Lighting the way

I have to face facts, Alexander is now too big for his Moses Basket. I suspect he is waking himself up by bumping into the sides of the basket and he really is filling it now. That being said, I am dragging my heels about putting him in his own room. I love having him near me at night, not to mention the convenience of not having to walk down the corridor in the middle of the night when he wakes up. Nevertheless, I plan to make the 'big move' in the next couple of days.

Just in time for Alexander's move to his own room, I found the perfect lamp. It is just right for his sweet, traditional nursery and I love it! I am so going to miss my baby boy at night, but at least we will have a soft sweet light to share for sleepy bedtime cuddles.

Traditional Baby

I love this cooler weather because it means I can put Alexander in all his lovely hand-knits. He lives in babygros and hand-knitted cardigans at the moment. I tend to keep my babies in babygros for the first six months or so, only occasionally dressing them in outfits. Alex looked particularly adorable on the school run this morning in a matching blue hat and matinée coat, given to him by a friend. I love traditional baby clothes!

Long overdue!

We haven't quite had this book for ten years, but we do fear the alarms when we go to the library later. It's been lost in our playroom for months!

My Beautiful Boy

I can't get enough of this sweet face! Gorgeous, gorgeous boy!

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Meetings

Alexander meeting his Great Auntie Mary

Sunday was a day of meetings. Mark's Auntie Mary and Uncle Keith were visiting from Devon and staying with Mark's parents. They haven't met Alexander yet, so we drove over on Sunday to spend the day with them. It was so lovely to see them again and I am so glad that they got to see Alexander before he got any bigger.

On Sunday evening Mark's brother Ryan and his wife Carrie came round and we were finally able to meet our little two-week-old niece, Grace. Oh my goodness, she is just so tiny! Like a little doll! I was beyond thrilled to enjoy a lovely cuddle with baby Grace (you can't beat newborn cuddles!) Holding her took me right back to when Tom was a baby. He was premature and was a very tiny 4 lbs 6 oz when he was born. Quite a lot smaller than Alexander, who was a healthy 7 lbs 10 oz.

It was so funny seeing the two baby cousins side by side! There are only four months between Alexander and Grace, but what a difference in size! I am so pleased that Alexander will have a close in age cousin to play with and with Mark's other brother and his wife expecting twins next year, we will be welcoming more babies into the family soon When Greg and Kelly's twins are born we will have seven children between us, so future family gatherings are guaranteed to be fun!

My little man doesn't look quite so little next his tiny cousin Grace!

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A Joke is a Very Serious Thing

"I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks." - Winston Churchill

Mark and I were working in the garden at the weekend, so I popped Alexander into the Bumbo for the first time so he could be with us and see what we were doing. He looked so funny! My mother-in-law says he looks like a baby Winston Churchill in this photo and she is so right!
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Happiness is...

Is there anything more conducive to happiness than a walk in the late afternoon Autumn sunshine with my favourite people? If there is I haven't discovered it yet!

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