Samuel 4 month check-up

The doctor confirmed our belief.  Samuel is perfect.

Okay, maybe he did not say perfect. Grant me a little parental bias.

Samuel is fine.  He fell slightly under 50% in weight.  Understandable considering all that we have put him through in the last month.  His height is slightly over 50%.  Long and lean, just like his Papa.

Weight: 6.2 kg (13lb, 10 oz.), height 64 cm(25 1/4 in.)

We walked back from the hospital, stopping at the Neuilly aquatic centre to sign Samuel up for baby swim lessons.  We were too late to get him in the classes starting September so he will begin lessons in January instead.  We will have pictures and videotape.  By then I hope to have learned how to download video onto the mac.

New pictures will be posted soon to the kodak website.

We lost another cat last night....

The bathroom in the master bedroom has four windows.  I opened one early on Sunday morning to air out the bathroom.  Julia went to take a nap late Sunday afternoon and closed the window.

When I came to bed at 11:00 I noticed that Molson was not with us.  This is unusual as he always sleeps with us.  We began a search of the apartment which turned up no trace.  We walked the stairs in our building and checked the courtyard.  No joy.

Tried to sleep for awhile, to no avail.  Searched again.  Still no joy.  After returning from a 6:15 am search I thought about the window.  Sure enough, opened the window, and there is a ledge that leads to the terrace off of Samuels room.  There was Molson, curled up in the corner.

He very noisily returned to our bed for the remainder(?) of the sleep period.

All is right in the world.....

Chelsea is on top of the table with Liverpool trailing behind. Life is good.  The picture is of Samuel and me in our our Chelsea gear awaiting kick0ff.

Samuel and I spent the afternoon at the big ben pub watching chelsea v. wigan. Samuel slept through the second half and I almost joined him.

Julia, Samuel and I went to the indoor market this morning. There is a very nice organic market where we picked up some wine and oils. Of course, since it is still August none of the stalls was completely stocked. It will be interesting to see the difference once everyone returns in September.

Our new neighborhood is very nice. Went for my first run on Saturday and had a really good time in the park. Most of the time I was able to spend on dirt packed trails. For the first run in over a month, my knees did not hurt when my run was finished.

-Dave