We had already had an eventful night so we were pretty tired.

We were late getting to bed and then woken up at 2:30 am when a huge dead tree fell just outside the fence line. The cracking of branches and splitting of the stump went on for 20+ seconds. This huge tree was bone dry and ended up taking out a few surrounding Alders as it went. We were out with the neighbors trying to figure out just what the hell had happened (no wind, no rhyme or reason as to why, it just happened). Morgan slept through it but woke up at 3:30 needing a bit of a bottle and some cuddling.

We then slept lightly and were up at 5:45, on the road to the ferry by 7:00, and then into Ikea for 9:30. We bought a ton of crap and of course the one shelving item that we actually went in to get was completely out of stock.

We were then off to Langley for a great visit with Ross and Fiona accompanied by steak and red wine – nice!

It was another scorcher so we chased the shade around the back yard.

We were then back to the 6:30 ferry where Morgan got to play in the water park by the terminal… it was packed!

Home for 8:30 and then bed for everyone (except for dad who got to stay up putting together the Ikea furniture =) )

Here are a few pictures:

I didn’t think anything of it as it was keeping her amused while I was dealing with the business end of things.  Then I heard this tinny voice repeating and it took me a minute to figure out that it wasn’t coming from one of her toys.

Apparently she had called UBC Engineering.  Oops.

I seem to recall Brandi, Jon, and Isobel having a similar encounter with 911.

Sabre is a black dog with brown highlights, is about thigh-high, and has an amazing amount of energy.  He has stopped by a few times to say hello and Morgan has had a few close encounters with him.

Yesterday I was on the phone and the door suddenly swung open.  When I looked, there was Sabre poking his nose into the office.

He casually waltzed into the house, crossed the office, went up into the living room, saw Morgan standing there with her stuffed elephant, gave her a lick up the face, and while she was distracted grabbed her elephant and ran out the dining room door.

Morgan thought this was terrific!

She immediately took chase (with Beth in pursuit) and ended up on the front lawn running back and forth trying to get her elephant back.

Beth finally succeeded in getting it back by putting Sabre into a headlock and prying the elephant out of his mouth (a little bit wetter than it started out) and Sabre immediately went for the next stuffed toy.

In the afternoon, Morgan and I headed over to Auntie Tracey’s for a little visit.

Cousin Camryn and Cousin Taylor gave Morgan a beautiful princess bear mobile (which is already up in her room) and a wheel barrow to help her out in the garden.

Morgan got to ride a dog (Tiko), 3 horses (Misty, Summer, and Ringo), chase a rabbit (Peter), poke at two birds, and pet 3 kitties.

We then headed back and picked up mom from work and headed home.

This beautiful piece is now hanging in her window where it catches the morning light.

Thank you very much Andreas and Deb!

Suddenly she stopped laughing and became very serious.

She got up and booted it down the hallway, down the stairs to the living room, climbed up on the love seat and whipped back the curtains.

I couldn’t figure out what she was doing but she was really intent in her purpose.

A few minutes went by and then I finally heard what she had heard from her bedroom – the garbage man was coming down the street.

I hung back and just watched her.

She started waving her arms and then squealed.  I peaked out from another window and there was the garbage man waving back at her.  As he drove away he honked his horn in a little tune and she started laughing.

She is apparently quite smitten with her Friday friend =)

Shipping was brutal but the door knocker rocks!

Oh no! – some microchip has malfunctioned or burnt out or just gone screwy and how am I going to get this fixed?  (And how much?)

I went to go investigate – and that’s when I saw Morgan walking around with my keys hanging out of her mouth.  The key fob was in her mouth and she was happily chewing on it and activating the buttons.

No defective chip, just a 13 month old (and a very soggy key fob).

Morgan was in the master bedroom and I was in Morgan’s room just down the hall.  She and I would take turns poking  our heads out the door.  She thought it was a hoot!

I then thought I’d try to get her to come back to her room by closing her door (she usually can’t pass up a newly closed door).  Much to my surprise, she didn’t come to find me.  I opened the door to find that she had also closed the door to the master bedroom.

I guess she’s starting to get a little too clever.

Not the least of which was a visit with Jon and Brandi and Isobelle Snow and Raven, Robyn, Mason, and Cordelia Kopelman. We had shish kabob’s on the bbq and a great visit after spending some time down at Porpoise Bay Beach with the families. Morgan got her feet wet in the ocean for the first time(!)

Morgan played in her pool that she got from her birthday from Jim and Sherry and she managed to eat most of the sand that Jim and Annika gave her (mmm, nice sandy diaper’s).

We also went to Cliff Gilker Park for a day in the park. Morgan had a great time in the waterfall.

Here are a few pictures (w/ a few videos).

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Morgan Gets a New Fountain

This year we met Jim and Sherry and Rebecca and Brielle at the Canada Day Parade.

The parade was pretty piss-poor (and yes, I’m sure it is a lot of work to organize and kudos to all that made an effort, but in my books putting a $0.10 Canadian Flag in your vehicle window and driving down main street advertising your business just doesn’t cut it) but we had a great time with Jim and Sherry.

Morgan quite enjoyed it which was good.

We went to the park after the parade and took a peek at some of the great artisan crafts but refrained from buying anything (actually, we forgot our wallets but we’ll get to the crafts at the big fair in August).

Here are a few pictures (w/ a few videos).

Morgan's First Birthday

Half of Morgan’s family lives here in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast and half live in Regina in Saskatchewan.

We flew to visit them for the first time and to celebrate her first birthday.  So for her first birthday, Morgan actually had two parties – not bad!

We flew via Westjet with our obligatory stop overs in Edmonton (going) and Calgary (returning).  We were able to get an extra seat for Morgan on all four flights, so Beth took the isle seat, I took the window seat, and Morgan was passed back and forth in the middle seat.

She is a great flying baby.  She didn’t seem to mind the ups and downs and REALLY liked the turbulence.  She made googoo eyes with EVERYONE and even had a lady playing peek-a-boo and other games on the way back.

It was great to see all of the Craig family; Morgan finally got to meet her cousins, Cole and Zoey, Aunt Susan and Uncle Shawn, Uncle Mike, Great Uncle Ken and Great Aunt Fiona, and Great Grandmother Marion.  She had a full week of going to the swimming pool, the local parks, the Saskatchewan Children’s Festival, the Science Center, shopping centers, restaurants, and a ton of other things.  She had her first dim sum in Saskatoon and her first hot banana pepper at Fudd Ruckers (loved it).

We now have to get her back into her proper sleep patterns and get her routine going again.

Here are a few pictures.

Morgan's First Birthday

Today Morgan celebrated her 1st Birthday with all of her family and friends on the Sunshine Coast.

We met at the Sechelt Aquatic Center for cupcakes, juice, and a swim.

With the one small oversight that babies and open flames don’t mix we had a great time!

She received some beautiful sun dresses and sun hats and some great summer toys.

After presents and a sugar rush, we all headed in for a swim and and a soak.

Thank you to everyone who helped make her day wonderful!

Some photos!

Here are a few pictures:

Morgan rides her first horse (Misty)

Tonight we went to Tracey’s for a BBQ with the family.

Morgan rode her first horse, rode her first dog, bounced on the trampoline with her cousins, played with her first My Little Pony, and generally had a great time.

We also had a little visitor in our back yard… Morgan was fascinated.

Here are a few pictures:

2nd Anniversary

We spent a wonderful sunny weekend with out little girl.

On Saturday we went to The Old Boot Eatery and had a terrific meal.  We experimented with Morgan to see if she ever really could become full.  I think she put away pretty close to an adults portion of food (she ate all of my mushrooms).  She got sleepy and we headed back for dessert, leaving behind a high-chair covered in salad, focaccia bread, oil and vinegar, and pasta.

Sunday was a day of complete R&R with a wonderful Indian dinner.

Two years and counting!