Assault at the grand-parents

Christopher was sitting with the very icon of a 'good-guy' sailor, Pop-eye when suddenly Pop-eye went all psychotic and suddenly punched him. Christopher tried valiantly to defend himself but allas the over-sized head, lack of gross motor skills and poor balance meant that he was no match for a spinach-gulping sailor with attitude. The incident was captured on film (well virtually) as can be seen by the picture on the left.

After all was said and done I think Christopher still came out with the moral victory and was none the worse for the incident. After all he is made of sterner stuff than Popeye, who is really just a big softy and stuffed most (if not all) of the time.

Christopher is also starting to roll-over. He managed it for the first time on Sunday morning while I was sitting with him. The expression after managing to get from his back to his stomach wasn't so much as a 'I done it!' expression as a 'What the hell just happened' expression. Very soon he realised the predicament he was in, having got onto his stomach he had no idea how to get back onto his back. The head got too heavy and very soon he head-butted the floor. A head-butt Zidane would have been proud of. Dad to the rescue and very soon he was back on his back kick his legs.

It was Jenny's morning to lie in. We take turns on the weekend, one day I look after Christopher in the early morning and the other day Jenny looks after him. That way we each get a morning for ourselves on the the weekend. Jenny unfortunately was enjoying her lie in on the morning when Christopher rolled over so she didn't see it. Not sure if she entirely believes me, and Christopher refuses to back me up.

A room with a view

So Christopher has now moved into his own room. Severe separation anxiety and bit of trauma but otherwise Jenny and I are ok. Christopher was quite happy with the transition. What a pleasure to be able to read in bed again, it is amazing how the little things start to count. He is also been sleeping until 7:30am for the past couple of days, long may it last!

Christopher is now also starting to get a lot more vocal, and has even found out how to laugh! Not too sure whether having him laugh at me is a good thing or not, does he find me funny or a bit of a joke?

We also have decided to take weekend walks with him, it gives us a bit of family time and with Jenny at home on maternity leave and me working from home it does us all good to get out a bit. So for the first outing we took a walk around Kalkbay harbour and then introduced Chris to the Brass Bell. He can never be too young to learn about the simple pleasures of life!

Chris is becoming more attentive, and as a result needs more and more stimulation. So it is starting to get quite tiring trying to keep him stimulated, there are no long periods of him being fascinated by his fingers. Well, the only exception being the fact that he REALLY enjoys sucking his fingers. Of course he is also discovering that you can have too much of a good thing. When he does manage to get all his fingers in his mouth his gag reflex kicks in. These little life lessons really do start early on.

He is also developing impecable timing, he fell asleep while walking and slept while we ordered our meals, and had our drinks and as soon as the meals arrived he started crying and wanted attention. Jenny is getting awfully good at eating one-handed.

The college fund is now standing at $35.12, or 128,407 Zambian Kwacha.