Welcome Alyce! You're not intruding at all.

Kel, I hope you got a better sleep last night. Seriously, it makes a WORLD of difference when you are well rested - as I'm sure we all know.

Kris, your Dylan sounds like quite the little adventurer! He actually sounds a lot like my brother. Mum tells me stories of what he was like as a kid and how our older brother used to have to tackle him and then sit on him so he would run away/onto the road/whereever! He used to hide in clothes racks at shops, climb everything he could find and was generally just a cheeky little bugger. If Dylan is like that, you sure will have your hands full!
Thanks for the tip on reading to him. He is obsessed with books and I've been known to read his favourite books 15 times a day for a week! Drives me nuts! I can actually read his favourite book to him without looking at the words now LOL. Has anybody seen the Todd Parr books? They're his favourite. Reading Makes You Feel Good is his absolute favourite - I know it word for word.

Mel, Ben had a bad reaction after ice-cream too. Just too much on his little tummy I think. Unfortunately though I've discovered he loves chocolate. He's only had it a couple of times, but now I can't even sneak any past him anymore - he seems to be able to smell it or something!
I think Ben tries to say a lot of words but they don't come out right. He does say all our names (g'parents and my sister and BIL as well) and calls their rabbit "Giggi" instead of Jesse so I guess he's trying. I'm just not a patient person! He doesn't seem interested in saying anything like "Milk", "eat', "drink" etc. You know, the words that would actually HELP! LOL

Us - we had a FANTASTIC night last night! Ben slept for 11 hours, meaning I got a wonderful 10 hours, broken only by my loo breaks. I tell ya, I feel like a new woman today I keep losing my breath though - I think i got it at this stage with Ben too.
My poor little boy is getting a cold though. He hasn't really had one before now, just the sniffles once, but he's finding it rather amusing. Making lovely (ie GROSS!) noises through his nose. I'm hoping it will be gone by the end of the weekend.

Have a fabulous day everybody