In June we all went to Gothenburg Sweden to visit with some friends of Andrews that he met while treking around Nepal.

Their names are David and Lulu and here they are on one of the first days we were there at one of their sunning spots, heres me and Li while i keep her out of the sun.

I feel bad it's been so long now that we were on the trip i don't remember all the the things we did and the places we went but David and Lulu took us everywhere.. to a ton of different places to enjoy the amazing hot weather and we met all their families.

So I have gone through all our pics and i'll just give a short recap of some of what we did.. but there will not be too many details, sorry

Sex and City at the everyman

Though I do quite like being a hermit with my little one I thought it would be nice to venture out into the world a little.. so with the release of the Sex and the City movie I though I would go to one of the mommy screenings at a cinema called the Everyman.

This cinema is in Hamstead and is one with big comfy couches and chairs and little tables so it would be more roomy. Since I was taking the outing I thought I would ask a friend of Andrews wife who had a little girl 3 months after us if she wanted to go and as it turned out she was already going to go to the same screening but with a whole pile of other mums she met from a baby massage class she took .. so I tagged along with all of them. It was really good to get out and it was crazy babies galore but liadan was really good and although the movie was pretty sub par but it was a really good day out.

First time in the Walker

So as mentioned before I got Liadan a walker so she could move around a little more independently and not totally ruin our backs while she figured out how to walk on her own. I’m so glad that these things are not banned here in England cause they are banned in North America and she has a pretty good time banging into all our furniture and trying to get as close the tv as she can. So here is some footage of her in the walker for the first time.. of course now she is a little more speedy about it and that will be posted soon

Walking with Daddy

Liadan thought why stop at rolling she has decided to get a head start on the whole walking thing. She loves holding onto Andrew fingers and walking around take a look for yourself… I have been looking on Ebay so we can get her a walker..which we now have and there will be footage to show this soon too.

Roast with Chris’s mom

Early that same mat playing day we went to the Lord Stanley for a roast with Chris and his mom, beau and ryan, Neil and Isabell. Good eats for all.. same curt service. Here is a pic of that day and note this is the first day that Liadan ever wore a dress.

Also I know I am once again really far behind on the blog so I’m going to try and blast out new entries for the next couple weeks ..so stay tuned lots to come

Mat Playing

Liadan was playing on her play mat today and she was getting into all the different sounds and things it does more than she usually does, what was so cute was her figuring out that she could actually turn the lights on for the flowers anyways you can see for yourself it’s a little slow of course because as soon as I get the camera out she decides to do something else. Then later she was sitting there and pulled herself up to standing on the arm things of the mat.. but they are not meant for that so it’s not easy going. But here is a little clip of her on the mat

Update from Andrew - The Golden Compass

So, last year I worked on The Golden Compass, the film adaptation of the first book in Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy.
While the movie itself didn't raise too many eyebrows, it did manage to win the BAFTA and the Oscar for the Outsatnding Visual Effects.
Here's a quick taste of my work and a picture of the animation team with our two gongs. video coming soon