"Crikey, mate, he's a beaut"

We recently played host to the visiting McDonogh family, now well established in Craig's homeland of Australia. Craig and Anna moved before their son, Jack, was born so this was our first chance to meet the little fella. A handsome chap he was too, full of smiles -- until Cole decided to make a grab for his nose. Fortunately they all behaved well enough for one decent group pose.

We also got a huge and very heartwarming surprise when we found out our friends Simon and Mel had adopted a little 8-month old boy, also named Jack. They had only had him for 3 weeks, but you could tell they were all smitten with each other.

The diet is progressing well, and I'm about 20% of the way to the initial goal I set for myself. Cole and I are enjoying our Sunday morning bike rides, and we're up to about 7 miles. I doubt he'll be up for much more than that (he fell asleep on today's ride) so I will try to sneak in some longer rides on my own when possible.

Time for bed. Greetings to one and all...
Andrew