RuthieStone

Ahh, Mothers Day, it’s yet to feel as special as a Birthday but I’m glad I’ve made the cut. This morning I woke to the usual. My husband sleeping and my daring boy standing in his crib demanding to start the day, a pile of dishes waiting for me in the sink after our lovely dinner with Hanna and Nicky, and a slight headache from the wine we consumed. I will look forward to the Mothers Day’s to come when I get to sleep in and am served breakfast in bed!

Yesterday we had our family outing to Seabury Hall’s Annual Craft Fair, the school is very clean and well lay out they really knew how to put on a good show. There were so many stalls all with beautiful things and the food lane was very impressive but the funnest attraction for us and especially Darwin was the Pony Ride. He was hesitant at first but only because the horse stood still as soon as he started walking Darwin took to his cowboy position and rode like a real man, he even threw one arm up as he held onto the saddle with the other. It was a great morning, I love seeing familiar faces in a different environment.

Tonight, like many night’s I’m going to bed with a full tummy of chocolate I rally should limit my intake.

Darwin and I hung out with Tina and Mia this morning, utilizing their yard and abusing Mia’s luxurious pool. Mia’s on a 2 week break from Day Care so Darwin and her have been able to spend lots of time together which means I also get to see Tina so we are all happy.

With just 2 weeks away from Darwin’s first Birthday I am another step closer to weening him. I’ve not fed him his before bed feed (6pm) for almost a week now, he was becoming less interested in the actual feeding and wanted to play around more. After simply forgetting to feed him one night I decided to forget it again the following night. He doesn’t seem to miss it and is as far as I can tell is satisfied with just his wake up feed (6am). He’s still eating a bunch at meal times, I think he has a pretty well rounded healthy diet. He doesn’t take any formula but sometimes drinks a splash of cows milk. His still sleeping really well at night and takes 2 good naps during the day, he even points into his crib when he wants to sleep. And now I want to sleep 9:06pm, it’s past my bedtime.

Jason and I celebrated the Mexican holiday on the deck with a bottle of wine and steak wraps after a beautiful sunset.

Mum arrives in 10 days!

Last night was Darwin’s 3rd Wedding! Kevin and Lisa tied the knot at the beautiful “Maui Tropical Plantation’ in Wailuku, it was a gorgeous Wedding with all the trimmings. We’d um’d and ah’d whether or not to bring Darwin along for months in advance and in the end were glad we all went together.

Weddings are funny things, we figured they are more of a “party” when your in your early 20’s or don’t have kids with you. Darwin was very well behaved and had a great time, there were ducks swimming in a huge pond and monkey’s swinging around in a big cage which really stoked him out especially when I made the noises. He even walked right up to the guy playing the guitar, stood in front of him and danced then clapped when he finished it was adorable.

Both Darwin and I are still feeling under the weather which was the main reason behind me not really letting my hair out (so to speak). Darwin crashed out in the stroller at about 8pm, instead of drinking and dancing I chose to sit with a few girlfriends and catch up which was great I just felt not quite like myself, not getting drunk. Luckily there was an outrageously drunk girl who made me feel good about only having a few!

All in all a very nice night and we all feel healthy today. Darwin is a walking machine, today I put on his tiny “crocs” and he walked all over the house wearing them, it goes so fast (no wonder people say that ALL THE TIME, now I’ve become one of those people!).

Darwin always seems to amaze us, just last night Jason and I were praising his stair climbing ability and wondered when he would be able to climb down backwards. We imagined it wouldn’t be for a while but the very next morning without any instruction it was as if he’d understood our conversation and wanted to prove to us that he could go down. It was amazing, then this afternoon if that wasn’t already enough he crawled to the edge of the bed turned around and shimmied of the edge all by himself leaving us gob smacked.

He is unfortunately sick, it’s worst when he wakes up but still isn’t too much of a handful. However it’s not a walk in the park as I’m feeling a bit run down and sick myself I really hope it blows over before the wedding.

The weather has still been pretty weird, we went to the beach for about 30 min today the sun was nice but it was so windy and I didn’t want Darwin to go in the chilly water and then it’s colder with the wind.

Cafe Des Amis Courtyard has been open a week now, it is divine and has single handily changed the face of Paia for the better. Even Darwin and I with our pockets full of coins like to frequent there. Me for the coffee and scene and Darwin mostly for the gravel and water pooling in the pot plants saucer.