Sophie's first blog post

Sophie seems so intent on smacking the keyboard that we thought we'd let her write her own blog post. HereXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX goes, hope she doesn't manage to Ctrl-Alt-Delete this sucker, or accidentally delete our blog account or something...

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And there you have it. Words of wisdom, by Sophie. We had to stop her a few times, as she was trying hard to move the cursor back up into the intro, and intersperse her own comments. Looks vaguely like she's leaning towards a combination of Roman numerals and web-safe hexadecimal colour codes as a method of communication. I wonder how you say Da-da in hex?

Photo booth comes full circle

Most of you probably know that Dean and I used photo booth photos of us holding "We're Getting Married" signs for our wedding invitations. Last week, Sophie and I visited the historic photo booth where those pictures were taken and got a few new shots of our own. Enjoy!

Sophie's first hike in the mountains

After two hours of hiking, Sophie fell asleep in her new carrier


Sophie with Daddy at the look out
The Story of the Missing Look Out
While driving up to Mt Seymour Provincial Park, we saw a sign saying look out. We pulled over, expecting a spectacular view. We headed for the first trail we saw, expecting a short walk to the advertised view. 25 minutes of downhill hiking later, we realized the trees weren't parting anytime soon and we were just setting ourselves up for more uphill hiking on our way back to the car. We turned around. Upon arriving at the car, we looked to the right and discovered a spectacular view of the Lower Mainland. If only we'd seen that the first time!


Happy Hiker (she literally giggled for five minutes the first time we put her in this new carrier)


Mommy carrying Sophie in the new MEC baby carrier we got through MEC's online gear swap. Used only once and $40 cheaper than new!

First teeth

Sophie's first tooth cut through three days before she turned six months and the second followed a few days later. She now has two little chicklets on the bottom and they show when she smiles really wide or cries very hard. The new teeth may be small, but they pack a punch, I've been bitten several times and it hurts! Teething has been accompanied by lots of drooling, chewing on everything in sight, and some disruption in her sleep patterns.

Sophie turns six months!

Sophie with Daddy on her six month birthday

Sophie is now half a year old, hard to believe! Ten days ago, at her last weigh-in, she weighed 20lb 14ozs and was 28 inches long. She's the size of a twelve month old and wears clothes that would fit a twelve month old, but she's still just a six month old when it comes to motor skills. She's getting better and better at sitting up, but still takes nose dives quite often. Her manual dexterity is really improving and she loves playing with toys. No signs of crawling forward yet, but she likes tummy time more and more and is definitely developing her muscle strength. All in all, she's a healthy, wonderful baby and we're so lucky to have her in our lives!

Sophia's rapper name

We realized today, to our horror, that we didn't know what Sophie's rapper name was. Thanks to the wonder of the Internet, we have remedied this terrible oversight... She is Busta Skittles, long may she rap.

The state of the freezer address

Our freezer is slowly becoming emptier and emptier. For the last several months, it has been packed with the fruits of our friends' and family's generosity. We've slowly been chipping away at all the frozen foodstuffs, thawing when we're too tired/lazy/harassed by Sophie to cook or shop. It's been great; many thanks to those who contributed.

I suspect that we had packed the freezer in what we computer science types call FILO order - first in, last out. In essence, the first thing we put in went straight to the back, and only surfaced... well, this week. We just finished eating some soup that was older than our daughter - by a couple of months! Now we're back to the staples - frozen hot dog buns, several cans of pink lemonade concentrate, and a handful of perogies that I'm sure we've had with us since two or three moves ago. Back to the status quo.