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.

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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We had a absolutely wonderful family evening tonight.

Morgan and I went with Matthew to drop of a couple of computers to a customer.  Then we got a fabulous dinner at the Feastro Taco Truck in Davis Bay and went down to Roberts Creek Beach to eat.   Morgan had a feast.  She had her first taste of fish, shrimp, and lemon.  It goes without saying that she loved every bite.

After our awesome dinner we did a little bit of grocery shopping.  Daddy showed Morgan how to eat the produce before we have paid for it   We just couldn’t keep her out of the grapes.

When we got home we had another big first for Morgan.  She took her first unaided steps!!  Well, we did stand her up to get her to try to walk to Daddy, but she took the steps without holding on to anything!

We finished the evening with a nice bath (to get rid of all the leftover fish), and then off to Morgan’s room for a little bit of reading before off to bed.

All in all I think it was one of our best nights ever.

She struck a pose on her big rock so of course we had to grab the camera.

Pictures available here.

Morgan had her first tea time with her cousins (she was really confused with the very real looking fake strawberry).

We headed back for ham and scalloped potatoes.

Pictures available here.

The Google / YouTube combo is actually less powerful that Google Video (and very very frustrating).

We discovered that many of our videos that were uploaded never actually made it onto the web… so here are the [new] Morgan videos.

starting with an oldie (October 10, 2009) 4 months old:

vs 9 months:

vs 9.5 months

We then went to the pool for a great afternoon of swimming and jacuzzi time.

Pictures available here.

Pictures available for download here.

Morgan was asleep at the very rainy duck marsh, but that didn’t stop the ducks from cozying up.

Pictures available here.

It was a great little bit of family time to start off the day on Matthew’s 33rd birthday.  With all of that excitement Morgan was pretty wiped at the end.

We finished off the evening with homemade onion rings and beef ribs (don’t forget the all important chocolate cake!).

We had a great day all around!

Check out some of the photos here

Morgan was a bit wee last time so didn’t get much floor time.  This time she got down and played with other kids.  She had a blast, except there was one girl who made her cry =(  (in her defense, the girl DID have an annoying voice).

She was so tuckered from all the excitement that she fell asleep in her swing.

In the last pictures here, you see her putting into practice her new-found Pythagorean skills by demonstrating how to correctly solve for c, the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

We also have been heavily using her day crib that Morgan’s Great Aunts Donna and Lois gave her.  It’s tough to get a good picture through the electrified mesh, but she’s happy in there!

1. She now weighs 17 lbs (!) (75th percentile)
2. She now measures 27″ in length (75th percentile)
3. Healthy as a [really healthy] horse

She also went to the optometrist for a checkup.  She was an absolute champ in the darkened room and didn’t mind the bright light in her eyes.  The only allowance that Dr. English had to make was to position himself in front of his screen-saver (that baby crack strikes again).  She has perfect, beautiful eyes (but of course, as her father, I already knew that).

Morgan celebrated her first Hallowe’en in style:

She went as Nibbler from Futurama.  Perhaps a bit to nerdy as not too many people got it (except for the two 17 year old boys working in the produce section of Clayton’s).  She absolutely loved the attention and the little red cape.

Pictures of the event: (Full Picasa Album: here)

Beth was off to Metrotown today with Lisa for a bit of girl shopping, so Morgan got to spend the day with daddy.

We had an absolute blast, visiting Diane, Tina, and Terry at Gibsons Marina and then off to see Pat, Bill, and Darianne (and Rocky) at AAA Peninsula Septic.  We came back home after doing a bit of banking, polished off a bottle of milk, and had a nice nap.

Then spent some time in the Jolly Jumper (we took turns) and then off for a walk around the block.

More milk, more napping, some ad design for a new website, and then off to pick up mum at the ferry.

Here are some pictures:  (Full Picasa Album: here)

Right now we have Matthew’s cousin, Lisa, from Germany staying with us.  We wanted to show her a little bit more excitement than can be found here in Sechelt so we headed in to Vancouver.

While the girls shopped the parents and the babies wandered the various stores letting the babies get to know each other.

After a lot of catching up we headed to the Sky Train station so we could meet Brandi.

It was great seeing Jon again and awesome to meet Brandi and Isobel.  We’ll have to make sure we don’t go as long without seeing each other again!

The only down part of the day was the ferry ride home.  The ferry was almost an hour late and we had a very upset little girl.  She was so cranky that Matthew spent the whole ferry ride pacing on the car deck with her to try and soothe her.

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