Seb - 6 months old

Seb will blow you kisses, blow raspberries and will now poke out his tongue. He is so lovable, he will give you so many cuddles and tries to give you kisses on your cheek. He pinches and scratches your face and loves to pull hair out. He can now sit up on his own, a big milestone for him. He still doesn't have any teeth yet. He will hold his own bottle of milk and doesn't like it when you try to give him a break. He loves going swimming. He's very active, always moving around and almost crawling. He will roll from one side of the room to the other. He is a great sleeper. And he loves going to the football with mummy and daddy to watch the swans play.

March 2011

There have certainly been alot happening this last month. The most significant would have been Sebastians hospital visits. The first one was when we were in Brisbane at the end of February. He started vomiting badly until his vomit turned green and he was floppy and lifeless. At the hospital they did an ultrasound and put a drip in and the outcome was a problem with his bowel that had corrected itself while we were there. Then at the end of March, the same symptoms happened again. This time at the hospital, we ended up staying 2 nights before we were allowed to go home. Seb had a drip put in and a nose tube that emptied his stomach and we weren't allowed to feed him the first night. That was the worst night of my life, listening to our son cry because he was hungry and not being able to feed him. We left the hospital with no answers to why Seb was so sick. It wasn't until the next day when he was vomiting again we worked out he has a food intolerance to rice. Its a rare condition and there might be more foods he can't tolerate, but for now we are certainly avoiding feeding him rice!! Seb also turned 6 months! Can't believe how quick the time has gone. Uwe and I also celebrated our first wedding anniversary.

Seb - 5 months old

We had these photos taken by a professional and they turned out brilliantly. Sebastian just looks so adorable.

Road trip

We picked up our new car on Valentines day (best present ever!) and decided to go on a bit of a road trip today to test it out. The car is amazing, we all love it and Seb loves to sleep while we are driving, so we are all happy!!

Uwe suggested we go south to the Royal National Park. We were very lucky as it was the re-opening of the Audley cafe and park and there were plenty of stalls and activities for everyone. Seb got his first stubby holder (which is only for his milk bottles!). We listened to some music and watched some dancing from some elders from the local aboriginal tribe.

We then visited the local rural fire brigade, police, ambulance and SES. Seb didn't seem interested in getting a photo in the fireman costume, I think daddy was having more fun.

Going out on Gondwana

Uwe was taking some work friends out for a race on the harbour and needed to go to the boat early to clean up before the race. Sebastian and I also tagged along as it was a beautiful and sunny day in Sydney (we haven't had many of them lately). It was the first time Seb has gone on daddy's boat and daddy was very excited. We checked out down below before getting off and letting daddy start the race. They did very well coming 4th in the race.

Linda's Birthday

For Linda's birthday we invited our friends and family over for a BBQ to celebrate. The weather was perfect, sunny and hot. Alot of time was spent in the pool because it was so hot. After everyone went home, Linda got lots of kisses and cuddles from Sebastian.

Daddy read to Sebastian before bedtime

Then Sebastian needed a little break...Before he wanted to play again!

Our beautiful boy

First swim in the spa

Sebastian had his first swim in the rooftop spa with us on Monday. He loved it. He starts his Aqua baby swim class on Thursday, so hoping he will also love that. We've already had a busy week, we went to Gymbaroo class on Monday and had fun playing with some other babies, Mothers group was yesterday at a cafe at Bondi Beach and today we went to the movies (ok, this one was for mum, Seb slept most of the time).

Australia Day

Happy Australia Day. I bought Seb a cute little outfit for Australia Day with 'Jnr Aussie' written on it. Yesterday, we received Sebs Australian passport so we can travel to Germany in April. Uwe would really love Seb to have a German passport aswell, but he will find out whether Seb can have both or not.

We also started Seb on solids today, we gave him rice cereal. He didn't like it. He screwed up his face when the first spoonful went in and it all just ran out of his mouth. He's not quite ready to sit up in the high chair yet either. But we will try again tomorrow.

Visit with the family

Seb and I took a trip out to my parents place for a visit and while we were there my sister and nieces also stopped by. He is so good with other people, he doesn't mind being passed around. He was a good boy and loved playing with everyone.

January 2012

So much has happened in the last month. Just before Christmas Seb started rolling from his back to his tummy. This caused some worry for mummy as he started rolling onto his tummy while he was sleeping. But he is strong enough that he can hold his head up and move it to the side. He loves his tummy time and is getting stronger every day. He loves us to read to him and he loves looking at books. Uwe has started talking to him in German so he gets familar with both English and German, maybe Seb will have to teach mummy some aswell.