Seven and a half months

Okay, so you're probably smiling at the picture but, at the moment, this is kinda our reality (as I type Jack is lying stretched across my knees reaching for the blinds so he can pull on them and so see the light outside; yes, this means I'm typing with one hand while the other holds him still!). Its all great fun, though, as he's almost crawling and always into things (now he's sitting with his head behind the blinds, his hands are thumping on the radiator, and he's trying to pull himself onto the window sill with a thump thump frustrated yell!!!!). He's also beginning to eat grown-up food - today he both had a tiny bit of chicken and a couple of spoons of yoghurt. He's also sleeping loads - at night and during the day - which, you might have guessed, is rather a relief for the rest of us ;-)

seven months

Jack is now happily eating both eating his way through the alphabet: apples, bananas/brocoli, carrots, courgettes.. well, you get the picture (though, in Ben's eyes, the real alphabet begins with agneau, boeuf, cochon...). He's also beginning to get up onto his knees - which makes the chance he might start crawling soon seem all the closer. He wiggles a lot when we stand him up, but he gets the idea.. particularly if he's also hanging onto the side of the couch. His favourite noise at the moment is 'gurrrrrrrr' and he can play 'hide and seek' by pulling a cloth over his face as we call his name. His smiling face when he pulls the cloth off his face is a sight for sore eyes, I can tell you.

And, well, that's us for the moment - happy with our lives and happy with Jack :-)

almost seven months...

Jack's French grand parents visited this weekend and so we all had the chance to visit a butterfly farm (more photos later), to go for walks, and to enjoy some tarte flambées (Alsatian-style pizza made with cream and lardons). At the moment Jack's just beginning to sit up unassisted while our living room has been transformed into a vast playroom: he has three playmats across which he rolls - not crawls - with amazing speed.