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.

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:

This has been a busy week for baby (and mom and dad).

Morgan is now starting to cruise. She’s not content with just standing anymore, now she wants to get places while in the vertical. Pretty awesome (and pretty scary at the same time).

She got to spend some time with dad at Strong Start yesterday and wow’d him by climbing in and out of the round padded barrier in the play room. This is the same padded barrier that she only just started pulling herself up on 2 weeks ago (!).

So after months of on again, off again teething sessions, Morgan finally cut her first tooth!

Way to go Morgan! (9 months and 1 day)

It’s so hard to believe that 9 months have gone by.  Morgan is now 19 lbs 2.5 ozs and 28.5 inches long.  She’s getting to be such a big girl.

Morgan is getting to be a real handful now.  She wants things done her way right when she wants them.  We are starting to think that the idea of no diaper is not as silly anymore.  Morgan refuses to cooperate for diaper changes.  She now rolls over as soon as her diaper is undone.  Oh well, I guess she’s growing up!

Here are a few pictures:

A few Firsts:

★ Time in a high chair

★ Time going down a slide (Mom was still holding on)

★ Time in Jail (she now has her very own jail in the living room)

★ Time on the ground outside

★ Eating real people food

★ Feeding herself

★ Marathon crawl session (she can now go anywhere in the house on her own)

★ Crawling up the stairs

★ Taste of Beer (she absolutely loves beer, we have to be careful not to let her see it now)

★ Eating Fries

★ Time in a hot tub

★ Pulling up to standing

★ Cruising (well, it was one step, but she did do it)

Here are a few pictures:

Well here we are and another month has gone by.  Morgan has now been out in the real world as long as I was pregnant!

I can’t believe how the time has flown.  Morgan has been such a joy, especially now that she is laughing up a storm at anything and everything.

We have had a very major triumph this month.  We are all finally sleeping!!! Of course as I say this Morgan has a cold and her sleep has been slightly upset these last few nights, but she really is sleeping.

Matthew and I finally put up her growth chart.  It’s really amazing to see the change in heights over the last 8 months.

Here are a few pictures taken in the last week:

A few Firsts:

★ Sleeping through the night

★ Time eating mashed potatoes

★ Time wearing size 12 month clothes

★ Time eating Indian food (no to Vindaloo, yes to Butter Chicken and Daal)

★ Sitting up from crawling

★ Cold

★ Fight with another baby

★ Crawling

★ Olympic event

★ Prize won (she won a little book and bib at the birthday party for babies born in 2009)

★ Time eating a tomato (she loves them, she sucks out the insides and begs for more)

Matthew managed to take a couple of weeks off for Christmas so we all had some great family time.

It’s hard to believe that 7 months have gone by.  Morgan is now 17 1/2 Lbs, and still 27″ long.

A few Firsts:

★ Christmas

★ Time getting on her hands and knees

★ Time sitting all on her own

★ Picture with Santa

★ Time eating turkey

★ Time brushing her non-existent teeth

★ Trip to the swimming pool

★ Time watching Christmas Story with Daddy (likely to be many more of this one)

★ Time babbling non-stop

Another month down and things are different in so many ways except the one that we really want.  Morgan still isn’t sleeping well, in fact it seems like the older she gets the worse she sleeps.  She seems to be stubborn like Mommy and Daddy so we can’t even let her cry it out.  The several times we tried, she just cries for hours until we finally cave and go to her.  Oh well, what can you do?

She is almost sitting up on  her own now and she’s also starting to stick her bum in the air.  It’s amazing how much she can get around the room even though she’s not crawling yet.  She can push herself around when she’s on her back with her feet, or when she’s on her tummy with her arms.

A few Firsts:

★ Eating Peas, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, and Beans

★ Piece of Puffed Wheat

★ Visit to Strong Start

★ Getting her soother into her mouth by herself

★ Bathtime with Daddy

★ Time in snowsuit

★ Wiggling around the room on her own

★ Vomiting session (not as fun at the other firsts)

Here are a few pictures to enjoy.

This little terror (oops, I mean angel) has had some astounding growth in the last month.  She’s up to 15 lbs and has the smiling personality of a Mafia Don.  She’s all smiles and giggles right up until the point where she jams her hands in your mouth and rips off your lips.  Beth is covered in scratches from those sharp little razor claw.

We had a fantastic first Hallowe’en where Morgan dressed as Futurama’s Nibbler, and true to her namesake, she tried to eat all of the leaves in the backyard.

She has made the transition to solid foods.  Our goal this month is to really push this as she is still not sleeping through the night.  Maybe it’ll work.

She’s become a University girl.  We took her to some of my classes and we finally had to ban her and mom for being so disruptive.

See some of the pictures here.

Some First’s:

★ Hallowe’en

★ University Enrollment

★ Shopping trip to Vancouver (and ride on the Granville Island Ferry)

★ Day with Daddy

★ Eating Solids

★ Bath in the Big Bathtub

We’ve been having trouble with Morgan not wanting to sleep for long stretches so last night we decided to try her on solid food for the first time!!

As you will be able to see it went pretty well.  She was very interested in getting the spoon into her mouth, but whether she actually got any food past her mouth is another matter.

We also gave Morgan her last bath in the little baby bathtub so there are some pictures of just how big she is in there now too.

• Check out some of the photos from the big event

Here we are again and Morgan is another month older.  She is generally a very happy little girl.

We thought we were doing better with her sleeping, but lately she’s been up far too often during the night.  I guess we will get there eventually.

This little, or not so little (Morgan is now 14 1/2 lbs and 25″ long), girl wants so badly to be able to do more.  She is constantly trying to sit up, but not quite there yet.  She’s growing up so fast!

• Check out some of the latest pictures here.

First’s:

★ Time rolling over

★ Visit from Lisa from Germany

★ Time watching sign language

★ Visit from Marc and Hamid

★ Time falling asleep in the Jolly Jumper

★ Sitting up in her stroller (she was propped up but it still counts)

★ Gardening with Mom and Dad

★ Scary movie (also the last one for a long time)

We are now starting to get settled into some sort of routine with work and baby.  Morgan is starting to sleep longer, we are getting a good 5 hours at a stretch at night.

Morgan is loving Tummy Time and is getting very close to rolling over for the first time.  With the way she’s moving when she’s on the floor we’re pretty sure that crawling won’t be too far behind!

I’m sure that we will be kept on our toes a lot in the next month.

• Check out some of the latest pictures!

First’s:

★ Shots

★ Smile at Mom and Dad

★ Baby talk

★ Laugh

★ Spin in the Jolly Jumper

★ Smile at a toy

★ Sleep for 7 hours

★ Theme Costume Party

★ Gaming Outfit