[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] So far so good. Heather dropped off Jasper at about 9ish and hung around for half an hour to chat and make sure he settled, which he did pretty quickly. Tiny and Jasper played together mostly nicely, bar a few tantrums here and there coz Tiny wouldn’t do exactly what Jasper wanted or say things exactly as Jasper wanted them said and Jasper happened to have something Tiny decided that he wanted (mainly because he saw Jasper had it).

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] First day of having another child on boar tomorrow. Had Jasper and Will come round today, I anticpated a worst case scenario of lots of tantrums and fighting over toys and a best case scenario of everythibg meshing nicely. Guess which happened. The rest of the day sorted itself out with the kids playing happily.

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] What are you doing in there? The other day I got my first video call from JJ. I showed Tiny the phone and said “Hey Tiny, who’s that?” He replied “I donno, that’s Daddy!” I’m not sure why he starts responses like that. Then speaking to JJ’s image on the screen, “Daddy what are you doing in there?”

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] Seems like my luck is stabilising again. Yay! Maybe it was karma biting me in the arse for daring to work too hard on stuff that isn’t that important in the grand scheme of things, well not to me anyway. Yesterday I didn’t get quite get as much stuff done as I’d been planning on as Tiny randomly decided to have an early nap. Tha was fine, after he’d woken up we (finally!) ran Smidge’s conscientious objection form plus the two Famil Assistance Office forms in to the Medicare office in Freo. On the way home the 99 we were on terminated at the Murdoch PnR which meant we had to hang around for about ten minutes for the next one so we could go one more stop. The only reason I didn’t just walk it (would have taken about that long) was becaue of the construction work, I couldn’t see how to get out easily with the twin pram. The cranky bus driver on the terminating 99 thanked Tiny for “being good” when we got off which was a) sweet and b) slightly amusing considering Tiny had shrieked a couple of times on the bus due to being tired.

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] Both kids enjoyed plagroup today. Smidge has been properly crawling for three days now. It’s adorable watching her crawl as her arm movements are so jerky, and she gets this ever so adorable look of determination on her face when she sees something she wants. At playgroup she found a piano xylophone and was balancing on three limbs while hammering keys with one hand, and being amazed by the sounds she was making.

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] Today was a good day, even if the public transport was a bit of a malarky. Woke up in the morning, got myself and Tiny breakfast (weetbix with full cream milk, chopped strawberries and half a banana each) and switched the tv to ABC kids. Tiny had a minor tantrum when he found out JJ had gone to walk the dog without him, but quickly got over it when he noted it wasn’t getting much reaction from me and watched TV, not touching his breakfast.

[minor pseudonymising edits during Drupal to hugo migration for all the good that will do now] [imported from livejournal and backdated] I don’t think there is any sound in the world more beautiful than a baby or child’s laughter. JJ and I cart Tiny around with us everywhere we go (partly coz he’s breastfed, partly coz we wouldn’t have it any other way), and everywhere we go people are taken by his cuteness. He’s recognising people we see frequently, and will often shoot them the most adorable gummyshark smiles, thus reducing them to melted puddles.