Oscar's Wild: August 2011

Monday, 22 August 2011

Oscar's secret language

A couple of weeks ago, Oscar started speaking to us with a whole range of 'words' that only he can understand. He's now making 'sentences' out of these words so I thought I'd capture a happy moment on camera.

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Tim graduates!

On Friday the 19th August, we all made the trip up to Sydney for Tim's graduation at the University of New South Wales. After more than 4 years of hard work Tim finally graduated with (a well deserved) Class 1 Honours in Landscape Architecture. It was a pretty cold and rainy day in Sydney but it was really nice to be back in the city, this time with Oscar. Oscar was quite well behaved throughout the day and even sat quietly on our laps at dinner out at John and Gerry's house in Camden. He also showed off some lovely smiles to everyone as a token of his appreciation. It was a long day but a very enjoyable one!

Oscar took the graduation very seriously!

Life with Oscar - Weeks 6 to 9

We have now celebrated two months since Oscar was born. During the last few weeks Oscar has become even more responsive by smiling, copying our faces, following the cats with his eyes and 'cooing' in his own little baby language. He had his first vaccinations and 6 week check up. He weighed in at a hefty 5kg and 59cm long, putting him in the 50th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height - so we may have a basketballer on our hands! There have been a few trying times as Oscar developed reflux which has made him irritable (he certainly lived up to his Sesame Street namesake) and uncomfortable for a few weeks and the only solution to his crying was to carry him around. Needless to say we are getting some very good arm muscles. He seems to be improving now though and turning into a more relaxed and settled baby.

Here are a few of our favourite photos from the last couple of weeks.