All I want for Christmas ....

Duncan and I didn't realise that Alex was teething, he had been drooling for a long time and was a bit grumpy, but we thought that was just a combination of the travel, jetlag and cold that he and I had when we arrived in New Zealand.

But, we woke up on Boxing Day, and as Alex was chewing on Nana's finger, she realised that she could feel a tooth on Alex's bottom gum. We all rushed to look and could see a tiny bit of white. The next day a second tooth appeared.

This is a pretty bad picture, because it's out of focus, but you can see the teeth down the bottom.

Alex meets the family

Rue (Great Grandma)


Uncle Hamish


Grandpa


Grumpy


Aunty Megan


Nana


In the bath with Cousin Thomas

Dad's been teaching Alex how to be a Kiwi Bloke

Christmas Pictures

Here we are enjoying Christmas Day. Nana got Alex a Jolly Jumper which he loves. The funny thing is he was playing in the one that had been loaned to us, when we opened his present!!


Of course it is possible that he loved the wrapping paper just as much!


All tuckered out


Cousin Thomas enjoying his Christmas

Look how much I've grown!

Alex is really too big for the baby bath. We're going to have to start using the "big" bath which is a bit of a drag because it takes so long to fill.

Back in Holland

Hello and Happy New Year!! Well, we're back in Holland after having had a fantastic time in NZ. We spent most of the time just relaxing and visiting friends and family and showing off Alex of course! It was great.

The weather was great - nice and warm without being too hot. We went to the beach and had lots of BBQ's. Even though we tried to keep Alex out of the sun, he managed to get brown hands and cheeks.

Our big milestone for Alex was that he got two front teeth. One on Boxing Day and one the day after. He and I both had a terrible cold before Christmas, so that masked any teething issues that he might have had. It will be interesting to see how we get on next time.

Unfortunately we're now suffering from Jetlag. The first night wasn't too bad, but the last two have been pretty hellish. He's been going to sleep too early (around 5pm) and then waking at 2am thinking it's morning. Hopefully it will work its-self out before I have to go back to work next week.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

We're off to NZ tomorrow, so just wanted to say that there probably won't be many updates for a while (not that there have been recently anyway).

Alex has had a cold, so I'm hoping that his ears will be ok on the plane. Not much we can do now unfortunately!!

We had his last shots (until 11 months) yesterday and another weigh-in. He's now a whopping 7.525kg.

Merry Christmas to you all and see you in the New Year
C, D and A

Sint and Piet visited Alex!

Just hanging with Dad

New Sling Position

Now that Alex is sitting so well, we thought we'd try a new position. He looks soooooo cute when he falls asleep!