It's been a non-eventful summer for us, which was pretty much the plan as we watched Kyles early weeks of life (3 months old today!). He is now getting really big, a lot chubbier than Joshua was, and is showing many facial expressions including a gorgeous smile!
Joshua has also done a lot of growing up lately and has been a great big brother. He is talking more everyday and now has a 50-50 mix of English and Japanese. He can say most of his words and phrases in both languages and can learn new words so fast. Joshua is really obsessed with cars still (& firetrucks, ambulances..... He plays with his toy cars every day, he watches car DVD's and loves watching me playing Forza on xbox. When we go for a ride in the car it is really fun as he gets all excited to see big vehicles on the roads. Josh has also started going to sleep by himself at nights - a huge accomplishment that did not take long for him to get used to!! With the World Cup coming, I want to go out and watch games, but it would've been hard for Aki to get Josh to bed (because he liked someone to lie with him for 1 hour plus until he slept) and take care of Kyle. I told Aki I would sort Josh out and sort him out I did! Every night I took him to bed and stayed with him for just 20 minutes or so then made an excuse, like "I have to go to the toilet" or "I have to help mummy". This was sometimes met with resistance but he would eventually let me go without crying. Occassionally he would go to the door and call out for me, so I would go and lie down for a minute and leave again. Now I'm able to read a book, turn the light off and say goodnight. 9 times out of 10, he is totally fine, while sometimes he gets up and turns the light on and starts reading, which is really cute because when I go up, he jumps up, says "light", turns it off and goes to sleep! So now I can go watch the rugby and know that Josh won't give Aki any trouble at bedtime!
