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.

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 =)

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'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 Lily Grace Lehmann Eleven Months Old

Somehow another month has slipped by!  Morgan has had some really big developments this month; probably the biggest being that she took her first steps!

**UPDATE**

Morgan just got back from a weigh-in and she is now at 21 lb’s and 7 oz and is 29.25″ long (!)

She is now wearing her 12-18 month clothes – yikes!

Here are a few pictures:

A few Firsts:

★ Walking

★ Eating seafood (loved it!)

★ Lemon

★ Play date (Brielle and Rebecca)

Here are a few pictures:

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 Lily Grace Lehmann Ten Months Old

So month 10 has now arrived!

Our sweet little Morgan has now been replaced by this little demon child who is getting into everything and tearing around the house.

Here are a few pictures:

A few Firsts:

★ Eating dirt, grass, and maybe even a worm

★ Complex meal (ham, scalloped potatoes, carrots, beans, and asparagus)

★ First Second Tooth

★ Visit with the Easter Bunny

★ Trip to the Duck Marsh

★ Dinner Party

Here are a few pictures:

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