Worked all day with Pat, Andy and the Gnome on a couple of projects. Spent the morning off site, and we four had lunch in the little Thai place again. Good fun, and we made some progress. Worried by MJ today, however, who was low and unhappy. This makes me feel very frustrated to be so far away from her.

In the evening, however, I went off to Ealing to meet baby Tahlia and hung out with Max and the French Bloke. Tahlia is very sweet, and has a very expressive face. Michel said she is at the stage where lights and contrasts fascinate her, he also said she makes noises like a strangled orc, but sadly I missed those. He is very proud of her and was speaking to her in his mother tongue a bit.

Lovely to see Max in such excellent shape mentally and physically. I enjoyed seeing her getting so much pleasure from bathing Tahlia, which they did downstairs and what they laughingly called "greasing the baby". That is massaging oil into her skin. Apparently when babies are late their skin can get very flaky for a bit.

Max is struggling with options for Tahlia's middle name.

Was excellent to hang out with the three of them, and seize the opportunity to fork down an excellent chili that Michel had made too.

Was handed Tahlia severally and when this happened she was sick and contrived some astonishing eructations from the other end. When Max took the photo below she was also briefly bawling. Actually she seems an exceedingly well-behaved baby.

Then back to Brighton, and a very late chat with MJ and I called Weezer junior too.

Photos: Max with Tahlia... and me with the poor mite Tahlia howling in horror.