Lily Loves to Laugh! (Week 29 & 30)

Easter Sunday - Lily hunts for Easter eggs...and finds something else to chew on instead.

Lily and her Easter "Peep".

"I like this exercauser Auntie Jody loaned me..."

"I can stand up and play with all the little gadgets..."

"And mommy and daddy know I can't escape!"

"Good morning mommy and daddy!"

"I like my feet!"

"But I loves my daddy more."

"And I like going for a walk on the seawall too."

"The best part is all the water fountains."

"No, the best part is hugging mommy and daddy while looking at the water fountains."

"I would love to jump INTO the water fountains, but daddy holds me back. Sometimes daddys know best."

It's been a tough morning...hunting for eggs, looking at waterfalls...Lily needs her rest.

The little green alligator poses with her booties on.

"Hi mommy!"

"I can act a little crazy sometimes."

"But mostly I am just pretty darned cute."

Lily likes to stick out her tongue sideways. It is one of her many talents.

Lily is also very good at making her own fun :)

Hanging out at Home (Week 26 to 28)

Lily the Pooh. She has just arrived home from an outing to Winners. It is never too early for a girl to learn how to buy shoes.

Lily's first taste of solid food (rice cereal - yaaay!). She figures out the whole process pretty quickly and starts to kick her feet with excitement.

She also hums while she eats. Just like mommy when she tastes something she likes!

She asks for a second helping, so daddy obliges.

"Ahhh...it's nice to have a full tummy! Why have they been withholding that yummy cereal for so long?"

Lily thinks her mobile is pretty neat-o-keen. But she is sure to keep her Whoozit toy close...

Lily says goodbye to daddy, who visited Toronto for a few days.

Playing in her crib...she is excited by the number of toys.

A happy little goober.

We move into the bedroom to play on the bed for awhile.

"Hi daddy! Come closer..."

"Closer..."

"Closer..."

"I just wanted to say.....Hi!"

Extreme close-up.

Daddy and Lily put their heads together. Wonder what they are scheming....

Lily discovers her toes. She spends hours every day holding them.

Nose kisses!!

Exercise time!!! The 2026 Olympics are just around the corner....

Lily loves her bedtime stories...especially when daddy reads them. Winnie the Pooh is her favourite right now.

Best buddies.

One of daddy's infamous self-portraits. Lily's already got the hang of it!!

Back to Our Quiet Life (Week 24 & 25)

Lily and her favourite toy (called a "Whoozit"). Seems like a fitting name for a round soft thingy with jingly stars hanging from it, a squeaky nose with a mirror underneath for a nose, no eyeballs that we can find, and a mouth that you can grab like a handle. She loves that thing!

Lily plays with Whoozit on the rug.

Lily hangs out in her stroller in the kitchen while mommy bakes cookies. She amuses herself by sticking anything and everything she can find into her mouth.

Lily "helps" mommy while she works on the computer. Helping mostly consists of pressing every button on the keyboard that she can reach with her sticky little froggy fingers :)

Lily sheds a single tear. Is she sad? No.A smile peeks out once in awhile when she forgets she is crying. Tired? No - she just woke up. Lonely? No - daddy is holding her. She is....wait for it....hungry. Little Lilybug gets a little beside herself when she is hungry, and water leaks from her eyes. She is truly our child :)

More Olympic Celebrations (Week 23)

View from the living room window. The crowd across the street watches live coverage of the events on the big screen at "Live City Vancouver" in Yaletown. I made the mistake of going to the gym one evening wearing a navy blue jacket...which apparently is not a good idea when you are amongst red and white wearing enthusiastic (and perhaps a bit drunk) Canadians. I wore my red jacket for the rest of the Games.

The crowd outside our building milling about after one of the nightly concerts like Damian Marley and Blue Rodeo. They were usually a happy crowd, often breaking out into spontaneous renditions of "Oh Canada." The singing was welcome; the screaming, the air horns and those infernal cowbells were less welcome.

We were happy to be able to watch the nightly fireworks from the couch in the living room. It sounded like gunshots going off in our home, but, amazingly, Lily slept through it all. Even the cowbells :)

Go Canada! We had a party at our house for the men's gold medal hockey game. Lily slept through the first two periods, but woke up just in time to see the game go into overtime.

Lily dressed in her patriotic colours for the occasion, and even waved her flag. Until she decided she wanted to eat it. Then it turned into a pile of wet papery mush. I'm not sure, but I think it's illegal to eat a flag.

"Go Canada!!"

We took to the streets with other Vancouverites to celebrate the Canadian men's hockey team winning gold. Taking the stroller was a good decision...it gave us more space than we otherwise would have had.

A little bit of creativity turns mops and broomsticks into flag poles. Lily is mesmerized by the crowd. She was very popular...lots of people stopped to high-five her and take pictures.