Christmas

Christmas this year was spent in the UK, with Johanna's family coming up to London to hang out with us. Kirin and Malik both seemed to have a good time and life has slowly been getting back to normal since the in-laws departed.

It has been very cold here - below freezing, which is rare in London - so we have had to bundle up pretty well when leaving the house. Kirin has been less than keen to wear a toque, but he does seem to love the mask Johanna bought him. He now refers to himself as "Dash" (from the great film The Incredibles).
Malik's crawling is speeding up at an exponential rate which is both lovely to see and a bit frightening. I swear we need to put a helmet on this guy to save him from all of the bumps and bruises.

More important, his awareness of things around him is developing just as quickly. When I arrived home today, he was genuinely excited to see me and even crawled over to say hello. He also started grabbing the duck that Kirin had snatched from him in the bath. Fighting for toys... that is a phase I'm looking forward to.