We are now back in England. Last week Dylan went to a Christmas party. Here are some pictures.

Dylan and Matt at Stinson Beach - this is Dylan's first experience of the Pacific Ocean

Here is Dylan trying to stand up

Dylan's first thanksgiving

Eating dinner with Great Grandma

Dylan with Papa on the Carousel at Pixieland

Dylan in California

Meeting his great grandparents!

Playing on a swing

Dylan is in California!

Dylan is now in California with his Nana and Papa. Here is a video of him enjoying their bouncy chair:

Dylan in the front room.

Dylan is now feeling much better although he still has a bit of a cough and cold. Here he is on a mission to get to the kitchen.

Poor Dylan has had a virus and was unable to attend his Halloween tea party on Friday. Yesterday he spent the day in hospital but was able to come home at five o clock and is now feeling much better as his temperature has normalised. The doctors have said it may take a week for him to fully recover but that he should be fine to fly out to California a week on Monday to visit his Nana and Papa.

Dylan on the move

Dylan is going to a Halloween tea party next week. He can't decide whether to dress as a reindeer or a dragon.

Dylan is six months old

To celebrate we visited London Zoo
Spot the monkey

Dylan loved looking at the fish

Dylan dancing

Dylan is nearly six months old and has just started sleeping through the night which is a welcome relief for his parents! Here is a picture with him and next door neighbour Sam who is not looking too impressed that Dylan is using him to stop himself falling over. Note that Dylan only has one sock on - one of his favourite tricks is removing his socks.

Dylan with Mummy


Dylan with Mr Frog

Last week Dylan seemed very hungry so we decided to start him on solids. Here is a video of his first taste of some baby rice.


Since then he has had banana and apple (which he likes) and sweet potato (which he doesn't).

Dylan and his Dad

Dylan likes to sleep on his side with his blanket.
Dylan in his wet weather gear

Dylan with Mr Crocodile

Dylan was weighed yesterday and he weighed 17 lb 2 which means he is still on his 75 percentile line. He has now doubled his birth weight which was 8lb 3. We are thinking about starting him on solids as he is taking an interest in food and is trying to eat everything he can find (including the newspaper!) However we've decided to wait until our kitchen extension is finished and we return from our holiday in the New Forest which should be in about three weeks time. In the meantime he is still requiring a feed at about 4 in the morning which is pretty tiring but manageable.

Dylan playing with Daddy.

Muh-muh-muh. Buh-buh-buh. Duh-duh-duh. Guh-guh-guh.

Last Thursday Dylan had his third set of injections. This time he had three jabs, two in his left leg and one in his right. On Friday he had a bit of a fever and was very cranky but he was back to his usual self by Saturday. Luckily he has no more injections until his MMR jab when he is one year old.

Dylan is getting more and more active day by day. Here are some videos:

Dylan playing in his cot



Dylan having an argument with Mr Giraffe

Yesterday Dylan rolled over from his back to his front for the first time. Since then he's done it a number of times; however he then forgets that he can roll the other way and starts to complain! We haven't yet caught it on video but will post as soon as we do.

Almost back to front.

What are those mountains on the sides of your face?
They are as big as an Egbo.
What are those mountains on the sides of your face?
They are your cheeks, did you not know?

Dylan is sixteen weeks old

Meeting Great Uncle Dave and Great Auntie Anne

Dylan in his bouncy chair

Dylan is a Cal fan

Dylan is fifteen weeks old

Dylan in the swimming pool

Dylan has now finished his Starfish swimming lessons. He starts the Angelfish course in September.

Dylan has discovered his toes

Dylan is three months old

Dylan and Sam go to the pub

Dylan in his executive chair

Dylan likes swimming when it's a little bit challenging.

8 July 2008 Dylan rolling from his front to his back

For the first time



And again

Dylan: 11 weeks old

Above: Dylan and Daddy


Above: Dylan in his sleeping bag

Dylan playing with Daddy

Dylan using his feet on his playmat

Dylan and his mobile

Dylan on his playmat

Dylan at the park

Dylan playing

To watch this in higher quality double click on the video and it will take you to Youtube. Then click on the 'watch in high quality' link below the video.

18 June - 23 June 2008

Dylan enjoys music including the following songs:

Chuggalug chuggalug chuggalug Dylan
Chuggalug chuggalug chuggalug Dylan
Gobble gobble
Good boy!

The best thing in life that you can do
is to be happy though it hurts when you poo

Dylan is heavy like a mellon
Dylan is round like a mellon
Dylan likes to dance like a mellon
Dylan is in fact a mellon

We do the hula dance
We do the hula dance
We do the hula dance
and we fall down on our pants...
I'm so ugly
that people are afraid
that when they look at me
they will turn into stone.
We do the hula dance
We do the hula dance
We do the hula dance
and we fall down on our pants.

12 June 2008

Dylan is smiling.

30 May - 2 June 2008

Below: Dylan and his grandparents



Below: Dylan, Mummy and Daddy



Below: Dylan and Grandpa



Below: Dylan and Papa



Below: Dylan and Nana



Below: Dylan and Grandma



Below: Dylan and Daddy


Below: Dylan and Mummy



Below: Goofy Dylan



Below: Dylan with his mobile



Below: Dylan in his pram