Bank Holiday in Bermondsey

We spent this Bank Holiday walking along the river in our neighbourhood and going on the swings in the park! Here's some snaps...

Rose and Ted by the river with the Shard, Tower Bridge, and the Walkie Talkie, etc, in the background... Ted is stroking a bronze cat sculpture. 

Ted on the swing in our local park

Rose and Ted on the slide... a small child's slide.

Rose & Ted with Ada Salter 

 

Happy Easter Monday Bank Holiday to you all...
cheers, Dan

Easter is for Chocolate Eggs!

We've been celebrating Easter with an assortment of chocolate eggs.  Cadbury's are a classic favorite, and Teddy seems interested in them, perhaps more interested in the box than the eggs, but the box is quite fun and colorful.

Teddy and Rose have a cold, so we are recovering over the long holiday weekend.  The weather has been rainy so it is nice to stay indoors and enjoy some chocolate eggs!

Happy Easter everyone, hard to believe that last year I looked like this.

I love Paris in the Springtime!

Last weekend we had a chance to go to Paris.  Dan and Teddy had a great time seeing the sights while Rose did some work. 

Dan and Teddy at the Eiffel tower

Dan and Teddy on the Dodo Menagerie - Carousel of extinct and endangered animals

Getting around town on the Metro

It was a nice trip, Paris was lovely and we had a chance to see some sights and eat some croissants, baguettes, and pain au chocolate.  Now we are back in London with our Marmite on toast, a different type of comfort.

Spring is in the air!

What's a man to wear?   

6,7,8.....

Nine

Ten

Migratory Patterns

Teddy has become quite and international man of mystery! Recently he has traveled to Italy to celebrate American Thanksgiving in November.  We met up with Greg and Sarah Morrison in Lucca and had a feast of American and Italian food.  We enjoyed walking around the medieval town and taking a day trip to Pisa to see the leaning tower. 

Teddy studies Italian while celebrating his 7-month birthday

Teddy has also traveled to America where he spent time with his cousin Nancy Dove Swanson.

En route

Snacktime!

Next weekend he will be going to Paris, Oh le le!

Growing

Teddy has been growing so fast, and having so many new activities and adventures that we wanted to share a few photos of him with everyone on the blog.

Bathtime fun! Teddy in his cheeky monkey towel

Teddy demonstrating his ability to hold his head up

Teddy at 3-months! Smiling and clicking his heels 

We've had visitors over the past few weeks, and it is the perfect time to visit, as Teddy is still willing to go out to the pub for dinner and will behave wonderfully. He is also not yet too heavy (at 3-months he was 15 1/2 pounds) he is still very snuggly and he loves being held and walked around.

Great Uncle Tommy and Aunt Debra, with Teddy at the Ship in Kennington

Great Aunt Mary Ann and Uncle Steve with Teddy at the Mayflower in Rotherhithe

As you can tell, pubs are very baby-friendly in London, and our little man has become quite the pub crawler, which will be even more exciting once he learns to crawl.

Teddy is 40 days old

tiny hands, family hands

Teddy is 40-days old today.  It is really exciting.  He seems to smile, and he seems to be more aware of us as people, perhaps as his parents.

It is fascinating how much he has changed in the past month and it will be interesting to see how much more he changes over the next few days and years.  Today, after 2 unsuccessful attempts,  we managed to successfully give him a bath. I imagine eventually he will enjoy baths, I know when I was pregnant I would have a long bath every day, part of just taking time to enjoy the pregnancy.

Dan is going back to work tomorrow, and now that it is summer Teddy and Mum can go to the park and spend some time outside.  There are other babies who live close by and we are looking forward to playdates with them in the future.

Teddy at 1 month old

Baby Cull...

the hands of... EDWARD DALY CULL

Rose and Daniel are pleased to say that at St Thomas' Hospital, London, at 1.48pm on 29th April 2014 Edward Daly Cull was born.

Mother and Baby are home and doing well.

His birth stats:
 Weight at birth: 3945 grams (8 lbs, 7 oz)
Birth CH length: 56 cm (22 inches)
APGAR
1 min = 9
5 min = 10

A Taurus in the year of the Horse, who shares his birthday with Willie Nelson and Duke Ellington.

A baby Cull is called Edward!