May, 2009

Byron learned a great new skill in May...

So we took off the side. He has half a bed! He hasn't rolled off yet, but there is another long pillow on the floor in case he does Ü He still sleeps all over the place.

There are also new childproof doorhandles (great idea, Kelly) after the night where we had to put him back in bed about 10 times between 3 and 4am. Now he has to knock on his door to get out :D

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Here's an early present from Grandma and Grandpa. He loves the whiteboard side the best.

This month, on the 17th, he turned TWO!

Unbelievable.

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Here are some little Byron Comments for May:

"I want a drink, Mummy... of coffee!"

"I want to see Daddy in the shed making things." [getting on well with long sentences]

Puts a bendy ruler in his mouth and snaps like a croc.

[to Jasmine] "Got to be careful when you use oven. Bit hot."

[to me] "Stop being silly!" [presses 'button' on my shoulder] "Stop!"

"Jasmine" [no more cute "Jazzem". sob.]

"Look, Mummy! Green frog! Da-glumph went little green frog one day" [playschool song]

"Oooo! Look; all fluffy!" [checking out Daddy's underarms]

[told to apologize to Jas]: "Sorry, Jazzem, Sorry, Jazzem... (cuddle)... Nice cuddle. Thanks for nice cuddle, Jas-men. Don't cry. I won't hurt you any more."

[sees Suzanne walking over] "There's my neighbor, Mummy!"

[encouraging] "Oh, that's good digging, Jasmine!"

[inquiring] "How was school, Daddy?"

[generous] "Want some icecream, Jasmine?"

"I might go to the bakery. I love the bakery!"

"One monkey jumping on the bed; one fell off and bumped his head. Mummy called the doctor, the doctor said: [growly voice] 'No more monkeys jumping on the bed!'" Playschool song.

[crying] "You have to change my nappy! It's all pooey!" [Anything to escape time out!]

"Bless to us in Jesus' name, amen" [unprompted grace]

[to Jasmine] "Don't you break my chainsaw; you'll get bzzzzzed, you will!"

[Encouraged to answer "My name is Byron" when asked his name] "My name's 'ME', Mummy. I'm Me!" [technically June 1, but too cute to wait:]

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I like this one. No complaining, future-Byron, because it was almost the one where you were sitting on the pot staring at the Nappy-box TV.

April 2009

March, 2009

He can say a lot of words, and I've been keeping track of some of the entertaining comments he's come out with in the last month.

"Xylophone... watering can... look, Jazzem: Umbrella..." (reading the Wiggles ABC book to Jasmine)

"Love you, teddy. Love you, teddy. Mwah [kiss]"

"Number 1: first in line" (Wiggles song)

"Hello down there! Hello, girl!" (to Jasmine)

"Not yet, not yet, no no no" (reading "The Bike Lesson" to Jasmine)

"Maybe after Playschool watch Sportacus again?" (addicted to "Lazy Town")

"Zara! Zara! Come here!!" (wandering around the house trying to transport his friend over to visit with the power of his mind.)

"Hurry up, Mummy. I'm ready Now." (wanting some milk)

"NOT!" (his very quick response to Daddy's dinner time question: "Is it going to go in Byron's mouth, or not?")

"Somebody's playing music!" (listening to the magpies)

"Beep, mmmmmmmmm, beep, beep" (pretending to cook in his pretend microwave.)

"Music! Mmmmmmmmm" (pointing at the freezer Ü)

"It's cordial, Mummy" (when asked if he'd like some 'juice'.)

"Don't cut me, just get away" (talking to the scissors as he was using them to cut some wool)

"It was a very nice tea, Mummy. Thankyou, Mummy." (unprompted! He's having a polite phase, I think.)

"We go a liberry today?" (Daily question. Loves the library because there are climbing cushions)

hehehe. I'll have to keep writing them down.

February

Doing a bit of drawing

Doing a bit of "cooking"

Testing his 13 teeth on an apple

Climbing high enough to reach his books on the 4th shelf

Good old Library books

January 09

Testing out the buggy frame (he climbed in, of course. Then we talked about snakes!)

Why we keep a long pillow around the top of his cot.

It was a long day...

Chasing some sheep with a bottle of rice. The idea was to shake it and they would come to get oats. Now they come for oats if they SEE us. Ü

Faking sleep.

December. The end of 2008!

Sorry this is a bit late, but ...December!

Guess what he's doing here? hehe. (Hint: he has a baby sister.)

He likes to walk on the treadmill, and he can turn it on and press the buttons. (There is a safety key, which we hide, for obvious reasons.)

Those little chairs come in handy.

A trike for Christmas (though he actually spends more time fixing it with plastic tools than riding it!)

Funny how, of all the Christmas presents, the $2 plastic toy from the supermarket is the favorite!

The sandpit is great, too!

November

Yesterday, Dec 3, we found a half-cut molar! Silly mummy thought that teeth came in order, and a new tooth would be next to one he already has. Alas, no. But it explains the odd behavior the last 3 days... dribbling, grizzling in the night, not wanting to have his bottle, asking for bikkies and then spitting them out, grizzling and naughtiness from dawn to dusk... oh yeah, and extra early mornings!

This one is on the top left, and I think 2 teeth will fit between it and the four front ones he has. Plus, there are lumps where new molars are bound to pop out soon. Sigh. Poor little boy.

Wearing Daddy's hat

Knitting again... now trying the "with yarn" version

Too clever for his own good. Now he gets growled at more!

Self portrait. I didn't even realize he could reach the camera, let alone turn it on and snap his foot, until I saw the flash Ü

Next he puts his foot up onto the top, but decides it might be a bit risky... maybe when he's nineteen months old...