ontario clan

grandpa richard meets diedre

mom & richard know jodi, michelle and ellia. they came over for a visit with all of us after flying in from ontario today.

*kiss*

at the zoo

really enjoying her book. we were on the tour bus and earlier she had been feeling the fabric on the seat in front of her and squealing. whenever she pets a cat or ferret or dog she squeals. i guess the seat was pretty soft.

diedre & i at granville island market

rick's birthday party at White Rock

carabin men were sooo cute with diedre


miles looking very cool and tough


my "worlds collide" picture (childhood friend from ontario meets bc friends/family)

enjoying the mirror

hi mom

5 months + 1 day

hello! here i am wearing a paraguayan dress from rick and danielle's latest trip


i really like this book

5 weeks is too long

i was sleeping so peacefully...but mommy woke me up because...


rick & danielle are back! its been five long weeks and they've missed me so much!

they were shocked with how big Diedre has gotten. 15 lbs 4.5 oz and over 25 inches long and she'll be 5 months old tomorrow! wow!

diedre enjoying some cuddle time with daddy

new baby!

family of four


joanna & gabriel magnus shawn 5 days old

water shorts

brent bought some new shorts on the way over. they had an amazing capacity for water storage.

the cousins

the cousins enjoy the pool

i love swimming

diedre's suit still fits



diedre's first swim on may 28

photo shoot

enjoying rolling over for a photo shoot


i caught diedre looking at herself, but couldnt quite get a photo of it


smiles for mommy

great and special day

today was special because Joanna had her baby Gabriel, 7lbs 21 inches!!! (i don't have a picture yet)
and
we bought a house!!!
read details on why today was special

sleeping like a frog

visits & home inspections

we were having a home inspection done on the house we are considering buying. our friend joanna moved here a year ago and is very excited that we might move to her town. kristin came out to help with diedre while i went around with the inspector.


sisters rose (due end of august with her first) & joanna (due end of july with her second)


auntie rose helping david play keyboard


concentrating hard on reaching


i did it!

passion flower

derek brought home two of these climbing blue passion flower plants. they are so beautiful now that they're blooming

doing a little dance

she looks so tall to me here! nearly 5 months old

this one's for andrew

children of the blogs

we went to visit the englers and cara & andy & sarah.



josh reaches out to diedre

the englers where surprised to hear that diedre was NOT pronounced "Dee Dra" but rather "dee-Ay-Dra" so I just wanted to include that little pronounciation key so if you forgot what we announced on February 26, you would be reminded.


hi there :)


he wants to hold my hand


he's actually holding my hand!


here are the children of the blogs together

smiles are back

hooray! caught on film (or CF)
DIEDRE SMILES AGAIN


don't sass me girl


really enjoying the swing


life is particularly hilarious at this point


end scene

between each smiley picture was a straight-faced one


miles is back from vacation--maybe thats why she was so happy :)

we had such a fun day today. derek was chatting with diedre so much and she was squealing in delight...alot. it was great. what a joy to have them in my life. i love days like this, it really felt like our family grew closer today. how amazing.

pose and gaze

she kept gazing at our friend craig like this


craig and diedre have a staring contest

photo op

cute son & dad pic. david & shawn

camera fun

cute lips


inside her mouth (red pics are taken with flash)


not wanting her to be blinded by the flash, derek took some fuzzier, no flash photos...yes, she was trying to eat the camera.

perhaps her feelings of animosity towards the camera have turned to curiousity now.