September 11, 2008
· Filed under Magnus Jordan
Our little toddler can be descibed as kind and gentle natured and just like a tornado!!! Magnus really is the sweetest boy, friendly with everyone, never phased by another child taking a toy off him and always happy to share, he will happily give you a bite of his last marshmellow. He is also incredibly busy never staying in one spot for long and charges around at the speed of a tornado!
The biggest developments in the last few months has been is awareness of where he is while travelling in the car and his speech. When we leave home and drive through Plimmerton and he points out familiar places:
“fluffy” – The Big Salami Cafe
“music” – the church where we go to Mainly Music
“train station”
“beach” – where we stop to look at the waves crashing onto the road
“Dr” – unfortunately a place we visit quite regulary
“Milk” – BP station where we buy his Milk
Magnus’s first string of words has to be “MUM MUM MORE MORE”! He is really good at repeating words that you get him to say and his vocab seems to expand every day. Little Mr. active runs around everywhere and likes to try to jump, managing to get a smidgen of air for the first time the other day! The favourite activities these days are going to the park and chipmunks. He also loves going to the pool with Dad and going down all the big slides…who knows what he will do for fun when he’s two!
Winter has proven to be a bit tough on his little immune system – he constantly has a runny nose and has had 2 ear infections, but is always in good spirits, despite being sick.
Time to go nap time is over – Bronson is waking and Magnus can hear him cryaing, he’s in bed saying “buba buba” 
Enjoy some fun snaps.
Magnus and his little brother at 2 weeks old
Painting is one of Magnus’ favourite activities, but it doesn’t happen very often because it’s a lot of mess for 3 minutes of fun! It was straight into the bath after this session!
Out for brunch with the family and enjoying his fluffy
Helping Grandfather blow out the candles
Another trip to Lindale to check out the new baby animals
September 10, 2008
· Filed under Bronson Alexander
Bronson is just over 2 months old and we must say it…is just the dream baby! He is Mr. Cruiser and just the happiest little boy.
At 8 weeks Bronson was 64cm and 6.83kg, so he looks like he’s about 4 months old and is wearing clothes that Magnus was wearing at around 4 or even 5 months!
He is Mr. chatter box and his favourite thing is to have a good old chat with us. I can’t believe how intently he looks at us and all the tones he uses in his cooing. He loves to have a good kick in the bath and purposely lifts his legs up high into the air before splashing them into the water. At 8.5 weeks he rolled from his back to his tummy which is rather impressive for a little bubs.
Bronson slept through the night for the first time at five and half weeks and is pretty consistent at going to bed around 10pm and waking between 6-8am, so how lucky are we! He is just so content, doesn’t fuss about anything at all and only tries to have a wee cry to tell me he’s hungry. He goes to bed with no fussing and loves to sleep in the car and the buggy, which makes outtings pretty easy, well as easy as it can be with a baby and a toddler running around!
We have had Robin staying with us for the last 3 weeks which has just been fabulous and she is thoroughly enjoying lots of cuddles with little Bronson, who has been on his best behaviour and has his Mama convinced he’s the perfect baby!
Bronson had his first airplane flight at just 6 weeks old as we flew up to Auckland for Keryn’s Grandfather’s funeral. Once again, he was a very good boy and it was nice for some of Keryn’s family to meet Bronson.
Check out the photos below. The general consensus is that Bronson is quite different to Magnus (but they have the same nose and lips) and the jury is still out as to whether he is more like me or Keryn, he doesn’t look a lot like either of us at the moment. His eyes are blue/grey/hazel (depending on the light) and his hair is continuing to grow at a great speed, and of course, he has some gorgeous chubby cheeks!
With Dad at the airport waiting to get on my first plane
Chatting away with Mum
My first Tractor ride at Lindale Farm, with Mama
