Weighed Callum. 7 kilos and 63 cm, at not quite 10 weeks.

The child is a giant. He's not fat though, not at all, he's just BIG. I went into the parents room the other day and saw a samoan baby, he looked about the same size as my little bloke so I asked how old he was and the parents said "three months".

Holy shit, my kid is the same size as a three month old samoan baby, lmfao, they breed them big in samoa anyway!, lol.

I think he will plateau in a few weeks.

He's just lovely. He smiles all the time, he loves me singing, he smiles and coos. He talks alot, very chatty happy little fellow.

Okay, enough raving on about my baby, I have to go and knit while he is asleep.

Yeah, I know my blog kinda sucks at the moment. There is nothing much to write about. Everything is going great. Callum is beautiful, he's so lovely, I just love him to absolute bits and I am so glad we had him. I can't believe I took so long to be convinced to have another baby, I must have had rocks in my head!! I love having a baby in the house, he's SO gorgeous and little and he smells so nice and he's lovely and soft and fat and he smiles all the time. We all just love him and he fits right in. It's like he has always been here.

Motherhood the second time round is different than the first time round. Part of me thought it wouldn't be as good, you know, same old same old, but I think its great. Its not 'better', its just 'just as good, but different'. The newness of parenthood is replaced by the realisation that this baby is a whole different kettle of fish, in every way. The first time excitement is compensated with the lack of fraughtness, nothing's a problem, its aaaaall gooooood. Basically, everything that is missing is replaced with something just as good. Bar nothing. I am very happy.

In knitting news, the fishwife that runs the centre was there last week and I had to leave Callum in the creche. I was very unhappy about this and ended up making up some excuse to bring him into the room with me. I don't know what I am going to do about this. I love knitting group but I hate being away from my baby. There is a divider so I can't see the kids anymore. It was broken for ages, which was excellent, but they got it fixed. I went over there and the creche lady said he had been a bit unsettled so she had rocked him to sleep. hmm. She is a very nice lady, but I would prefer to rock my own baby to sleep. The irony is that when he is in the same room as me he just sleeps. When he can't hear my voice, he wakes up and needs to be resettled. Anyway. Annoying.

When we got home he was very unsettled for the rest of the day and didn't sleep well that night. None of which helped my motherguilt.

In other knitting news, I just have the hood to go on my Easter Show project. I still hate this project and if I have time I will probably knit something else. I have made the sleeves just the right length, which is just luck really since my model has to be bribed with chocolate to let me try things on him, he's such an ungrateful little shit!

Callum is pictured with 'Otto' (thanks again Donna!).

In my knitting news: I hate my Easter Show project. I have unpicked it four times today. I can't get it looking how I want it and I can't knit without interruptions because of my beautiful babies. Its supposed to be a picture of a dinosaur but I keep losing my place in the chart and then winging it and then it looks stupid so I have to start again.

Also, knitting group started back up again today. It was originally cancelled this term but its on again after all, yippee! Callum slept through the whole thing until just before the end when he woke up in time to be handed around and clucked and fussed over and told how beautiful and good he is. lol. The sounds of knitting group must be soothing for him, he would have heard it all through the pregnancy so he slept like a, um, baby!

I remembered something funny the other day. Someone was having a little cuddle of Callum and told Baden that they were going to take his baby brother home because he was just so cute. Baden quietly sidled up to me when the person wasn't looking and hissed "mum, get our baby back". I assured him that we WOULD be taking our baby home. I can't remember who the person was now, my memory is completely shot to shit, (hopefully not forever but who knows).

Callum's tooth has come through the gum completely now. He was born with this tooth but it was still mostly sitting just under the gum. The midwife pointed it out. Now it's through and has a sharp serrated little edge. He's only eight weeks old so I am not sure what the deal is with that, he's a fascinating subject my liddle bubby!! He is smiling and laughing now. I sing the song "Feeling Groovy" to him and he always smiles at the same bit. So cute. I am enjoying him so much.

I have decided what I am going to make for my Easter Show project. I was going through my rather extensive stash of wool today to see if there is anything suitable to use, and of course there is nothing that is just right to match the vision in my head but really, I have so much wool, so so so so much, that I can't, in good conscience bring any more wool into this house (excluding the knitabulous sock yarn I ordered yesterday, I am talking about from today onwards, heh).

I have three different areas in the house stuffed full of wool. I have a very large wooden chest in the ensuite shower (that has been redesignated as a storage area because we never use the shower anyway). I have two cupboards in the lounge room stuffed full, plus another plastic tub stuffed full, two tafe bags stuffed full and a box under the coffee table stuffed full.

So I am just going to HAVE to use what I have got.

Alot of my wool is pink because pink is my favourite colour and I gravitate to it like a moth to a flame. But pink is no good for my project because I am designing a dinosaur/dragon type jumper and they aren't pink. And I want Baden to be able to wear it afterwards so I need something a bit more boyish.

I also have ALOT of unfinished projects:

One purple cardigan "Ivy" - knitted top down, sleeves to finish and button band to add
One teal blue cable cardigan - back and sleeves done, front to do
One purple and green infant jumper - front and back done, sleeves to do
One angora cream kimono - sleeves to do
One grey train jumper - finish back/front (knitted in one piece) and knit sleeves
One Iggle Piggle jumper - unpick and re-use yarn (bit of a fizzer and I don't like it anymore)
One dark blue flecked cowl neck jumper - knit the cowl neck, that's all it needs
One pair of Embossed Leaves socks - about eight rows of lace pattern and then toe on one sock left to do but I have lost my place on the lace chart.

There could be more projects around here somewhere, in fact I am sure there are...oh yes, just remembered one

One pink flecked February Baby jacket - about three inches of lace pattern to go
One watermelon baby cardigan - button band to go, that's it
Boheme baby jumper - buttons, that's it.

Okay, that was another three.

There are probably more...

oh yes,

One cotton pinwheel baby blanket - will probably be abandoned, too big a job, can't be bothered
One purple baby jumper with fluffy dog face - needs shoulder button band

oh, and of course

One 'Arwen' cardigan - have knitted the back and alot of the front - will abandon this and re-use yarn. Its too fiddly and I have forgotten how to do the cable now.

How embarassing to see them all in a list like this! Much better when the are stuffed away at the bottom of the cupboard!

Callum is six weeks old today and doing beautifully. I think he is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen, I have no idea if I am 'just saying that' or not because I honestly do think he is just beautiful. People tell me he's cute, but people always say that don't they? But anyway, he's lovely. I adore him. He's a big fat fatty boombah and is losing his newborn look. I have been totally robbed twice now. Baden had so much hair that he didn't look like a baby after about two weeks, and Callum is just a huge person. His feet are ginormous, everyone comments on his huge hands and he has just grown and grown and grown.

Baden is doing very well in the role of big brother, we have had no dramas whatsoever, he's his usual lovely little self, he is very proud of our baby and insists that we take him in to school to show them every time I drop him off there (as if I would leave him in the car anyway, lol!).

I need to upload some more photos. I just don't have much time lately. I certainly haven't had any time for knitting anything. I miss it a bit, but I saw my lovely knitting ladies today, I have missed them so much over the holidays. Callum got passed around and clucked over, it was so lovely. He's such a good baby, especially now that his neck is much better. He is very similar to how Baden was now, hardly ever cries, although his temper is a bit quicker than Baden's was I must admit - Baden was a freakily easy baby, Callum is more 'normal' but still an easygoing little bloke. I am very very lucky.

After I caught up with the knitting nannas I saw some other 'mum' friends for lunch. I really love where we live, I have been really lucky to meet some good people, and I also bumped into another friend which was a bonus. I am very happy where we live, I feel really settled here.

I entered the Easter Show but I don't think I will actually get my entries in. I thought I would just enter and hope for the best! I entered the same categories as last year, baby jacket and childs pullover.

So I took Callum to the osteo and she said he has a stiff joint on that side and the muscle is slightly weaker. Apparently it's quite common and not serious, easily fixed, so she did a bit of work on him and he is a bit less cranky now. So we will go back next week.

She also said he would have been like that in the womb. Since finding this out quite a few people have mentioned that their babies had it too, and their kids are fine now. So it's all good. My baby is perfectly fine after all.

I went out and about and saw some mum-friends today and then had a nice visit from one of the ladies from knitting group. And now I am knackered.

Ouch, since I just wrote that about Callum I had a massive let down of milk and now I have to go and nudge him awake whether he wants it or not, lol.

Here are a couple of pics of my boys.

Callum is doing great. I haven't weighed him lately but I can tell he's growing. We don't go to the Child Health Nurse because I have never found a good one and I would rather get advice from my friends who are mums - they haven't let me down yet.

I am taking him to the osteopath tomorrow though because I have noticed that he has a preference for holding his head to one side, its the side he tried to present with on an angle when he was being born, resulting in the bump on his head (it's gone now), so he was either like that in the womb which is why he came out sideways, or coming out sideways has caused a problem with his neck. Chicken or Egg? Either way, they can have a look. You can see in the first photo that he has his head tilted to one side. He is a much fussier baby than Baden was so I just want to make sure its not because he is in pain, my poor liddle bubby.

Haven't had much time to post lately, but there is nothing much to report anyway.

Steve goes back to work tomorrow and Baden goes back to preschool, so it will just be me and Callum hanging out during the day. I am looking forward to a bit of rest because Callum does have a big sleep during the day but that has been the time that I have reconnected with Baden, played games, hung out, read stories and caught up on kisses and cuddles that we miss the rest of the time because Callum needs me more at the moment. For the first few days of Callum's life I missed Baden terribly. Luckily the inlaws were here to shower him with love and attention, but I really really missed him even though he was right here in the house.

Meanwhile, Callum is getting fatter and fatter and fatter. He has packed on the beef. His square little head is going down fast, it should be gone by next week I think.

He is a lovely little baby. So unbelievably cute. Just a dear sweet little person. I am so happy to have two sons, I think life around here is always going to be interesting!

The past two weeks have flown by. My little bloke is now two weeks old and is doing beautifully. He is getting fat! The midwife visited today and she could see that he was a lot fatter than he was last week!

He is a lovely little baby. Everyone asks if he is a 'good baby'. Yes, he is good enough, we have decided to keep him! He is very demanding, likes to be held all day, feeds alot, gets cranky during witching hour, doesn't like his nappy being changed, doesn't sleep through the night or anything even resembling it and is just so bloody cute I can't believe it. Steve and I have quietly agreed that Callum is actually quite a lot cuter than Baden was. When we look at pictures of Baden when he was a newborn he doesn't look particularly cute. Of course we thought he was stunning at the time so maybe we're doing it again, lol.

Callum has such a sweet little face and a lovely wee nose. He is just adorable, I love him to bits and I am so glad he has come to join our family, I can't imagine life without him now. Steve is home on holidays and doing a great job of taking care of Baden and keeping us all fed while I just relax with my little baby, I hold him most of the day and feed him when he wants, plenty of time to worry about other things later. I am actually getting more sleep now than I have in MONTHS. Callum sleeps with me and will snuffle quietly at around 3am and I feed him laying down (an art I perfected with Baden!) and then we both go back to sleep, then he will do the same a few hours later. Steve is in the spare room for the moment and I have set the bed up according to the safety guidelines for co-sleeping. I have his bassinette next to our bed but that is too far away, I like my babies close!

Baden is still madly in love with his baby brother. He tells me that Callum is his favourite baby. He was supposed to go back to preschool today but we kept him home. We weren't doing anything in particular anyway. He finally has his bedroom to himself, we moved the computer and the spare drawers out and we will paint it and recarpet it as soon as we get around to it.

I am going out tomorrow to meet the girls for lunch and I am really looking forward to it. It will be my first outing on my own with the new pram. eeek. So far every time I have set it up I have stuffed it up and had to do it again, so fingers crossed I have finally figured it out.

Happy New Year!!

My new years eve was spent snuggled up in bed with my two little boys feeling very very blessed with what 2009 brought me. I don't have any New Year's Resolutions, I like things just the way they are.