The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children

Most of you will know how hard its been, and the road we have travelled to get Jaime to eat. Eat anything whether it be milk, formula, puree, solids, texture you name it. Well on numerous occasions people gave me advise this been one of them...

"Empower your child by giving him a choice and a chance. Let them learn to make their own decisions, when appropriate, and learn to trust their feelings"

So this is what happens when I follow other peoples advise....

(pasta and chicken in his hair)

(now you know how it got there)

(check the mohawk and the cheeky grin!)

I just need to learn to let go....

Our 2nd attempt at swimming lessons

Today Jaime attempted swimming lessons for the second time... this time round things are very different ie Jaime is about 4-5 kg bigger, he is alot more alert, has way more head control and I'm a lot more chilled out in the water. All of these point contributed to a successful first 'lesson"

The first lesson was pretty chilled, granted I know the teacher personally so we chatted more than swam lol but the whole aim was to get Jaime comfortable in the pool, used to the temperature, used to Enid and the new sensation of the water. We did do a few exercises as a tester which Jaime enjoyed thoroughly. So I'm really happy that we've finally joined the swimming society!

strutting his stuff around the pool

Entering the pool....

ok ok the intro to the pool was not quite "exciting" to Jaime... think he was remembering the first attempt...refer to pics below

but pretty soon he got used to the warm water, the toys, Enid ...

check out my Olympic swimmer!!

kicking his legs while lying on his back



pointing at the birds and fish mobiles on the roof of the pool

The first attempt... August 2008. Jaime was 3/4 months old.

Geez my little boy how much has he grown hey? today was fun cant wait for Tuesday!

5 years together...

Our history...

After going out for 4 years...

getting proposed to by a chicken...

We got married on the 31 October 2004...

this time 5 years ago.....

Our second honeymoon in Ibiza... (no digital camera for the first)

And now today as we stand...a family of 3... Hilario, Rose and Jaime.

"The LOVE of a family is life's greatest blessing"