All Things Jesse : Whoa, Where Did The Time Go?

I have been following along with Melissa of Vibrant Wanderings for some time, and so enjoy her weekly updates on her family and daughter in her What's New Babe? posts, so along with the photo-a-day challenge that I committed to with Luschka from Diary of a First Child here is my version of a weekly update, interspersed with the photo's I remember to take that week. 

I've gotten a bit behind with my Mammatography posts, and it boils down to one thing only, complete disorganization. A few slight changes in my routine lately, have thrown me completely off kilter. Its so good to get back to posting all my news about Jesse however, he continues to amaze me every day.

Jesse has had a recent and rather vigorous growth spurt, at the start of winter his gran bought him a stock of winter pajamas to last through the season, these no longer fit! The legs are too short, too tight and the tops are too, and we have a good few months of winter left before us still!



Along with the growth, Jess's talking has started to flourish. He pronounces so many new sounds, and for the first time has really started to chatter. He says quite a few new words, and manages to get his meaning across to me perfectly between these few words and his own sign language. Parenting has become so much easier now that he is able to communicate so much more, and he is even a happier little soul now that he understands so much more.

Jesse has started to be more aware of strangers, not in terms of shyness, but he seems definitely puts on a show for any new people, and gets so excited. If the new person happens to be a child, then the excitement literally bubbles out of him and it takes hours to calm him down. He just loves company so much, although he isn't so good with children his own age. He's used to spending days playing with dogs whose ears he can pull, who he can throw his leftover banana to, and who he can sit on top of... none of this behaviour goes down well with other children however... surprisingly?


After a lovely mild start to winter, the temperatures have started to drop. The days are still warm enough to sit outside in the sun in shorts and a t-shirt, but the minute the sun drops behind a could or goes down for the evening the temperatures drop drastically. This past Sunday we had such an awfully windy day, with the wind coming straight off the Drakensburg which is covered in snow resulting in bitter cold. We spent a rare day indoors playing in front of the fireplace.


Jesse continues to enjoy spending most of the day outside playing with the dogs or following the chickens into crevices and then calling me to come and gets him out. He still requires much of my attention, and I find myself not getting as much done as usual, but I'm sure we will get into a nice groove again.

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