One of our big worries was how Marcus would respond to another bips in the house. He's been absolutely fantastic. He refers to Oliver as 'our baby'. Here he is helping me to clean the buggy that he used to be in. Today he gave Oliver a couple of kisses. He calls himself big bips and Oliver little bips. He gets upset when he and I go out without Oliver and mum. And, as with any 3 year old, as long as we don't ignore him he is well behaved.
A big challenge is keeping him occupied and challenged - the yellow pages no longer cuts it. We used to be able to give it to him and he would happily read the page numbers up to 1,206 and then backwards again!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Talking to Angela and Paul
We're starting to introduce Oliver to more and more people. The other day it was Angela and Paul, and that was pretty easy thanks to Skype!
Dad and his boys
Something I'm very lucky about and very grateful for is that my employer, the Ministry of Education, allows me to take six weeks leave to be at home after Oliver's birth. This is about the length of time it will take Shelley to recover from the operation. My main focus is to keep Marcus busy. It's really enjoyable, but also REALLY tiring!
Oliver's birth-day
Oliver was born on 13 March. These are a couple of our favourite photos from the day - a nice close-up of oliver and Marcus meeting Oliver. One of Marcus' big fascinations with his little brother is how little everything is - in this photo he's asking about his little hands. It's really sweet.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
5 days old
Things are going well. Oliver and Shelley came home on Sunday and they're both doing well, although Shelley could do with a bit more sleep! Oliver is sleeping well and eating well and doing all the things he should. Marcus is coping really well with it all and I think is enjoying having me around!
Just realised I emailed and didn't post about his birth, so : vital details - born on Thursday 13th March via caesarean, 4.080 kgs (about 9lbs), at 9.33am. All went well - delivery was fantastic and maternity afterwards was stressful - they are really rushed and overworked with the baby boom that's underway.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Some changes
There will be some changes to the blog. As you can see, it's changed names. With the arrival of number two tomorrow, we wanted to broaden the site to cover news in general about what we're all doing. This will be less about Marcus and more about all of us. I'll probably also do some changes to the appearance and stuff. And (as I always say) I hope to put more posts up!
Anyway, off to bed. Hopefully I can sleep tonight - we're off to the hospital at 7am tomorrow for the arrival of number two bips. I'll explain a bips later...
Saturday, March 01, 2008
19 trains!
Marcus is pretty excited - he has 19 trains! We haven't set up the high chair for a little brother, we've set it up for him to play with his trains on!
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