Enjoying "school"!

Hi All,

Well, last week started of with me having food poisening/ a stomach bug or something. I woke up on Sunday night being so ill that Wes had to feed Caden and look after him for the rest of the day. I went to the doctor and luckily got a drip which made me feel a whole lot better! Finally on Wednesday I went back to work, which was okay I guess. I'm definitely not use to sitting in one place in front of a desk anymore! Luckily time flew and I could go and get Caden. He really seems to enjoy staying with tannie Annetjie, he's always so peaceful when I go to get him. Yesterday his friend Anè was also there by them and the two of them slept the whole morning! When we got home I put him in his bumbo chair (compliments of ouma Rina) and had his mobile in front of him. He's starting to grab at things now, it's so cute. Hopefully he'll start holding on to them soon! Saturday night we went to Kevin and Darryl's 30th birthday party which was a 70's theme. We had so much fun and everybody really made an effort in dressing up! Will post some pics soon. Caden stayed at home with ouma Rina and was wide awake, chatting away when we got home. Thanx ouma for looking after him so well!
We had so many birthdays this month! Congratualtions to aunt Nettie for Sunday, hope you had a great day and got spoilt rotten! And happy birthday to aunt Lettie for today and to ouma grootjie for Thursday. May God bless this year for you and all the years to come! Well, I'm trying to find out what Wesley wants for his birthday which is coming up soon as well, but he just won't budge! Does anybody have any ideas???

Anyway, hope everyone's well and healthy and looking forward to summer!
Oh, just also have to say that Caden is in number 2 nappies now! We're so proud!

Have a great week!

Elriza

Happy Birthday Ohpaw!

Happy birthday ohpaw! We hope you had a fantastic day and that all your dreams come true this year! We love you very very much!

We had an action packed day yesterday! It started off with Ame's stork tea which went really well and she got so many great gifts! Caden was very well behaved and loving all the attention from the ladies! Then we went to Conrad and Megan's house and Caden got to meet little Deqlan, Samm and Mark for the first time. It was so much fun having Caden, Keaton and little Deqlan in the playroom, watching the bubbles that Samm was blowing and listening to the baby Einstein dvd's. Thanx guys for an awesome afternoon. Then we went to Crawdaddy's to celebrate ohpaw's birthday with unlce Martin, aunt Barbara, Michelle and Peter. It was so much fun! Thanx so much uncle Martin and aunt Barbara for inviting us!

Well, tomorrow is d-day! I'm going back to work and Caden's going to tannie Annetjie. I hope I'll manage the day without him!

Anyway, hope everybody had a great weekend and good luck with the rest of the week!

Lots of Love
Elriza

Hi All,

Wow, I can't believe how big our little warrior is getting. He officially grew out of all his prem clothes! And he's getting so interested in his rattles and toys!

His cold seems to have completely dissapeared and his nose is finally open! One of the doctors told me to put a couple of drops of breastmilk in his nose, which I thought was a bit disgusting at first, but she said it had anti-bacterial properties so I gave it a try. It worked within the first day! So now he can finally breathe again!

I also just wanna say bye to uncle Koevoet who left for Madagascar on Tuesday. Hope everything goes well and that you enjoy the new job! Wesley's friend Carl from the UK arrives here today, and we can't wait for him to meet little one. I'm sure Wes is gonna enjoy having him around! I had a wonderful two days now with my mom, aunt Elriza, aunt Lettie and Jolene. We were going to the shops buying things for Ame's twins (who have now been named Lerees and Amia) and coloured our hair and just pretended we were on holiday! It was so nice! Ame is still doing well and in her 29th week now, and the twins are just over kg each!

Other than that, we don't have a lot of news. We're really looking forward to the weekend. It's ohpaw's birthday and we're gonna go eat at Crawdaddy's with uncle Martin and aunt Barbara, who will also meet little Caden for the first time! Can't wait! Oh, and I decided to take today and tomorrow off, so now I'm only back at work on Monday!

Anyway, hope everybody has a great weekend!

Lots of Love

Elriza

First day at "school"

Hi All,

Well I'm glad to report that Caden's rash is gone and his cold seems to be going away. Unfortunetly Weasel now has a cold so he has to sleep in the spare bedroom which as you can think is not very nice!
On Saturday we had a very nice braai and Melanie and Ludwig came to see little one for the first time. We had so much food left over, so we ate all Sunday long! Loren also came to visit and Caden gave her a very nice smile (little flirt!). Sunday I had coffee with Megs, Keaton and Loren and it was so awesome seeing little Keaton and how he's grown! On Tuesday Ivan came around to see little one as well and I was spoiled with lunch and a whole bunch of pastries for dessert! Mmmm, thanx Ive! Yesterday I took him to Vista to see the people again and he gave one of his best smiles to the Unit Managers! We were so proud, (again, little flirt!). To add to all the chaos that hit us these past weeks (like the geyser breaking), our washing machine and our oven door broke! What is up with the planets? I really wish this bad spell will go away now cause it might end up being cheaper just buying a new home, hie-hie. Anyway, so last night I quickly went to ouma Rina to do our washing and little man was talking up a storm! Even had his ouma in tears! (Well done little man!). I then quickly went to Megs for coffee and to weigh the little man and can you believe it, he is a full 3.71kg! Fattiboomstix! Keaton and Caden also finally had a good look at eachother and just stared at this little stranger opposite them. It was very cute! I also just want to congratulate Dylan, one of weasel's friends in America who got married last weekend! Hope you guys have many great years to come! Today was definitely one of the most difficult days for me so far because I dropped Caden off at tannie Annetjie (anja's mom) who is going to be looking after him when I go back to work in two weeks. Wow, who knew it would be so difficult! I was in tears all the way back! But on the other hand I am so incredibly grateful that God sent her to us. There is no better place for Caden and I know he's just gonna love staying by her. I can't believe my maternity leave ends in two weeks! Time really has flown by! Caden is becoming such a little character. He even laughed out loud for the first time on Sunday. It was in his sleep, but I'm sure that counts!

Anyway, that's enough from us for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend and get lots of rest!

Love
Elriza