Poor little fellas...

Welcome to emergency JM! Screamed yourself to sleep on the way back down from having your bits ultrasound'd. Visiting the hospital is a family tradition. How do you get a urine sample from an 11wk old you ask? 

Morning merry-go-round

One kid is out for a nappy change, a furkid takes his opportunity for some affection. Wilma is on strike, she does not like wet pavement for toilet in the morning. 

Little man before bed last night- almost three months old and still so tiny. He is starting to enjoy cuddles I think. Dad. 

Change table

Did we mention we didn't buy a change table yet? John is 11 weeks tomorrow and almost doesn't fit in the drawer anymore ;)

Swimming

First experience of the ocean on Sunday- sat John in the shallows and so came the tears, with Wilma trying to get in the act. John very handsome though in his first swimsuit courtesy of grandad.

Reading time

Starting to introduce books, especially at bed time. You love this free one from SA Health with simple pics in it. Plus it gives us the chance to fill in the 'gaps' with special notes about you. 

Blog writing

Been writing with dad. Lots to remember about when I arrived...

Before you came in to the world...

A big monkey, everyone had a punt on gender, what date and what weight you would arrive at. In the end, you refused to be hurried. Mum had induced labour for 23 hours, halting at 9cm for the last 5 hours, before you came out the highway (my way or the highway held true!).

We listened to your little heart for a couple of days before we met you (dad on less drugs than mum). The nurses all got in on the gambling act too, posting their guesses on a piece of paper towel on the wall. Midwives came, went, and arrived back at work again to learn that we were still there, with no baby John.

We did not have a name for you until a few hours after your birth. Many were surprised that we did not know your gender either. We settled on John Murphy, a link back to your Costar heritage, and it suited your old man look. We suspect that, already, John Costar is a proud Grandad.

Anyway, this has been written in February  2014, so that you were old enough to help type it up (to be honest though, you are a tricky monkey to work with and have kept us busy and in  awe the last couple of months. They have gone very quickly and you are growing just the same.

All our love, mum and dad.

 Where is the anaesthetist? Did you page him?

 John chose the highway...

 Its a boy!

 First cuddle with mum.

 First cuddle with Dad.

 'Baby' murphy (not BO)

 In recovery, we decide on John.

 A real scrunched up face. Stuck in mum's pelvis for the better part of 23 hours. Conehead.

 Meet Grandad Barry.

 and Nana J.

 Early days, drugs starting to wear of slowly. This is about as much as Mum can lift.

 Nana and Opa do not drive anymore. They drove to the hospital, and got a ticket.

 So tiny. They put two name tags on, on mums request.

 The hospital food for the patients was amazing, however the food in he cafeteria tasted like onion powder. No matter what the dish. Mmmm onion.

A good photo with  Nanna Trudes. Trudes does not like cameras. 

Uncle Ryan and Auntie Franki. 

 John with Opa. Very lucky to be able to hang out with Opa.

 With Nana too.

Christmas with your Belgian family, Eoh and Evi. 

All they wanted for Christmas- Nanna and Pop Murphy with their second great grandson. 

BBQ

BBQ at bugs lane with mum and the neighbours. John was on his best behaviour until the 'witching hour' kicked in but napping now in the car. Cool weather so he is all rugged up in his sausage dog blanket- very sweet. 

Daddy day care

John and dad hanging out today with me in for a day surgery procedure. Looks like all went well, both happy if not a bit tired- I don't think much napping occurred.

Luckiest girl in the world to have this gorgeous family pick me up and buy me taro duck to assist with recovery x

10 weeks

The cheekiest cutest smiley monkey is 10 weeks old. Addicted to these smiles. They make you feel like the most special person in the world. On the flip side the tears are heartbreaking!

Feel like dancing

Having a little groove with my man, he is trying to copy my hands moving. Such a cutie!

Pudg

Travs nickname for the lil guy is pudg (podg?) and he was looking very pudg-esque this evening.

Busy day, Nanna and Opa visited with mum and they all got a few smiles. Attempted our first real bath today too, which was initially met with screaming but then not too bad. We will work on it !

Lunch at ikea

IPicked up a bookcase and some lunch at ikea today. Lots of good spots for john to eat. 

Little man cute in his jammies x

Valentines

Celebrated v-day at home with Carmine's delivered yum! Little man looking so grown up, finally cool enough to put him in a wonder suit with the crazy amount of rain today. At least he will wear it once before the 40 days are back.

To the movies!

A day out whilst the builders were at the house. John and I headed to the movies and managed a fairly relaxed session, except for the melted choctop once is finished feeding.

Bunnings

First outing of many I'm sure.

2 months

What a gorgeous little man at 2 months. We get super cute smiles and very sad faces. He can suck his 'thumb' (kind of his whole fist), has pretty good head control and will capture your gaze with his big blues.

Number threes

Just love a number three. Specially at bed time and specially when it goes all over my clothing and the couch throw. Lots of washing to be done tomorrow.

The day had started off with super cute smiles.

This was at 4am though as, perhaps due to it being a wonder week, the lil man has stopped sleeping right through. 

First date

Our first outing sans John to see TheWolf of Wall Street. John was looked after by granny and super well behaved, not like tonight... 

Ahh, he's even cute when screaming :)

8 weeks young

Ventured to west lakes today, just me and the lil man. Made it without any issues. Mike came over for corned beef and ice cream from the deli. Lots of cuddles still required in the afternoon- forced rest time. 

Bath time

Having a 'bath' on the sheepskin. Fun as a family, Mando interested too. 

Loving my family

Using a hair dryer to dry johns sleep suit at 11pm, now suited up and happy...

And squeezing in next to hubby who's been enjoying spreading out (I missed taking a piccie when he was actually on my pillow :)...

I love you boys xx

Thumb not nose!

When the little man is hungry he goes for the nose!