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On 25th April we had some new bunk beds delivered and put together for the boys.  It was because Ben was getting quite big for his Thomas bed and bunk beds took up less space in the bedroom.  The delivery guy put them together as well, so saved us a job, and we are very pleased with them.  Needless to say, the boys love them!!

The boys 1st bunk beds

A couple of weeks ago, both boys fell out of their beds, one after each other within about 30 minutes! They had both been doing so well, but I have no idea why they both fell out of bed the same night. I can only assume that they had a busy day and their minds were still active so they were rolling about a lot! It was quite funny actually, as they must have rolled out of bed and not woken up at all as each time we went up, they were both fast asleep on the floor on the duvet we had put between the beds. I bet they didn’t even wake up when they rolled out! 😉 Touch wood, they haven’t fallen out of bed since and this was about a month ago now! 😉

Aaron is getting really good at talking now and can say lots of words, but the cutest was when he called Ben ‘Beb’.  He was doing this constantly for a couple of weeks a few weeks ago and it was so cute hearing him call for Beb! 😉  Recently he has learnt to say Ben which is great, but is not quite as cute! 😉

He has also started saying ‘disgusting’ now which is really funny as well as it comes out more as ‘gusting’, and he can say all the basic words at his age such as ‘bed’, ‘cat’, doggy’, ‘horsey’, ‘poo’ (lol), ‘ball’ and he can say ‘copter’ for helicopter and ‘t’ for TV and much more.  It is so cute listening to him speak and I must try and get him on film speaking a bit more as would be great to look back on in a few years.

As Ben was getting excited for Christmas weeks before, so was Aaron. He didn’t really know what was going on again as he was still small but was very excited about the Christmas tree! 😉  He kept putting toys under it for the few weeks that it was up before Christmas Day, I suppose he thought it was presents!

On Christmas morning he didn’t wake up early like he normal does but slept in until 7am like Ben did, until I went in and woke them up. Once they were awake and saw the over-filled stockings brimming with presents, they were right on!! I picked Aaron out of his cot and he grabbed his stocking and dragged it into our room, along with Ben. We plonked him down on the bed with his stocking and he dived in, although he sometimes seemed more interested in what Ben had. Aaron opened a few presents then came across the first chocolate present, and that was that then!  He wouldn’t open anything else until he had dug in to his chocolate! 😉

Eventually, he finished opening them all and had some really nice stocking fillers and we then had to put them all back in and go downstairs to see if Father Christmas had arrived and left any presents behind for anyone! I think Aaron’s words when he walked through the door and saw the huge amount of presents were ‘Wowee!’  He had been saying this a lot at the time, especially when he saw any Christmas lights (which he loved!). Both boys tried to dive in but we got a drink first (and they both had some more chocolate!) and then we proceded to opening the presents.  We usually open one at a time but the boys had to open one each at the same time, which did actually speed things up! I think Aaron played with every toy that he opened and also tried to have a go at anything Ben had opened as well, so they both had great fun although there were a few tantrums!

Aaron ate all of his Christmas dinner as well as some starters of fruit, even though he had been chomping on sweets and chocolate all morning! Im not sure if he had his usual morning nap as it all went by in a bit of a blur, so he may or may not have! I don’t think he did as the excitement was probably too much for him to sleep! 😉

When we spoke to family online later on in the day, like Ben, Aaron tried to show as many of his new toys to them as possible (via Google Hangout) but he was getting tired and teasy at this point. The boys both went to bed at a decent time (must have been about 7:30pm) and actually slept very well during the night, so they must have been completely worn out by all the excitement of Christmas Day!

Some of the presents that Aaron had were a moving truck which made noises, Junior Tag and books, Mickey Mouse play set, a soft Mickey Mouse cuddly toy, a Fireman Sam magnetic drawing pad, some new clothes including pj’s, sweets and chocolate, toy helicopter, a magnetic and chalk easel (which was for both of them), a Pirate ship and castle (which was for both of them), a Spider-Man tent (which was for both of them, a Peppa Pig moving car, some new lego and blocks and much more! Thanks to everyone that bought him a present, he loves them all and plays with everything all of the time!

Here are some pictures from Christmas Day and the ‘Night Before Christmas’.

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Last Friday (15th February), we changed Aaron’s cot so it became a bed. We took both sides off and lowered the middle section where he lies on to make it into an actual bed. We didn’t do this for Ben when he was little but decided we would for Aaron as we can’t really afford to buy a new bed for him, and this was why we got the cot bed in the first place!

The first night wasn’t too bad in the end. It took a while for him to settle as Kelly tried to cuddle him instead of rocking him to sleep as he is getting too big and heavy for that now! He wouldn’t settle for ages, but finally did and went off to sleep. We put an old duvet down on the floor between him and Ben’s bed in case he fell out in the night, and we were lucky we did as a couple of times he fell out.  One time Kelly went in and he was sat on the duvet with his head leaning against his bed, fast asleep! So the next night Kelly rolled up a blanket and put down the one side of his bed that he could fall out of and it worked.

It has taken some time for him to go sleep each night since, and it was actually better the first few nights than it is now but he is also teething badly at the moment which doesn’t help. But most nights he has done very well for sleeping really. I thought he would be waking up a lot more than he has been.  He seems to like his new bed and he hasn’t been getting out in the night and walking around which was another thing that we were worried about.  He is doing very well! 😉