http://blog.firstsolo.net Random jottings down from the lives of Julie & Tom Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:38:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the current pregnancy ticked over into its 32nd week on Friday, I paused to consider what was happening in my life 2 years and 9 months ago while I was expecting Jonathan.  Around that time, I had 4 weeks of work left before 4 weeks of much-anticipated leave (yay!), ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2010/02/32-weeks-give-or-take/ On the afternoon this was taken, Jon was getting a lot of pleasure out of being allowed to "help out" with the housework - trailing our lovely cleaner, Adam.  Here he's clutching the vacuum cleaner ["VAC-leaner"] pipe in his hand, and he was in the process of gamely pushing it ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2010/01/smile-of-the-month-%e2%80%93-january/ Over the last 6 months, Jonathan has become very fond of teddy bears, adopting a number of mine to supplement his originally meagre stockpile.  These bears seem to fill a special role in his collection of toys, perhaps in that they are the most cuddly and also the most easily ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2010/01/bears-bears-bears/ In all the impromptu photos that have been captured over December, somehow there weren't very many in the best smile category.   (Perhaps the latest bout of teething has kept Jon in a more sombre mood this month.) Having said that, this was one of my favourites where Jon is laughing ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/12/smile-of-the-month-december/ This from 13 December. http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/12/state-of-the-latte-art/ Every so often, the perfect day shows up together with the perfect opportunity to make great use of it.  On this particular glorious Autumn day, about a month ago, Jonathan and I met up with a friend and her little one and headed down to the Diana Memorial Playground for ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/12/autumn-boys/ I love the way that Jonathan is still very easily amused especially by basic "horsing around" type games.  When I got this photo, he'd decided to lie down on the floor on a spare change-mat and I was getting him to shriek with laughter just from some gentle tickling with ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/11/smile-of-the-month-november/ I'd been thinking recently that it would be good to get Jon started at a nursery group sometime soon - especially before life starts to get exciting around Easter next year.  With that in mind, I called up the only nursery I had a real interest in (by virtue of ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/11/nursery-101/ In this shot, Jon (at 27m) was enjoying a ride on a little pushcar at Snakes and Ladders, an indoor activity centre that we visit for the occasional treat, pausing just long enough to give me a lovely smile as I waved the camera at him. (This is one of those ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/10/smile-of-the-month-october/ Checking my recent blog entries, I'm all too aware that they have been scant of late.  And of course I'm going to put the bulk of the responsibility for that firmly on the aforementioned pregnancy. :P I will admit that it's definitely been easier being pregnant (so far) the second time ... http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2009/10/blogging-pregnancy-and-toddlers/