no day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap ~Carrie Snow.

You slept well last night time for the first time in a long time Mr HK - and next time you decide not to sleep for a while and turn into cranky baby - MK and DK need to try and remember that our smily little guy is just one good sleep away.  I'm glad you're back.

week 22

This week you cried A LOT little man.  You had your DK and I up five or six times a night every night- we are so exhausted everything hurts :-(  Last night I caved in and let you sleep in our bed - not very restful for DK and MK but you certainly slept better and that made for a much happier HK today.  You made the most of your good mood to enjoy a visit from your Great Grandma Val (above) and a good play in the bath (below).  

This week you also shocked your DK and I by feeding yourself your own bottle!  You have only had maybe 10 bottle feeds in your whole life and none in the last month or more.  But when you saw that bottle - whhhaa - you knew exactly what it was and you wanted it NOW.  You then proceeded to happily feed yourself - no parental assistance required thank you very much!

That reminded DK and I not to worry about the crying and the sleepless nights as you are growing and learning so fast that before we know it you'll be leaving home to go to uni and we'll be missing all your noise and the eventful evenings.

truth

Mr HK - you are in a very cute stage at the moment where you like to copy everything I do: I smile - you smile; I blow a raspberry - you blow a raspberry; I say “goo” - you say “goo” – this goes on all day and it really is seriously sweet.  

But now I know that this will come a shock - but not everything MK says is always literally technically true - for example - when I say "I'm gonna eat your toes nom nom nom" it does not mean that you should try to too.

wordy

Mr HK - as you were napping today I was doing some cleaning.  Getting frustrated with the baked on blaa that would not come off the oven tray I thought to myself "you know what they say in the classics" called it done and moved on.

I don't know whether its something that all couples do, or if it's because we were so young when we got together but DK and I often speak in code.  Or maybe we're just wordy folk.  There are so many words and phrases that we use that have particular meanings and histories to us.

It occurred to me that theses codes will become your language - that you will know no different so we had better explain them to you before sending you out into the world - because HK no one will know what you mean when you say "you know what they say in the classics" - no one except your DK and me.

evil

Mr HK, meet the previous baby, AKA Evil Beagle, AKA Belle. Keen eyesight, nose like a vacuum, could hear a pin drop in a crowded pub, there is no messing with this fur ball. Unless of course there are fireworks - or a thunder storm. Then it's scary as hell.

Nor is this the final member of the clan. No, stay tuned.