Happy birthday Craigy

In the morning its Craigs 22nd birthday. I can guarentee when he was young, or even 2 years back, he didnt think that at 22 he would be a daddy. But he is, a wonderful one!! So i thought id dedicate a post to him, from me & master Rio :)

He's my rock. He does everything for Rio & for me for that matter. And im eternally greatful to him for giving me Rio and..well, just sticking by me..because lets face it, in todays day and age alot of lads dont! And if they do they do it half heartidy. And as my dad would say, anyone daft enough to stick by me anyway is..well, daft!

 Craig is like me, made for parenthood i think. He was worrid at first and wasnt sure about nappy changes etc. But the second he was born  he took to it like a duck out of water, he was a natural.

Watching him next to my hospital bed feeding Rio for the first time, the look in his eyes....even now i get tears in my eyes and butterflies in my belly thinking about it, it was perfect!! And the nappy change worry? Pshhh straight out the window..i think i was ready for him to go back to work after his two week paternity just so i got a go. He was meant to go back to his mums then too, but here he is 7/8 months later.

Even as i type he's shouting "mummy watch this, watch this".. such a proud daddy. 

Him: "Are you blogging about me feeding him his first choccy buttons?" ..Me: "do you want me too?". Him: "yeah"

Okay so right now Rio is chomping away on white buttons, and Craig finds it adorable the way he smacks his lips and opens his mouth for more. He does look pretty cute. Babbling away for more buttons.

"Can i give him a bath while you finish your blog?" ...sure Craigy you do that! :)

Appreciate this post. I'm currently typing keggy one handed, as being the clutz that i am, i've broke the bone off the side off my knuckle and awaiting to see if i need an op. The silly thing is i did it getting up to Rio,which i must of done a gazillion times in the past seven months. His sickyness (im pretending thats a word just go with me) in the last post turned into a two/three day bug so upon hearing him cough in his sleep i immediately thought, shit grab him he's frogging up, and collided sleepily (at the speed of ussain bolt,yes i've once again turned into ussain when he's sicking ;) )  with his cot. Craig thought me shouting "ive broke my finger,ive broke my finger" was hilarious until i noticed my knuckle had disappeared. Who can blame him, i must of told him ive broke my fingers/toes a hundred times before now.

I soldiered on though and went xmas shopping in Leeds after. I must admit though in Harvey Nichols and Victoria Quarters i did feel rather underdressed. We took previously well behaved Annalise with us and by-heck was she a terror!!

I saw the cola advert!! & the iceland adverts must of hypnotised me as i went in for a £1 pudding and came out with £70 worth of food. Rio sat in the normal trolley seat instead of a baby seat :) adorable!!

 

No cheese please!

Rio's sicky, pretty sure cheesey food doesnt agree with him. The smell of sick is vile, but cheesey sick? wowzers!! Inbetween he's still his cheeky little self though, so i cant complain.

We've gave in and got him a baby walker. Originally the health visitor did convince us to not get one as they can cause children to use the wrong muscles and end up having to have insoles etc later in life. But Rio is at that stage where he cant quite crawl, but wants to be up and about. So like a naughty parent i gave in and he absolutly loves it!! Jessie (our dog) doesnt though, Rio is obsessed with her so he follows her about like a little lost sheep. The way i see it is aslong as you dont just dump them in there and use it in moderation its fine.


 By doing this he has also learnt to clap. When he learnt to move it forward we clapped and said "clever boy" so now when we say clever boy he claps hiself. Its pretty adorable.

Weight wise, he's 16lb13oz and 70cm. 7months old & still in 3-6 month clothes..infact alot of them are still to big.

The coca-cola advert was on last night, i didnt watch it.. im going to try put it off abit longer as im not quite feeling the christmas spirit yet. Bah humbug. I did go christmas shopping to meadowhall the other day though but theres nothing jolly about christmas shopping with a pram! Hectic!

^^ "I'ma get you" ... "Noo, come back Jess Jess"

 

Happy halloween, pumpkin of the year.

Today is halloween. This time last year my Rio was in my belly.. looking at him now i think how the hell did i fit you in my tummy little man? Though of course i didnt give birth to a 16/17lb baby..youch that would be a..urm..miracle.

Obviously he wont be going trick or treating, though in all honesty i think if i pushed him round in a pumpkin outfit or something id have plenty of goodies to munch on but i wont. Instead he's just got a little halloween sleepsuit and bib and we will sit in the house handing out treats to all the other little monsters. Though i am warning you.. if anyone comes to my house dressed as a slutty schoolgirl i will be sending them away. Oohh when did i become so old so young. Haha.

Me and Craig had a pumpkin competition last night, we actually did..maybe theres some youngness in me there somewhere eh? I say he won, he says i did. We've both agreed our 3 year old neices can have the overall title. Lets call it pumpkin of the year shall we?

Annalises..obviously i did the knifing she did the scooping.

  Mine & Craigs

Roll over Rio

Rio has been babbling for soo long, but suddenly he has really found his voice. He's soooo loud and gobby haha!! He's also started staring and observing strangers/other babies. But the main update (which is abit late because i havent had an internet connection as my router decided to pack in - typical).. is that he can finally roll over and back again, when he wants to, which is normally at bedtime.. when he rolls back and forth giggling away to hiself..he's such a little crackpot but you cant help but laugh at him no matter how tired you are.

He's now on follow on milk and weaned onto everything he should be. His body needs to get used to it though... i actually was excited to change a full nappy after a week of struggling! Oooh the joys of motherhood.

May aswell include that i got asked for ID for a lucky dip today after horse riding too..dont you have to be 16 for those? i know im a short arse but im bloody 22 next.

The downside of parenthood

What a horrible blogpost title eh? Before this week i would of said "there is no downside of being a parent", me and Craig have never been ones to go out partying, yes sometimes for friends birthdays etc we let our hairdown but were the kind of couple that would prefer to have a natter over a nice meal. Older than our years and all that haha. So there wasnt any kind of 'downside'.

Then this week i got ill. Blergh.The downside to parenthood is that when your ill you've got to soldier on! Yes in between projectile vomitting you've got to soothe your little one and check that their okay, until, if your lucky enough, your OH comes to your rescue and takes over. Luckily for me mine did as my bug left me drained as i stuggle with my iron levels anyway, and with horrible stomach pain for days.

Today he is back at work, it cant be helped their short and we're losing out on money, which since its nearly christmas, jeez louise!! How did that happen? we need so it cant be helped.

Dont get me wrong im still a walking zombie but im putting on a brave smiley face to keep Rio-saurus entertained. Secretly id love to just lay in bed with a hot water bottle and crap daytime tv and snooze but that isnt going to happen. I've trudged on with colds before but Rio was the same so we got to be little nappy lazybums together but this bug malachy is a whole different story!!

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Do you say yum?

I used to think the word 'yum' was pointless, yes sometimes i say "oooh that was yummy" but who actually eats and says "yum"?

 Rio does!! He smacks his lips and goes "mm yum yum". Unless its apricot fromage, then he pulls a face and spits it right back at me. Secretly i dont mind though, as their my favourite and it means i get to eat them.. mwahaha.. but yeah, thanks son!!

I wish my nails grew as fast as his too, any mummies out there will know when they get to the pully hair nipping neck stage nail trimming all the time is a must.. because by eck does it come keen!