Just a Few..

..From when dad/Poppa left.

Day at the beach!

So we took Kai out to the beach, it has been a little too chilly to do it before now, so off we went. I took him down to the water, and put his feet in the waves, soaking myself in the process. He wasn't terribly sure of things and clung tightly to me. Towards the end he seemed to realize it was water and wanted down, thats when THE wave arrived and soaked me.. wet jeans are not fun!

We then headed up to the grass, for mama to dry out and for Kai to work on his crawling/walking skills. The little monster managed to crawl all around the blanket but refusing to go onto the prickly grass.

So I managed to get some photos of him he is busy getting impossible to photograph :D

 

He was watching some kids play here.

 

  

 Want to stand, but not quite confident enough.

 

  

  

Blowing spit bubbles.

 

  

Check the naughty face :D

 

  

Serious look

 

Giggling at nana

 

  

Check out my blue eyes :D

 

Travelling in style

 

  

The view :)

 

 Was an amazing day

The stats 

He is slowly getting passed 8.5kgs/18.7lbs

He is currently wearing 12-18 month clothes and some are too short already.

He is starting to get a proper baby belly, rounding out nicely.

He can walk about 4/5 steps by himself until he plops over

He has quite a few new words. Tata, blue, kai and no

When he does something naughty and you moan with him, he looks at you goes "Kai NO!" and then giggles.

He is finally starting to eat better.

He now waves at everyone, hello and goodbye.

Back..

From the land of photos and proofing, sorry I've been gone sooooo long, but things have been a little crazy.

So lets start off with the photos :)

Firstly, April, check out my skinny baby, lol I am trying my damndest to fatten him up, but looks like he is going to be tall and thin!!

May, I had to leave my baby in Pretoria with Nana, while I headed back to Cape Town for work. THIS is the face I left behind.

 

3 Generation :D

And then a few of my Grandfather.

Then onto June!! Look how big he has gotten.

 

He is now a real little boy, he plays hard and is mischievous and KNOWS when he is doing something he shouldn't. 

He has big blue eyes and blondish/reddish curls which flicks up in the front.

He hates having his hair dried, or getting dressed and will scream blue murder.

He has a temper, and gets angry quickly when things do not go his way, hehe full blown kicking and screaming and stomping of feet.

He does not like vegetables or meat, don't ask me what he is going to eat as he gets older. *prays its a phase*

He is busy busy busy, always on the go and is down to one nap a day.

Our newest word is Du.... meaning duck.. or anything else he wants.

It LOOKS like we might have teeth soon, but nothing definite yet. 

He took his first steps the night before mothers day, and since then he shows no interest. In true Kai Fashion he races ahead till he has done it once and then takes his time repeating it again. I am convinced he CAN walk, just chooses not to at this stage.

He is intelligent, scaringly so, which should not come as a big surprise considering his parents but for some reason it DID shock me.

Well thats it for now, Ill update with additional gems as I remember them.

Crawling and standing

Crawling

7 months old!!

So my "baby" is now 7 months old, I cannot believe how fast the time is flying, soon I'll be planning a first birthday. Part of me wants to keep him my baby, and the other part is just loving the stages he hits.

Anyways, here are the pictures

 

  

Then this is what happens when he gets bored, he chews on my very expensive gear.

 

THEN, Poppa decided to come see what we were doing, check his face light up.

 

Spotted him...

 

oh my oh my oh my..

 

then OF COURSE when I tried to get a smiling photo.. NADA!!

 

Black is the new IN thing! :D

 

A beanie that was knitted for mommy's newborn photos

And lastly, my new fav photo of Kai, check out his stunning blue eyes!!

 

And of course , chewing on mommy's props!

This months milestones...

He has finally started to EAT, before he would just nibble, he now EATS
He sings along to everything, and LOVES music
He will happily eat by himself, and happily shovel food into his mouth while trying to hold a conversation with everyone
 He now tries to get your attention by making a noise, then when you look/talk to him he starts jabbering away happily
He wants your attention, he wants to play and interact, he is not the type of child that you can ignore at all
He LOVES children  
He now stand up very steadily, and will stand only holding on with one hand and he is getting better at letting go and standing by himself
He also does this leap thing, where he just throws himself at you, knowing you'll catch him, complete trust
He loves the birds and the cats, even though he has a slight allergy to pookies hair he will sit and watch them, Baby has taken a liking to him and the two of them will "chat" she'll meow at him and he will jabber back
 He now says Mama, Ta, Hello, Hi and bye, there are a few others coming out, but not quite clearly
He also now gets very curious about you leaving when you say bye, he'll stretch his head out to see where youve gone

He is just under 8.5kgs now and getting REALLY tall and his hair is FINALLY starting to grow :D

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone, may your day be filled with blessings!!!

 

And then some pics from today!!

Easter fun!

 

And then I could not resist this sleep smiley face!!

Has he not just grown SOOO much, He looks like such a little boy here!

 

And our weight today, is 8.1kgs 

Pool Day

I bought a 2m pool during one of the extreme hot spells to put on the balcony, and as soon as I bought it, it turned cold. Believe it or not, in April which is supposed to be cold, I set it up. The heat the last few days have been a sticky type of heat, totally out of character for April. I also bought Kai this plane mushroom floating thing.

He had an absolute blast, his feet could just just touch the bottom of the pool and he zipped and pushed himself around the entire pool, giggling and screeching.

His 6 month check up put him at 7.8kgs and 72cm tall.

New things.
He has moved onto finger foods as he does not want to be fed
He is busy as all hell, never still
He loves peoples faces and will smile at everyone
If he falls asleep with Poppa he holds onto his beard
He now crawls properly and stands
He pulls himself up onto everything
He managed to stand unsupported for about 3 seconds and stood up by himself
He is very attached to me at the moment
He LOVES the water
Hates to have his face wiped and LOVES making a mess
He LOVES to sing, and will sing to himself at every opputunity
He loves to be sung and hummed to, and his night time lullabye is silent night hummed. (yes I know but it was 3 o clock in the morning when I started and silent night was the only thing I could remember)
He STILL has no teeth

and he is loved and adored by everyone :)

Proper PJ's and smiles

So this morning, after getting Kai up I decided to get some new pictures of him in his new PROPER pj's. He looks like SUCH a little boy all of a sudden, but still my gorgeous little baby.

Then we lost the clothes and kept snapping while we played.

 

PJ's

 

And aren't these nappies the cutest? he has now progressed to pullups

Sticky Baby

Sticky baby's need baths, so after Kai's breakfast, which had him covered in prunes. This was the result...

Moody Scotsman