Archive for November, 2007

Goodbye Moses basket

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

It’s been obvious that we were coming to the end of Jonathan’s days in his Moses basket since September already. Young Jon was getting to be quite a solid little chap and as we moved into his 19th week, his borrowed bed was becoming very cosy indeed…

Can you believe how much he’s filled out?
Handily, [...]

Brain drain?

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

I have to wonder sometimes if I’m not losing my edge with all the baby-related stuff that has replaced my day-to-day working existence. Sure, I pit my wits against some of my smartest friends in daily Scrabble battles on Facebook — but is this really enough?
This doubt surfaced yesterday as I was leaving our church’s [...]

“Ding-dong the shed is gone” or, Shed renewal project – Part II and III

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

After the previous post, there were some people who came back and said “So what’s wrong with the old shed? It looks fine.” The above photos illustrate the point, rather well I think, that, close up, the old shed was Tired.
We also had a small rodent that had taken up residence, subsisting on [...]

Tongues out!

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Jonathan is going through a delightful phase at the moment — he’s discovered his tongue.
So whenever he’s playing with something (often his fingers — fun and easily accessible toys ), out it comes.
He hasn’t progressed to automatically putting everything into his mouth yet, although we have a feeling that the little pink tongue, tasting [...]

An over-priced snack

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

In the shopping centre near us, there are a number of less formal sellers who operate from stalls in the main concourse. In the past, I’ve made use of one of them that sold Mediterranean-type sweetmeats — baklava and the like — at quite reasonable prices, but that stall had since moved on.
Today though, [...]

Jonathan – before and after

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Removal of miniature sutures

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Jon’s stitches were removed on Wednesday in what I can only describe as an extremely fiddly operation!
The plan was to bring Jonathan in having not eaten for 3 hours (a precaution against him being sick while he’s too drowsy to deal with it), and sleepy, so that the sedative would have help in its work. [...]