SANTA'S HELPER...

Wishing all of our families and friends a safe and wonderful holiday! May this time spent with each other help us appreciate and remember what the true spirit of Christmas is. We will be spending a quiet Christmas with Randy, Marilyn and Dorothy tomorrow and tonight just the 3 of us... and maybe some man in a red suit ;)!

OPENING PRESENTS...

This was Declan's first time opening presents and he thought it was pretty fun :) He really loved shredding the tissue paper the best!

BIRTHDAY FOR THE BOYZ...

We had a great party on the weekend to celebrate both Andrew and Declan's birthdays. Thank you to our families and friends who made the day an extra special celebration and a wonderful 1st birthday for Declan and thirty somethingish birthday for Andrew :o)

BALLOON FUN...

Declan's great grandma (Dorothy) gave him this balloon and it was a hit! I think we'll have to get another one for him when this one deflates :)

BIRTHDAY CAKE...

Well here it is, the first bites of birthday cake for Declan. Needless to say, he LOVED IT!!!!

ONE YEAR OLD...

Well our little man turned one year old today!!! Can't believe it, the year has gone by so quickly and looking forward to his party on Saturday with both sets of grandparents and all his little buddies :) There will definitly be some pictures posted after the party! Til then, stay warm and toasty in this chilly winter weather :)

HO HO HO...

Declan's first visit with Santa went off without a hitch! Little man did great but it was a little hard to get him to look at the camera, he was more interested in the big flash :)

POTS AND PANS...

Watch out Tommy Lee, I think our little man might give you a run for your money :)

AT THE PARK...

We spent the morning at the "Helicopter Park" with my friend Jen and her two munchkins. It was a beautiful morning, we had a chinook come in so it was about 12 degrees out which was great! The kids had fun and happy to enjoy some more fall days before the snow flies :)

COFFEE FILTERS...

Never fails. they always want to play with something other then their toys... today it was coffee filters and tomorrow who knows what it will be :)

11 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS...

Well our little man is almost 1 year old!!! Took him for his monthly weigh in at the clinic and he was a plump 26lbs 10ozs, thank godness he is crawling, maybe he'll wear off some of that chub!
Other then that all is going well out west and before we know it Christmas will be here! ( hee!hee! thought I would put the bug in everyone's ear )

NEW WHALE FROM HAWAII...

Andrew returned with goodies from his trip last week with Randy & Marilyn on the island of Lanai. He bought Declan this little whale and he loves it!!! He was really happy to see his daddy back too :) We started Declan part-time at a dayhome today with a lovely family just a couple blocks away from us and he had so much fun, PHEW!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

Declan's first Halloween was a hit!!!! His zebra costume ( courtesy of Deacon ) was loved by all. He even managed to fill up his pumpkin bucket to the rim, lucky mom and dad ;) Hope you all had a great Halloween!

ON THE MOVE...

Andrew and I were at a wedding recently and decided to have a family picture done while we were all dressed up ( which rarely happens! ).

Well it finally happened... Declan is on the move!!! He is very pleased with himself and much happier now that he is more mobile and not just sitting. Not pulling himself up yet but I am sure it won't be long.

THANKSGIVING...

We had a very nice and quiet Thanksgiving this year. Declan ate some turkey with gravy and some mashed potatos but I think next year will definitly be more successful for some messy pictures ;) We have had a blast of Old Man Winter over the past couple days which has not been enjoyed by anyone I don't think, about 5cm of snow and cold...bring on the fireplace and comfort food!!!

JOLLY JUMPING...

We had to upgrade to the jolly jumper as Declan was too big for the jumperoo. He loves this one just as much and he can get some good height if he really tries... sooo cute ;)

Well we seemed to have had at least 3 seasons within the last 3 weeks... 33 degrees out a couple of weeks ago, last week we had several perfect fall days and this week... well you can see for yourself, yes that's right SNOW!!!!!

FLAMES FAN

GO FLAMES GO!!! Our little man representing the Flames in his finest. Declan is 10 months old today and yes I will be giving the weigh in... 25lbs 6ozs. He is almost crawling, gets on all 4's but then does a baby belly flop, soon enough I'm sure :) He rolls from one end of the room to the other with no problem though. We have a quiet Thanksgiving planned but definitely a turkey dinner will be enjoyed!

FALL 09

Well... I did it!!! Had to cut the hair as it was becoming a very fun grabby thing for Declan to yank on... OUCH!!!

My girlfriend Jen and I took the kids down to the park yesterday for their fall photo shoot. It was a beautiful fall day and the kids had a great time playing in the leaves... I think Declan was mostly eating them :0) As you can see in the one picture he was pretty zonked after his fun filled morning.

LUNCH TIME...

What a mess... but so much fun!!!

PANORAMA 09'

We spent the weekend up at Panorama Mountain Village with Randy and Marilyn. It was a great weekend, golf, shopping and great food...who could ask for anything more!!! Randy was having some trouble reading the paper one morning, Declan had other plans for Grandpa!

9 MONTHS OLD!!!

Hard to believe that our little man is already 9 months old. Andrew and I always laugh when we remember how wee he was when he came into this world and how "not wee" he is anymore ;) On his 9 month check up, Declan was 24.5 lbs and 28 inches long. He is fully into solid foods now and is pretty happy about it! I have a couple of baskets in which I keep his toys in so I just take out a basket and he can pick what he likes, as you can see, he picked the basket!!! Never fails they always like the packaging better ;) Anyways, that's about all the news out here, summer is on it's way out but hopefully a couple of more nice weekends will yet to be had!

AFTERNOON AT THE BEACH...

We hit White Rock Beach the day we got there and it was a beautiful day, perfect for a couple of Heineken's!!!

VANCOUVER 2009...

Us at the beach in Tsawassen, Andrew's Grandma lived there for 37 years and we stopped by her old house for a look and it looks great!

We have returned safely from our trip to the coast to visit our friends Gavin & Randi. We hit Stanley Park, Granville Island, White Rock Beach and a couple of other places as well. It was a great trip with great friends and Declan did great! What a little trooper he was through the trip... proud mommy & daddy :)