Thank goodness just anyone can be parents

We figured out how to work the movie editor on the computer.



The gloves are officially off now (poor Livy -since she's the brunt of our experiments).

I'm pretty confident though that she'll thank us when she's 20 for all the great video clips we have of her.

These are a Few of my Favourite Things

Here's another 'fun' thing Livy has started. She's found out that she has feet...and she loves them.

She sucks on her toes when we leave her socks off (not easy in winter time) though she will pull off her socks if no other toys are available.

Its such a riot that we just had to take this video (and make the necessary edits):

'Tis the Season...etc, etc

How much chocolate can one person eat??? Seriously, there is something about the holiday season that results in neither Dwayne nor I being able to say no to all those wonderfully delicious empty calories. There was so much Christmas baking this year I still have 7 empty baking tins on my counter (and I didn't fill one of them with goodies, this all by other people - mmmm, lemon squares).

Regardless, if I stop today (ha, right) I should be ok in the weight gained over Christmas department (only because of two days of being ill from the flu).

Still, that means we have to actually stop eating all these treats and when there's still some left in the house, that's pretty much impossible.

Here's a few post Christmas holiday photos for those who want to catch up on the Livster.

One with Grandma Val:




















One with Grandpa Dave in the outfit from Grandma Val:




















Here's Livy getting the spa treatment from Daddy (its Dwayne's last resort when she puts up a fuss while they're hanging out just the two of them).













And here's Livy being her usual goofy/cute self.

Livy's First Solids

Yup, we're changing her diet. Breastmilk is obviously too good for her (aka her weight gain is off the charts) so we've decided to add solids. Since she's able to hold herself pretty good the 'book says' we can introduce solids.

Here's her first few bites (and of course even more entertaining is us as parents stumbling along with her).

Merry Christmas

Olivia's First Christmas was a blast!!!













We've had so much fun this week (plus a bit of a flu bug) its taken us a bit of time to get some photos up and we still have more.

Livy got a ton of presents and she thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts and thoughts they sent her way.



















Dwayne got a couple of great presents in particular a bouncy play set that will be set up on our front yard this summer for him to hang out with Livy in. Its still a bit old for her (+3 years) but with Dad's help she should managed to have some fun and I should be able to get a ton of photos for here.

Here are a few of the photos we took Christmas morning when we woke up to open presents.

(*Note the Christmas PJ's - the new tradition in our household only Dwayne either didn't get the memo or didn't make it to the store to get his).













Another of our yearly traditions (7 years now) is to get out and enjoy the outdoors on Christmas Day (while the turkey cooks in the oven). So we hit the cross country slopes and took advantage of the gorgeous weather with my brother Clint and his fiancee Heather (bumping into Dwayne's brother Mike while on the slopes).














PS - much more fun to follow when I find the time...

Let it Snow, Let it Snow Let it Snow!!!

Here it is, our first snowday of the winter and Livy's first snow EVER!!!

Yup, she's excited and took to making snow angels like a pro!

Happy 4 Month Day

Yup, she's already hit the 4 month mark. Its crazy how fast she's grown (to this advanced point of doing a whole lot of lying around) and how fast time has flown.

Today we finally got her rolling over on video and only because she's doing it more regularly.



She's now working on her back to front roll. Unfortunately she's practicing while on her change table, 3.5 feet above the floor - we're putting the safety strap to good use.

Merry Christmas from the Dogs

What more can I say...the photo says it all!!

Livy's Digs

I keep thinking I'm going to get around to finishing off Olivia's room but time is proving that its simply not going to happen. So we decided to share her room even though its only 95% finished.

We still need to make a sign and a diaper stacker (she's sure to be out of diapers by the time I finish it) but all in all the feel of the room will stay the same even though more will be added.

Since we didn't know if Livy would be a boy or girl we decided to go with a sort of neutral theme in as far as drawing pictures. We opted for gender neutral dinosaurs (remember mommy's a geologist - sometimes) and a bright green jungle feel to go with them. Everything else was based off the bright green and had Livy been a Leroy we would have kept the green, left the pink and added some blue.



Here's Livy getting comfortable with her 4-legged sisters. Tchula (guess which one that is) loves her and is already comfortable and mellow around her. Chiquita isn't so sure what Livy is but she's slowly figuring it out. Once she does I'm sure Livy's stuffed toys will no longer be sacred.

A few odds and sods...

Here are a few photos I know the Grandparents will love (and hate) that we didn't get on the blog earlier (stolen from another person's camera).

When I left for 3 days this is the kind of riff-raff Dwayne allowed our poor daughter to be subjected to while I was gone. Yes, I know...shameful!!



















On another note, better late than never - Livy's Trick-or-Treat'n outfit from Halloween (she looks very concerned with the phallic looking trunk sticking out of her head).

Jolly Good Fun

Yup, she's at it again. She's keeping us laughing and totally entertained with how cute she is.

She loves the jolly jumper though admittedly we have to move it out of the bathroom door.

She should have been a newfie with the way she can jig!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

While I can't say she was 'beaming' and 'brave' sitting on Santa's knee, I can say she didn't start crying right away (she lasted about 30 seconds). Just enough time for us to click off a few stunned looking photos.













I don't think it helped that I changed her right there with Santa helping (she didn't know what hit her). He was a trooper...he held her in her diaper while I put her dress on her (seriously, the only way to avoid her puking up on it is to minimize the time she's in it).

These are a few of my favourite things...

To add a few...

1. Livy is a talker....just like her Dad! We simply can't shut her up now that she's realized that she can make this much noise. And she LOVES doing it and I love listening to her! She's recently realized when she wakes up from a nap she doesn't have to cry...she just starts talking.

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2. I'm incredibly in love with Livy's smile. There's nothing quite like that innocent smile telling you that she's absolutely content.