EMP » 2007 »

Archive for August, 2007

Mind-boggling!

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Sorry about the lapse in posting: combination of net trouble and country change. Anyway, back on my comfortable old laptop now.

I was stunned at lunchtime when I started singing a bass tune – I don’t know the name of it, it’s a funk one that starts with a repeated note 3 times on the [...]

Oliver’s Progress…

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

So Ollie has grown at least a foot since we’ve been here, and in fact we measured him today at 65cm. Thomas comes in at 84cm, so just 20cm between them!

Also, Ollie has now started manipulating things in his hands into his mouth. Watching this activity whiles away the minutes as his jerky [...]

photos I forgot

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Here are some photos which somehow got left out of the collection so far:

nice pics of thomas

I’m still having trouble with the mac photo album, but I haven’t got too much time to investigate at the moment.

Technicolour dreamcoat

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

There are lots of stalls here for the festival of Villanova, and of course the usual types are around, and I would have bought all the hippy clothes if I wasn’t trying to be a bit more punk these days. (Oh and I wasn’t post-pregnant whale-sized).

Still, the kids clothes were totally great, and I [...]

Photos of the holiday so far

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

So, I’m still struggling a bit with the Mac’s way of making an online gallery, and if you ask me, Galrey, which is a small Linux programme, is much easier to use!

Anyway, I’ve managed to mishmash some collections together, though it’s a bit rough around the edges:

our holiday photos so far

I’m basically having difficulties understanding [...]

Ollie firsts…

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

So another bit of asynchronous posting… this is Ollie’s first haircut, which actually took place on the 24th July, at just over 3 months old:

As you can see he wasn’t too pleased about it:

And while we’re on Ollie’s firsts, here he is having his first dip in the sea ever: