BC Trip 2009

Slacking Off

Ya, so I guess I've been slacking off on the blog recently...as one might expect, however, the truth is that two things have been rather hard to come by of late: 1) time and 2) energy.

So, I think from now on you can safely assume that only the most momentous of occasions will make any sort of splash on this blog.

Instead, I will be favoring a much-less-labor-intensive approach combining my YouTube Channel for videos and my Picasa Web Album for photos...to provide the world with their supply of us from here in Ottawa. The links for these are also on the right side of this page.

I think the YouTube stuff is publicly available, but the Picasa stuff is both public and by-invite-only. If you're not already on my distribution list (you would have received an e-mail) and want in, you can just e-mail me and I will get you on the list.

Here's a teaser...

More Makena pics

Here are a couple more pictures...her big dark eyes are getting lighter every day...who knows what color we end up with?!


This is the first "family" shot...


This video is about 2:00 minutes long and despite my efforts to get her to make some noises, is pretty much just us hanging out.


As for Makena's room, here are some before-and-after shot of the renos that we have been tinkering with for many months now...it's all done, though!

Peeking in from the doorway, before:

...and after...


Opposite view, before...

...and after...

Makena Jane

After much anticipation, Makena Jane was delivered (by her dad, no less) on May 12, 2009 at 12:08am, weighing in at 8 pounds and 9 ounces.


Laura had 4 hours of labouring and most of the notable action took place between 12:03a and 12:08a...I guess it was time.

Here, Makena is all of 6 minutes old.


8 pounds, 9.5 ounces


First "together" shot after things began to settle down a bit.


Katherine is basically ecstatic about 1) having a little sister and 2) being a big sister. Having to share Mommy and Daddy, however, is another issue altogether.




Just a shot of the two of us cozying up at the hospital.


Laura is, as one nurse put it, "made for making babies", as evidenced by her relatively quick recovery and return to home a mere 36 hours after childbirth.


I will get some video up soon, but sleep comes at a pretty high premium these days, so off I go.

Happy Easter

Front Row (L-R): "L" for Laura, "K" for Katherine, Daddy.

For those who care to check it out, there's video on our YouTube channel on "the making of...", and another bonus video...

Easter morning and the egg search was on!


Look what I found!


The prize catch...


Katherine likes to help us write the shopping list, so this morning I had her write a few things we need...pretty impressive, if you ask me...or her.


Eggs (Katherine)
flour (Daddy)

Apples (Katherine)

Soap (Daddy)
Soap (Katherine)

Milk (Katherine)
Olive (Katherine)
Chips (Katherine)

WOOHOO!

For those of who care (or cheer for other teams) this is just to inform you that, minutes ago, my Vancouver Canucks won the Northwest Division and the third seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs.

Woohoo!