What a week.

This week has been a hard one. We've all succumbed to various illnesses, some of us more than once. Last week Oli and Marcus had colds. This week I got the cold quite badly and had to take a couple of days off work. By the time I got over it, I got a dose of some sort of food poisoning or stomach bug. It might have been related to Marcus' bout of vomiting on Tuesday/Wednesday - 8 times in 6 hours. He's been pretty lethargic the rest of the week, as am I!

On the up side, things are going well more generally. Oli is doing all he should although not sleeping as well as we'd like. Even Marcus slept a bit better at this age. But he's definitely growing, getting bigger every day. He watches his big brother intently. And Marcus is doing well. He really enjoys Playcentre and loves playing outdoors all the time. He doesn't like watching tv and would rather be outside throwing his trains around!

Marcus WoOdhead!

Marcus WoOdhead!,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

Last week we got Marcus some new letters. This pack of magnetic letters has lots of double ups which is great. He pulled them out today and proceeded to spell Marcus Woodhead (although he also enjoys spelling out sucram daehdoow and getting us to pronounce it).

He's also rediscovering lots of old books, which is great and he can read some of them, which helps distract him from us - sometimes.

Marcus and Ayesha

Marcus and Ayesha,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

Last weekend Ayesha came around (and her mum and dad). She was born about a week after Marcus so has always been part of his life. They spent a bit of time playing together, which was very cute. Her visit helped Marcus to rediscover his very noisy hammer toy.

Oli

Oli,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

Many people tell us they think Oli looks like Marcus. We disagree. Marcus looks very much like my (Karl's) side of the family and Oli looks very much like Shelley's side of the family. There's a number of things about them that are very similar - body shape, lack of sleepness, and nose.

And they're both very cute!

Marcus helps with the dishes

Marcus helps with the dishes,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

One of Marcus' favourite activities at Playcentre is washing the trains. One day at home he decided to wash the trains and at the same time do all the dishes on the bench! It's a good sign, but I think by the time he's able to actually do the dishes he won't want to.

Marcus and Oli

Marcus and Oli,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

When Oli is in his bouncer Marcus loves to go up and play with him and around him. He likes to point to Oli's "little feet" and "little hands" and "little nose" and "little ears"! He keeps asking when Oli can play with him.

Having a bath

Having a bath,
originally uploaded by KarlW.

We've been managing to bath Oliver in the laundry tub. However, he's now getting too big and he'll have to move to the baby bath we've got. At 10 weeks he is also now approaching being too big for his moses basket and will have to go into his cot. It's amazing how quickly this all passes - maybe the lack of sleep helps to make it go faster!