Zac is 1!

My little baby boy turned a whole year old yesterday! In some regards it feels like just the other day that I was leaving home in the early morning darkness to check into hospital so we could meet our precious new little baby, but on the other hand, it does sometimes feel like Zac has been in our lives for ages!  I suppose we have had many ups and downs with our precious little boy - the downs being hospital visits, compromised immune system and reflux to down-right bad sleeping habits (all of which are no fault of his own) and the ups being too many to list (but include his precious little smiles, giggles, infectious snuggles and kisses).

So unfortunately on Zac's special day, his daddy was in Hong Kong on business so it was just Zac, Lily and myself in the very early hours of the morning.  Yes, Zac loves waking up at exactly 5:40am these days *insert yawn*.  So we had our bottle and snuggled for a while and then he crawled over to his new remote controlled car and had a little play in it.  He doesn't like it when it moves so he just plays happily in the seat pushing all the buttons.

We didn't get up to anything too exciting on his special day as it fell on a Friday which meant doing the normal school runs with Lily and fitting in Zac's nap times.  And the worst thing was that Zac has Tonsillitis again so no-one could come around for tea in the afternoon as previously planned due to potentially infecting the other children.  My folks did come around though so we all sang happy birthday with a little number 1 candle in a small little cupcake and Zac got to open his present from his grandparents - a little car wash and garage.

So another milestone has passed... My baby boy has graduated to a toddler and the time really has gone incredibly quickly.  As I always say, I want to push the pause button and injest the baby that he currently is... It seems to be going far too rapidly!  He has changed our lives considerably and we could never picture our world without him.  Zac, you have completed our little family and we love you more than you will ever know. Love you forever and every to infinity and back! xxx

Another little update

Yet again things have been quite busy and crazy in our little home.  It was recently school holidays and unfortunately we were all sick.  Lily had a bad bout of Tonsillitis and Croup, which we thankfully discovered quite early so she didn't suffer too much.  Zac continued with a fever and just being miserable - think it was definitely teething that was (and still is) bothering him as his top 2 teeth are just about through.  His little gums are extremely swollen and I can see the outline of his new toofies quite clearly.  His teething is affecting his sleep a little too at the moment poor baby.  And I had a bad case of flu, but as we all know, moms aren't allowed to be sick so I just put on my big girl panties and carried on with my daily tasks.

I have bitter-sweet feelings about my breastfeeding coming to an end...  I managed to feed Zac until he was just over 11 months old, the same age as Lily when she stopped nursing.  I am sad as it is the end of a bonding experience with my baby and the end of an era.  We don't think we will be having any more children so my breastfeeding duties are complete forever.  I love breastfeeding so it was quite sad to have the experience end.  On another note, I was happy to have my body back.  To be able to take medication should I need without worrying about the adverse effect it may have on my nursing baby, to be able to wear my normal bras again and to not worry about having to wip my boobs out, sometimes in "not so suitable" places.  So the end of an another era!

Lily is back at school and thriving.  She got such a brilliant little report from her first term - we are so incredibly proud.  Potty training is coming along well.  She now asks to go to the toilet 90% of the time and only makes a mistake every odd day.  She is even making number 2's in the toilet which I've heard takes a little longer, but she is doing exceptionally well.  Very proud (and relieved)!

Zac will be 1 next week... I can't quite believe that it was a year ago that I was preparing for his arrival and wondering how our lives were going to be with 2 precious little angels.  The time has literally flown!  Zac is just the happiest, cuddliest, most lovable little boy.  He loves giving kisses and snuggles much to my utter delight!  He is such a mommy's boy which I love - long may it last!

So all-in-all things are going well here in our little home with my precious little family xxx