Eco Blog Number 4 - e-lobbying

January is a month for writing. It's raining. It's cold. We seem to have this bug that goes from nursery, to home, to work, and back again. Perfect time for writing.

Dob and I will each write 6 letters (hopefully e-letters) by the end of the month to various higher-ups with solutions for better e-living in our community. Recycling plastics is still quite tough in the Bridge, with extra journeys in the car required. It's also hard at my work to have the university take a few extra e-measures in the office. And generally, we think the supermarkets, the government, and our local authority could do more. We'll see how we get how on with starting up a dialogue. Maybe February will be the month for writing back to us?

9 Months and Clapping

Savvy has hit the 9 month mark and can boast the following:

1. clapping
2. waving
3. teasing - offering toys and then pulling them away at the last second
4. rehydrating - slobering on dried fruit to expand it to larger than original size
5. I.T. - when she plays with the mouse, she looks to the computer screen for changes
6. slurping - she can slurp up a noodle
7. eating - 3 (big) squares a day - (mom and dad have also adopted the whole milk and full fat yoghourt)
8. high 5-ing
9. teeth brushing - she loves it

One Guess

One guess at what dob bought with the voucher nonno and nonna gave him at xmas.

Hogmanay 500 Mile Hike

What to do on Hogmanay with a 9 month old baby?

Hike up Dumyat at midnight and listen to the fireworks and Proclaimers singing their classic "I would walk 500 miles" at the Stirling Castle New Year's party. I say listen, as there was a cloud hanging over Dumyat, so visibility was down to 6ft in some places. No chance of seeing the fireworks as we had hoped. A wee dram on top and back down for an "early" night.

There is a slightly freeked out baby in that back pack. We reckon she thought we were running away from the Natzis, what with all the getting up in the middle of the night and hiking up a mountain with explosions going off all around. She did recover and slept (and snored) the whole way down.

Ashley's ghostly image.

Christmas Cutie

Check out those two front teeth!
(ps - we have bum shuffling, and backwards crawling, but no forward movement. Walking shakily while holding hands is a go-er, but no free standing...yet).