Martin Gumucio

Aron is 9 months old today! As you can see in the pictures above he can now manage a water bottle with great skill. Also yesterday he finally got his fourth tooth, the first in his upper jaw, and that means that he (and the rest of the family) will be sleeping a little better. He can now crawl and show very clearly what toys he wants to play with. The all time favorite toy is the TV remote control.. im not sure how he got that idea.

I have been home with Aron now for a few weeks and everything is going well. He has some more teeth, claps his hands together when we sing for him and is generally too cute to describe.

Here we have the little guy testing one of his christmas present – a sled – on the only day so far that had a little snow.

And here the daily activities had to end, on the last pics you can see Lego. The cat that knows no fear. The only cat i met that challenges big dogs head on, as well as approaching bicycles.. and approaching cars..  He has expressed interest in Aron before, namely when he is in his tram and his hand is dangling in view of cats on the ground ready to pounce…    Lego always means trouble, so after chasing him around with a stick we decided to call it a day.

Just in time for Christmas this wonderful piece of news arrives: New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson will indeed produce movies on the Tolkien book The Hobbit. Not only one movie but two! It will be pretty exciting to see what they can come up with to fill two movies.

Growing up The Hobbit was one of my favourite childrens books, and its very exciting to see it being presented on the big screen.  Below you find an earlier version of Bilbo.

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The Hobbit: The Official Movie Blog

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Here are some pics to get you in the proper holiday mood. The photographer had to be on constant vigilance since he can fall down at any moment. As you can see he can sit now, but he still cannot put himself in a sitting position. Other things that are happening right now is that he is trying hard to make himself understood. He has been talking for a good while now, without using any real words of course. You can tell that he knows very well the meaning of “mama” and “papa”. When we sing songs with these words in them for him you can see him smile, trying to mimic the words.

This morning I woke up by his tiny little fists hammering away at my chest while he was yelling DADADADA, a sign of affection if there ever was one.

Last week I had the good fortune to record these two true Jazz Messengers. They had just completed a group of concerts with a Christmas feel to them, and kindly agreed to share this song with you. Click on the player below to listen and stay tuned for more of Sweetest Sounds in the coming year!

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