A lot happens (changes) in a month...

Sorry that it has been a while, but things have been busy, as you will soon see...there's lots of pics here and relatively few words, which makes me either really efficient or really lazy...

Not too long ago it was summer. Apparently it was a little toasty for Katherine in the back seat, although she slept great! The hair clearly makes this picture, but the groggy look on her face comes a close second.



Canada Day was spent at the O'Connor's, where Katherine found at least one new friend.



I just like the look on her face in this one...



This might be the first time she's been seen here in a dress...way too cute. You may also note that she's on her feet...definitely on the run these days.



This is copyrighted...just in case. Perhaps the earliest of her works on record. You saw it here first.



Peek-a-boo! (She's actually setting herself up for a somersault.)



Execution of somersault...



My girls.



Again with the cuteness...



Grandma and Grandpa were out for a few weeks of good summer humidity..not so much what they normally get on the west coast...



Roadtrip to Schroon Lake, NY (in the Adirondacks) for my cousin's wedding. Sadly, this picture was taken after we had been on the road for all of (maybe) 45 minutes.



Dinner (dessert, really) at camp just outside Schroon Lake the night before the wedding



At the wedding reception...



Our neighbour's little girl grew out of her pool and gave it to Katherine. Katherine loves the water.













She's becoming increasingly independent, wanting to do stuff for herself...like feeding. One day last week, I gave her a bowl of yogurt with some fruit in it, a spoon, and sat back with the camera. It wasn't long until....









By the end, it was in her hair, all over her face, I can't remember how many times I had to rinse out the washcloth...I was laughing the whole time. She, obviously, thought it was good times.

So there's a small sample of the everyday fun around here.

Go Canucks Go!

Boo

Seriously?

They better win.

New Canucks Logo?

I was on one of the Canucks forums the other day and thought this was awesome...so there...

Daddy's Little Girl

The first time I saw this picture I didn't think we could relate on such a deep level...the first thing that popped into my head was...



Don't tell me it's not there.

July Update

In Ottawa during the summer the National Capital Commission and Alcatel partner to close a number of the larger parkways across the city on Sunday mornings until 1:00pm in favour of non-motorized traffic...walkers, runners, rollerbladers, and (in our case of late) cyclists.

Here we are a break time near the Bank Street Bridge over the canal.



The Saturday of the Canada Day long weekend we took a little road trip to the Bonnechere Provincial Park a couple of hours west of Ottawa...nice place, even though the weather didn't so much cooperate...

That's not a blurry background...it was that crappy out, but only on the left side!


Shifting gears to why you're likely here in the first place, Katherine like to catch Milo and give him a snuggle...following Mommy's lead, of course...


Mmmmm....blueberries...


My girls hanging out in the kitchen...


A slightly older pic of Katherine wearing Uncle Colin's present from Vegas.
"Awwww, lookit those cute little skull-and-crossbones!"


Just because she's so darn cute and has a smile almost full of teeth...


Mid-June in Ottawa means that Sparks Street hosts the International Chicken and Rib Cookoff...this year we had BBQ ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, and chicken...we pick it up and take it up a block to the grass on Parliament Hill to have ourselves a little impromptu picnic. I will spare you the shots of me stuffing my face with BBQ and remain on topic with more pics of Katherine.




This one's here just because squeaky-clean babies are super-extra-cute.


OK, so you've now almost reached the end of the first post in a while and I have made you scroll through all of that other stuff so you can get to here. The video.

I'm still tweaking my MovieMaker skills, but this one is montage of clips from over the past few weeks chronicling what are among her first steps...that I could catch on the camera.


At this rate she will be off a running pretty soon!


Hope it was worth the wait!

Katherine has been having lots of fun over the past 10 days with Baba Ron who has been the babysitter and I'm sure Saturday she will miss him when he returns home.

First Steps

FYI, no pics (yet) but Katherine took her first independent steps yesterday...well 1-and-a-half steps, anyway. She has been walking with help from a stabilizing hand from mom and/or dad for a couple weeks or so, but she has increasingly been exploring how much she can accomplish on her own.

She was in the middle of the dining room (since there's no dining set) and stood up, I reached for her a called her over, she took one step, wobbled, and stumbled with her second step into my waiting hands.

Cool stuff.

I'm sure I will have some video of her walking around and checking stuff out soon.