Ssshhhhh……

William and Rebecca are both asleep.  This happens about once in a blue moon. The house is perfectly silent…………ahhhhhh, bliss. I predict I have about 30 minutes of baby-free time before Rebecca wakes up screaming and I’ll be back on duty.

We had a lovely weekend. My brother is moving to Chicago on Friday permanently (sniff) as he’s a city trader and has been offered a shit-hot promotion over there. So we had a Chicago-themed family party on Saturday night! We got Chicago Town pizza and desserts, watched bits from the Chicago movie, I put on a fan because it’s the Windy City (a little lame, I know….) and my mum bought a load of fake snow which we threw in front of the fan because it’s supposed to be snowy there……….I also made up some silly games, including an embarassing quiz about Bruv! Heehee! I was going to do a Chicago tapdance, but sadly didn’t have time to do the choreography…… It was great fun, although I was a little sad as I may not see my little Bruv until August now.

He also gave us his widescreen TV as he’s going to buy all new stuff when he’s out there. It’s HUGE!

Yesterday was a busy day as I had William, Rebecca and Louis all afternoon. Permit me a little mummy bragging here. Louis is 2 next month and he can’t do half the stuff William can do. William can:

* point to most of his body parts when asked (‘Where’s your tummy, William?) and knows the names of his clothes (‘Get your trousers, William!’)

* can get me any if his toys or a story when asked (‘Where’s your bus, William?’) (‘Get me a story, Sausage’)

* Sits down, opens books, ‘reads’ to himself…he loooooooves books

* Will ‘pour’ me a cup of tea from his kitchen when I ask him to-he actually goes and gets his little kettle and a cup!

* Can build an impressive tower of bricks

* Kisses, hugs, dances and twirls when I ask him to

I discovered yesterday that neither Rebecca or Louis can do any of this stuff! Now is William advanced (although he’s not speaking), or is Louis a little behind? Who knows-but needless to say, I feel very proud of my little boy. He’s got so much personality. And yesterday, after his bath, he was stood up with his towel wrapped around him and he put his little arms around me and gave me a big hug! And he wouldn’t let go! It was so gorgeous.

In other news, every evening is a wipeout for me now as pregnancy tiredness has struck BIG time. Last night after a mad day of babies and then tutoring A-level English from 7-8pm, I was so tired I felt ill and fell into a deep sleep on the sofa at 9pm. Thankfully William’s sleep has been FAB recently, so at least I’m getting some good sleep at night.

Also, we’re thinking of moving later this year. This house just isn’t going to be big enough for 2 babies-our sitting room is teeny weeny. We may move to Reading, where we could afford to rent a 4-bedroomed house. Sadly buying a property isn’t even an option right now-unless we have a windfall.

Right, better go before the monkeys wake up – we’re off to town and soft play this afternoon. What I really feel like doing is curling up on the sofa and having a lovely long sleep, but heyho.

Love Clare xxxxxxxxxxxxx