I know that this blog is in danger of turning into one long series about my daughter Maeve, but she IS my first child and I AM smitten by her.

Maeve is seven and a half months old and growing fast – not only in size but mental capacity is well. Maeves second tooth made an appearance a couple of weeks ago and she is growing into a fine young lass. Her hair is still pretty much non-existant, but is appears to be growing – best of all its a glorious ginger colour.

Like most babies Maeve loves “peek-a-boo” where either myself for X hide and jump out and shout “boo”; Maeve finds this hillarious and often in fits of giggles. Sometimes of late we have been putting a small tag blanket we bought off ebay over her head and pulling it off her head and shouting “boo” to the same joyous sounds of her laughter.

A new twist happened yesterday (Thursday August 28th 2008) when I drapped my ring-sling (wonderful things highly recommended any parent gets one) over her middle to keep her warm; You can imagine my surprise when she picked it up in her two hands (she is getting strong enough to wield like a club my keyboard) and pulled it up over her head covering her face, a couple of seconds latter – and I am pretty sure its true – she pulled it down and said “boo”. She repeated this trick a number of times but without the “boo”; I was absolutely thrilled, bowled over – cannot describe my joy. I believe Maeves first word is “boo”, and boy is she learning things fast.

I said this before, becoming a parent is the best thing I have done – well that and marrying my wonderful wife. You don’t need to be a multi-millionaire, or have lots of land. All you need is a good wife and a loving family.