A lot has happened since I last posted an entry! Let's see if I can remember it all:

• In October 2007 we relocated back to Australia (Melbourne) after nearly 6 years of living in London. London, the UK, and visits to Europe were a lot of fun, but by then we'd done & seen all we wanted to do & see and, with Cooper getting much more mobile, we wanted to get ourselves a lot more space. The easiest way to do that was to return to Aus.
• After moving back we lived a semi-gypsy life in Australia, staying with relatives (and babysitting a friend's house over Dec/Jan) while looking for a house to buy. I continued to work during that time, staying on with Locayta, who I'd been working for in London, but working remotely. The temporary/gypsy living lasted longer than we probably expected, 5 1/2 months, but it does take time to find a house that you actually want to buy.
• Eventually we did find a house to buy and a bank that would give us a loan, and on March 7 we moved in! We are very happy with the place so far. It is an oldish (~25 years) house that has been partially renovated over time, but there's still plenty of DIY projects to keep us busy. The exciting feature for us is the in-ground pool, which showed its value almost immediately after moving in, when the local temperature was floating around 35C+ for over a week.

Last week I was in Vilnius, Lithuania to attend EuroPython 2007. It was a nice city to visit with friendly locals. The beer & vodka were both tasty. Oh, the conference was good too.

My photos are on flickr.

In March we spent a week skiing/snowboarding/sledding at Val Thorens, in the French Alps.

Here are some photos and some videos from the trip.

I have published photos from our Australia holiday so check them out.

Cooper enjoyed his first Christmas and naturally got spoilt with presents. Big thanks to Bern & Mel & Gemma who hosted a Christmas feast at their place. Delicious as always.

I've decided to start hosting my photos at Flickr, so check out our Xmas Day 2006 Photos.

For the first 3 weeks of December we took Cooper back to Australia to visit our family and friends. He had a great time, especially enjoying the open air, playing in grass and dirt, and swimming at the beach. We all had fun, but were kept busy by a hectic schedule with lots of people to visit and catch up with.

While there I treated myself to a Canon EOS 400D DSLR camera for Christmas and went snap-happy taking loads of photos. In due course I will sort them out and post them for all to see. It is a great camera, I highly recommend it, even if you don't know much about photograpy like me!



Update: Photos here

Cooper is now 6 months old and keeping us very entertained! He has updated his blog and posted some new photos so check them out!

We moved apartments yesterday. Not very far, in fact only about 50m away in the same apartment complex. But still a lot of effort. Luckily we had lots of friends around to help out, and Cooper kept everyone entertained.
If you don't have our new address already then drop me an e-mail.

Cooper is now over 6 weeks old! He is growing fast and enjoying every moment of it. He already has his own web site, so check out his photos and there's even a few videos to watch.
http://coopermiles.info/

Cooper Miles was born today!! After a bit of a delay, Cooper aka Baby Miles 1.0, finally joined us in the real world. He is a delight to both of us and a real character already.

Stats:
Weight: 4.31 kg (9 lb 8 oz)
Length: 60 cm