Say Cheese

I have some lovely shots from the weekend and so this is more about photo's than text today... But I must tell you, we've been trying to teach Ben to smile, and to do that we've told him to say "cheese" and so that is the reason for some of the manic looking smiles you're about to see :)... Here are the boys... As I'm the official family photographer, shots are always with daddy!

Daniel...

Okay, so those of you that are sensitive to over indulgent mothers who think that there children are beautiful and like to show them off at any given opportunity - invited or not - stop reading now! I want to dedicate just one entry entirely to Daniel, who is changing daily and who has already at seven weeks shrugged off his "newborness" and has become a lovely, chubby baby. He is still sleeping well and I'm delighted to say lights up when his brother is around (as long as he's not hungry, sleepy, windy or generally cranky)... So who lights up some of the time his brother is around :)... He is also BIG on eye contact... As long as someone is talking to him face to face he's a happy little chap. I am so enjoying him and like all my previous posts, am loving being a mother of two - somehow I feel my family is more complete now...

Mom left today, back to Dubai. I was very sorry to see her go, but knowing that we'll be there for Christmas is something to look forward to. It was wonderful having her over and having her here to get to know Daniel a little... The next time she sees him he'll be six months old!

Here are a few more photo's of the boy...

The August Bank Holiday

It's mom's last weekend here as she is flying back to Dubai on Thursday and finally we got to go out for a meal, albeit Saturday lunch... The weather was halfway decent, and there were people swimming in the sea - but there was no sun to be seen at all. We got a bit of an early start on Saturday and left home at 10:30 for the garden centre to buy the plants to finish off the garden (see pic below)... The women there was wonderful and spent about half an hour with us advising on the type of plants for our garden... When it came to choosing I felt like a winner of one of those shopping gameshows were you are allowed to run around throwing things into the trolley willy nilly... 3 of those, 5 of these and chuck those in too for good measure :). Finally though the garden is pulling together and we have a really nice space outside for the boys to play and for us to entertain - if summer ever comes this year!

The boys are doing well and both are now over the chicken pox, Ben has been sleeping in a "big boy bed" for four nights now and is doing very well with the transition. Daniel is wonderful, and is so smiley in the mornings which is his best time. We are really enjoying him... and he is so different to Ben, I feel he completes our family. I have yet to experience anything more special than when Ben interacts with him and Daniel beams his gummy wide smile at his brother...

Here are a few more pics of the boys....




Say "Cheese"


Enjoying the Sunshine