Leiah gets her first stuffed Elmo

Hey, Look What I Found Under the Tree

With Christmas approaching all sorts of new items have been placed around the house. Some have been boring, like Christmas towels in the bathroom, but then there are the presents under the tree!!!

Action in the Snow

This is Leiah's first expereince to snow outside of her stoller. Last year she was only 1 month old when the snow hit

Leiah's Second First Birthday

Leiah had her first birthday in Quebec but now that we are all home we had another party with family and friends.

Leiah's First Birthday

Leiah had her official birthday in October out here in Quebec. Once I get back home we will have the offical party.



When we placed the chocolate cake in front of her she didnt want it, pushing it away.

We then stuck her fingers in the icing. After licking off the sweet icing she was convinced of this new type of food-group.

Apparently she loves chocolate

Halloween

With monsters, ghosts and pirates lurking in the darkness, Leiah waddles down the streets bring cheer and smiles to all.
Elmo and Mr. PumkinElmo, Elizabeth and Captain JackElmo and CamiLeiah admiring her pumking art

A year in review

birthday pics will follow shortly but here is a video of some of the highlights of Leiah's first year

11 months old and counting...already?

Leiah is on the move, starting to stand and cruise a lot! She hasn't taken a step yet...She also discovered that yoghurt is a great hair product for spiking hair.
Leiah has also taken to putting hats on her head...anything goes, even if it is pants or something not remotely close to an item of clothing at all.

Leiah Turns 10 Months Old

Leiah's Frist trip to the USA

After 2hr 15min wait at the border we hit the seattle outlet mall and then off to a nights stay in Mukilteo, Wa.

A couple of days Work/Holiday in Penticton

First Signs of Dancing

When she likes the music she begins to bob her head with excitement. Here she is watching Nanaland - a musical. After watching it once you are ready to never watch it again. Unfortunately she loves it.

Leiah Prefers to Feed Herself

Leiah loves to eat - especially when she gets to feed herself. Some foods are much cleaner than others. Avacados are messy.

Sea Wall Walk across from Granville Island

Finally got my camera Back

I think I have some catching up to do. THis week Cami is training in Vancouver so we have been spending lots of time in Vancouver.

This is Leiah relaxing in the shade across from the Quayside Marina.

Went Boating

Leiah had her first boat ride this weekend. Cami had to work so Leiah and I hopped on to the BC Ferries to Victoria and had a little boat ride on my parent's boat. Leiah was fascinated by the kid's room on the ferry.

The lifejacket was a little big - she didn't like it. I will have to see if I can find something that fits her better

On the Ferry ride home we both fell asleep, exhausted from our adventures

Toys to Eat

I guess at this age everything is about eating. Shoes, paper, phones and of course toys.

Mobile Toys

Leiah now enjoys crawling around as she follows balls or other moving toys.

First Day of Swimming Lessons

Our Camera is still being fixed but my dad, Leiah's Farfar, came to the pool to watch the swimming lessons. It was a parent-tot class so Cami and Leiah enroled. Since We had already taken Leiah swimming she was the craziest and most active in the water. The other little kids were cute and some even cried.









Here we see Leiah smiling from ear to ear ash she floats on the floatation devices






Everyone takes a turn sitting on the floating mat. some cried, some fell off but Leiahjust enjoyed it

Climb every mountain

I was trying to enjoy my very first Father's Day. Leiah didnt want to sit around so we set up a wall of pillows to contain her while we ate.

It didnt work - she decided she wanted to explore...

Daddy dropped the camera

I will some more updates shortly. Daddy is getting the camera fixed. He says I was doing something cute and reached the the camera to capture the moment and the little sucker just slipped out of his hands.

Just to let you know, I crawl fast, can pull myself to standing a standing position by a chair or couch, can climb a few stairs before I get too tired and still love to drool.

Love, Leiah.

p.s. I have a new pool I can splash around in. It's so big, even mommy and daddy can join me.

Bye Bye Remote Control - Here is another Toy

Being Mobile and having explored around a bit, Leiah now has another favourite toy!!

Leiah Enjoys her first Swing Experience

We start slowly and then add speed. The moment it gets going too fast her face changes and she looks slightly panicked - we slow it down.

Favourite Toy

Here we have Leiah eating and drooling over her favourite toy. We are planning on buying her a remote control that she can drool on as much as she wants.

I also see that Cami will now have directo competition as to who gets to hold the remote.

Leiah HATES Apples

Over the past few weeks we have indroduced some solid foods to Leiah's diet. By solid I mean, taking a solid food and pureeing it so that she can swallow it without chewing. So far we she has had rice cereal, ground oatmeal, oatmeal/rice mix, bananas, potatoes and carrots.

Today we got to introduce her to Apples. I love apples. You can eat them raw, make apple pie, apple crisp, have apple sauce, candied apples, etc. Today was a win, as far as I was concerned.

She wasnt super sure with carrots when we gave her the first taste but we responded as positivley as we could as to convince her that carrots were amazing...it worked.

Today there was nothing Cami could do to change Leiah's mind about the Apples...she hates them.

First Attempts at Crawling

With Leiah's love for the remote control, we were able to taunt her to move forward on the fouton.

If she is anything like her mommy, she will be the keeper of the remote control.
In a matter of a short time we will need to initiate the implementation of operation have-to-keep-the-floor-clean-at-all-times. Not looking forward to that one.

"Papa"

After having said Mama a couple of weeks ago, she now has started saying Papa. We finally captured it on the camera. The funny thing is that once she sees the camera she is completely captivated by it and cannot focus on anything else.

Listen to Daddy's little girl say Papa!

Enjoying her sippy cup

Now that Leiah is sittng up she has finally figured out how to use her sippy cup without having to be in a reclined position!!

6 Months Old

Today we woke up and celebrated Leiah's 6th Month. She is a little under the weather having a little cough but was all smiles as she woke up at 7:30am. We pulled her into our bed and tried to entice her to sleep another hour but she just wanted to play.

We told her that we would celebrate today, buy her a ball (she loves to kick them) and watch the canucks game. She replied by asking for a bike. We said that she could get a bike a little later and that she would have to learn how to walk or at least crawl first

Places Been and Things Done - (in stroller)

Walk along Railway tracks in White Rock











Waiting for a Train in WhiteRock

Playing alone out in the snow

Relaxing in the sun at Sindey, Vancuver Island.

Hanging out at Starbucks

Leiah's first walk

Going for a walk at Crescent Beach

Playing during our second snowfall

Checking out the Parliament building in Victoria

Admiring some history in Victoria