Monday, August 8, 2011

The Sound of Happiness

Jakson is a very happy baby most mornings, it's very rare that he wakes up without a smile on his face.  One of his newest ways to express this happiness is by screeching...I had to share:


Another reason Jakson is feeling so happy this morning is that *I think* he's finally passed his 4 month sleep regression (fingers crossed!).  We've had 3 consecutive nights of pretty good sleep with last night being the best.  He went down for bed at 730 like a good boy and slept all the way through until 330 am.  He had a quick feed and then back down until 545 am.  Now, I don't know about you but for me that is still a wee bit too early to call it morning.  So, i didn't turn on any lights and kept him in his room for a quick feed and after about 10 minutes he was back down until 645.  Awesome!  So we are both bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning to start our week. 

It's also makes it much easier to be "bright eyed" after a good weekend with daddy.  On Saturday we went to Livvy's 1st birthday party which was a lot of fun.  Jakson was the youngest baby there so i was a wee bit worried about the crying and fussing around with so many people but by all accounts he was an angel!  He let a number of strangers hold him without a fuss and didn't cry much at all.  Here are a few photos from our visit to the Threadgolds for this momentous occasion:

Our only family photo!!  Thanks, Adele!

Jakson rides a pony for the 1st time.
Then on Sunday Rob let me sleep in and catch-up on some much needed zzzz's (especially after the last couple of weeks of sleep regression).  So I slept in and enjoyed a fairly lazy day while Rob exemplified the term 'daddy duty'.  Love him - best hubby ever!  Then we had a visit from Auntie Clare who watched Jakson for a while so that we could run to the store for some groceries.  This is how we found them when we returned home:

I love to cuddle with Auntie Clare!! xxx
My favourite part of this photo is the distinct difference in skin tones.  Auntie Clare has just returned from a lovely beach holiday in Portugal so she is a nice brown tone, while Boo's skin has yet to be exposed to the sun, so he's a lovely pale baby.  So sweet together :)  Love them both!!

2 comments:

Alison said...

When he is playing under his jungle gym, is that a British accent or an American one?

Kim and Rob OBrien said...

I think the screeching certainly resembles his mummys high pitched voice so i guess that makes it american? HA! Poor kid is gonna be so screwed up!