Raffe long neck, Gar roarrrrrrrroooooahhh! Two,four, J-jump!!

You are picking up words faster than we can count. Yesterday, you told Papa to "bring both" his jacket and liner after he told Mummy that he planned to "bring both".

We have both been travelling quite a bit these last couple of months. I've already chalked up enought points to redeem a round the world ticket for 1 person on economy class. Your Papa has been averaging, by mummy's estimate, 1.3 cities per week since the begining of this year.

I don't think the kind of travelling jobs we both have is a very admirable one. It's tough, it's tiring and it's not as fun as it sounds.

Sometimes, I wonder what it is like to not know how big the world is, not know the names of different currencies and not know that in some places, rain falls from the sky as snowflakes.

There are very few places left in this world not yet visited by mankind or their machines. Every day, the world becomes smaller as we find new ways to transit between places, communicate with people far away and send information across time.

While we rush and rush and try to do as much as we can in a day and stretch ourselves across time and space, we also often forget that it's a beautiful place - this world, and honestly, it is the only one we can live in.

Tonight, while trying to make you sleep, I told you stories about a very special star. We could see it twinkle from the window by the bed. After you fell asleep, I continued to look at the star and for a while, time stood still...