by Brian Crawford | Dec 24, 2003 | family
here is hoping that you and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. here’s Callum showing his love for the big guy in the red suit. (well hey – he was teething – and the picture was just too classic to pass up!) Merry Christmas...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 8, 2003 | family
I’m really looking forward to next Wednesday, the day that Return of the King comes out in cinemas. On the other hand, it also means that I’ll have to re-read the Return of the King novel before that date, as I have done with the previous two novels that I...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 4, 2003 | family
so as I mentioned last post, Callum has learned to crawl. Yvonne and I thought that this would mean a bit of relief for his weary parents (us!) as we figured that his being able to crawl around and explore his surroundings would make him content. We were right –...
by Brian Crawford | Nov 27, 2003 | family
happy American Thanksgiving. For lunch today Yvonne (I volunteered to help but she insisted on doing it herself) roasted a turkey with gravy and also prepared some stuffing, candied yams, and green bean casserole, plus there were toasted buttered buns and some sweet...
by Brian Crawford | Nov 24, 2003 | family
as of November 18th Callum has been crawling all over the place, which has sparked the rapid babyproofing of our house. Furthermore, today was the first day that he went from lying down on his stomach to a sitting up position all by himself. His crawling skills are...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 2, 2003 | family
so baby has been learning to eat solid foods. This has been going quite well. Right away he mastered two out of the three steps involved with eating, as follows: 1) I bring the spoon full of rice cereal (aka mush) to his mouth. He opens his mouth wide. Good! 2) Callum...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 16, 2003 | family
baby update: Callum is sitting up (albiet with some assistance – he can only go a few seconds without toppling over). in other news it looks like we will not get HURRICANED. That’s good news for us but bad news for the people in Pamlico Beach. So it goes....
by Brian Crawford | Sep 11, 2003 | family, food
baby Callum turned five months old yesterday. I’ve been playing a bit with Blosxom. It is a very cool weblogging program that stores entries as text files (so that you can use a text editor to make an entry) and uses directory trees to indicate heirarchy. I have...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 24, 2003 | family, movies
first – obligatory baby picture. This week: goofiest smile yet! second – update. This weekend was pretty fun. We went to Millenium Music and took advantage of a DVD rental deal they’re offering – 25 movies for $25 over a period of 6 months. If...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 17, 2003 | family
my mother, who lives with my dad north of Toronto, has been in Toronto during the past couple of weeks to help her parents. My grandfather (who is 90) had a surgery performed last week at Toronto General. at any rate apparently my mother was at my grandparents’...