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.

Nana and Grampa Come for the Olympics! (Week 22)

Lily gets decked out in her Olympic gear...complete with Olympic "Miga" mascot hoodie (from Auntie Camille), Maple Leaf onesie, and 2010 cap. She's ready to start the festivities!

Nana and Grampa are impressed by both her Olympic spirit, and her latest standing abilities. She is also starting to eye our big people food...she will be starting on her own shortly. It won't be as yummy as macaroni, but bland rice cereal can be nice, too.

Grampa and Lily discuss her options for competing in the 2030 games. They decide against bobsledding and ski jumping (due to the danger factor), but think figure skating might be cool.

Lily checks out the medal count on Grampa's computer.

She is happy with Canada's performance so far.

Lily shows Nana and Auntie Jill her newly acquired jolly jumping skills. Daily practice in it will surely jumpstart her figure skating career.

Go Canada! Lily and Daddy watch Alex Bilodeau win Canada's first gold.

Daddy takes Lily for an airplane ride...

before depositing her on the floor so she can continue to wave her colours.

She decides after awhile that she's had enough of being horizontal, so we help her sit up.

Nana and Grampa take Lily for a walk, where she meets Hanna (on the left) who has the good fashion sense to shop at the same clothing store as Lily. Hanna blows Lily some kisses.

Jolly Jumpers Rock! (Week 21)

Do not look too closely, but I think Lily can walk!!! She is a superstar :)

Lily first tried out her new jolly jumper in mid-February. She was a little tentative at first (it was more of a jolly "stander" than a jolly "jumper"), but she soon got the hang of it.

"I'm not soo sure about this mommy...why aren't you holding me?"

"Wait a minute, this isn't so bad"...

..."In fact, it's kinda fun..."

..."kinda really fun!!"

"It gives me freedom, while also allowing me to pose ever-so-cutely for my admirers."

"Mommy seems to like it too!"

"Hello my adoring fans."

"Hi daddy!! I like your camera :) "

Auntie Jill and Auntie Cindy Babysit Again (Week 19)

Mommy and Daddy come home from taking a full-day first aid course and hear giggling coming from inside the apartment...Lily has *exploded* - which requires a full costume change. Cindy is brave!! If only we had arrived 10 minutes earlier she might have been spared the trauma...

Cindy and Jill.....happy the ordeal is over...

...and looking forward to the next adventure with Lily!

Sleeping, Sitting and Playing (Week 18 to 20)

Lily likes hanging out on the rug with her "Whoozit" (her favourite toy at this point).

Hmmm...she seems to have a building growing out of her head.

She has adopted a new sleeping style. First she blows bubbles to let us know that she wants to lay down. The bubbles get louder and more intense, the more tired she is. Then the right hand goes behind her head, often followed by the left.

The bubble-blowing face relaxes as she falls deeper into sleep...

...and then she's out like a little light.

Naked baby alert!!!

"One Sock Lily" we call her. She likes to recline on daddy's tummy.

She is becoming quite adept at using the remote. Oh great! One more person for mommy to compete with for control of the television programming :)

This is the scene mommy is greeted with upon coming home from being out for dinner with a friend. It is waaaay past Lily's bedtime, but she seems content to hang out with daddy.

She asks for, and receives, a change of scenery.

Here we are again...one of her favourite locations in the house. As evidenced by the soaking wet bib, she has become quite the little drool-monster.

Good morning, little sleepyhead!!

It looks like you enjoy getting up in the morning about as much as mommy does :)

Mommy teaches Lily the importance of a daily moisturizing routine.

Lily is still going through her "I want to be naked" phase.

Where's Lily?

There she is!!

Colleen comes for a visit, and Zan drops by. Lily doesn't bother getting up to greet them...she is quite happy letting them come to her so they can shower her with the appropriate attention.