Spring nature walk

WARNING: Video contains fighting ducks.

I chose this myself!

She chose it, she wore it, I didn't want to fight.

Here come the earmuffs...

...it must be time for Bluesfest!



Gabrielle shows Isaac how all the cool kids are wearing protective hearing devices.

Isaac at six months

At his six month check-up and weigh-in, Isaac weighed 8.2 kgs and measured 70 cm in length. His length continues to put him just above the 90th percentile but his weight puts him at the 75th. In other words, he's long and lean - early days though.

In other ways that he's differentiating himself from Gabrielle, during his vaccinations, he didn't cry at all, even though it was clearly very painful to him. He seemed to be catching himself and managing to stop himself from crying, if it's possible to imagine a six-month old doing so. Gabrielle used to wail away at every shot - it would take breastfeeding her for 15 minutes to calm her down each time.

And in yet another interesting difference, Isaac is not much for the food - he'll eat it, but he prefers the bland stuff - he seems to find even avocado to be too exotic for his palate. Whenever I give him anything other than whipped squash, he screws his face up to indicate his displeasure. Well sorrrrrrry, we're used to a different kind of eater around here...

View from the back seat

There was alot of time spent in the car in rush hour traffic while we were living at our friends' house for the month of April. To keep the kids (and especially G) happy, I would give them basically anything they asked for. Gabrielle would often ask for the camera I carry around in my bag. Here are some photos I recently found of her footwear on various mornings:







And a picture of her colleague in the back row:



And here's the chauffeur:



Nice shooting, sweetie!

A little Mark

Most people say Isaac is the spitting image of me (or my brother, or my father, etc.) but I think some Draper is beginning to creep in...



(Thanks for the picture, Angie.)

Who's helpful/bossy?

Who loves kisses?

Happy (?) Easter

Meaghan dropped by with an amazing Easter basket for Isaac and Gabrielle, and even included treats for Mark and I. I'm always blindsided (and delighted) by her thoughtful presents around all the various holidays, especially as it never occurs to me to buy anyone an Easter gift. Anyways, I do really enjoy gifts, especially in the form of chocolate eggs and whatnot, so keep up the good work, Meaghan.





Is it just me, or does this little blue duck look pissed off?

C'mon Meaghan, you love it...