Only Two and a Half Weeks to Go

Hi Everyone,

So here we are with only two and a half weeks to go until baby boy two arrives!! Time is just flying by and my next post will probably be an introduction for our new arrival.

A lot has been happening in the last month and because of it, I'm ashamed to say that I'm not very ready for the baby to arrive yet, don't even have my bags packed!! Which I am planning to get done today sometime I hope. We have had a deck built in the garden in time for the summer, and we are in the process of landscaping the rest of the garden. It has made a huge difference to us and Ben loves playing outside on it. We have also had the whole house painted and it is wonderful to have some subtle colour in the house now... I am really happy with the transformation :) And to top it off we bought a new car - a Renault Grand Scenic... and so now I really feel a bit like a soccer mom... It's lovely to drive and the space is amazing. It's a seven seater - specially for when the family come to visit ;)

Ben is doing really well - I finally took him for his MMR on Monday and I flinched more than him when he got the injections. He didn't cry at all and was fabulous throughout. He is talking a lot more now and has quite a large vocabulary (Bob and I are trying to count it now and we would say in excess of 50/60 words)... The most popular at this stage being juice and cheese - two of the five food groups in case you didn't know. "Daddy" is also a big hit, with "Mommy" only being used when he wants something - I suppose I have to get used to that :)

He also has some concept now that there is a baby on the way, and will point to my tummy or his and say baby. The lucky little thing also gets a few kisses every now and then when he's in the mood :)... While I can't say that I'm not a little sad that his world is going to change completely soon, I am looking very forward to seeing how he adjusts to the new arrival. I am learning that Ben adapts particularly well in almost any situation - and I look forward to telling you all that he had no problem adjusting to his brothers arrival :)

Here are a few recent pictures to catch you up. We went to the botanical garden a few weekends ago and the kids were in their element chasing the squirrels. Hence the pic of Ben and Sammy looking up in the tree and the squirrel ran up...

Hope you are all well, and I'll post again soon