Happy 13th birthday Jakey. You are my lucky boy charm, with my luck arriving at 7:14pm on the 10th August 2011 at Freemason's hospital. Just a few moments earlier, I watched your head emerge (thanks to the midwives who provided a mirror) and waited for what felt like an eternity (thanks to my obstetrician [...]
Jake, you are a boy of few words, yet your face says so much and you wear your emotions and feelings all over your face, literally. While everyone else is just giving a standard boring camera smile, you communicate so much more with your face. [...]
I can feel it happening. It's not only the physical signs like the hem length of your jeans suddenly a few inches higher off the ground or your growth spurts requiring the fuel of a small army (no wonder when you eat at least one bowl of oats every night AFTER you finish your [...]
11 feels significant. I don't exactly know why given just last year was your big first decade, a milestone that is well recognised by every parent of every ten year old. Perhaps 11 feels more significant because it may be the start of the lasts of many things. Perhaps it's the last year that [...]
