swings and knitting

William was getting into the swing of things last weekend when we visited Martin and Ruth (and their new daughter Megan). Although, he does look a little concerned that his dad is going to leap off at the height of the swing... which he did!

I've helped establish a knitting group for East Oxford mums - here is what it looked like last week. It is great to be able to get advice from the more experienced knitters. And yes, we do actually get some knitting done! I think William likes it because all the other babies are girls...

Autumn sunshine

Today we are meant to be exchanging and completing on our new house.... but with half an hour to go before the end of the day, still no word from the solicitors. Hmmmmmm

William and I made good use of the morning, going for a walk past Christ Church College and stopping in the Botanical Gardens on the way home to breastfeed. Oxford is such a lovely place to live! And if I am quick, and balance him carefully, William can look like he is sitting up on the bench by the fountain ALL BY HIMSELF!

Warm and cosy

Well, Autumn is definitely here now. We've had a few very frosty mornings, but lovely clear blue skies which set off the colours on the trees beautifully. Michael and Catherine Soh sent this snuggly fleecy number to William and now it is just the thing for taking him out. I don't need to worry that he will be cold in this. This is William in it on its very first outing. His Grandma Angela has taken him out to get some fresh air so that I can have a moment to process some pics and perhaps send some emails (without distraction).

Tummy time!

I am so far behind in processing photos of William that I am going to make an executive decision to skip the last month of photos (for the minute) and just put some recent ones up - otherwise I'll never catch up and I'll never get around to putting more pics up here. So, here are some from the last week!

We've been pretty good this week at finding time to go upstairs and spend some time with William on his tummy. It helps to strengthen his arms, neck and back muscles, apparently. Anyway, he doesn't really like it, so we have to wait until he hasn't fed recently, is in a good mood and not too tired, then we pop upstairs and try to get 5 mins on his tummy. We usually only last 3-4 though. But we'll keep working on it. I hope it gets easier for him. These are some of the (rare) moments I've managed to catch him on his tummy and smiling!






The purple striped top is all organic cotton and a gift from Seb's mum, Sonja.