Action Hero

Spend $761 on a camcorder in the end. The golden-tongued salesman won me over with his talk of free stuff (three DV tapes, a bigger battery, and a camera bag). There were some pretty good cameras for more money but for the sake of what we wanted it seemed like a bit of a waste of money, so we're quite happy with what we've got. Apart from Jen, who objects to the fact that I keep waving it in her face, especially when she's just got her bra on or is breastfeeding.

Have started to compile lots of footage of the boy grunting and objecting to things like being put down. The novelty will wear off soon, I expect - then it'll just come out for things like Christmas and when we get stopped at the airport when the sniffer dogs pick up the dirty nappies as possible weapons of mass destruction.

I'll see if I can put some video up on this site but not too sure if I can, or if anyone will be keen to download something that takes half an hour to see five minutes of sleeping baby.

Off work tomorrow, having re-arranged my shifts to allow a visit to the paediatrician. At 9am though, which is a bit of a let down given that I would otherwise not have to get up in the morning. Although the boy isn't too keen on late starts, so it may be that we've been up for hours before we have to head off