Pointing

We both noticed that Isaac can look where we are pointing now, probably in the last week or two. He went to baby gym yesterday and is apparently very good at tracking. He also squealed with excitement and jumped around a lot more than the other floppy babies! So a real success.

His first outing to creche today was not so good. As Alan Partridge might say, he is infamous already, rather than Fumous. He cried the entire time Clare was not there, other than to stop and pig down loads of lunch. I think its the girls fault who are there, they cant be very good at stopping a kid crying - I mean I can get him to stop in a second. Tja. On her way out with him at the end, a woman who worked in a different group asked with wonder and interest whether Clare was 'the mother of Isaac'!

Shep's pie

Clare just called to tell me that Isaac had shepherd's pie for lunch, with real meat! He enjoyed it so much he cried when it was all gone. Aaaah. :-(

New years resolutions (jamie)

In no particular order:

1. Start playing squash again
2. Be more patient (enjoy the process)
3. Finish books that I start
4. Drink less during week (at least one day no wine)

Museums, copying, trying to crawl

Sonia was here for the weekend and we went to Utrecht to see a fashion exhibition that Sherrie had designed. Isaac was extreeeeemely excited. There were quite a few corridors that were acoustically good for squawking, so as we walkeda round he went nuts squealing and shrieking. The exhibition itself was full of weird fabrics and dresses from around the world, so great for him to touch and yank about. It wasnt the kind of exhibition that had invigilators though, which was lucky.

We bought Isaac a roll of 70's wallpaper that we are going to make big animals to stick on his wall. We also bought him an Indian hand woven rug / wall-hanging that has all the letters of the alphabet with different animals for each.

Isaac is now getting fussy with food, although that might be because he still has a cough and a bit of an ear infection. He is starting to really figure things out - I showed him one of his little cube things that attach to his train. There is a little mechanism for turning the interior of the cube around. I turned it round, then showed him and he immediately started doing the same thing - a real development from just trying to shove it in his mouth.

We also interviewed a babysitter today - Joanne, who was really nice although only 18. She is probably going to start soon when Clare goes back to work.