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Before the light-bulb had fully worked its magic.

Alistair's favorite

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This morning Alistair would only stop howling if I stood where he could see this particular light fixture. He used to stare at any light-bulb that was on. Now he only likes this one, and he'll stare at it whether it's on or off!

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Domestic bliss

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New decorations!

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Do you think he likes them?

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Who says you can't work and babysit at the same time?

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Bibliophibian

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Greetings from Alistair, currently in a spitting-up phase (thankfully not pictured).

For Richard and Mary, who got us this outfit, which conclusively proves that Alistair will love books as much as his mum and dad do.

Alistair looking active

In which the boy is first happy, then sad, for no apparent reason.

Alistair loves reading!

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This photo would be more satisfying were it not for the strong suspicion that Alistair randomly chose both to look to his right in the general direction of the book and to smile at just the moment when I pointed to the picture. Still, maybe one day...

Reading to the boy

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and yet more chilling out

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more relaxing

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More mobile!

Alistair still loves his mobile, but now he chats about it a bit.

The old videos

Are:

Alistair and his mobile

Alistair and his granddad

Alistair and Elizabeth

Alistair and Tom

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Just chillin

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Welcome to Alistair Darling

Hi there! We're going to start posting baby-related stuff here now. Aethelbert or Myrtilla didn't seem appropriate now there is neither Aethelbert nor Myrtilla but Alistair, so we've given him his own spot.

As many of you know, we have been posting pictures on flickr here. New stuff from flickr will be cross-posted here too, plus videos and stuff. Enjoy!

ps thanks to emily for the joke behind the name.