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Defiance seems to be the word of the week around here. Ollie is all about testing the boundaries at the moment. It doesn't matter what the context, he just wants to see how far he can push it. This is especially evident in his latest saying, "not yet". As in:
- it's time to go home - not yet
- it's time for dinner - not yet
- it's time for bed - not yet
You get the picture. He still isn't anywhere near a naughty boy, but it is a bit of a shift to see him trying it on.

We've had lots of fun stuff going on this week with a trip back to our old hood for a morning of play with the neighbours. And then another trip back that way on the weekend to spend some time with Sam, Alan, Audrey and Henry. Ollie's love affair with Audrey hasn't dampened any lately and he is always asking if he can go to her house so I was happy to use this as some leverage for a few days in the lead up to the trip to try and wrangle some good boy behaviour out of him. This wasn't completely successful (two days of woeful efforts at daytime naps) but nonetheless we went over and had an absolutely wonderful time.

These kiddies just get on so well that it is a breeze when they are together. Well, reasonably breezy. I'm not too sure if the waitstaff at the local chinese restaurant where we ate dinner would have agreed though. Gone are the days of late, long, boozy dinners and they have been replaced with 5.30pm kickoffs, very noisy, very messy, reasonably quick and not the slightest bit relaxing dinners. Mind you they are still great fun, but a world away from all of our trips to Superbowl over the years. And not a single onion was stolen during this dinner. The shame.

Ollie's love affair with Toy Story continues this week. Nick allowed him to watch some more of the series and he has been walking around the house holding the DVD cover since. His infatuation with it came to a head when we went to a toy store the other day and they had a giant wall of Toy Story merchandise. To make it worse it was right next to the Dora merchandise. Well, Obear just stood there with this look on his face, clenching his fists in excitement and stuffing them into his mouth. He made a few squeals of delight too. It was just the loveliest thing to watch. Of course we couldn't let him come home empty handed so he now is the proud owner of his very own Mrs Potato Head (to match the Mr Potato Head we had at home) and a small Buzz and Rex figurine.


The only thing that has marred this week slightly has been that Obear has been a bit under the weather. Lots of snot and a nasty cough. But it has been reasonably funny as now when he needs to blow his nose he says "I've got a booger". Even his daycare teachers think it is pretty funny.

As for the sweet little girl in my tummy, she keeps getting bigger and stronger. Apparently this week she is now almost 30 cm long which seems like a lot given she doesn't seem to be taking up that much room on me. And she is definitely making her presence felt with lots of kicking and punching going on. It is crazy how quickly this process seems to feel like it is going second time around. Perhaps all that running around after Ollie takes up most of my focus.

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