V is walking! She's been standing for a while now, and managing a couple of steps every now and then. Today we were having dinner and watching TV, and she just strolled across the lounge in front of me. Squee ( Read more... )

(Update: Tiger?! It's year of the DRAGON. Y is Tiger, I'm Dragon. Misfiring synapses ( Read more... )

The UK Border Agency is responsible for numerous stuff-ups on an ongoing basis. I have another example to point out ( Read more... )

I'm without a computer at the moment! Well, for a limited definition of "without" - this is me, after all. I still have two desktops at work. At home I have a work laptop, Y's laptop, my Sheevaplug microserver*. I also have my Kindle (with 3G/Wifi and a browser) and my Samsung Wave (with Wifi and a browser ( Read more... )

Quite dramatic changes for me at the moment ( Read more... )

We've been traipsing up and down the hills of Wiltshire to examine the ground with a general's eye (well, a lieutenant's eye; the British Army is in no shape to guarantee anyone reaching general these days). Lines and circles on a map are hard to relate to actual hills and forests and towns, and it's a skill that I'm gradually developing ( Read more... )

I'm doing three weeks of JOTAC, but it's a Regular Army course so it's only during the week - I've got weekends off. It's an absolute pleasure to see V again. She's got bigger while I was away, and has more hair. Also, she's almost talking now - there's the sound of words, but she hasn't yet worked out when to stop. This weekend we carry on with ( Read more... )

I passed the exam - 88%. I finished after almost everyone else, because I very carefully went through the paper and changed four answers to multiple choice questions. NATURALLY, each one of those answers was already correct and I changed each to an incorrect answer ( Read more... )

Y and V went to a baby play class the other day, where V homed in with grim determination on ALL THE TOYS and methodically played with each and every one. She's prettier than all the other babies, too. (Takes break to look at pictures of Victoria ( Read more... )

So! Although I haven't seen V for 12 days, I've been calling every day so I can talk to her. She's now sitting up, and very keen on solid food; milk really doesn't impress her at all. We started her on solid food at 5.5 months; the breastfeeding mafia (as I've heard it called) would have it that babies have to breastfeed exclusively until 6 months ( Read more... )