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!

Morgan in her garden.

Now that Morgan is fully mobile she is into absolutely everything.   The other day she decided to open the sliding glass door screen and head on outside.

Here are a few shots of her getting into trouble in the garden.

Given how much damage she can cause when she toddles around, we’ve now started calling her MoZilla.

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

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

Pictures available here.

She now is sporting two teeth, has really taken to cruising on the furniture, and is running us into the ground.

Pictures available here.