Monday, April 27, 2009
Our weekend
We had a lovely weekend visiting our friends, Darin & Deanna (and Daisy!) down near Gig Harbour. Here are some highlights of the good times...

Saturday morning, we wandered around a Farmer's Market- which was a lot of fun. The girls got balloon animals made for them, and were pretty pleased about that.

Then, we head off to the waterfront at Gig Harbour (I think that's where we were, anyway!)

Kaitlyn happily hung out in the baby backpack the entire morning. She slept most of the time, but when she woke up, she happily just sat and took in the scenery.


I borrowed their Zoom lense, and snapped away at the flowers for quite awhile while the kids played ball in the field. I think I got a good one!

It's amazing what you can do with different lenses. How fun!

We had a snack-time, then went and explored more of the Harbour.

(Please excuse the dorkiness that is me in this picture)

The rest of the weekend was great fun, thanks again Darin and Deanna for having us for a visit. Come to Canada sometime soon, eh?!

On our way home, we found a cute little espresso stand (oh, espresso stands, how I miss you) and drove through, and enjoyed some amazing lattes.



Then, we got on the ferry and settled in for the boat ride. Eva was thrilled to be on a boat, and wouldn't stop talking about it.

We sat for a few minutes, then got up to explore the outside decks. As soon as we got up, the ferry announced that we should go to our cars. Here we were expecting an hour-long ride, and it felt like 20 minutes. This made Nich and I quite pleased, as we are used to 2-hour long BC Ferry rides. And, it meant getting home at a better time for their afternoon naps.

After the eventful weekend, we arrived home and took a nap in the inflatable pool.
A great way to end a great weekend.
 
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Enjoying the sunshine
We're still here, still enjoying life, and still busy with work, out-of-town trips.... and a little bit of backyard sunshine.


 
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
First big steps
I am in the midst of way too much work, and an over-booked calendar. So, I might not be around much until things calm down.

But, here's a video of Kaitlyn's first big steps...


 
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Happy Birthday, Kaitlyn!
I can't believe that a year has flown by already. It seems like just yesterday, you arrived fresh and new.



Within a few weeks, you were awake and alert. Laying on your play-gym, taking in the brand new world.



Time kept flying way too fast...

June


August
October

December

February
April
And now you're stuffing your adorable face with birthday cake...

And even though everyone says you're so big now, (you jabber away, sleep through the night, and you're on the verge of toddling) you still seem so small to me.

You will always be my precious, little baby.

Happy birthday, sweetie!
 
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Saturday, April 04, 2009
I'm starting to get it
I ventured off the automatic setting on my camera, and played around in manual mode. My friend, Danielle, (an amazing photographer) is letting me borrow a great book that is explaining exposure in pretty simple terms. And, in the middle of the third chapter, the author told the readers to put the book down, and practice what they've learned.

So, here's what I got...



And a couple of Kailtyn being a goof...





I also practiced on a toy hippopotamus, but I assume you don't want to see those pictures.
 
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