Ryan's Blog

Attention!

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:02:37 +0900

Attention! That’s what I need!

Dad has been staying home to help mum look after me and Gemma. I have been doing my best to make sure he is only looking after me! haha!

Today he took me to visit Aunty Ming and Hannah up in Karrinyup, then a quick visit to Oma and Opa. Then when we got home I chose not to sleep. So after a long book time on my bed he took me to the park, too! Life is good!

Every day I like to check mummy’s computer dashboard for the weather and day of the week. That’s useful to know. When we’re driving I like to know what street we are on, and I can now tell dad when we’re on the freeway, Murdoch Drive, or the street where we live.

Oh, and dad tells me that he loves how I say ‘yes’ when he is explaining things to me... as if I already knew what he was telling me (even when he’s trying to explain how clouds are formed using big words).

My new little sister!

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:15:22 +0900

Hello Gemma!

My new little sister was born on March 6th, 2009 at 8.50pm.

I love sitting with her on my lap and petting her, kissing her and laughing when she stretches out and touches me.

And every night before I go to sleep I like to give her a kiss.

I look forward to looking after her, and being good friends with her.

Time for daddy to start a new blog?

Passing time

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:55:41 +0900

So apparently my little sister is 3 days late now. Mummy is looking a little uncomfortable.

That means 3 more days of being the centre of attention! Woohoo!

The other night when I was sleeping I thought I heard shepherds making loud noises in my bed. So I went to mummy and daddy’s room to tell them. Daddy told me it was 1.30am and that I should go back to bed. First I made him check for shepherds, of course.

Every morning when daddy goes to work I insist on using his keys to open the scooter box to get daddy’s helmet out, and using the keys to turn on daddy’s scooter. Then I insist on my robot and ‘piggle piggle’ coming out to help me and mummy wave bye to daddy as he rides to work.

When daddy gets to work, I like to chat to him on the computer. I type nice things like ‘afdjqeo03rir|||\dfdsf;;......’ and he types things like ‘I love you’ and ‘I miss you’. I read those out loud to mummy, so she knows what daddy is typing to me.

Well, back to sleep for me... and waiting for my little sister to arrive...

Waiting

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:25:13 +0900

Mummy and daddy tell me that my little sister will arrive any day now. I am both extremely excited and a little nervous about that happening. On one hand, it will be really great to have a new friend to play with (in a year or so when she is old enough). On the other hand, I’m a little worried that she will take mummy and daddy’s attention away from me.

Daddy has been reading me lots of the book “You’re all my favorites”, that Oma brought back from the USA for me. He tells me I’m the first baby bear. This is somewhat comforting, and I do sometimes ask for daddy to confirm my status as first baby bear.

This morning I helped daddy install the new blockout blind in my little sister’s room. It’s pink! I also helped him raise the base of the cot. Getting things ready for the baby is a lot of work!

I chat

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:36:09 +0900

One thing I have learned over my years is that daddy often goes to work. This means I don’t get to talk to him as much as I would like. Recently, mummy has taught me how to use iChat on the computer to chat with daddy even when he isn’t home. Since daddy’s work doesn’t let him video chat, we have to type. Fortunately I am now quite capable of reading what he types to me... even if I do need mummy’s help to type my responses.

Another thing that I have learned recently is the address of our house. In fact, tonight, as I was drifting off to sleep, I recited it quietly to myself... and reminded myself that we do not live on Leach Highway. For a moment I thought I heard daddy chuckling from the other room, but I was too busy sleeping to notice.