Spring is here!

I love playing at the park!

I can run SO fast now

WEEEEEE!!! The big red slide is my favourite. It goes really fast!

Taking a minute to relax and enjoy the sunshine.

Down the slide again! Going down on my tummy makes it even more fun. I am not scared about doing this at all.

Weather is beautiful... Spring is here. Time for playing in the park, bbqs and sunshine. Nothing but fun and good times ahead.

What a goof!!!

Playing with home-made playdough! It was critical that Elmo participate in the festivities.

My (somewhat) new squishy face. I KNOW people think its funny and cute, so I usually do this when I am about to be mischievous!

I am learning how to drink from a big-girl cup. Pooh Bear was learning with me!

Leafs fan in the making. Mommy and Daddy know they are terrible, but support them anyways!

Painting fun!

Bath time is, without a doubt, my favourite part of the day! I could play in here for hours!

Baby was hungry and needed to be fed!

On New Years Eve, playing with a teapot at my friend Xayden's house! Xayden's daddy was happy that he chose to play with the truck instead of the pink singing teapot! Both of the little munchkins stayed awake until 1AM! What troopers!

It's never too cold to play at the park!! Getting up the stairs to go down the slide is a bit tricky in my snowsuit and snow boots, but eventually I figured it out.

We have had a busy month so far! Adelle is back in a day-home, part time with a wonderful caregiver! We were so lucky to find her, and she lives just a 15 minute walk away!
Her vocabulary has just taken off! I did a word-count a few weeks ago and we were at 80, and there is easily 20 more since then. Little chatterbox! We can't keep her quiet! Two new words that blew me away, were "chicken" and "broccoli".
She does a lot of art at daycare and we do lots at home now too. She just loves it. These past couple of weeks she has painted picture frames, made a paper-towel roll necklace, decorated a fish with sparkles and made a peanut-butter/seed bird-feeder! She's a busy girl!!!


Andrea is back at school... last term EVER! woohoo!!!
Ryan is working lots with his old company, on contract and on his own websites.
Busy, busy!

Hope everyone is doing well, and has enjoyed the first few weeks of 2010!

Christmas Girl

WOW, it has been a really long time since I put a post up onto our blog. These past few months have been a whirlwind of activity, so I just have not had the time! I have so many pictures and videos to put up, but for now here are our most recent ones - Christmas Girl! We are hoping to get a Santa picture done this year too.... but we shall see if those work out :)

Hope you all like the new pictures.... expect other photos from the past few months up soon too, so check back again in a couple of weeks!!!

Talia and Nate's Wedding

4 generations

the view at sunset

the tent all lit up

princess Adelle

helping Oma clean before the wedding

setting up the lights in the tent

family pictures!

So we finally went to have some professional pictures done. We hadn't taken Adelle yet, so we figured it was time since our little princess is growing up so fast. Hope you like them. Sorry there are so many. I couldn't decide which my favourites were so I put almost all of them! Please let me know the next time we are speaking which ones you would like printed....

Adelle's 1st Birthday Party

Adelle is 1!!

Her birthday party, on her birthday June 28th was a wonderful day. We had a great time, especially Adelle who put on a little wiggle-dance show after opening all her presents. I think it was then that she realized she was the center of attention, and thought she might as well take advantage of the spotlight! The rain stopped for the afternoon, so everyone was able to enjoy the yard and bbq dinner!

Well for those of you who were at Adelle's party, thank you for coming out, and if you couldn't be here with us then I hope you like these latest pictures of her (some are not from her party).

Here are some pictures from the big day :)
banana and chocolate chip cake with cream cheese cookies on top! homemade by mommy :)
the cookie Adelle got to eat had her name on it!

doll from mommy and daddy

opening all my presents!

stealing toys from Ethan.... he is used to this now.

playing peek-a-boo with Nana Debbie

I'm one now, so of course I can drink a cooler! Disclaimer: she did not actually drink any alcohol

Growing up so fast!

i love to go on the swings at the park!

going for a bike ride with my helmet and my trailer!

usual mealtime!

Adelle is growing up so quickly, and is changing so much! She took her first steps on June 9th. It was quite fortunate that her Opa and Nima (Nana + Oma = Nima) were in town visiting and saw the whole thing! Adelle sure pulled out all the stops for them. Well, it was only Opa's second time seeing her, and Nima's first, so a good show was in order!!!
Her vocabulary is also developing a lot. Here is her list of words so far:
1. All Done (Just 2 days ago she said these 2 words together! It sounds like Doll Done but she knows it means she is finished her food!)
2. Puppy (kind of a shocker considering we and daycare only have kitties... no puppies)
3. No (no comment... its a pleasure!)
4. Hi and Bye (Both hi and bye are often used while she holds the phone up to her ear and pretends to talk!)
5. Mama/Dada/Nana
6. Mmmm for something yummy (and sometimes things she doesnt like too!) and Weeeeee for exciting!
7. Ti-ti = pretty (its a tricky one, but she is working on it!)

She is trying new sounds everyday so it won't take long for this list to double!