Just where have the last 8 months gone?

Oliver is 8 months old already and seems to have all of a sudden reached those milestones that indicate he is quickly moving away from being a baby and towards being a toddler.  He is commando crawling, usually in hot pursuit of Marcus's toys which Marcus promptly shifts away as soon as Oliver reaches them.  Any attempts to move on his hands and knees still result in him going backwards and getting stuck under the couch or in the very same corner of the lounge Marcus always got stuck in.  He is eating 3 meals a day and so far likes everything accept tomato.  Since Labour weekend he has been learning to sleep through the night without any comforting visits from Mum. It has taken a while and many, many cuddles from Dad during the wee small hours but he does seem to be getting the idea now.  He can sit up by himself for short periods and now has his bath in the big bath.  He has 8 teeth already and the constant dribble suggests the next few aren't far away. He is a very sociable wee guy and loves to laugh and be in the middle of the action.  He holds his own with Marcus, pulling his hair to let him know he is around and only very occasionally having to cry to catch Mum's attention when his big brother is not sharing the toys or playing too vigorously. 

Some more photos

It's been a couple of months since we've put some stuff up so we'll be busy over the next few days. First off is a photo of the boys from yesterday, playing in the lounge. Oli spends a lot of his time crawling slowly after Marcus' toys. By the time he gets to them Marcus realises what's going on and takes his toys away! But he always makes sure he puts one of Oli's toys in front of him so he has something to play with.



Here's Mum and son from last weekend.



Over Labour weekend Marcus and I did a lot of gardening. One of the things Marcus was really looking forward to was planting some sunflower seeds. Here we are on the deck planting the first of two pots with sunflower seeds. Hopefully they start to come through soon! And we're also wearing our new hats we bought for the summer.