we have seen an improvement with this as well since starting the thickener.<br />We started yoga yesterday and he did great. He got a little fussy, but was easily calmed down with a quick nurse. He was noticing all of the other babies and mommies and enjoyed the singing and tummy time. I enjoyed the yoga, relaxation and meeting the other mommies and babies. I'm really looking forward to the remaining 8 weeks of the course. I'm looking into a baby massage course too.<br />Some pictures from the past week...<br />Just thought this picture was cute. Cian thinks Liam is pretty amazing and he gets the most smiles after me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiGoQeBcPhEmiY4BSp7bA-GXD7vToT6B9NbglNCbJiNbsOIEhw1ougSvosZlJcfV8H704gX0CmJ7C66JSKhvtst0N85u8RCSBX7HJtTpRZJ-kFlH-vrJMbx7QjKkfxa1RQnuvdgov3Hk/s1600/DSC_0636.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiGoQeBcPhEmiY4BSp7bA-GXD7vToT6B9NbglNCbJiNbsOIEhw1ougSvosZlJcfV8H704gX0CmJ7C66JSKhvtst0N85u8RCSBX7HJtTpRZJ-kFlH-vrJMbx7QjKkfxa1RQnuvdgov3Hk/s320/DSC_0636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602946896019616770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFbPcfy0KyMMcH1ZcCOIYmcTWBdDw8nABqQ09hdJp-uAzXMbEOB7f44ZotV1nbXPKQ-OshzfNfyDGyFCe6CFghrTMigxwfSp9dF-xy6j-r_RLIeuuPgYxh37zS8C23_ZZMfn2awPy5EM/s1600/DSC_0632.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFbPcfy0KyMMcH1ZcCOIYmcTWBdDw8nABqQ09hdJp-uAzXMbEOB7f44ZotV1nbXPKQ-OshzfNfyDGyFCe6CFghrTMigxwfSp9dF-xy6j-r_RLIeuuPgYxh37zS8C23_ZZMfn2awPy5EM/s320/DSC_0632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602946905665019234" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3Jy2p5nv38rKT8lOtH9gGkADKfbecE5FXDUf4Z6dk_ZYkbB0DX2qgoJEvDsU1lj4_-mZFuYL2u3QRvffVWdPYyw396wGXftcJwjpdRI6X0hsQokXL9bnlgk4rkWDMg2oUBjlZzxOZWE/s1600/DSC_0659.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3Jy2p5nv38rKT8lOtH9gGkADKfbecE5FXDUf4Z6dk_ZYkbB0DX2qgoJEvDsU1lj4_-mZFuYL2u3QRvffVWdPYyw396wGXftcJwjpdRI6X0hsQokXL9bnlgk4rkWDMg2oUBjlZzxOZWE/s320/DSC_0659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602946891833150914" border="0" /></a>Tummy time...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoDY2UYT4qIN1M_bhpDMezXRR5DyaWeQd1uMdsuRbs5coRvGk72wdE1W4ivM05-kmPUjWiRKBLJ4HqZnPudZckKOPogK_gpruyYb2KkamlO8c9y-0FxEwMBg_7Bf9NzAu0P023msA2TY/s1600/DSC_0660.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoDY2UYT4qIN1M_bhpDMezXRR5DyaWeQd1uMdsuRbs5coRvGk72wdE1W4ivM05-kmPUjWiRKBLJ4HqZnPudZckKOPogK_gpruyYb2KkamlO8c9y-0FxEwMBg_7Bf9NzAu0P023msA2TY/s320/DSC_0660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602946884107265506" border="0" /></a>He is one long boy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8RJJ15-iTXtzY-5rhZ8uctppzb3z00MXk5k0DCAoZgBVVASit7ISzQimizSCKsjMwnrY4S0pT5gsw_i8hMh2-T7uXsRCieM4KQqaf-CPx9JhFdWqIUeae9LtgbpWXXRaIAIRgaficB0/s1600/DSC_0663.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8RJJ15-iTXtzY-5rhZ8uctppzb3z00MXk5k0DCAoZgBVVASit7ISzQimizSCKsjMwnrY4S0pT5gsw_i8hMh2-T7uXsRCieM4KQqaf-CPx9JhFdWqIUeae9LtgbpWXXRaIAIRgaficB0/s320/DSC_0663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602942367303893970" border="0" /></a>Big and little brothers...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLhr9wnVrky9KrdFt9h-Z4ww7lOraDFpVUyH3lK0N0tyyjWmQpy893l6W9jhyphenhyphenPeWFIuML5_DpLlCv1OR5hWOUPnz4CgNdAHo2SCaZGbRoLq6gO7U3Usq5FyaF8sZfBVkZd8rM_GNg61A/s1600/DSC_0666.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLhr9wnVrky9KrdFt9h-Z4ww7lOraDFpVUyH3lK0N0tyyjWmQpy893l6W9jhyphenhyphenPeWFIuML5_DpLlCv1OR5hWOUPnz4CgNdAHo2SCaZGbRoLq6gO7U3Usq5FyaF8sZfBVkZd8rM_GNg61A/s320/DSC_0666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602942356663164530" border="0" /></a>My big eyed boy. I really have to try and get a good picture of his eyelashes. They are so long and beautiful.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dHmjzqoVkc3Mejp8FC0r6hen5c64JuDVfdd9OVN6lmCiYVgoD-39YVkaQFSzhgN4zuhwO0DLOLBVi7Nw93cyRRwtuyMhV2HhgDZj0_qV-pqVLMY69rItpgjJhifIsdE14LRZlw5CVFc/s1600/DSC_0682.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dHmjzqoVkc3Mejp8FC0r6hen5c64JuDVfdd9OVN6lmCiYVgoD-39YVkaQFSzhgN4zuhwO0DLOLBVi7Nw93cyRRwtuyMhV2HhgDZj0_qV-pqVLMY69rItpgjJhifIsdE14LRZlw5CVFc/s320/DSC_0682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602942346985513154" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-32104864851828548472011-04-25T10:44:00.000-07:002011-04-25T11:04:21.795-07:00UpdatesThe health visitor was here on Wednesday (one day shy of seven weeks old) to check on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian's</span> growth and development. He's a big boy measuring 62<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cms</span> and a whopping 12lbs, 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ozs</span>. He's around the 91st percentile for both his height and weight. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cian</span> is full of smiles and cooing like mad. He's starting to lose his hair around the back and sides from moving his head around so much to see what's going on. We're still doing the combination feeding- nursing for 10-20 minutes and taking 4-5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ozs</span> of formula. I'm really struggling now with expressing and hardly manage to get an ounce out these days, but I'm probably just producing enough for his feeds. The health visitor was really impressed with his development and growth. We have his 8 week immunisations on Thursday and I'm really not looking forward to it! Poor little thing is bound to be cross with me for letting the doctor stick him with a needle.<br /><br />Luckily, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bronagh</span> (the health visitor) had a stadiometer<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"></span> in her car and the baby scales converted into stand on scales so we were able to see how big Liam is now. He is huge! 40.5 inches tall (91st percentile) and a massive 41.5 lbs (98<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span> percentile)! She was so impressed with his development- he was talking to her like mad and wrote his name and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cian's</span> for her. She couldn't believe he was only 3 years 4 months old.<br /><br />Our big, beautiful and genius boys ;-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PENt44DEwAS6I-f68KCEm_9qv8Iz_7nHsx8KZL6ATcSBjHYuVOEEa1gYByPx7ZqpvN62QrT9OoCT1e_sePjUBBadmISI0ipbwUMMjut1PZbZBaEG9K6EncyrnLZmU9QiYE_FrzMgE9c/s1600/DSC_0617.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PENt44DEwAS6I-f68KCEm_9qv8Iz_7nHsx8KZL6ATcSBjHYuVOEEa1gYByPx7ZqpvN62QrT9OoCT1e_sePjUBBadmISI0ipbwUMMjut1PZbZBaEG9K6EncyrnLZmU9QiYE_FrzMgE9c/s320/DSC_0617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599582238007238514" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-81524584580249010362011-04-25T09:51:00.001-07:002011-04-25T10:12:48.366-07:00EasterLiam woke up very early and wanted to see if the Easter bunny had been. He was super excited to see a basket full of yummy chocolate treats and some colouring books.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaGcc9Sb9-GPfuXC6wUHZ44t3Y0ZVhrFnDLRgz04k-Y3GVW126DriOdSdZSypdkAPsm9Kc56nE9_p_4V7rQ_t62DrPjZRiDs8Ox6FiBAB-tgz1xIOqpLW84lLCi8wNRLGvBOIGXLIjT8/s1600/DSC_0608.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaGcc9Sb9-GPfuXC6wUHZ44t3Y0ZVhrFnDLRgz04k-Y3GVW126DriOdSdZSypdkAPsm9Kc56nE9_p_4V7rQ_t62DrPjZRiDs8Ox6FiBAB-tgz1xIOqpLW84lLCi8wNRLGvBOIGXLIjT8/s320/DSC_0608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599567767003285458" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian's</span> basket had some new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">dummies</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gruffalo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">onesies</span>, some formula and a bib.<br />After a packed 11 o'clock mass, we headed down to Great Aunt Annie's house for Easter dinner. We had a little egg hunt while we waited for the festivities to begin. Here's a nice picture with my new little man.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmvRj7b4t_bOSWUIF4bDpVCCuC5sAjwvXqR8mJH2GcVN0BgaGwfRjjifKshaIRAN_xfgCoa0Zvtit0Z_adVLvgEK1q4Jy5iouL4hqij1vTYy82SXsYM-RSj0TtpgZQZ27fRHJOPhWBJ0/s1600/DSC_0612.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmvRj7b4t_bOSWUIF4bDpVCCuC5sAjwvXqR8mJH2GcVN0BgaGwfRjjifKshaIRAN_xfgCoa0Zvtit0Z_adVLvgEK1q4Jy5iouL4hqij1vTYy82SXsYM-RSj0TtpgZQZ27fRHJOPhWBJ0/s320/DSC_0612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599566501256228066" border="0" /></a>Best buds...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgzoMlwsG5Kon_ntY1lE8La5PdKwMfnggAPH_cTUT-CJZKMEVGkJ5d4YeqNa_1Xo449H8MD0DuLuXHr7-UBUKEQcm_FN7YVUx1yWd8ikl-4ZW9jGheyGznMfV7y9Eg9yMUk7MmKK1F6Q/s1600/DSC_0620.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgzoMlwsG5Kon_ntY1lE8La5PdKwMfnggAPH_cTUT-CJZKMEVGkJ5d4YeqNa_1Xo449H8MD0DuLuXHr7-UBUKEQcm_FN7YVUx1yWd8ikl-4ZW9jGheyGznMfV7y9Eg9yMUk7MmKK1F6Q/s320/DSC_0620.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599566491789308066" border="0" /></a>Liam's looking what's in his eggs... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">mmm</span>, chocolate.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsco6KeORzjGTIb45bLx_UUdnybPkQRioL1XyFP6cW2YOTjDbB4WkO074eIhOhVGQ_EhjgkBCnuBo7yQTuMtYslHKxEyp_86KLA-6UIQty1a52zSzClbxI3orRsebORNRDtWzzj2HHfA/s1600/DSC_0621.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsco6KeORzjGTIb45bLx_UUdnybPkQRioL1XyFP6cW2YOTjDbB4WkO074eIhOhVGQ_EhjgkBCnuBo7yQTuMtYslHKxEyp_86KLA-6UIQty1a52zSzClbxI3orRsebORNRDtWzzj2HHfA/s320/DSC_0621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599566488446818610" border="0" /></a>One of Liam's prizes for getting all of the eggs in his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">easter</span> egg hunt... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Gruffalo</span> pajamas!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_PQdceHSZuLBbWBLFNhzY7CI9YtsBoJtRMAlyIr9NVT02KmY18u5GP0AT9Ib5CSEr9yTnZlb-rva2UR05_6iAPgYmu16jXeHFXTY0jAcN3bB8Jr3ZFD-hM-OqJ2RNX7KP10CeD0VRfA/s1600/DSC_0625.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_PQdceHSZuLBbWBLFNhzY7CI9YtsBoJtRMAlyIr9NVT02KmY18u5GP0AT9Ib5CSEr9yTnZlb-rva2UR05_6iAPgYmu16jXeHFXTY0jAcN3bB8Jr3ZFD-hM-OqJ2RNX7KP10CeD0VRfA/s320/DSC_0625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599566481368074450" border="0" /></a>Modelling his Easter crown.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafnw3l10z1itYM4-nJ95wGeC9cuF9yNY_m7d48hbPfP27yeID0CPmZ2XmS5ho04m7bvZpAl-3gBN4i1mVrN3aRisGo8cApnNq8AzQGvCghdakO7SJmToLPj2HDYUp36U49qY2U7OqHyI/s1600/DSC_0626.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafnw3l10z1itYM4-nJ95wGeC9cuF9yNY_m7d48hbPfP27yeID0CPmZ2XmS5ho04m7bvZpAl-3gBN4i1mVrN3aRisGo8cApnNq8AzQGvCghdakO7SJmToLPj2HDYUp36U49qY2U7OqHyI/s320/DSC_0626.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599567773195117634" border="0" /></a>Auntie Susan cuddling with a sleepy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cian</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTDrwFwG44zRRoC_GhnqT-wj1htjXgMTOQir2EWOcR2hdsKuZUFChhlWEuxKJe76G9uccXFuSPbfjdixYDFDqH2iU3mgf9vSTn88D_7lCvu7SkcSVCj9F0zhBB_TzMAgdyQ8kIXzIdGk/s1600/DSC_0628.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTDrwFwG44zRRoC_GhnqT-wj1htjXgMTOQir2EWOcR2hdsKuZUFChhlWEuxKJe76G9uccXFuSPbfjdixYDFDqH2iU3mgf9vSTn88D_7lCvu7SkcSVCj9F0zhBB_TzMAgdyQ8kIXzIdGk/s320/DSC_0628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599566479830177410" border="0" /></a>I was in charge of desserts and made another tasty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">victoria</span> sponge, yummy carrot cake and some little egg cookie sandwiches with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">buttercream</span>. My baking skills were hailed a great success... always nice to impress the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">inlaws</span>!<br /><br />It was a very long day and we all were very ready for our beds when we got home!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-4672587913214695332011-04-25T09:43:00.001-07:002011-04-25T10:40:47.795-07:00Nana Jersey's visitMy mom came for a 2 week visit and arrived just before mother's day (in the UK/Ireland). We spent the Saturday looking through all of the goodies she brought over- clothes, toys, food... and let her get some cuddles in with the boys before heading to bed early to try and beat the jet lag.<br /><br />Sunday was mother's day so we went to early mass and then headed to St George's market for a bit. Liam got his face painted like a tiger- he loves having his face painted! Ollie made us a tasty mother's day dinner and we exchanged some cards and gifts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-drPReemEZydORSSLSa884a5CM4VyCFmp0hn0wUdf3g-FElgzXkxJqYIKQzHOtea9KEycExwp3pqS-QdDXXd3r4LSXLMUJ-zPa6mJhfMQBu-rRueVAvZAS9QDEvCVUrjh-KPZ09k0DCw/s1600/DSC_0525.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-drPReemEZydORSSLSa884a5CM4VyCFmp0hn0wUdf3g-FElgzXkxJqYIKQzHOtea9KEycExwp3pqS-QdDXXd3r4LSXLMUJ-zPa6mJhfMQBu-rRueVAvZAS9QDEvCVUrjh-KPZ09k0DCw/s320/DSC_0525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599564796165625634" border="0" /></a>My mom was a great help over her stay- especially with Liam. I feel bad that Ollie and I haven't been able to give him as much attention since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian's</span> arrival. I also dropped Liam down to 3 days in daycare so he's now with me on a Monday and Wednesday. So she really entertained him while I took care of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cian</span>- nursing, pumping, nappy changing and all that fun! Every night mom would take Liam up to bed and spend an hour telling him stories- they had the best time together.<br /><br />We had a few trips out to the park and indoor play areas. We lucked out with good weather for most of her stay.<br /><br />We also got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a lot</span> of organising and cleaning accomplished which had become a low priority since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cian's</span> arrival. She was also able to sample some of my homemade cooking and baking which is pretty darn good (if I do say so myself).<br /><br />Nana and Liam enjoying some ice cream in the sunshine...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKcQ2W5KTgNURpHdZByjkflaffyirZDlREXOj83OisEhE6QKmze_9vB3HLutK-PXzdsJsJucKKoPEXZLpjb2dHfsWI_1MLkxQrvkIJUGAlNy2IjBNA8twFrPYvGtzEEEZv2wWzFUtk-s/s1600/DSC_0581.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKcQ2W5KTgNURpHdZByjkflaffyirZDlREXOj83OisEhE6QKmze_9vB3HLutK-PXzdsJsJucKKoPEXZLpjb2dHfsWI_1MLkxQrvkIJUGAlNy2IjBNA8twFrPYvGtzEEEZv2wWzFUtk-s/s320/DSC_0581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599564791530165490" border="0" /></a>Pudgy little man...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55iAMQevDQ0DcXJ-o91V5mz5nDhQ3lVqs-Oy5AaUNN3OR1-uVisKk7eRdpdaO1hm0gOUKx9i3w-ovTMnVcxaUVHNN6xk5tuX2Yc26TWq3PuLreDxMZSVsdAkLWKJjWAurGnARMIizEiM/s1600/DSC_0592.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55iAMQevDQ0DcXJ-o91V5mz5nDhQ3lVqs-Oy5AaUNN3OR1-uVisKk7eRdpdaO1hm0gOUKx9i3w-ovTMnVcxaUVHNN6xk5tuX2Yc26TWq3PuLreDxMZSVsdAkLWKJjWAurGnARMIizEiM/s320/DSC_0592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599564783316100242" border="0" /></a>Nana with her two boys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kFFmpiAFXFFzFGZlWtuBHqyWQ0pa8ngsar6jaVgoFsp4MWAIuG6N1P13j-d89USb3Z5EE25UpZF2NTlmz9suLqPK3N0W7hgUdcW6MKeiYfSNXRryW3AZZPRdPqpXGwRbucXcHIc3zqI/s1600/DSC_05972.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kFFmpiAFXFFzFGZlWtuBHqyWQ0pa8ngsar6jaVgoFsp4MWAIuG6N1P13j-d89USb3Z5EE25UpZF2NTlmz9suLqPK3N0W7hgUdcW6MKeiYfSNXRryW3AZZPRdPqpXGwRbucXcHIc3zqI/s320/DSC_05972.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599564771912904130" border="0" /></a>Thanks for all of your help mom. Liam still asks for you each night. I'm going to get this picture framed and put up in his room.Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-44623794924015418892011-04-11T09:10:00.000-07:002011-04-11T09:36:17.697-07:00Our busy weekendI had some friends up for afternoon tea on Saturday. I made a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">victoria</span> sponge, lemon & poppy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">seed</span> muffins with a cream cheese filling, raspberry and oat muffins and carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Everything was super tasty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi8pJvoHhoCdsei9djhTmWn3jiy97oTXWjto2avZgodVeZ0eKdid73pcmu-RLGwHZbzLw8Vq-kSN8SJBeqR6jLmJ39KSPhIn9W19ImedqWDq62RwQ5MQFV8FZNJz04qrL5wdBlwpBWsI/s1600/DSC_0566.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi8pJvoHhoCdsei9djhTmWn3jiy97oTXWjto2avZgodVeZ0eKdid73pcmu-RLGwHZbzLw8Vq-kSN8SJBeqR6jLmJ39KSPhIn9W19ImedqWDq62RwQ5MQFV8FZNJz04qrL5wdBlwpBWsI/s320/DSC_0566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594363215145245730" border="0" /></a>Close up of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">victoria</span> sponge...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7l8KYGJSjE2AJuFIUmQBQ_8fbBfvQhn8W4htTsA9YyykOueFsAJMM4ho6L75JUJn8rLHIWHfOipKK96kMLE8RivwjM_c9r2J64XzbdkprbvQXqArIvSjbT7PXQSSuynn8qA_FYop4GI/s1600/DSC_0567.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7l8KYGJSjE2AJuFIUmQBQ_8fbBfvQhn8W4htTsA9YyykOueFsAJMM4ho6L75JUJn8rLHIWHfOipKK96kMLE8RivwjM_c9r2J64XzbdkprbvQXqArIvSjbT7PXQSSuynn8qA_FYop4GI/s320/DSC_0567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594363217126727602" border="0" /></a>My super yummy carrot cake cupcakes... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">mmmm</span>....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNzksBf_Ng-KapijGCRX4MwlSWZUr3msEWdyXGGv_vYcm4zk5eilu1VxwKp4copPczDZT3cLrNMquRbzc2dV74v09Ov3Os616YrWTNt74WZZk98lsTmaaomyPzzumRY3CFZk4SVqt9iA/s1600/DSC_0568.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNzksBf_Ng-KapijGCRX4MwlSWZUr3msEWdyXGGv_vYcm4zk5eilu1VxwKp4copPczDZT3cLrNMquRbzc2dV74v09Ov3Os616YrWTNt74WZZk98lsTmaaomyPzzumRY3CFZk4SVqt9iA/s320/DSC_0568.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594363208646594306" border="0" /></a>Sunday was beautiful and sunny so we decided to head to the park for a picnic. It was jammed full of people enjoying the 20C weather. Here's the little man enjoying the fresh air.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWyknMLEBtkTcTxHgpzIWxLU-qHbO0cFVKSYGaeMlzbHB9Vvm9sN43bgj2eGK7Ykv0VRPzgQPpedxPfHiV-Q6hkyXidjFRsXKRnFGKRMZIZYjuB0OZFIG7qE_YDyzAKDZBuW6wqA2wyU/s1600/DSC_0575.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWyknMLEBtkTcTxHgpzIWxLU-qHbO0cFVKSYGaeMlzbHB9Vvm9sN43bgj2eGK7Ykv0VRPzgQPpedxPfHiV-Q6hkyXidjFRsXKRnFGKRMZIZYjuB0OZFIG7qE_YDyzAKDZBuW6wqA2wyU/s320/DSC_0575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594363200650597634" border="0" /></a>Liam got a 'poke' (an ice cream cone) which he devoured in no time...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPUxACr-HkzRezB97LNwz2K0uIMBYerwI2vMitzhS8n01h3JFOy7MDRQXlQFySNWjiBgp5ctcKpFzl2PdGx6AMNmOa7OcgVehsrutz0hyi5QI6cUkBYsFEU8Mid8Vna2KmdmHB-zZZmY/s1600/DSC_0578.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPUxACr-HkzRezB97LNwz2K0uIMBYerwI2vMitzhS8n01h3JFOy7MDRQXlQFySNWjiBgp5ctcKpFzl2PdGx6AMNmOa7OcgVehsrutz0hyi5QI6cUkBYsFEU8Mid8Vna2KmdmHB-zZZmY/s320/DSC_0578.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594363193217845970" border="0" /></a>Enjoying his ice cream with Nana...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2i9qa0Hw1gYgFPULkkASoWVEKpEP_-1rbwR7ZVbGllqgmY2d4fg1gObzKlN9qlTxndqkDaCY25nnJfx-PdDQmfu0S-ajZEWYkWaEmikuqkYGClV4V26efOtcs0_f3rxYPx4HAsZpzhM/s1600/DSC_0582.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2i9qa0Hw1gYgFPULkkASoWVEKpEP_-1rbwR7ZVbGllqgmY2d4fg1gObzKlN9qlTxndqkDaCY25nnJfx-PdDQmfu0S-ajZEWYkWaEmikuqkYGClV4V26efOtcs0_f3rxYPx4HAsZpzhM/s320/DSC_0582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594360453047658370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle6Uwox_Iq1IoWMtesziJjJN2EFsyGpJB1iBQdzjrN95vNjB2UuNhL3tpFUP_S15Mv7rSMbBVqz4-JNOmfKDopnH51VDX3xrKt9nLFBlsr5EGyihag_qJUltxLaWe7v8j-QIuN4RHMBE/s1600/DSC_0583.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle6Uwox_Iq1IoWMtesziJjJN2EFsyGpJB1iBQdzjrN95vNjB2UuNhL3tpFUP_S15Mv7rSMbBVqz4-JNOmfKDopnH51VDX3xrKt9nLFBlsr5EGyihag_qJUltxLaWe7v8j-QIuN4RHMBE/s320/DSC_0583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594360444162412834" border="0" /></a>Liam laughing hysterically... big proper belly laughs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPz6gulSERi3bIoVZwYcb-MKDS9MWB5xRPHqMT1A6yVjw3xh3O-St7SbSTdHRWHlJJDkW7OMG0NnxS6B4GGDuiLHH41UTOQ5ZqOdzliZZvLO92xjvetlrEw4SxHo8lJugeMSgTLaKFD8/s1600/DSC_0585.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPz6gulSERi3bIoVZwYcb-MKDS9MWB5xRPHqMT1A6yVjw3xh3O-St7SbSTdHRWHlJJDkW7OMG0NnxS6B4GGDuiLHH41UTOQ5ZqOdzliZZvLO92xjvetlrEw4SxHo8lJugeMSgTLaKFD8/s320/DSC_0585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594365440895024594" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-78226721356967118382011-04-11T08:43:00.000-07:002011-04-11T09:10:41.664-07:00Cian pics...I ordered Cian's announcement cards from Tiny Prints and my mom brought them over from the states for me. They are really cheap when you covert from USD to GBP and I am <span style="font-weight: bold;">SO</span> pleased with how they turned out. The colour is lovely and Cian looks like a wee angel... that reminds me I have to leave my feedback for Tiny Prints. Everyone has been complimenting us on them- especially here. Announcement cards aren't the done thing here and they are pretty special.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9kggsgXRT2mQXUwHDXuw0bAKbsffePiQEMYjhUf5V9ISodRmjgn1JponCEJEX1A0jEdq056o3THOVCP6FIaMLB3pM7khbcq-8iydMj8aFu7X3qzsse_28Qcoe9UOe86cz7eeKKC-vms/s1600/announcement.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9kggsgXRT2mQXUwHDXuw0bAKbsffePiQEMYjhUf5V9ISodRmjgn1JponCEJEX1A0jEdq056o3THOVCP6FIaMLB3pM7khbcq-8iydMj8aFu7X3qzsse_28Qcoe9UOe86cz7eeKKC-vms/s320/announcement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594355774929540898" border="0" /></a>Some cute photos from the last week...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zXYCFeXR_fB40JsU023pu6yO_wSJ0QIG_HL0c6u-XrzwjztJ9vcDK18dA1HF2nxUdNukgR08Ov6Ww7QKkWSmDxM7S4LasSDkYM8-hP-qWbMJtAqdhuwkhR-5sY-l-8jndRTitEdOqA/s1600/DSC_0573.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zXYCFeXR_fB40JsU023pu6yO_wSJ0QIG_HL0c6u-XrzwjztJ9vcDK18dA1HF2nxUdNukgR08Ov6Ww7QKkWSmDxM7S4LasSDkYM8-hP-qWbMJtAqdhuwkhR-5sY-l-8jndRTitEdOqA/s320/DSC_0573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594354635283684466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-ZgfdNiIHFcAUstVIgSS2AfOJcN40In0IMAoq-i-rZTIeLxO7LAEHL5wni9iBbjFGFy3TjgEje18dGnKBM8mkT27Ca1SOWa5K136uj58Y0kOv4Y_OqTsTQB3f5u5kbkKdw0MX0stXJY/s1600/DSC_0560.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-ZgfdNiIHFcAUstVIgSS2AfOJcN40In0IMAoq-i-rZTIeLxO7LAEHL5wni9iBbjFGFy3TjgEje18dGnKBM8mkT27Ca1SOWa5K136uj58Y0kOv4Y_OqTsTQB3f5u5kbkKdw0MX0stXJY/s320/DSC_0560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594355767406917938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnRZkJIuzfC5E1G6zzsx9m-9l_U7QknMbCzitpH8lnYmOs3vz2PMmYLi-1cQTNadlS_fkRxvAjzvZSDgBQqsWZU1c8e8YjYa2g5BgkXhMfLyKT9ER2yHgRrf7ta0o_KluGXNUTiHmDU4/s1600/DSC_0561.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnRZkJIuzfC5E1G6zzsx9m-9l_U7QknMbCzitpH8lnYmOs3vz2PMmYLi-1cQTNadlS_fkRxvAjzvZSDgBQqsWZU1c8e8YjYa2g5BgkXhMfLyKT9ER2yHgRrf7ta0o_KluGXNUTiHmDU4/s320/DSC_0561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594354648333567074" border="0" /></a><br />Doesn't he look like Liam in this <a href="http://reynolds-babyjournal.blogspot.com/2008/01/1-month.html">post</a>...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM9FiqSP3qmP_aJa6i2iL1wxESSeLcxTjqGajTxwEFczqDwVb1OLX-1DJZ0K4ZBZfWiammHc-gnFih7kbGdqvDM8Dt8ah1qMRKBawxW9PxQYK_nS0Ut6yExsqI5IzpbOCbtA-IJyo4hQ/s1600/DSC_0565.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM9FiqSP3qmP_aJa6i2iL1wxESSeLcxTjqGajTxwEFczqDwVb1OLX-1DJZ0K4ZBZfWiammHc-gnFih7kbGdqvDM8Dt8ah1qMRKBawxW9PxQYK_nS0Ut6yExsqI5IzpbOCbtA-IJyo4hQ/s320/DSC_0565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594354639135895906" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-33438624939606230402011-04-06T12:39:00.001-07:002011-04-06T13:23:57.645-07:001 month!!Well our little man is already a month old! He had another check up with the health visitor at 4 weeks and is gaining like a champ... up to 11lbs! Liam was 11lbs 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ozs</span> at 4 weeks and considering that he was more than 1lb heavier than <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cian</span> at birth, he's certainly doing well and thriving! I'm still struggling a bit with breast feeding. Unfortunately I'm not producing a lot of milk and this means he needs a top up at each feed with a bottle. He's latching and nursing well, I'm just not making enough for his hungry tummy. I'm okay with it and will just continue nursing and bottle feeding- I know he's getting the best of both worlds.<br />I forgot how significant the milestones are at this young age. He hit a month and started smiling like crazy, cooing all of the time and staying awake for longer periods throughout the day. He's such a sweet boy. He has a pretty laid back/relaxed personality- it's probably because we are so much more relaxed with him. <br />He's sleeping pretty well for us at night. He normally goes down for 4-5 hours from 10pm and then another 3 hours after his 2-3am feed. I'm still pretty exhausted, especially with Liam to run around with. I'm happy that my mom is here for 2 weeks. She's really going to entertain him!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jZZJvmFYf2w2ulSbRhz7B6s__5foCanrLlgIzp6gFsp0z4qM7bncqK8wZzGeAv8m0zdvu64OqxE134YOkAdGFM5osVAgmn9N8p2LaygiRrFr61jFqj6ZQoUdQnLV5Cl6u55rk9KBLck/s1600/DSC_0535.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jZZJvmFYf2w2ulSbRhz7B6s__5foCanrLlgIzp6gFsp0z4qM7bncqK8wZzGeAv8m0zdvu64OqxE134YOkAdGFM5osVAgmn9N8p2LaygiRrFr61jFqj6ZQoUdQnLV5Cl6u55rk9KBLck/s320/DSC_0535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592561344538843170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLd6k9HDjIBsBGXraPV0xKE8L3RYQPhCw2t7Yv0DAwBmEwlFt58iEE7BCOlzUSpcw-ZbdmLdl5bbAWWmuamSV0z40JuRm_ThY0b_R4OOgdXi7p4ZOroVYh46SYVGBtAJ6QAR95nKc84w/s1600/DSC_0536.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLd6k9HDjIBsBGXraPV0xKE8L3RYQPhCw2t7Yv0DAwBmEwlFt58iEE7BCOlzUSpcw-ZbdmLdl5bbAWWmuamSV0z40JuRm_ThY0b_R4OOgdXi7p4ZOroVYh46SYVGBtAJ6QAR95nKc84w/s320/DSC_0536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592561348587756306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn_mLsTnZWOzmz-M0Y2Hfoc4KqoK1-BhsA3n-FNGnFNhk-dBbEB5Z1yrBqUVU5mVfu_FUh09pxUL-LluqLXXzrhc_S2LrZBpoRP6K_hTVKZa0SOfWnQev_EZceH5IsYyHFQLzuFH8des/s1600/DSC_0537.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn_mLsTnZWOzmz-M0Y2Hfoc4KqoK1-BhsA3n-FNGnFNhk-dBbEB5Z1yrBqUVU5mVfu_FUh09pxUL-LluqLXXzrhc_S2LrZBpoRP6K_hTVKZa0SOfWnQev_EZceH5IsYyHFQLzuFH8des/s320/DSC_0537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592561358275140482" border="0" /></a>Brotherly love... Liam loves to hold his wee brother especially when I have the camera out!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q7xwH7BWBCWAOCH3dzGaqaR9j8Vqo9FPv0fSNGCeDa4HVqJ3VVIEbcRwnKVXRPLJ_w4zT-VHnW8IF7NV-l8iSlpobmboeuLW6aw6wrTpshF4N8cKesyB3titlqwcipC-aRBr3-gWKK8/s1600/DSC_0546.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q7xwH7BWBCWAOCH3dzGaqaR9j8Vqo9FPv0fSNGCeDa4HVqJ3VVIEbcRwnKVXRPLJ_w4zT-VHnW8IF7NV-l8iSlpobmboeuLW6aw6wrTpshF4N8cKesyB3titlqwcipC-aRBr3-gWKK8/s320/DSC_0546.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592559990443407234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPxmYC1xF8dn2Mf8IRvOjyfdCiDRtWet0RgtQ6ChHhErJFPAEjs6iYSpvvmDQJBJrJwmnv0dRn5nY37aC2WbpyaYSjHUYHg0XWVoLOOcPGKqt8GMwqbe8z0tGTHt7wumpYFSLp6iKLIg/s1600/DSC_0547.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPxmYC1xF8dn2Mf8IRvOjyfdCiDRtWet0RgtQ6ChHhErJFPAEjs6iYSpvvmDQJBJrJwmnv0dRn5nY37aC2WbpyaYSjHUYHg0XWVoLOOcPGKqt8GMwqbe8z0tGTHt7wumpYFSLp6iKLIg/s320/DSC_0547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592559975802408578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykVkVZ5b5HdWmj6vPC_p2sz-5X2xYf6hgqMQa2TOJUaZ2m1y9y8B7HRNXGI9rElW4hPheWZbkyeypEcmn4fwLxPa_Q9AKX2fuWhfrsgp9p507vNKNv2ohttF24zVnq8oNs-qGeAi7njs/s1600/DSC_0549.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykVkVZ5b5HdWmj6vPC_p2sz-5X2xYf6hgqMQa2TOJUaZ2m1y9y8B7HRNXGI9rElW4hPheWZbkyeypEcmn4fwLxPa_Q9AKX2fuWhfrsgp9p507vNKNv2ohttF24zVnq8oNs-qGeAi7njs/s320/DSC_0549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592559956350470082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2ShpJbMZVk8bH6FHPHPK1KCSk9n4qDM1AlhrtgssYZJ5d10NbMiF9XbJ_VvhfjX9MysR_H8QKqxb2DtAHfv39BYtseUyGnQRwpE7JEzvR1BfJ6nEVxIEnAxT-CgjFklCzeFLl8jGzEI/s1600/DSC_0551.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2ShpJbMZVk8bH6FHPHPK1KCSk9n4qDM1AlhrtgssYZJ5d10NbMiF9XbJ_VvhfjX9MysR_H8QKqxb2DtAHfv39BYtseUyGnQRwpE7JEzvR1BfJ6nEVxIEnAxT-CgjFklCzeFLl8jGzEI/s320/DSC_0551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592559925042863442" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-52214049212855117882011-04-06T12:21:00.000-07:002011-04-06T12:39:35.778-07:00Out and aboutWe went to the park the weekend before last to enjoy some warmer, drier weather. Liam got a bubble wand from my friend Anna and he couldn't wait to get his bubble on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jjUDHMzTO1080Ns3OVXTCO-7zQK8NoedNzZConzFqEcc-_fSdXWRM5R5ylVpC_meO3R3GjYOYVlB-KVG5rb57YdukZRwaFlDQ6S2S_MOY6LkzhcJvlqalxCdUT0NKx2ExEJdjUjHTek/s1600/DSC_0510.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jjUDHMzTO1080Ns3OVXTCO-7zQK8NoedNzZConzFqEcc-_fSdXWRM5R5ylVpC_meO3R3GjYOYVlB-KVG5rb57YdukZRwaFlDQ6S2S_MOY6LkzhcJvlqalxCdUT0NKx2ExEJdjUjHTek/s320/DSC_0510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554986115978098" border="0" /></a>For some reason Liam thought it would be a good idea to pop the bubbles with his mouth... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ick</span>!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovbZ_Y99jjy_bFpj05_MOToK-xQn1eZsLgGAv-gZEtj7HNyEfppwG2eFt8U46HFR5myPODOxbLekqLs4zLdAIS_Yn63ZGBB3hkZYayH-C_a6PZSeQuDXm9Qf3Z-aw_FsdhXqhikw_Axs/s1600/DSC_0513.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovbZ_Y99jjy_bFpj05_MOToK-xQn1eZsLgGAv-gZEtj7HNyEfppwG2eFt8U46HFR5myPODOxbLekqLs4zLdAIS_Yn63ZGBB3hkZYayH-C_a6PZSeQuDXm9Qf3Z-aw_FsdhXqhikw_Axs/s320/DSC_0513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554984895295970" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cian</span> enjoying the fresh air in his pram...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCPTv8RlMywIM3SvDUx7fJSN5wGhm6y3zob0KF-MAS54YmLMnsV2rUGLHyKmg21v-VhwJa8h66Ncyi3vtOn21sBE4WxUBVhWQjPLEJQ4GIdvdqcAKmxf1KVG-q3mWkLTDcLah8jtbFu4/s1600/DSC_0515.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCPTv8RlMywIM3SvDUx7fJSN5wGhm6y3zob0KF-MAS54YmLMnsV2rUGLHyKmg21v-VhwJa8h66Ncyi3vtOn21sBE4WxUBVhWQjPLEJQ4GIdvdqcAKmxf1KVG-q3mWkLTDcLah8jtbFu4/s320/DSC_0515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554979715516530" border="0" /></a>Liam and his daddy kicked around the football. He's getting pretty good!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvdlYOYsw_HgA3bHpM3ot9Gf2yfZ91uAcbzDeP6M_y1P2exf8jtDv38MsiIN-5DszK6aorJy6Q8TjEf189di2wyxtlyqzhoh-ai7fBM5i72rARkLzIMvaMYxN5RhwGJrCVMFL0MlnCTs/s1600/DSC_0521.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvdlYOYsw_HgA3bHpM3ot9Gf2yfZ91uAcbzDeP6M_y1P2exf8jtDv38MsiIN-5DszK6aorJy6Q8TjEf189di2wyxtlyqzhoh-ai7fBM5i72rARkLzIMvaMYxN5RhwGJrCVMFL0MlnCTs/s320/DSC_0521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554970038256626" border="0" /></a>We try and get outside whenever we can to tire out the boy!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-67138654126787166092011-03-16T14:05:00.000-07:002011-03-16T14:37:01.202-07:00Almost two weeks old!We had our 14 day (well 13 day since it's St Patrick's day tomorrow and it's a bank holiday) visit with the health visitor today. She's lovely and did a full check up of our little man. He's gaining weight and cms like a champ. He's up to 9lbs 6ozs and measured at 58.5 cms long. Considering he was 9lbs 2ozs on Sunday when the midwife discharged us, this is pretty impressive. I wish I could say things are getting better with breastfeeding, but they are pretty much the same. He's just such a hungry baby that I have to give him a bottle to quench his thirst first- he throws a fit if I try and put him on the breast first. I've been expressing loads so most of his bottle feeds are at least half breast milk. My current strategy is to get him 60-90mls of bottle (breast milk) and then try and get him latched on. It's working okay, but he's only feeding on me for a maximum of 10 minutes which isn't helping with my milk production or his latching. I'm just going to continue with this strategy and try and get him on the breast more each feed so that hopefully he'll be breastfeeding exclusively. I feel like a dairy cow at the minute with all of the pumping.<br /><br />He's sleeping pretty well. We've had a few nights of nearly 5 hours already! I don't know how long that will last but I will stay optimistic.<br /><br />Right, some photos from the week...<br />I just thought this was a cute photo...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOekoPwPNLPARiAcc2EPyMtPvzdI4gLSh0uvM0s84uRbozPGErqgNW_fgqP2vGcQcy12GR0aPtBpWpyYnyfEAwiUv8UBTFm8dHtLhJv7bHqCdurhflHPwqeO5cxq01p8z-Akl82G8YfYw/s1600/DSC_0443.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOekoPwPNLPARiAcc2EPyMtPvzdI4gLSh0uvM0s84uRbozPGErqgNW_fgqP2vGcQcy12GR0aPtBpWpyYnyfEAwiUv8UBTFm8dHtLhJv7bHqCdurhflHPwqeO5cxq01p8z-Akl82G8YfYw/s320/DSC_0443.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584791456312908482" border="0" /></a>You can see his full lips here... very kissable!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytVci0YLEmpxEuaePWJlOVpyl3b_MMNjELuuUg_nHk121FACskH_epgl5xlI7czSAh0vR7QH4p0ZRt4_PSedmkO-21V09exzzM2Wx3Te0MBjWIwgZPzsW2artc_CRLk6oYWG7BSBhabY/s1600/DSC_0448.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytVci0YLEmpxEuaePWJlOVpyl3b_MMNjELuuUg_nHk121FACskH_epgl5xlI7czSAh0vR7QH4p0ZRt4_PSedmkO-21V09exzzM2Wx3Te0MBjWIwgZPzsW2artc_CRLk6oYWG7BSBhabY/s320/DSC_0448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584791452177891266" border="0" /></a>Sleepy little angel...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOHHJe9L5qxVx5HimKrBJ_sJhpldeYsDTRnG6J3H30UZAN7H-erQieossTu83YV4RVxIUje04ZDw_kUwXlGBOcglfz8sH5XCL5DK3LEoJueyMgZIUN8EHikGXTOdWQbBCw_2pnv3HMAY/s1600/DSC_0452.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOHHJe9L5qxVx5HimKrBJ_sJhpldeYsDTRnG6J3H30UZAN7H-erQieossTu83YV4RVxIUje04ZDw_kUwXlGBOcglfz8sH5XCL5DK3LEoJueyMgZIUN8EHikGXTOdWQbBCw_2pnv3HMAY/s320/DSC_0452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584791441936082818" border="0" /></a>Liam has been asking to get photos with baby Cian each day. He loves holding his little brother.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gVaTP9S97F-ojVHpAWAPIycRvLfPvzVPk9JGg75ax4Im-dEU_gGttxG7Zdq4gNtdWAEKPrm8zfGsx3Ab9HLEIreayki4rLzXnjGr8nEUhU51VD0erqWkoztg9WBQJ-i0BzT64mjRrx8/s1600/DSC_0471b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gVaTP9S97F-ojVHpAWAPIycRvLfPvzVPk9JGg75ax4Im-dEU_gGttxG7Zdq4gNtdWAEKPrm8zfGsx3Ab9HLEIreayki4rLzXnjGr8nEUhU51VD0erqWkoztg9WBQJ-i0BzT64mjRrx8/s320/DSC_0471b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584788408964079394" border="0" /></a>Cian was tired of the photos...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsNW1I4tlOOOIdNkGhr2jCo_22xlQSau6cFtYbO0wrAdyL23ZFZy4aAKah-ZpuwuJG5E124LP8RREp1w17zQtibKF7ETLfYV-3y9SIBz3-ncMfXrd6J_a6HdvPv0uSULUnSowuEiVGiA/s1600/DSC_0481.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsNW1I4tlOOOIdNkGhr2jCo_22xlQSau6cFtYbO0wrAdyL23ZFZy4aAKah-ZpuwuJG5E124LP8RREp1w17zQtibKF7ETLfYV-3y9SIBz3-ncMfXrd6J_a6HdvPv0uSULUnSowuEiVGiA/s320/DSC_0481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584788397993603186" border="0" /></a>Cute little feet. I forgot how tiny and sweet newborn feet are... Liam's are big and smelly these days. Cian has webbed toes- his second and third toes are slightly webbed on each of his feet. Apparently this is good luck?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ58BTWZ8NggEDytcKYottf1ULV80aXgEkcdAjp8vyITVG4pSUH80CHyVeddYDtfSSeTqKYz_kYvBK4U6ZUcFRdz3HWsCPPbAWbBhlo_IELZzcjSeOqypy8ljojzbGINjuJkd8BAyV3Ko/s1600/DSC_0483.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ58BTWZ8NggEDytcKYottf1ULV80aXgEkcdAjp8vyITVG4pSUH80CHyVeddYDtfSSeTqKYz_kYvBK4U6ZUcFRdz3HWsCPPbAWbBhlo_IELZzcjSeOqypy8ljojzbGINjuJkd8BAyV3Ko/s320/DSC_0483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584788389117230322" border="0" /></a>Cian is a very alert baby. He spends a few hours each day staring at us and looking at the lights or the little hanging toys on his swing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGxP6VVBcyJVj-4VwoVGuMxdprznBjTjvDP345Rb4GRNlUtvn4YLqhwLlig_woeO1y_5uFpsJHTTAN4OEiozfBrL4vvXSCgcT7-2osPmNPnDEW6Ix9ihN5V2xTeXhqk8og0jnSlSRov8/s1600/DSC_0492.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGxP6VVBcyJVj-4VwoVGuMxdprznBjTjvDP345Rb4GRNlUtvn4YLqhwLlig_woeO1y_5uFpsJHTTAN4OEiozfBrL4vvXSCgcT7-2osPmNPnDEW6Ix9ihN5V2xTeXhqk8og0jnSlSRov8/s320/DSC_0492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584788385998632562" border="0" /></a>Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-56135686189202488142011-03-09T13:24:00.000-08:002011-03-11T01:37:08.303-08:00When Liam met Cian...Since I had such a short stay in hospital this time, Liam didn't come down to visit. Instead, Oliver took Liam to his Granny's house and we had our first meeting there. Here's Liam meeting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cian</span> for the first time and letting him hold his favourite bear, blanket bear...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzt1hi0AVfVRsxQzpMztvEdL9Is5b9OomvlWtg7tciVkvhBUsVXGLq8RmuRVs_wh37hUo-DcAK9RH8286659KvzgSFmBAL1T2SmS-chTuoWV8ZxXm0tL0h9TnRfEFn0qzfaWjaXi4LZI/s1600/DSC_0402.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzt1hi0AVfVRsxQzpMztvEdL9Is5b9OomvlWtg7tciVkvhBUsVXGLq8RmuRVs_wh37hUo-DcAK9RH8286659KvzgSFmBAL1T2SmS-chTuoWV8ZxXm0tL0h9TnRfEFn0qzfaWjaXi4LZI/s320/DSC_0402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582749906534321442" border="0" /></a>Going in for a kiss...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT5I-aYCmZi7a39yQjK6pJIdZ_5CHxStGjEJjelyNrT9U8WjqAdJiJIdVH9m1LGthOTjlyfpD_254wMyI73hwt22XncFPniZk-qhSeJuDdA_fgbRxIqFtExqredBmPFdA_XRH48ASoGw/s1600/DSC_0404.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT5I-aYCmZi7a39yQjK6pJIdZ_5CHxStGjEJjelyNrT9U8WjqAdJiJIdVH9m1LGthOTjlyfpD_254wMyI73hwt22XncFPniZk-qhSeJuDdA_fgbRxIqFtExqredBmPFdA_XRH48ASoGw/s320/DSC_0404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582749909341246466" border="0" /></a>Holding his 'wee hands'...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Gu0LwArFcxsifpzrf96qBr3LDdXqFyNv8y-5D5WKx0W7uYj9Qvb2Nhxl0DhnLYtJL9YIV5msXJXoiWdTo6sLaRGKg0FvmQS79Xz5MTWpZ-OUlCe5QFY9M5Dq7n5CZr3VFveGD3yHJI/s1600/DSC_0406.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Gu0LwArFcxsifpzrf96qBr3LDdXqFyNv8y-5D5WKx0W7uYj9Qvb2Nhxl0DhnLYtJL9YIV5msXJXoiWdTo6sLaRGKg0FvmQS79Xz5MTWpZ-OUlCe5QFY9M5Dq7n5CZr3VFveGD3yHJI/s320/DSC_0406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582749901269195794" border="0" /></a>Liam thinks his little brother is the best and is very gentle and loving with him. He's still a bit noisy and will jump on the sofa when Ollie or I are holding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cian</span> which winds up <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">disturbing</span> his little brother. He's acting out a bit at school and had an accident the other day- the first in months. I know this is all fairly normal and hopefully keeping his routine during the day (going to daycare, etc.) will help him get through the transition. It's really difficult to try and maintain patience when you are exhausted and just want a bit of quiet. Both Ollie and I have been guilty of shouting at Liam when he gets extra excited, acts out or is difficult. We're trying to use more reasoning at gentle voices to discipline him. I'm trying to get him involved in helping with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cian</span>. Hopefully this change becomes easier for him each day.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cian</span> got Liam a present for being such a great big brother... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">spiderman</span> costume and Liam loves it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsUuvJXDGI60NXk29BXyX89XtCj2pcK1fB4hgg7AjnIn4TJO7rVlNhB9bIq6l7x6lER1RTa36LesxrEhjkLwuFDA3DhJTNee2_rj13VOREldoTzMjw14n1KK2a9eHBKWrsbVwIEpuQsI/s1600/DSC_0408.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsUuvJXDGI60NXk29BXyX89XtCj2pcK1fB4hgg7AjnIn4TJO7rVlNhB9bIq6l7x6lER1RTa36LesxrEhjkLwuFDA3DhJTNee2_rj13VOREldoTzMjw14n1KK2a9eHBKWrsbVwIEpuQsI/s320/DSC_0408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582749895370753778" border="0" /></a>Liam is very keen to help out and hold his little brother. This is his first attempt at holding him. The novelty wore off quickly and he wanted to get up after a minute...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEYJXinIA71wG56jPs0ztV91EpRLkaEZIKUtVPeSnjCSJIDzG9fvYf00muSwnTTr9Hv98iIOBUVA_ghvQFbcV-8mY0mjiUAJLHmK-bVidZWPCPippK9ltgNnmHNyErMfa0A8GdIyhGF8/s1600/DSC_0412.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEYJXinIA71wG56jPs0ztV91EpRLkaEZIKUtVPeSnjCSJIDzG9fvYf00muSwnTTr9Hv98iIOBUVA_ghvQFbcV-8mY0mjiUAJLHmK-bVidZWPCPippK9ltgNnmHNyErMfa0A8GdIyhGF8/s320/DSC_0412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582749891172946290" border="0" /></a>More <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cian</span> pics to follow!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-33050749667128694482011-03-08T13:14:00.000-08:002011-03-08T13:48:46.390-08:00Welcome to the world Cian Dermot!Well this time around was so much different than the first time. ..<br /><br />I had my show on Wednesday afternoon (5 days overdue) and started feeling some contractions a couple of hours later. We decided to bring Liam down to Oliver's mom's house in the event that I went in the middle of the night or early the next morning. We stayed in Anne's house for a couple of hours where my contractions got more frequent for a while and then eased off. We left Liam at Anne's and headed back to the house where my contractions got a bit stronger and were about 5 minutes apart. We then decided to head down to the hospital where I had an examination by one of the midwives and she said I was in early labour and gave me a sweep to 'help me along'. She suggested we go home as labouring in familiar surroundings would likely be more comfortable.<br /><br />My contractions slowed to around 30 minutes apart, although they felt stronger. I didn't get any sleep with the anticipation and contractions. My waters broke around 5:30 and we headed down to the hospital around 6:30 as my contractions got closer- around 10 minutes apart. The same midwife <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">greeted</span> us at reception and did another examination. She said I was around 3<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cms</span> dilated, but didn't recommend staying to labour in hospital as my contractions were still too far apart. So we headed back to Anne's house where I got some breakfast and Ollie took Liam to daycare. Finally around 4pm, after returning to our house when my contractions became less frequent, we headed back to the hospital. Finally around 6:30pm my contractions were at 3 minutes apart and they brought me up to a delivery suite. I didn't mess about and asked for an epidural straight away. Wow, what a difference!! Whomever came up with that is a genius. The rest of my labour was so relaxed. I was just chatting away to the midwife and a 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> year medical student who was going to participate in the delivery. My contractions slowed a bit but they gave me <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">syntocinon</span> to help me along. I started feeling like I wanted to push around 11pm and little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cian</span> screamed his way into the world at 11:23- I only pushed for 13 minutes! I pushed for 1hr 35 with Liam. I won't say that wasn't painful because it was, but I think being so relaxed beforehand made it all a bit easier.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Cian</span> arrives...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcBwI9xN_aC9kldo_xlyh_yngzh71tV_yyDPKJgzLJKuwq9tMuf6MwYLv5c43GbHRcfXDzeUIhPj8SRYFkysdfFxTW1YvLGnfRBPkUZitH8zWHkjw38PbtLyO7-hliSFJxEXeWqzRMws/s1600/DSC_0395.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcBwI9xN_aC9kldo_xlyh_yngzh71tV_yyDPKJgzLJKuwq9tMuf6MwYLv5c43GbHRcfXDzeUIhPj8SRYFkysdfFxTW1YvLGnfRBPkUZitH8zWHkjw38PbtLyO7-hliSFJxEXeWqzRMws/s320/DSC_0395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581827856745231298" border="0" /></a>Smaller than Liam, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cian</span> was still above average at 56<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cms</span> (22 inches) and 9lbs, 0.5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ozs</span>. The first thing that I remember Ollie saying was, 'he looks just like Liam!'. And he is the image of his big brother.<br /><br />I was really worried about post<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">partum</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">hemorrhage</span>- like I had with Liam, but the shorter 'established labour' and pushing plus the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">syntocinon</span> helped my uterus to contract after delivering the placenta and I was fine. Also, no <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">stitches</span> required!Because I had the epidural, I had to keep a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">catheter</span> in over night and was immobile.<br /><br />Here we are after the fun... notice how exhausted I am and how bright and breezy Oliver is!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMc_CnJgYwm9nI-dxqR1gQSBZ-aQg5ngkmIDit72eaMFrvVYPY8hHQXdaXQOm9WKOki4sgeRx0JGG-h0iCLmSDZs-Ker4mvAVk6YLGPYNQCOJeejCVvp0vK9VFJaKMf-sU0qVixzqZ8Q/s1600/DSC_0396.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMc_CnJgYwm9nI-dxqR1gQSBZ-aQg5ngkmIDit72eaMFrvVYPY8hHQXdaXQOm9WKOki4sgeRx0JGG-h0iCLmSDZs-Ker4mvAVk6YLGPYNQCOJeejCVvp0vK9VFJaKMf-sU0qVixzqZ8Q/s320/DSC_0396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581827866532152386" border="0" /></a>They have closed down <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Johnstone</span> house, the private section of the hospital, for refurbishment. So I was stuck on a shared ward- there were 3 other women in my bay. Over here they don't have nurseries but they do 'rooming in' so you have your baby with you at all times. I didn't sleep a wink that night hearing babies crying. So I wanted out of there as soon as possible. We were able to leave at 5:30pm that evening.<br /><br />Little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Cian</span> in his wee hospital bed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhxW3c03TB901szCe-iSAwIBMbV_bfAAHIQWdCWgsq9Ah72p4QZUveiAj9g-juJFxsji23my3Z-ekdSuu20jpgWG3krvuB1rJsk91N8RcVPeNCgUwgxaeSgunemXqO1alr40IJb55S5g/s1600/DSC_0398.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhxW3c03TB901szCe-iSAwIBMbV_bfAAHIQWdCWgsq9Ah72p4QZUveiAj9g-juJFxsji23my3Z-ekdSuu20jpgWG3krvuB1rJsk91N8RcVPeNCgUwgxaeSgunemXqO1alr40IJb55S5g/s320/DSC_0398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581827869035686626" border="0" /></a>More pictures in the next post...Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-13933728155151281282011-03-08T12:47:00.000-08:002011-03-08T13:14:18.510-08:00Bump pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ1o5quBjw0d_fhrRQx7gFI5jvsFAW5KU8q_8t0WiIdnrFXycZJpAyu6tA2aHc_xJEBUNPMxTs_qmDZCRqS3AvK0dPDwOLM4MuyRUhHOXRNxMJSY46tEuwJMTb03gPpBI6ncCWbUFPM8/s1600/DSC_0391.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></a>I realise this post is a bit redundant since the bump has arrived, but I thought I'd put them up anyway. <br />These are all around 40 weeks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ1o5quBjw0d_fhrRQx7gFI5jvsFAW5KU8q_8t0WiIdnrFXycZJpAyu6tA2aHc_xJEBUNPMxTs_qmDZCRqS3AvK0dPDwOLM4MuyRUhHOXRNxMJSY46tEuwJMTb03gPpBI6ncCWbUFPM8/s1600/DSC_0391.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ1o5quBjw0d_fhrRQx7gFI5jvsFAW5KU8q_8t0WiIdnrFXycZJpAyu6tA2aHc_xJEBUNPMxTs_qmDZCRqS3AvK0dPDwOLM4MuyRUhHOXRNxMJSY46tEuwJMTb03gPpBI6ncCWbUFPM8/s320/DSC_0391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581817213025467266" border="0" /></a>Apologies for this one that I took under poor light in the downstairs bathroom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sHfqDBxKUVixB-A8xsrLrGhrK6OBbXLrJ7P5wBhG_sronKUl4r7Dqs9_hyphenhyphenUSd9xep2DfEMd13ZOH5pY4mUhy4vvL62bXd3Kjkh6CIPr2Ry5k1ok02TQK2_YUCez6sTvuo2iUpTdUWb8/s1600/DSC_0390.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sHfqDBxKUVixB-A8xsrLrGhrK6OBbXLrJ7P5wBhG_sronKUl4r7Dqs9_hyphenhyphenUSd9xep2DfEMd13ZOH5pY4mUhy4vvL62bXd3Kjkh6CIPr2Ry5k1ok02TQK2_YUCez6sTvuo2iUpTdUWb8/s320/DSC_0390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581817209901501762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPk0v583vEQKMR0j7zxrKu5PU8GMvt9N8YfJxRicFyOTwgEpPj4CfETbeeGhXFFK7uIuNi0E4V4BeqUZ8OVadt4bShMWvo8VSZt-IHBPiKU0p9wWREBziaS3OmjbwQlzJgLqAzFMIEYY/s1600/DSC_0377.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPk0v583vEQKMR0j7zxrKu5PU8GMvt9N8YfJxRicFyOTwgEpPj4CfETbeeGhXFFK7uIuNi0E4V4BeqUZ8OVadt4bShMWvo8VSZt-IHBPiKU0p9wWREBziaS3OmjbwQlzJgLqAzFMIEYY/s320/DSC_0377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581817204561355522" border="0" /></a>All in all, this pregnancy was pretty easy. I was more tired, but that's to be expected with a toddler in tow. I did gain as much weight (around 30 lbs), but seemed to put in in my ass and thighs rather than my bump.<br />I didn't have as much heartburn and the baby spent a lot of time having hiccups in the last month or so. No cravings as such, although I did want onion rings during the first few weeks of my second trimester.<br />My checkups were all pretty good. My placenta was very low throughout the pregnancy so I had to have a scan every few weeks- my last was at 40 weeks and it had moved above the head of the baby so I was all clear for a natural birth.<br /><br />Next post is all about my labour and the birth... exciting!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-18364217791651846062011-02-17T01:36:00.000-08:002011-02-17T02:07:21.436-08:00W5 TripW5 (Who, What, When, Where and Why) is Belfast's interactive discovery museum. Catering for the under 12 crowd, it's all about play and touch and sound. We started off in the START area which is specifically for 3-8s. It was great. There's a musical instrument section- here's Liam making some big noise.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBeIm70msx1vl_NLQnqE9c4ovUrunbG3LZpwm3jLx6k1UuRP3Z9NBLQIl9rDIlNUOqIqRXogB2loS1NvvjRUDGUWIKz99vyYx3BZ3glPIpS8wN6nRdpLVcgzt8MENCJ82XRQplwuG_xc/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBeIm70msx1vl_NLQnqE9c4ovUrunbG3LZpwm3jLx6k1UuRP3Z9NBLQIl9rDIlNUOqIqRXogB2loS1NvvjRUDGUWIKz99vyYx3BZ3glPIpS8wN6nRdpLVcgzt8MENCJ82XRQplwuG_xc/s320/DSC_0352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574592493249034338" border="0" /></a>And in heaven- a huge train set.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjz3vjA33fa4gPHWKdQIzeIo3KWqwHKX5pHX1T8Wbbk-ow04v5VYGQ2OysDThFeLJdOz07J6HLLAPCaoIFTU5-qzkaW-20N8jqFvSeyUOSslCbmTqF9JBuYAzGpVYKXxDWjEr18EZXGE/s1600/DSC_0356.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjz3vjA33fa4gPHWKdQIzeIo3KWqwHKX5pHX1T8Wbbk-ow04v5VYGQ2OysDThFeLJdOz07J6HLLAPCaoIFTU5-qzkaW-20N8jqFvSeyUOSslCbmTqF9JBuYAzGpVYKXxDWjEr18EZXGE/s320/DSC_0356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574592488684328130" border="0" /></a>King of the castle...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3hrv6DiprK1H4NJUZmYsmMQBLmZ_zXOXnQ-lyhRU5Yk5KEYGXS_J66P_ek-ak_TBAkAHs6tPtnphdi30W96aqsv2QncfEfu9MWvqahBySbOVtwQYxPFNNGRRwbJe5iPzJsM0hknnMDw/s1600/DSC_0358.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3hrv6DiprK1H4NJUZmYsmMQBLmZ_zXOXnQ-lyhRU5Yk5KEYGXS_J66P_ek-ak_TBAkAHs6tPtnphdi30W96aqsv2QncfEfu9MWvqahBySbOVtwQYxPFNNGRRwbJe5iPzJsM0hknnMDw/s320/DSC_0358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574592484517057714" border="0" /></a>Driving his own mini- Liam would have loved to stay here all day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8S4lBMGeu_G0KVHfVWP-y5YkwV2Y18C8x4ZV3Q6YT9Cr1kq8_uoA9AVYDt42eWoon2S0Yd3Y2vKvID7OtzebkrU1NSPhC6JLMne223mY3BT-oKucmXUuDb5tcdRYZwpggG-gmCZRGV8/s1600/DSC_0359.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8S4lBMGeu_G0KVHfVWP-y5YkwV2Y18C8x4ZV3Q6YT9Cr1kq8_uoA9AVYDt42eWoon2S0Yd3Y2vKvID7OtzebkrU1NSPhC6JLMne223mY3BT-oKucmXUuDb5tcdRYZwpggG-gmCZRGV8/s320/DSC_0359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574591410514434146" border="0" /></a>Doing some fake shopping in Tesco...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs37oQvADxeq7QyWR_1fkCXJUfibFdv0m0Vva9WDWVxVUuh2qh2OLM3i7Ao8_N9EJY83IcWfYso-kK5YgnEjgP7Caj9fIzNuOmhHHLKX3Aab_IBUlgOcn9A2GbcAho4u-qfLs9ab4Olco/s1600/DSC_0365.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs37oQvADxeq7QyWR_1fkCXJUfibFdv0m0Vva9WDWVxVUuh2qh2OLM3i7Ao8_N9EJY83IcWfYso-kK5YgnEjgP7Caj9fIzNuOmhHHLKX3Aab_IBUlgOcn9A2GbcAho4u-qfLs9ab4Olco/s320/DSC_0365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574591409056575298" border="0" /></a>We went to the next area, Go, where Liam learned a little about physics and mechanics. He got such a kick out of this parachuting fish.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0gDjAeq_aZQMN4x8ylIN4abzbWriZp8fHe6uquiF2XqOeyRzGsdoBKWcAISMWX6fNqGhFTw9_6F-SL4nVGIGe-CX0YkBWeezI82s2A_si3tHeVYSfNeWV-tKqmMKDzt12-yCzZEnJ7Q/s1600/DSC_0368.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0gDjAeq_aZQMN4x8ylIN4abzbWriZp8fHe6uquiF2XqOeyRzGsdoBKWcAISMWX6fNqGhFTw9_6F-SL4nVGIGe-CX0YkBWeezI82s2A_si3tHeVYSfNeWV-tKqmMKDzt12-yCzZEnJ7Q/s320/DSC_0368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574591406537970034" border="0" /></a>W5 is in the Odyssey on the banks of the Lagan river. It had great views and you could see the construction happening in the Titanic Quarter (where the Titanic was built- they are regenerating the area with museums, office buildings, housing and restaurants).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65FFJ459i3lYpaJEsuDsnrJ-M0gYEO1oy0bFm3A7g5GGKzoX93hvQx74uslnIbyVp0KfQ5AVw5KH-1uGelPpqZlYExRK-rgqm7akxhCjZFL5ubPswUNonQkIU5lOySpy27PbDBVsyYPA/s1600/DSC_0371.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65FFJ459i3lYpaJEsuDsnrJ-M0gYEO1oy0bFm3A7g5GGKzoX93hvQx74uslnIbyVp0KfQ5AVw5KH-1uGelPpqZlYExRK-rgqm7akxhCjZFL5ubPswUNonQkIU5lOySpy27PbDBVsyYPA/s320/DSC_0371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574591403508210322" border="0" /></a>We had another action packed day and I was totally and completely exhausted at the end, but it was a lovely date with my little man.Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594479685944466298.post-61777223524762138932011-02-13T03:00:00.000-08:002011-02-17T01:36:07.894-08:00Museum tripLiam and I are having a few dates before baby arrives. We dropped over to the Ulster Museum last Wednesday to see the dinosaurs and paintings and explore Irish cultural heritage. It was a lovely day, but I was completely exhausted by the end. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW8oMwLHefOBc07_HwdDAjrTKLQAS1SZD00_YzMRt6meBK8CvUjWWcu2_xk1PPGBRIUGOJ4A1YB8XU1L34ZBKYSQsPdvqczPWh5Jy8CwohnhmB-QtbfRxcGPwc3JZNPuC8_leye36vu8/s1600/DSC_0337.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW8oMwLHefOBc07_HwdDAjrTKLQAS1SZD00_YzMRt6meBK8CvUjWWcu2_xk1PPGBRIUGOJ4A1YB8XU1L34ZBKYSQsPdvqczPWh5Jy8CwohnhmB-QtbfRxcGPwc3JZNPuC8_leye36vu8/s320/DSC_0337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573131654804784258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ0H70Nqx8l2Co4wsMw8VZFDap_IjWO5WWv2CNBogR_Imnn2oO4OKe4CSdRaHMvjCASr15dvLyR6YhmhHf5C5xUKhpcOYQvFmDK3gkDgFE-fizTnkrWLb7pGHgRVaTpVBXakDs2mNJws/s1600/DSC_0338.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ0H70Nqx8l2Co4wsMw8VZFDap_IjWO5WWv2CNBogR_Imnn2oO4OKe4CSdRaHMvjCASr15dvLyR6YhmhHf5C5xUKhpcOYQvFmDK3gkDgFE-fizTnkrWLb7pGHgRVaTpVBXakDs2mNJws/s320/DSC_0338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573130068155000498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SJd4KOk8AS4FBYTi84EGcKFvuZi803GVb8JLRV-yBzGR3tN8KrsOxWl_q4YmBVLq7vSnXmJ6dQlIB-JrWZZtnaMASsL6mP-EhFH7TWDfNUKOdyQeARFFjkVB35PaC4wmPsvBaM5c_8U/s1600/DSC_0345.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SJd4KOk8AS4FBYTi84EGcKFvuZi803GVb8JLRV-yBzGR3tN8KrsOxWl_q4YmBVLq7vSnXmJ6dQlIB-JrWZZtnaMASsL6mP-EhFH7TWDfNUKOdyQeARFFjkVB35PaC4wmPsvBaM5c_8U/s320/DSC_0345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573130065781114450" border="0" /></a>I had to put these ones in because they are cute... Liam wanted to look like his daddy so he's wearing a hand towel as a bath towel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g25rzlEWCRSMLP3rhyphenhyphenVst0G48Banq6n173wtcSQEo45HHAPfwoOhPDi_eMyF4yRoPxA_GkAaJKLOs-o9LzHymaV-Sa7r5zyRAMvabakePfa3zb3G4zx1o7psQGMPMpumbm9I3_tCIYY/s1600/DSC_0347.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g25rzlEWCRSMLP3rhyphenhyphenVst0G48Banq6n173wtcSQEo45HHAPfwoOhPDi_eMyF4yRoPxA_GkAaJKLOs-o9LzHymaV-Sa7r5zyRAMvabakePfa3zb3G4zx1o7psQGMPMpumbm9I3_tCIYY/s320/DSC_0347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573130061936134722" border="0" /></a>And modelling this new look...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_BrpjgPQjZmiSaE5AGfL1u3w68X9SBEPCQhG2Zjuc0Web5nfv_oDtfRODUU1O_qLkiTWVdl6vKxMrIDA8w1Bdq3X0uLfFH3bXEBYt_NuR9bUs_LjB4A_lO4cGPIZiyPJx6MvU3UM5XU/s1600/DSC_0348.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_BrpjgPQjZmiSaE5AGfL1u3w68X9SBEPCQhG2Zjuc0Web5nfv_oDtfRODUU1O_qLkiTWVdl6vKxMrIDA8w1Bdq3X0uLfFH3bXEBYt_NuR9bUs_LjB4A_lO4cGPIZiyPJx6MvU3UM5XU/s320/DSC_0348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573130057991916002" border="0" /></a>Next time we're heading to W5 (it's like a touch and feel museum).<br />Coming soon... some pictures of my big ol' bump and an update on this bambino.Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892230355550170324noreply@blogger.com1