27.01.07
a year ago, lois rubbed her growing tummy as we pontificated on our crazy idea of packing it all up & resettling off the continent onto a tiny island deep in the caribbean.the tummy is gone, baby willow has arrived & is celebrating six months on the outside. and yes, here we are in sunny antigua.

willow at six months is quite the little character. she has her parents well trained by insisting she is held most of her waking hours. she sleeps little by day, feeds throughout the night & is growing like a weed. she is destined to be a chatty person. every conceivable sound escapes her tiny body. it is safe to say, the vast majority of her time is spent (being held) & chirping a foreign language as yet to be identified. our fave sound is the old man; something you might expect from grandpa simpson. however, the now-famous racoon cooing holds its own.

the snuggly is her location of choice. her daddy will strap her in, go outside to do whatever include hiking, playing with dogs n goats, visiting neighbours or whatever. when she is there, she is endlessly content. willow loves to be outside. she loves her doggies & of course has taken to the goat. when she gets a grip on those horns, barber can't buck her off no matter how hard he tries.

unlike ché, willow demands to be entertained. in fact, ché is her television. willow has endless smiles & giggles (when with parents). she wastes no time alerting everyone within several miles, when she has awakened & needs to be picked up.

very little fazes her. the pets, her occasionally rough brother, daddy's shoulder rides, getting a little sand in the face at the beach, splashing in the ocean waves are all taken in stride as willow absorbs the new experiences. i should mention: long car rides are not willow's idea of entertainment.

at six months, willow has recently begun enjoying cereals & taking formula from a bottle. not the most seamless transition from the breast, but we are seeing progress. although daddy went out & purchased a couple soothers to cull the aural exclamations, willow is not remotely interested, preferring to slurp boisterously on her fingers, (maggie simpson she ain't).

willow doesn't have a lot of web presence, yet. not like her brother who has his own site. but its coming. willow has been recorded on video, much more than ché. she is the child of the hi-def video cam.