Well that was a hoot. Christmas is all over now. Thanks to all who helped us to spoil Sophie with presents. She got all sorts of things ... check out the rocking horse and the maraccas. She's also already a big fan of Christmas dinners. Lottie didn't do too bad either; it's amazing the shapes you can fashion from pig skin.
with a fantastic cake - thanks very much Trudi!
and lots of presents ... thanks Father Christmas!
Only 1 more day until Crimbo and I think we're ready. I've broken up from work, ditched my cold, the fridge is full of food and the present pile has achieved critical mass. Sophie is oblivious to all of this; although I think she's a little puzzled why a large tree, bedecked with lights and glass spheres, has appeared in the house. She's now learnt the "work hard play hard" ethic as evidenced by the two pics.
Sophie is finally getting over her cold and is getting back to her old (sic) self. This little trio of photos shows you she's not prepared to sit around waiting to pose for photos. She's become increasingly fascinated by the growing pile of Christmas presents.
We've been out and bought a new camera. It's amazing how the old one looks like a brick in comparison. The new one records millions more pixels although I think Blogger filters all the images when they are uploaded.
These are the last images taken with the camera before it went for a Burton (for those from outside the U.K. this means it gave up the ghost). The pics were taken in Manchester last week and show Sophie with her Grandad Blair and her cousins Ashley and Cool Socks Luke. She's wearing a cardigan made by her mum (and designed in Microsoft Excel). This was Sophie's fifth trip to England.
Today and tomorrow are national holidays here in Oman so I can't get into the office. I don't fly back until tomorrow night so am currently sitting in my hotel room tapping into my laptop and generally trying not to let the view from the room distract me from working. Couldn't resist logging onto the blog to look at the pics and thought I'd share my dilemna.
There won't be much activity here for the rest of November. Sophie and Jo are going to visit Jo's folks in Manchester, I'm off to Oman for work and the Beast is going to a bargain holiday camp near Utrecht. See you in two weeks.
Sophie turned 9 months last Monday. She's going through one of those phases when loads of new stuff happens. She can interact (I make farty noise, Sophie makes farty noise; I go "Ga", Sophie goes "Ga") and her crawling is getting more controlled and is now at the stage where she has to be watched all the time. We're trying to remove all obstacles like wires (anyone know anything about wireless routers? ... can't get ours to work). She's also becoming more selective in her eating habits (she's turning into a toastetarian). Anyway here are some pics of her in some cool strides!
