Anika and Sophia would like to introduce....

Their first GIRL cousin ~ HAILEY ANNE, on Sunday, February 24th @ 2:30am!! She weighed in at 6lbs 2oz and measured 20"!!

Anika is soooo excited to finally have a girl cousin that lives close by!

Congratulations, Uncle Shawn and Auntie Shirley...

she's soooo cute!!

4 MONTHS OLD!!

Wow... where is time going?? Sophia is FOUR MONTHS OLD!!

Everyone has asked what is new with Sophia, what is she doing now?? And she hadn't done anything UNTIL the day BEFORE she turned four months she rolled from her belly to her back. She probably would have done this much sooner, however I hadn't been giving her tummy time. No particular reason - just didn't want my baby to grow up too fast :( Now as soon as you put her on her belly she will flip right over unless something catches her eye. She is also starting to get her chubby little legs up under her belly and trying to push herself forward. Anika was crawling at 6 months... wonder if this one will as well???

Here are a few pictures of Sophia playing...

(click to enlarge)

On an Anika note - incase you are wondering why there hasn't been any photos of her... well she's been a little camera shy lately and doesn't ever want to get into the picture with her sisiter... hopefully soon Mommy can get a few of her and will post. Her 2nd wiggly tooth is holding on by a thread... should be coming out any day!!

Video Time...

Sophia has become such a little person in the last little bit that we've taken lots of video of her. Each passing day she does something new and these moments are flying by.

I'm going to get a little bit sentimental here, but when I was 6 months pregnant or so... I had a dream and saw my little girl in this dream. I thought to myself when I woke up in the morning that there is no possible way that the little baby girl that I saw, was the one I was going to hold in my arms because she had dark hair. She had this incredible smile that would melt your heart and the most beautiful eyes. When Sophia was born, I couldn't believe that God gave me a baby with dark hair.... was this her? Well, at 16 weeks I am 100% certain that the little baby that was in my dream is most definately the little girl that I cuddle every day. For those that have met her, you know how beautiful her eyes are and how her smile melts your heart. I can't imagine what life would be like without little Sophia. I'm soooo glad you made your way into our hearts and life my little monkey.... We love you to the moon and back!

Ok... here are a couple of video's of Sophia. The first one is Sophia and I playing and the second one is of Sophia eating cereal

Enjoy :)

Bath Time!!

Sophia loves her bath!!

Click on here to see a video of Sophia going to town in the bath...
(turn your speakers up as Anika and I have a little conversation that is priceless!!)

I'm 16 weeks old....

Sophia turned 16 weeks old this week. Where has the time gone? My little monkey has grown so much and is the happiest baby I've ever met. We thought Anika was a content baby... Sophia blows her out of the water. She doesn't make a peep unless she's talking away in her bouncer or giggling at her Daddy and Sister.

She has found her hands and loves to chew on anyones finger if you let her. We can see 2 little white marks on her gums so I'm sure she'll be sprouting up some little pearly whites in the next little while. She's dodged the flu so far, but has picked up pink eye over the past couple of days. We thought perhaps it was a blocked tear duct but no such luck. So hopefully she'll be on the mend in the next couple of days.

Vacation Time!!!!!!!!!

On January 19th we jumped on a plane and headed down south to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for our first vacation as a family of four! We couldn't have planned it at a better time, as the temperature dropped down to -37C the day we left and we heard that it got much colder than that the week we were gone. When we returned it was a balmy -18C, which was ok... at least it wasn't -40C!!

Anika had an incredible time at the resort swimming with her Daddy, spending the afternoon at the swim up bar in each of the pools, and making new friends. She met a couple of girls (Nicole and Ola) from Vancouver, and a boy (Jared) from New Jersey. She attended the Kids Club a couple of days and did some arts and crafts, swam, and went on the trampoline. We also spent some time with Mom and Dave and my Aunty Pat and Uncle Larry and their friends Sherry and Jack, down in Old Puerto Vallarta as they were down the same week as us. Sophie adapted to taking stroller naps - pool side in the shade. The sound of the ocean was wonderful and put her to sleep instantly!

We celebrated Daddy's 37th Birthday, Anika losing her first tooth, and Sophie turn 3 months on the trip. Mommy celebrated the fact that she didn't have to do laundry, clean, or cook for a whole 7 days!!! Yahoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone had a fantastic time. Sophie went swimming for the first time, and Mommy overheard her say she prefers the warmer weather!! We also think that poor Sophie has a developed an intollerance or allergy to shell fish. Her face gets all blotchy with hives and she had diahrea when ever Mommy eats Shrimp, Scallops or Mussels... but it wasn't until we got home that we put two and two together.... so we are staying away from anything fish until we can find out for sure!

We can't wait to do another trip next winter. We are talking with our good friends Doug, Angela and Alexandra about doing a trip with them (and who ever else wants to join in) next winter. It always fun to have other people to do things with, especially when the girls get along so well.

Here are the pictures from our trip... click on them to enlarge :)

Cheers!