London

Last weekend we took Jack to London to see his relatives down there. That was a fun journey (not). He screamed and screamed at the last part but we got there in the end. It was a tiring day as we travelled down on the Saturday and went back on the Sunday - top marks to Robb and Emma though for a great BBQ.
Also many thanks to the gifts people bought him - it was very kind. On the Sunday we went via Ealing to visit Jack's Great Great Grandma. She was very pleased to see him and had bought him a nice soft teddy bear. I have uploaded a few photos from his visit to Ealing - I didn't have my camera out at the BBQ unfortunately. The journey back was a bit of a nightmare - we both were knackered and Jack cried lots and cried for 2 hours non-stop when we got home so he does not like long journeys in the car right now so I think we won't be doing any for a while (apart fron our trip to Scotland in a weeks time - but he doesn't know about this yet so don't tell him !). Anyway before I go I should have moan because I like moaning .... My TV that has supposedly been fixed has not been fixed at all ... It STILL does what it used to do before and they said that they had replaced the TUBE this time ! Anyway I rang Toshiba to complain about this supposedly "authorised" Toshiba repair company that have been "fixing" it and I said I wanted a different company to fix it now. I also made the point of telling them, that I think this other comapny is ripping them off ... So maybe it will get fixed this time - as they say.... THIRD time lucky !

Happy Fathers Day

My first fathers Day... We went out for a meal at the Devonshire Arms which was very nice. Jack slept all the way in the car right through the meal and back home again - despite it being very noisy in the restaurant - I don't know how they do it ! we have his Grandparents over at the moment from Spain and hey are chuffed to bits to see him. Next weekend he's going to see his Great Grandmother in London and lots of other relatives....

Count Jackula

We took Jack to Whitby today. I figured if he's to become a Goth then he might as well start now. We ate at the marvellous White Horse and Griffin pub - a firm favourite of ours - the food was as good as ever and so was the service. We also took him to see his Great Great Auntie Dids - she was well-pleased to see him and she is as fit and as adventurous as ever. There are a few snaps I took in Jacks Place. Also I have tried some close up shots using my macro function on my camera but I'm not sure he's ready for that yet as he looks like as though one looks when you look into the back of a spoon ! Whitby's great - not because I'm an old goth and they have conventions each year (which I might add I have never been to!) But it has so much charisma. I think we might go there for a weekend soon .... BTW have I mentioned yet he's starting to smile ? He started about a week ago - he doesn't do it often but he's doing it more and more and sometimes can do it on request ....

Photos

Have found a bit of time to play around with JAlbum today
and it's well-cool. Thanks to Stoddy for making me aware of it !
Check out the photos for more info. You can order any photo online via Photobox. Just click on the thumbnail and then the "Order" link in the top right.
Also you can view a slideshow of all images by clicking on a thumbnail then click on the far right arrow.
Have fun !

Registry

On Thursday we registered Jack Eric Klein at Ilkley town hall. Now we can apply for child benefit and walk around in shell suits ....We went to Beverley to see Granny and Grandad Klein on Monday as it was Gramps' birthday. He is looking better I'm glad to say after his ordeal in Spain. We took a few snaps and I have uploaded them to Jack's Place. My TV is still in repair... I have pretty much decided now to get a new one. I want a nice big LCD so I can use it for Windows too whilst slumped on my sofa with a bottle of beer. Gone are the days of having to be banished upstairs to use the PC. My media centre is behaving itself too I am pleased to say. I have bought Norton Ghost to do external disk images to back it all up in case it goes belly up in the future. I can recommend Norton Ghost as its dead easy to use - although I have not tried a restore yet ! Jack is doing well and when the Health Visitor weighed him yesterday he was 8lb 2 oz. He is still sleeping pretty well - he has a feed at 10pm then sleeps until about 3.30 then had a feed and sleeps until about 7:30.
I got a note from Nidderdale Angling Club today saying my stretch of the Nidd is closed until July the 1st because of a virus at a Trout Farm higher up the river. All fish in the trout farm have had to be killed and the whole place disinfected. Now you know one of the issues with farmed fish - particularly Salmon is a hot topic as it affects wild salmon.
Hopefully I will get out on the River Ure in Wensleydale this weekend as Jack and Julie are pretty much settled now. Its a top river and you get a lot of the England fly fishing team up there.
We have a had a lot of visitors over the past couple of weeks and can I take this opportunity to thank everyone who has sent us gifts - it is really kind of you. Jack has probably enough clothes now to last him until he is two years old ! Although his wardrobe is not quite as large as his mothers !

Imbeciles (Part 2)

I finally got my TV "fixed" only to find they hadn't actually fixed it at all and it has exactly the same problem with it as when it first went in for repair ! So they are coming to collect it for repair again tomorrow....
In the meantime I decided to get a new LCD portable which is very cool and I like. You can connect your PC to it and it acts like a monitor. So I finally got round to testing my replacement Artisan PC only to find the buffoons have not built it with its wireless card inside ! So yet again I phoned Elonex and yet again an engineer is coming out to fit a card. I really don't see how these companies make money when they are such imbeciles.
Today I have uploaded a few more pics of Jack. This time I have made his main page hold lower quality pictures as the last lot took a while to load and a few people who have dial up connections could not load them properly. I have kept a link to the original photos on the left for those who have no probs accessing them. Yesterday my Dad was taken ill whilst on holiday in Spain. He has pancreatitis, but after having spoken to him today he seems OK and hopes to fly back to Blighty around the end of the week.

Poo City

Well it doesn't take long to get into the swing of things.
To know his little "specialities ...."
One of which seems to revolve around nappy changing time, (which invariably I do).
Yesterday whilst changing him I said to Julie "I bet one day he will do a big poo whilst I am changing him" and as I said the word "him" a big dollop of poo flew out over the bed (Which was nice !)
Today whilst changing he did the classic of waiting until I had put a completely new nappy on and had just closed one tab and was about to do the other when he filled it with a nice big poo.
So as you can see he likes to play little games to keep Daddy on his toes ...
Today his friend Henry came round for a couple of drinks. Henry's Mummy and Daddy went to NCT class like we did. Henry came 2 weeks early so he is a bit bigger than Jack.
They both had a great time and Jack was so overwhelmed he did someYogic Flying for us all.