Shaking my Sillies Out

I love dancing!!!

More Swimming

At Nina's on the weekend...

Almost 5 months now...

We're gearing up to move into our new house this week so things are busy busy here in Singapore. The movers are coming tomorrow to pack everything up - except the beds - and Friday is the big day. Mike's got the day off work to supervise and Callum and I are off to Aunty Nina's for the day to keep out of the way.

Speaking of Aunty Nina .. we went round to the Griffiths' for a BBQ on the weekend and the Mummies Master Plan is working well ... Callum and Maia are soooo cute together. Not sure whether Maia is really that aware of Callum (apart from when he pulled her hair) but they held hands under the playgym .. must be love!

In other news, Julia and I are counting down the days till our trip to Phuket. I can't wait to introduce Callum to his Aunty, not long to go now! Julia's coming back here to visit for a week and then the day she leaves Callum's other Aunty arrives (with Tez, Caden and Elliot) for a couple of days in Singapore and then we're all off to Bali to meet up with Cam, Sam and Gus for a few days' rest (! huh!) and relaxation.

I've just put Callum down for his first nap of the day. This morning we are off to Mums & Babies yoga and this afternoon we'll be having a nice relax at home before the next couple of days' chaos.

Chatterbox

Water Baby

We took Callum for his first swim at Easter weekend. First in our pool at home on Saturday and then round to Sanjay and Rupa's place on Sunday afternoon. Callum loves the water! We knew he enjoyed bath time but were a little surprised the cooler pool water was such a hit. Now we've got to get as much swimming in as possible before we move next month...


Look at my cool swim nappy

This is pretty cool

No, really, I'm feeling a bit cool Daddy!

Family shot

Callum and Tom

Tom sharing with Callum ...

Callum really misses his buddy Tom now that he's moved to the UK with his Mum and Dad. OK, maybe Mummy just misses having Auntie Ali around for tea and biscuits ;) But we miss Tom and his cheeky grin too!

Maia Iris Boo Griffiths

Callum met a new friend this afternoon... wee Maia was born on Monday night, weighing 3.07kg. Isn't she adorable?!




Callum gets some cuddles from Uncle Giles

Callum's never been bigger than his friends before!

And one more of the real star of the afternoon ...

Worth her weight in gold ....

I left Callum at home with Elly yesterday morning so I could get the groceries done in peace. (I'm loving Fair Price Finest by the way!)

On my way home I sent Elly an SMS checking that all was well. She replied, "Callum's had a bath."

Huh?? Well, I had a pretty good guess at why. Here's what I missed out on while I was out shopping ....

Cutie Pie

Introducing ...

.. Ninny! Alex's wee grandson Asher can't say Lynnette so in Australia Mum is known as Ninny. Since she doesn't want to be known as Nana, Grandma or Granny, Mum has now decided that she will be Ninny to her grandkids. Cute!

Callum has had a great time getting to know Ninny. He had a rough few weeks in the lead up to Mum arriving and when she was first here. A few visits to the osteo and some diet changes for mummy later and Callum is a new baby! Possibly also coz he has suddenly gotten HUGE too? Who knows, but we'll take it, it's lovely having a happy, calm baby again.

Here's a few photos from the past few weeks (sorry we've been slack at posting!)

High Tea at the Fullerton on Thursday

Callum's new Babysitter - he loves it!


Satay Street dinner on Tuesday night

Getting to know each other when Mum first arrived in Feb.

Checking in

Been a bit frantic here recently. Callum has decided to celebrate being in positive numbers by flagging the lovely sleeping/eating routine he was in and spending lots of time crying because of wind or being overtired :S Lucky he's cute!

We're all hanging out for Mum and Alex's arrival this Saturday. Lots planned already, most importantly a HAIR CUT and eye brow shape for me. But also looking forward to showing them round Singapore and of course the big introduction to the First Grandchild ;)

Callum and I are off to a sleep management workshop this afternoon and if he's coping OK after that we'll head over to Chinatown to say hi to all his Aunties at Cayen (the lovely ladies who made my wedding dress and my maternity wardrobe which I never got to wear!).

We had Arndria visiting over the weekend so spent Sunday afternoon introducing her to dim sum and shopping in Singapore as well as the Thaipusam festival here in Little India. Was a very busy afternoon and quite eventful .. but you will have to wait for the full story - right now I have to get a wee boy ready for an outing!

Asleep after an afternoon out at Brotzeit..

Almost 8 weeks old ...

... on Sunday!

Happy Due Date Callum!!

February 3rd was sposed to be my expected due date. Someone should've told Callum that I suppose! I can't believe we have an 8 week old baby, I really thought I would still be in for the long haul at this point and willing to have him pulled out my nose. Good boy, Callum, for coming early and not making me wait.

I'll be taking Callum to the Well Baby clinic tomorrow for a weigh in and measure. Will be good to see how he's doing now that he is "meant" to be here. No more "minus" days/weeks, Callum finally has an adjusted age .. it was too weird saying "minus 2 weeks" before. Now he is just ZERO. Oh dear, that sounds a bit mean!

We've had a busy few days. A BBQ on Saturday night to celebrate Callum's due date. Callum was the star of the show and slept right through it of course. Actually, he did wake up screaming for a feed just before 8 o'clock. If any of the guys were getting ideas about settling down and having kids I'm sure that made them real excited about the prospect. Callum was his usual cute self the rest of the time though and slept really well that night.

On Sunday Callum and Mike had some Boy Time at home while I went out for brunch (they were invited too! But we thought Callum might need some down time at home for a change). It was so nice to get out and do something indulgent (rather than getting out to do the groceries) but I did miss Callum. Was nice to get home although I did feel pretty guilty as Callum had had a rubbish nap and Mike spent most of their Boy Time trying to settle Callum to sleep.

Looking forward to the first wave of visitors this weekend - Arndria is coming through Singapore with her mum and dad on their way to Thailand. Not staying here with us but it will be nice to see a friendly face from HOME and to be able to show Callum off :)

This morning we're having a quiet one at home, looking forward to a visit from Aunty Nina this afternoon. I think we're going to take it easy and watch a movie!

Here's Callum asleep in his sleeping bag yesterday (thanks Nina!)

Amazing..

What will Callum's kids look like I wonder ...

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Nursery tour Part II

Cute name train from Desiree!

The view from the bedroom door.

A nursery tour

Christmas pressie from Nan and Grandad Byrne

Wall stickers

Change table and cot. Callum doesn't sleep in here yet and the bedding won't be staying!

Another angle (not a very good pic though!)

You'll have to see this to believe it..

Too stupid for words. But a great laugh for Friday morning.

Read this Stuff article

Watch the video - it's hilarious!


Thanks for the link, Holly :)

Caught on Camera!

Just managed to get Callum rolling over on camera this morning...

Rolling rolling rolling ...

I took Callum for his Well Baby check this afternoon. He's gaining weight "nicely" and "looking good" according to the Health Visitor. Good to hear. After the big weigh in we were sitting having a chat with Callum on the floor and got to talking about how Callum is just so active and seems very strong. The health visitor lady noticed that Callum was holding his head up well and looking round whilst lying on his tummy. She warned me that we'd have to watch him carefully as he would be moving a lot, no leaving him on the bed or change table or anything ... and about 10 seconds after she said that.. Callum rolled over. No kidding, he rolled from front to back this afternoon at 7 weeks and 1 day - 6 days before his DUE DATE. So there's me, the health visitor, Leila and her Mother in Law all sitting there in shock and then wetting ourselves laughing. But at least I had witnesses ;)

AND he did it again before his bath tonight, so Mike has seen it too!

Postscprit: unfortunately the excitement must have gone to his head, coz Callum hasn't settled well AT ALL tonight, has probably managed an hour's sleep since 6pm. Ugh. Here's hoping the rest of the night improves! Tomorrow's another day huh ;)

Gong Hei Fat Choi!

Or Gong Xi Fa Cai as they say here in Singapore. Happy Chinese New Year!

Mike is on a week's holiday at the moment so we've had a busy, social weekend and have been watching plenty of the Australian Open too. Dinner at Sanjay and Rupa's on Saturday night which was loads of fun (as usual) despite Callum being too excited by the nighttime taxi ride and new surroundings to sleep. The upside was that after a quick feed at 11pm when we got home, Callum slept all the way till 4am then had another quick (!) feed and slept again till 7am! Made for a much more relaxed day for me yesterday with a bit more sleep under my belt.

Yesterday Mike and I took Callum to his first BBQ. He was a bit of a novelty as every other woman at the BBQ was pregnant with their first baby. Callum behaved sooo well, sleep soundly, looked cute, let me feed him (first time outside our house and wasn't too scary) and then slept some more. It's definitely easier taking him out during the day than at night - so far.

Got some more cute video clips today so watch this space!