Gremlin’s Fireside Chat

Maeve has been rather cranky these last couple of days, and the “great” event has finally happened – her first tooth has arrived.

Must look up the phone number of the toothfairy….

Probably a totally pointless blog; But who cares – its my blog and there are probably no readers apart from bots anyway. Whilst mowing the lawn – why does not grass learn to grow to just the right hight and then stop growing – when I almost ran over a frog. The genuine browney green coloured frog around 3 inches long. I don’t who was more surprised, them or me. Especially since the only water around us is salt water. Managed to get X and Maeve out into the garden for a good oogling of the frog before it hopped on its way into the undergrowth.

I have not seen frog since I was a kid when we use to search the ponds around our village in England for tadpoles to collect.

Maeve is six months old today – and what a six months they have been. They have been in short wonderful, and we have a lovely beautiful daughter who we really love and enjoy. When she smiles at me when I walk into her room at 06:30am for her morning feed and nappy change (alternated with my wife) she gives me a fantastic big smile to show she loves me; and all is well with the world as far as I am concerned.

Have I changed – no doubt and for the better, and I love spending more time than I did at home with my wife and daughter. I also have a great client called Amartus who permit me to work from home one day a week, not only does this cut 2-3 hours a day in commuting but I do tend to get more work done because there are fewer interruptions. The longer lunch break where I can spend with my daughter are also good for bonding and family in general.

Well here is the photo we just took of Maeve aged 5 months for her passport (we are going to Germany in September).

The funny thing about Maeve, even though she is six months old she is as tall and weighs as much as a one year old (10KG).