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Cooper learns to ski

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:48:04

At the start of July we spent a week up at Mount Hotham getting in some early season skiing & snowboarding.

One of the most exciting parts of the week was seeing Cooper learn to ski for the very first time. He only turned 3 a few months ago, but he was very excited about hitting the slopes and he really enjoyed his two half-day ski lessons with the "Mighty Mites".

Here's a short video I put together highlighting Cooper's first ski lessons.

Cooper at Mount Hotham 2009 - YouTube Video

The kids are growing

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:24:24

I have put some new photos of Lucy, who is now 4 months old, and Cooper, who will be 3 in a couple of months, on flickr. Enjoy.

Lucy Miles

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:58:42

Our second baby has arrived! This time it's a girl and we've called her Lucy. We're very excited, and you'll be able to find more photos of Lucy here.

New Country, New House !

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:30:13

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.

Vilnius, Lithuania for EuroPython 2007

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:07:35

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.

Val Thorens

Tue, 15 May 2007 12:56:43

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.

Aus photos on Flickr

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:04:42

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

Cooper's First Xmas

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:38:00

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.

3 Weeks in Australia

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:52:00

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 6 months old

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:35:00

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!

Moved

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:30:00

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 photos

Fri, 26 May 2006 00:30:00

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/

It's a boy!

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:37:00

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

D-Day

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:41:00

Baby Miles 1.0 is due today! And I'm sure, like all my projects, that it will be on time... :-/

...waiting...

3 weeks

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:16:42

3 weeks to go* before Baby Miles 1.0 arrives and entertains us all!

* +/- 2 weeks...