Does Mark look a little bit like Uncle Rainer?

 

When it all got too much!

 

Ethan

Here is little baby Ethan aged 4 weeks at Christmas.

We also have a new baby in the family - Hagen and Sylvia's little boy Reuben Theodor who was born on the 23rd Dec. He is very cute and has very delicate features. 

Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas. We stayed at the Sunshine Coast for 6 nights (3 with the Sims and 3 with the Dedekinds). Mark enjoyed the pool for the first time, he has always hated them in the past. So we spent lots of time in the pool. We even took him in the surf once - he still is not a big fan of this.

Mark got another tooth last week - he now has 5! He got lots of new toys for Christmas and he had a great time playing with them all and playing with all the relies.

We are back home now. It has been very hot the last few days, and it has also been very dry. The gardens are all starting to die which is a bit sad to see as we are not allowed to water anymore.

I have another week to relax before I start back at work. Stephen has a bit more than a week. 

Christmas!

Advent is here, so we finally got around to putting our Christmas tree up. Mark was thrilled! He has been very good with the tree and has not tried to pull it over or anything. He loves the decorations though, and as you can see in the photo he often pulls them off the tree and plays with them! If you tell him to put it back on the tree he will, but obviously can't do it properly so he just places it on the tree somewhere. We have really enjoyed Mark lately he has been well and happy and giggly.