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

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.