Kirkcaldy has a new minister! John Johnstone accepted the call that was put to him last night. We’re delighted – we love John!!
I tried to find a decent photo of him but the only one I could find didn’t represent his ginger locks properly, so I had to slightly alter it….
Ginger John
A.
On Tuesday I took Colin to his Great Aunt Liz and Uncle Stewart’s house in Balerno so that he could meet his two second cousins, Ryan (3) and Holly (7 months). Once again Colin slept through the entire occassion, but I had a nice time chatting to Liz, Stewart, and my cousin Steven and his wife Julie.
Colin has another second cousin that he still has to meet called Evie, and by April next year he will have a cousin, and another second cousin, but here’s a picture of the ‘next generation’ so far …
Ryan, Colin and Holly
Catherine
I’ve just updated our Flickr photostream, which you can view HERE if you’re not already sick of pictures of the wee dude.
He met his uncle yesterday (and survived):
A.
This is really only going to be of any interest to any Blackberry users out there, but I have to mention it. I’d been searching around for ages to see if I could find an application that enables me to put the Bible on my phone but was having no joy. That was until I stumbled upon this amazing programme:
It gives you the Bible in loads of different translations, daily readings and a whole lot more! And unbelievably it’s free too!
It makes the commute to college a whole lot more bearable.
A.
Colin and Great Granny Morrison
You wouldn’t know it from the picture above, but on Tuesday afternoon Colin was a very grumpy boy and screamed his head off the whole time that his Great Grandparents from Inverness were visiting. They called in on their way to Edinburgh with Great Auntie Liz but it was nearly impossible to hold a conversation over the noise Colin was making so they didn’t stay for long. Long enough to get some photos though!
Great Auntie, Great Granny and Great Grandfather – and a grumpy boy!
After they left, Colin still wouldn’t settle so in the end I stuck him in his pushchair to go for a walk. He was asleep before we even left the garden and proceeded to sleep for the next 1.5 hours as I walked to Asda in Dalgety Bay and back. It’s a pity I hadn’t thought of taking him for a walk before his visitors arrived as it would have made for a much more pleasant visit. Oh well, I will know the next time …
Catherine
For those of you fed up of baby talk, please be assured that this is a baby free post! Instead it is about my second favourite subject. Food.
Today we went to Craigie’s for breakfast (again!) Andy had his usual cooked breakfast (known as ‘The Herder’s Choice), Muriel tried out my usual – pancakes and maple syrup (known as ‘The Canadian Connection’) and I decided to go for something different – porridge and a cake. For some reason Andy and Muriel found this to be highly amusing. As you can see from the photograph below, in actual fact it was awesome!
Porridge and a chocolate brownie
I think I have a new usual …
Catherine
It’s like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest in here tonight:
A.
Lots and lots of chocolates, crazy children’s songs about horses and lots of photos of Colin…..it can only mean one thing; mum’s here for the weekend!
She’s off to Rhodes for a week on Tuesday, so came down to spend some time with her favourite grandson.
Yep, she’s currently trying to coax some wind out of the wee man by singing, ‘any more poopies?’ over and over again. The answer seems to be yes.
Colin, poopies and Granny
A
On Tuesday I had a nice afternoon when Rachel came round with Sarah France (who I hadn’t seen for ages) and cousin Jeni came round too. Colin was on good form, and didn’t even cry during his nappy change. He did spew all over Jeni shortly after this photograph was taken though!
Rachel, Jeni with Colin, and me
Jeni has to get used to that sort of thing as she’s expecting a baby in April 2010. A second-cousin for Colin!
Colin and Mary
On Wednesday morning I took Colin to spend some time with people closer to his own age. We went to the soft play area at the Climbing Centre in Ratho to meet Susan and her 3 year old son Kai, and 8 month old daughter Mary. Colin slept the entire time but I had a good time catching up with Sue. It was hard to imagine that Colin will ever be the same size as Mary, let alone in 8 months time!
Big smiles from Kai, and big sleeps from Colin
Colin is 3 weeks old today. To celebrate, he’s sleeping!
Catherine
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