Zevry has another girlfriend. Her name is Sofia (sensing a trend here?), and she is Danish. This time he was hitting on her right in front of Sophie. All the new girlfriend had to do is whisper something in Zev’s ear and he was smitten. Sigh…. Watch Sophie freak out here. Note Zevry’s self satisfied look on the video.

I received a complaint from a loyal reader that I am not blogging enough, so I thought I would update you on our latest activities. Mostly, we’re falling into a very nice little routine. Sleeping is something we are still working on with the wee one. He does a fantastic job of sleeping if we are near, but he can only do an hour or two if he is by himself, but we’re making progress. He is such a good little boy in every way that it is hard to …

This week’s swimming class was a huge success. Zevry was asleep when we arrived but he quickly woke up when he heard the pool was open! I git him dressed in his little thermal suit and we headed upstairs. We did all the same exercises as last time, but added a new one… the DUNK!!!! OOOOOO it was so scary the first time! He got this shocked look on his face. It is interesting because the way you teach them to hold their breath is to gently blow on their …

Today was Zevry’s first Baby Dolphins swimming class. It was also the first time he has been in a pool. At first he was just fine. He had on his little thermal suit and the water is heated to about 85 degrees, so there was no cold water shock or anything. We got in and he just kind of looked around, and he was very relaxed. Then the class started. The eight moms and babies all got in a circle and the instructor (Steve) held a doll baby in front …

100 years from today, I will be sitting under a virtual tree knitting socks with my laser guided needles and I will be reflecting on my life. I’ll think to myself, 100 years ago, I missed out on playing a video game, or watching a movie, or getting some sleep. But what I got in return was this precious time with my son. I’ll probably laugh when I recall how annoying it was to spend 30 minutes coaxing him to sleep, only to have him scream when his head hits …

First of all, a big thank you to Michael for all the hard work of creating and running the site again this year. I for one appreciate it and I had a lot of fun playing.
Second:
Me: “What’s my name?”
All the rest of you: “You’re the King of New York… A #1….”
Me: “Say it louder!!!”
(yes that’s me, finally smack talking)

Zevry has discovered that he has a voice! His favorite word is ahhhgooo and he says it all the time. All the time. Nana gt a taste of it on the phone the other day, but then yesterday we i-chatted with Grandma and Grandpa and he talked for a good solid 20 minutes. Every time we tried to talk, he would jump in with his two cents.
Zev has also started some rudimentary mimicry. The other day Michael was taking a shower and I brought the baby in to peek around …

Dear Zevry,
Today is your first Christmas and I thought I would take a moment to tell you how much it means to me to spend this day with you and your Daddy. Your Auntie Kathleen, Uncle Ryan, Grandma Jo, Grandpa John, and Daddy are all in the other room, we just talked to Nana and Grandpa David, Auntie Kristin, Great Uncle Jim, and tried to get in touch with Grandpa Jim and Grandma Betty, and Auntie Heather, and I sneaked away to write you a letter.
There really are no words …

Zevry started eating some basic food yesterday. His weight gain continues to be slow, so the health visitor recommended we supplement his feeds with one formula feed a day, but I did a little research and found it would be better to start him on this banana/rice puree stuff. It doesn’t taste too bad, but it certainly wouldn’t make my top ten.
Michael asked if he could be the one to give him his feeds, since he is just getting the one batch per day, and I welcomed, nay relished in …

Being an international jet setter, Zev insisted on visiting 2 continents during his winter holiday. We got home from the US on Tuesday, had a nice long sleep and woke up bright and early to catch our train to Scotland. As usual, Zevry was a champion traveler, and was generally really good on both 5 hour train rides.
As you get close to Scotland, the scenery from the train is spectacular – lots of farms and rolling hills which give way to cliffs and an amazing view of the North Sea. …