"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

Getting Back to Easter

I forgot to mention Easter!!

It was a very full weekend. Of course we spent it around family and great food. In addition to that, we went to CLA for their Easter celebration service - Leiah was awake for all the music but fell asleep when the sharing started.

On Good Friday several of us went to Kurtis and Char's place for the annual easter egg hunt. Being that this was Leiah's first Easter she was ready to hunt for Chocolate Easter eggs and then donate them to Mommy's basket.

Leiah Figures out the Straw

Well....she finally tasted something sweet. I gave Leiah the opportunity to suck some Iced-Tea from a straw. I wanted to see if she would know what to do if she had the chance to try.

Off to the Capital City - Part 2

Leiah slept though some of the sight-seeing. I guess there is something nice about the gentle rumblings as we push the stroller over the cobble-stone.

In any case, this is Leiah chekcing out the Parliament buildings.



A little later she wanted to sit in the sun and check out all the seniors driving their cars down the main drag.



One sweet lady sat quietly and listened to all that Leiah had to say. Sometimes they both simply sat in pleasant silence.

Leiah particularly like the sun that day as she was sporting her new sunglasses. They didnt fit too well. Either they were too loose and fell off her face or they were too tight that she was not able to open her left eye. She looked cool though.





On the Way home we all fell asleep on the ferry. It was ok becuase only the Pittsburg-Ottawa game was on the BC Ferry's big screen TV.

Off to the Capital City

The three of us decided we needed a mini-holiday so we hopped a ferry and went to Victoria. This was a weekend of firsts for Leiah. First, on the ferry, she was able to play with the other kids up on deck 6


We were all longing to get to the time-share condos in Victoria




At the Condo, Leiah got her own room. Actually it was the Master Bed. We wanted to give her something big enough so that she wouldnt fall off as well as we didnt want to wake her after she fell asleep. Cami and I slept in the living room on the spare bed.


After a great night's sleep we went under water at Victoria's Undersea Gardens. We got to see a live Scuba show - Leiah was facinated with all the fish.




In the background is the Victoria harbour and then the Queen's hotel, the Empress










Friday night Leiah was excited to wear her new Canuck T-shirt as she cheered on the Canucks. We were all dissapointed in Friday night's game.


Being in the Queen's city we wanted to have some Afternoon tea. we ate and ate - I knocked over my full tea cup. Good thing there were two table cloths on this table. It soaked up all the tea so nicely and quickly.