Now that I'm starting to feel a bit better, life with Charlie is getting all the more exciting. His range of facial communications is fascinating. He often gives a smile after a feed, which may or may not be a smile. But he sure looks contented. He is good-natured and enjoys a good cuddle. And he seems to enjoy the steady stream of visitors. Perhaps this is due to the many strangers he met in his first days of life in the hospital.
Our seven nights in Ward 10B of St. Paul's were very interesting. On the first night, I overheard the nurses at the nurses' station discussing the fact that the old lady in the room next to me, Ingrid, had lost her glass eye. They were concerned that they didn't know where it had gone. Twenty-four hours later, I overheard the nurses celebrate the fact that one of them had found it - the glass eye was tucked into one of Ingrid's dressing-gown folds. Small miracles at St. Paul's.

Baby and I are still hanging out, 9 days past the due date. We have been having a super time, enjoying urban explorations, reading, 'treats' of various kinds. Highlights include: lunch at Vancouver Community College's chef-training kitchen, several episodes of The Muppet Show (Season One, 1976, on DVD, borrowed from the Library), and hauling myself regularly over the Keefer Street train-crossing bridge to look down on activity in the City. Spring is here and there is abundant evidence of new life.
People have been increasingly interested to know whether we've had our baby yet. There seems to be some anxious anticipation out there! We have decided to tap into the international buzz around Eagle Eye Cam - live from Hornby Island - and have set up Baby Eye Cam. 24/7, you can log on to our site to follow our activities as we try to hatch this egg. It's riveting. Moving. Wildlife at its finest. See me sitting at the computer, compulsively surfing the web. See Randy burn CDs and DVDs at unprecedented speed. See me do the dishes, again. See Randy drink Cold & Flu tea by the litre. These pre-birth rituals are important and will astonish interested viewers world-wide.