Archive for November, 2008

Jonathan at 16 months – Part 2

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Back in September, Jon was just embarking on Standing 101. He’s now well into Standing 202 which implies getting up in about a quarter of the previous time, and standing with great self-assurance.  Just relying on objects (both solid, and not so solid) for balance rather than complete support.
With two months of standing practice behind [...]

Jonathan at 16 months – Part 1

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

At 16 months Jonathan now weighs 10.5 kg and is 79cm tall. (It finally feels relevant to say “tall” because he does actually stand quite a lot).
Personality-wise, there are so many little attributes of Jon that have developed over the last 4 – 5 months that I hardly know where to start. [...]

A day to remember

Friday, November 7th, 2008

5 November dawned grey and brooding in London. It is, of course, a day already immortalised by Guy Fawkes. This year it also became the dawning of a new era with the first “black president” of America. On a somewhat less planetary-scale, a new era dawned for me too as I (Tom [...]

Online again

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I suppose our return to the internet after an enforced absence of 2 and a bit months (!) cannot be allowed to pass without a rant of some sort. And in this instance, there are two words to describe the source of all our woes: BT and Pipex.
The side of BT that deal [...]