Life under a Pepper Tree

8am Sunday morning and I just don't have the heart to break his peaceful slumber.  Both hubby and I went into his room numerous times to see if he was waking but he was in the deepest sleep, snuggled on his little pillow with teddy under his arm.  Sweet dreams Dylan! A portrait of my son, once a week, every week in 2015 Joining in with Jodi and Project 52 . Bel

Wow! Another milestone just yesterday.  We decided it was time to finally take the side off Dylan's cot so he could sleep in a "big boy bed".  I know we thought about doing it months ago, and most of his little friends have been sleeping in converted cots or toddler beds for quite some time, but we just didn't feel the need to rush it.  After our successful sleeping on our little holiday a couple of weeks ago, I thought it might be time to sort it out.  We've been chatting about the changes to Dylan over the past week and yesterday afternoon we had some spare time and a flash of motivation.  Dylan jumped up and down on the bed as soon as the side was off, and he kept getting himself up and down, on and off the bed.  We let him play on it for a while but kept trying to reinforce that he would have to sleep on it last night, and no playing was allowed at bed time.  I kinda dreaded the sleep last night.  I imagined him falling out of...

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there for today!  We've had a quiet-ish day, with just a small lunch for hubby's parents.  Dylan wasn't feeling well and complained of a sore tummy.  He asked for medicine and wanted me to take his temperature.  We put him into bed for his nap and happily he awoke around 3 hours later feeling much better. This afternoon I grabbed the camera to attempt any kind of shot for today's post and Dylan just wanted to sit on me and look at the pictures on the camera - not to be in them!  I asked him to move away a bit and nooo... there was no way!  I told him I would cry, and proceeded to vocalize a great big howling pretend cry.  This was met with a great big belly laugh from Dylan.  Eyes closed, mouth open laughter.  We are clearly having a silly Sunday afternoon!      A portrait of my son, once a week, every week in 2015  Joining in with Jodi and Project 52. ...

On our little beach holiday last week I decided I wanted to try recreating a photo we took when we were last there.  We took Dylan on his very first trip away when he was about 8 months old, not knowing how he'd fare, but hoping for the best.  Looking back I don't think it was too bad really, but hindsight is a wonderful thing! I just can't believe the difference 2 years makes!  August 2013 August 2015 I'd love to keep this going in 2 years time.  Fingers crossed we get the opportunity to do it all over again! Bel

We're back from our little beach holiday!  And I'm blaming my relaxed state on getting this post up 4 days late. We really had a great time away.  It kinda felt like the first holiday where I get an inkling of what holidays will be like in the future.  We had our last proper holiday in October last year, and compared to then, he was practically a baby and now he's a big boy!  Dylan was just so easy to deal with, other than the impossibly slow meal times.  He was an absolute dream in the long car ride, either snoozing, chatting, playing or just watching the scenery go by.  He loved exploring around the venue that we stayed at, but was also content to sit inside quietly, playing with his toys or watching some tv.  I was most dreading how he'd go sleeping, but it turned into a non-event.  He was excited to sleep on the mattress provided for him both afternoon nap times and during the night.  One night he wanted to have the ...