A Busy Month!

The year has taken off running for its been a busy month for all of us!

Jack is gaining more and more confidence - and now when we go for a walk he can come out of the push chair and walk beside us. It's really funny because his perspective of the world is so different from ours. For him, everything that is coloured or formed unusually is of interest: license plates, gates, sign, cats, dogs, ducks are suddenly all of great importance in our lives! And, if Mr Jack now doesn't want to do something, we hear a very solemn little 'Nooo' echoing from his mouth and we see his little head shaking. He's not really 'speaking' yet but he echoes words that we say. Last night, I told him "You're gorgeous" and before I knew it he was muttering "URorgoeus" I couldn't help but smile!

Meanwhile, Benoit has been out and about in the world as he's just spent two weeks in Cameroon. The government have built a dam and are installing electricity lines and so Ben was there working on an environmental impact study, talking to the villagers, and taking GIS points. The photos he's brought back are of another world as he visited small hamlets of houses without electricity. The people showed him how they planted their fruit and vegetables in small clearings in the forest and explained a little about their lives. It seems to have been quite an experience for him!

I've been busy too, because, although both Jack and I were ill with 'gastro' during one week, I have had the time to take him swimming, to go to a spa, visit with friends, and generally hang out with the wee boy. Taking him swimming was a great laugh: he was a bit afraid to begin with but soon warmed up and started laughing and playing around. Great stuff!

And so, as January draws to an end, I'm left wondering just what February will hold in store for us!!!