Christmas #2!

On Christmas Eve at about 10 pm we went over to Cami's parents' house where the rest of her family was and opened pj's as we do every Christmas Eve. We then went to bed, woke up and did just as much eating and opening presents as we did before! Leiah's favourite gift of the day was given to her by her uncle Shane who gave her the DeeDee Doodle "key"tar (a piano guitar). After that she would not open any other gift, she just rocked it out all day!

What a wonderful Christmas!

What a great Christmas. We started our celebrating on the 23rd at Patrick's mom and dad's house. We all woke up together and ate and opened presents all day! Leiah's favourite gift of the day was her talking Elmo, she danced with him and hugged him.

"Mommy I doods makeups!"

Leiah has recently gotten into my make up cupboard and loves to copy what mommy does. These are some of the results.

I'm 2!

Leiah had a veggie tale themed birthday party. Her favourite veggie is Bob the Tomato. Patrick was in charge of the games and activities and did great singing the theme song and reading stories and trying to keep everyone busy! It was a fun day with a lot of laughter and this year Leiah was excited to blow out the candles not scared like her first birthday.

Back from Maui

A Day on Farmor's new boat!

Farmor got a new boat, a bigger boat so that Leiah would have more room to run around in. He is still learning how to pilot it, it is quite a bit bigger than the last boat. Leiah had a great time and can't wait to go on Farmor's boat again!

A Rainy Day at the PNE

We went with some close friends of ours to the PNE! It started it out quite dry and lovely but by the 3rd ride it was clear that we needed rain jackets and puddle jumping boots! It was a great day anyway as Leiah started out not wanting to go on any ride and then would not want to get off them! We ended up pretty wet at the end of the day but fresh, hot mini donuts can make anyone forget about being wet and miserable. Can't wait for next year!

She loves her dresses!

Leiah has loved putting on a dress lately. Patrick has even taught her how to walk up the stairs while holding up one side of her dress. She is so cute!

vancouver/victoria

Fun at Home and in the Sun

Word Mishaps

With Leiah talking more she is beginning to struggle sounding out certain words - It can turn put pretty funny.

At the Little Gym

Now after 3 months of going to the gym she is excited to participate in most of the events and doesn't wander off too often to do her own thing. 

Marine Life

This morning we went to the beach to explore the wonders of the ocean.  Leiah, armed with her shovel, bucket and dora aqua shoes began to explore.  She was fascinated with all the shells, hermit crab, tiny crab and little fish - Even the seaweed didn't bother her. 

New things

Leiah has recently taken to colouring. She loves to rip the paper off of the crayons and have all the crayons poured out on the table. She especially likes drawing pictures of "Dada".

Leiah has also become quite confident in the swimming pool. She enjoys being in the kiddie pool and walking around by herself. She is even getting used to floating on her back in her life jacket. We are trying to get her "boat" ready for this summer. she will have to wear her life jacket on the boat all the time so the more comfortable she feels in it the better, right Farfar!

Cami says Leiah Like Blueberries

We have these small frozen blueberries that Cami tells me Leiah likes. So I put Leiah in her high-chair and gave her some blueberries. I took off her shirt because I know that things can stain with blueberries around. She didnt want to eat them. Maybe they were to cold, I thought to myself. So I took about half a cup of frozen blueberries and defrosted them adding a little sugar. Now I figured she would like them. As it turns out she really wasnt very hungry - all she wanted to do was play - so I let her

Leiah's first trip to California

Over Easter we took Leiah to meet my grandmother and a lot of her cousins that are in California. She had a great time and did so well on the plane. She spoke to everyone on the airport and slept the whole way on both flights! It was great to introduce Leiah to my grandmother, a moment I will never forget.