Just popping in for my cuppa and a sit down LOL Marydean.

I have been insanely busy and is isn't going to stop anytime soon - always the way. Anyway, we're all fine, the lurgy demon has been banished, but I think Erin called him back because today she said she had a headache, so I gave her some panadol and sent her to school - if she does get worse she can always go to sick bay and they can call me, but I think it was just a culmination of yesterday - which was our local Agricultural Show, so we had a full day out on rides and bad food LOL.

Alister had a great time - we put him on a few of the baby rides with the kids and he loved it. We are seriously considering getting him a slippery dip for his birthday too because I was at the park with them on Monday (Lindsay had a birthday party to go to and we were filling in time) and I was putting him on the small slide and holding him as he went down, well it wasn't long before I could put him at the top of the slide and he would push off himself - all I had to do was put him there and then go to the bottom and catch him. Before we left he was climbing up there all by himself! he is just so more advanced than what the other kids were at that age - the girls were active and could climb a bit - but nothing like what Alister does the little monkey. I said to DH the other day that he's going to be the one that will really test us out LOL.

And we've go so many develpments happening with him too - he can now say No and shake his head, he knows who owns what belongings and will take it to them, or he will take stuff to the sink (he can't reach to put it in, but he stands there till I get it and put it in for him) and he walks backwards LOL. When I was ordering party supplies for his party the other day, the site had this tiny little barn with farm animals shape sorter for $10, so I got it for him, intending for it to be for his birthday, but I caved and gave it to him and he loves it and loves putting all the animals in the hole - they all go in the same hole LOL but he loves the concept of putting them in kwim?

Even though I've seen these milestones before with the others, it still isn't any less special you know? But it is so bittersweet because every day he is more and more like a little boy and less like a baby