Post Christmas catch up

Yes...been slack! But with all the Christmas excitement and all.......

So this is what you have missed:

Grayson had a fun Christmas and probably got too many presents but at his age all he was really interested in was his milk. He does seem to like his rings (see photo on Flickr) which were probably the cheapest present....always the way.

He had his first shower and seemed to like it...or at least not hate it as he didn't cry! He is getting a bit big for his baby bath and it certainly is easier in the shower.....just so long as you have a good grip on him as soapy babies are slippery little suckers!

Les and myself took Grayson on his first Bunnings trip (also photo on Flickr) for a bit of male bonding. We were trying to teach him that there is always something you need from Bunnings and for any future father's day present a Bunnings gift voucher never goes astray.

Last night was his first "Beers of the World" party at Greg, Cheryl and Felix's place. Once again he was on his best behaviour and it had nothing to do with the home brew that was slipped into his bottle! (for any child welfare officers reading this blog..I was just kidding!) The best beer of the night went to an offering brought by Mick and Ailsa, a 14% beer from France (the world's most alcoholic lager apparently) that tasted more like a liqueur. The worst beer also was a Doyle offering which was a chestnut beer from Corsica. Sorry can't remember the names of them....must have had too much beer!

We are off to a NYE party tonight but can't see us lasting the distance (such smugs now).

So that should have just about caught you up on all the gossip.

Christmas Tree!

Christmas Tree
Originally uploaded by b boy.

In keeping with the Christmas theme of the blog at present I have included a photo of our tree. Each year we add a few more trinkets. This years additions were some small tin toys (a red wagon, rocking horse and a car). When Grayson will be old enough to contemplate such things, the tree will no doubt seem giantic from his perspective......but I think we will have to fence it off so he doesn't eat the ornaments!

Grayson with Santa!

Grayson with Santa
Originally uploaded by b boy.

We headed to DJ's to see Santa today. As you can see Grayson was SOOOOOO excited :) I think Mel was just pleased he didn't puke or poo on Father Christmas. A bit hard to explain brown stains on the white beard!!! If Grayson did ask Santa for something for Christmas I believe it was probably milk squishies.......his favourite!
This is a photo of a photo so doesn't have a very good resolution.

After escaping the clutches of the bearded one we dropped Mel at work and headed for the Jenkins'. Grayson and Felix had a good time playing. Felix was giving him little kisses on his cheek.......but I suspect it was all a ploy to get close enough so he could suck his nose! Very cute......or weird depending on your personal preferences :)

We have been lazy!

What can I say....no photo this post as I have been quite busy with work, study and the new skin cancer college. Between all that and looking after the little man, there hasn't been much time to do anything else. Hence it has been some time since the last post. Attempts to get Mel to write something has also ended in failure as she has been just as occupied (or so she says!).

So what's the latest......well quite a big development is that Grayson seems to be getting into a reasonable sleeping pattern. Most nights this week he has slept for between 8-10 hours at night with last night being the best. He went to sleep about 7.30pm after a feed and didn't demand any food or nappy changes until 5.30am! I hope it lasts. Even when I did decide to go in and see how he was going he was quietly lying in his cot with his eyes open just amusing himself by looking at the mobiles and anything else in his range of vision. Such a good little boy.

I think we are going to inflict Santa on him this Thursday by taking him to the Queens Plaza DJ's for some shopping and a photo with Santa. Should be fun. Hopefully there will be some more photos soon. I think there are some on the camera....now just have to get the energy to extract them.

Reindeer!

Reindeer!
Originally uploaded by b boy.

Well we survived the weekend away and managed to fit everything in the car/pod. Grayson didn't seem to mind sleeping in his travel cot and enjoyed all the attention from Great Grandma and Grandma.

Today Mel has gone off to work and left me with the baby! As you can see I got up to all sorts of mischief dressing the boy up like a reindeer while decorating the Christmas tree! It must be the style of the season as I notice that a certain Felix also had the reindeer ears inflicted on him too....

Sleep over!

We are off to Great Grandma's place today to stay the night. It will be Grayson's first night away from home (apart from in hospital of course). We will inevitably take too much stuff with us but it will be a learning experience. At least I will get to use the roof pod on the Beamer! (yes I know it's very not cool) We might even take Grayson down to the beach for his first swim.