I just couldn’t help myself - had to show off my beautiful little boy. I can hardly believe he’ll be one in 2 months… where has the time gone??

He’s started saying Dada now, well… ish.

Still not quite crawling - why bother when your big bro will pass you everything? Although I can see he’s getting closer to doing it, he only needs to figure out how to stay up on his knees instead of pushing himself back, then he’s halfway there, right?

I’m pretty sure he’s getting frustrated by the fact he’s not that mobile yet - that frustration comes out as a Very Noisy Baby who screams, shrieks and shouts constantly. No wonder I look forward to 7pm so much - I swear my nerves are shot by the end of the day!

On top of this, Zack is being your typical 3 year old and pushing every boundary possible. I have to keep reminding myself to keep calm and not shout.

So, I seem to have two difficult children at the moment, not to mention J being at home too! *sigh*

At least there’s always something to do… right?

Catchy title huh? It’s so true though, I never can think of anything for titles, maybe I should just leave them blank…

So, I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all the kind messages you all left after my last, ever-so-slightly down in the dumps post from the weekend. I am going to make an appointment for the doctor’s, I will… I just, have been busy with, y’know, stuff. Ok, ok… first thing tomorrow I will give the counseller’s number a call, and make an appt with the doc. Need to get a prescription refilled again anyhoo…

What beautiful weather we’ve been having, and I’ve been a very naughty blogger and not taken enough photos… it’s kind of difficult to be photographing your toddler/some flowers/cat when your also holding a squirming 10 month old… Once he’s walking it’ll be easier. Or harder. I haven’t decided yet!

Speaking of a certain 10 month old… Max has started attempting to say ‘dada’, well… more like ‘dadadadadaga’… but still… he’s getting there! He LOVES being tickled, especially under his lil chin, and under his arms. He’s also finally managed to calm down in his bath enough to actually… ENJOY it a little… big achievement there, he would scream in terror the whole time he was in there previously. This time he at least stopped and looked around for the last 3/4 minutes!

Oooh, and he’s almost figured out how to get up on all fours now, although he does tend to end up moving backwards when he shuffles his back legs down again. Hmm, did that last sentence make sense? Oh well, I tried.

Aaaand… he’s *mostly* sleeping through the night now!!!!! Well, from a last feed at around 11pm-midnight until about 7-8am. Hell, I am NOT gonna complain one little bit… I’ll tell ya one thing though, I really should start going to bed earlier so I can have the same sort of amount of sleep. Instead of reading blogs, ya know?

Zack… well, he’s been, uh, well, he’s happy as larry when he’s outside, but as soon as he’s in he turns into a lil devil child to be honest. Wants attention ALL the time, takes Max’s toys away from him and smiles when he sees his lil bro cry as a result, and I have lost count of the amount of times I’ve put him in his room or (… omg call social services!!!) smacked him for kicking poor wee Rocky. Yes, my son thinks it’s great fun to terrorise the cat. At least the wee guy can go outside now to get away from Zack! I really do need to get his hair cut soon too. He starts nursery in 2 weeks and boy is he ready for it. So am I. Love him to pieces but it’ll do us both some good to have a break from each other each day.

I’m kinda freaking about the whole job situation (or lack of) we’ve got going on at the moment, I really am unsure of what to do. I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and figure it out, huh?

Well, that’s what’s been going on with us, or the boys at least!

Oooh ooh ooh and guess what? Karen over at 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires gave me an award!! Ok, ok… so it was almost a month ago - I’m sorry to say I seemed to lose you in my feeder for a while Karen, so I only just noticed this today! Bad Marylin!

I’m officially a Must See blog!

So now comes a list of my must-see blogs, a top 10 of people I read every day without fail…

1. Veronica of Sleepless Nights.
2. Jenty of Jenty’s Ramblings (and don’t forget to check out her photoblog too!).
3. Tiff of Three Ring Circus.
4. Kelley of Magneto Bold Too.
5. Sandy of Momisodes.
6. Ree of The Hotfessional.
7. TJ from Temerity-Jane.
8. Laura of Synchronization of Us.
9. Kim from Frog Ponds Rock.
10. Laura from Oraeley.
11. and sneaking in Rebecca from Ramblings by Reba as an extra.

About the Must See Blog award: This award was created for blogs that cannot be missed. Whether you secretly lurk, always comment, or frequently check in to see what’s new, these are blogs that must be tuned into regularly.
How to pass it on: Pick 10 blogs that you can’t help but visit often. The ones you consider a “Must See Blog.” Announce the winners on your blog with links to the recipients as well as who originally gave you the award.

Hmm… I think I had been going to make a page for any badges that were passed onto me… must get around to doing that at some point. Now however, it’s time for me to get some sleep.

For more Weekly Winners stop by Sarcastic Mom!

Thoughtful boy. I love his deep blue eyes here! Not photoshoped at all!

The Do. Nuff said!

Zack got stickered! You shoulda seen what he did to me!

A random weed in the garden - not a clue what it is, but Max likes to eat them!

Who knew Yoshi’s came potty trained??

If you like these, head on over to Sarcastic Mom to find more Weekly Winners!

Edit: Adding my favourite picture of the week in here, even though I was showing it off earlier:

Once a small, tiny
bundle, all you did was sleep
eat and cry - a lot.

Not so anymore!
Ok, so you still sleep, and
eat, and cry, a lot…

but where there was just
“a newborn”, now there’s a boy
who smiles, and giggles.

A little dude who’s
personality is oh
so different.

Different from your
brother. He was born blonde,
you were born so dark.

To say that is how
different you are today
puts it mildly!

The curls - OH those curls!
We’ve taken to calling you
Curly Top - it fits.

You’re such a grumpy
lil man. If you’re not happy
then my goodness

you let everyone
know!! Screams and squeals and shrieking
are your favourites!

Happy nine months my
cute lil guy! Time passes so
quickly. Gone too soon.