More pics for the masses...

Due to popular demand, more pics just because...

My old camera isn't worth anything, so it's one of Katherine's new toys. In this shot, the camera itself is behind her...she mostly likes the strap anyway...


I'm still not sure how to read this particular expression, but she seems awfully serious about something...


Having some fun bouncing around...(thanks, yet again, to a generous donation by the Barefoots)


Yup, daddy's little girl...


Mommy's lots of fun too!


As you may have already noticed, daddy may soon have to break down and allow his little girl's hair to be cut...


She's also really starting to develop a personality, at times playing with us as much as we do with her. She has a few different laughs and giggles and other stuff. For example, she can be lots of fun...

...or deadly serious.


As would be expected, she and her toys pretty much rule the basement now, unless there's a Canucks game on...


8 months sure fly by...not that this fact is lost on Laura, who I think is starting to count the days/weeks before having to return to work.

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Here's a shot of Katherine playing with her new friend Rudolph when we got together for some belated holiday festivities...


We were also at the Ottawa Senators game about a month ago when the Canucks were in town for their only trip out east for the next three years or so...the ended up winning their games in each of Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa, so it was a good road trip for them...plus this time the Canucks were in town they acually scored...always a plus. It was nice to have all of the Canuck fans in the stands.

This shot is of the opening faceoff at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.

She's Crawling!

This was actually taken about 10 days ago, but is nonetheless the first video evidence of Katherine performing the miracle of crawling. Dramatic, huh?

Katherine's First Christmas

a.k.a. "West-Coast Swing #2"

Christmas 2006 found us in High River, Alberta with Nana and Grandpappy (or Sir, as he prefers to be called). Katherine is a good little flyer and handled the 4 hours or so from Ottawa to Calgary just fine...making life easy on her escorts.

We took a little road trip one day and Katherine proved to be a more hearty traveller than mommy!


All was well, nonetheless, as we were able to lounge around in our pajamas for much of the morning...


Mmmmm....homemade peanut butter cookies. For mom only...for now.


Hanging out and playing with Uncle Colin...


Mommy showing off Katherine's "Baby's First Xmas" PJs...


Lunch time...


Taking it easy after Christmas dinner with Nana.



So after a week in High River, we hopped the quick flight over the mountains (woohoo! mountains!) to Abbotsford/Langley/Vancouver, where Grandma and Grandpa were, once again, happy to be home base for Katherine and her escorts, for a few days at least.

This is a shot of the aftermath of yet another ample spread put on by Grandma, with Uncle Jason and Aunt Pam in the background.


Grandpa and Baba spending some time with their grand-daughter.


Too quick of a trip, as always, but that's the way it goes.

At least Katherine likes to help with the unpacking!

Mmmmmm...."solid" food

Well, mid-December brought her first taste of "solid" food...rice cereal. You tell me what she thinks of it.



She took to it quite quickly, once getting the whole swallowing thing down and now quite enjoys being fed...even wanting to take over a little...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Just a quick post wishing everyone a happy holidays. Hopefully you can enjoy it with family and friends, as we plan to.

Not that we in Ottawa have seen much of the white stuff yet this year, but here are some of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comics involving men (and women) made of the white stuff...you will probably have to click on the image to get the bigger version...