Resting the muscles after a day of "hard Work".

 First time being pulled by dog sled!

Mama is in New Orleans ( apparently i am not pronouncing it correctly,  Brandy is quick to correct me).  So just me and Ambrose...so i put him to work on the Fort.  Here's the pics.

Playing in the snow

After a long "house" day, David took Ambrose outside in the early evening to burn off some pent up energy. Ambrose had lots of fun and had no problem getting down to the serious business of playing in snow.  Click here for more photos.

Digging through the snow fort's tunnel

Contemplating his next move

Post play, rosy cheeked and hungry for dada's yummy fresh bread

Halloween

Dave is away on the train and Ambrose and I are both feeling under the weather, but we got into the spirit.  Christoff offered to take Ambrose out trick or treating (THANK YOU!!). Christoff had him out for maybe 10-15 minutes, which was a perfect amount of time for my tired little purple dinosaur. 

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Halloween 2011

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New Year's Eve and Day, 2011

The holiday festivities continued. We headed to East St Paul to ring in the New Year with our friends Viv, Rod and their girls Reegan and Jaelyn; Christy, Karel and son Samuel; and Kiri, Mike and their children Finn and Ember. My, times have changed for us: the evening started before 6 pm and we were home before 11pm!

New Year's Day we were invited to neighbour's Barbara and Arnold's home. Our neighbourhood friends Tomoko, Todd and Ren; and Edwina, Trevor and children Miriam and Silas were also in attendance. We had a lovely time.

We're off to a nice start for 2011!

tree cutting, grape harvesting/ wine making and tree banding: Dave's busy life in between train trips

Dave can fill in the details later, but here are the picture galleries for the above mentioned activities:

Christoff cutting down a very tall and old tree - click here










Grape harvesting and wine making - click here

Tree banding, hops and Dave's excitement over big trucks and road construction - click here

20 weeks continued

Highlights:

-We bought an area rug (larger version of the one we bought for Ambrose's room). It looks fantastic in the living room and allows us to better get on the floor and play with the babe. We now have a more welcoming space for play dates! If you can believe it, we brought the rug home in our Honda civic! Check out the pics in the picture gallery  - you might need to see it to believe it!

-Ambrose and I picked up Breanna and we headed to the beach for a late afternoon swim on Sunday. Miss Beans slept over and helped me with Ambrose while I got some tasks completed.

-Ambrose and I enjoyed a long walk today with Tomoko and Ren. We successfully registered our baby boys in swimming lessons for the fall. Earlier in the day Christy and I registered for a baby and me fusion boot camp class.


Observations and Milestones:
-Ambrose loves loves loves textures. For some reason, he really loves to touch wicker furniture. We discovered this at the cabin.
-He loves to sit and play independently with some of his toys (but he prefers a nice lap to sit in or stand on). He particularly loves his stacking ring.
-Baby and I decided wearing the water wrap is a much safer way to shower together.
-He likes to reach out and grab hair or pinch faces (something I'll have to curb asap!)
-He wants to have the remote controls, cordless phone, cell phone etc
-I love it when baby wants to sit quietly on my lap or cuddle.
-Ambrose has separation anxiety (sigh)

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Friends and neighbours

Ambrose has been busy meeting friends and neighbours since arriving home.

On the first day home neighbour Barry happened by with home made stew and dumplings and a plate of nanaimo bars. Barry held the baby for a moment and snapped a shot on his cell to demonstrate his one upmanship over his partner Brad who happened to see us at the hospital while we were leaving.
Our neighbours Todd, Tomoko and their baby Ren dropped off a fabulous feast of quiche, bread, and cinnamon buns!
Christoff was quick to come over to meet Ambrose, followed by Colin and Natasha - expecting their first baby in May- who dropped by later that evening.
My good friends Angela and Gina came over for a very nice visit.
The "New York contingent" (our friends whom we were to join in New York this weekend for Karel's art show) dropped by through out the week - Vivian with her baby Jaelyn, Christy and Karel (who are also expecting), and this past weekend Michelle and Andreas and Kiri, Mike, Finn and Ember.
Carly and her teenage daughter Tash stopped in for a quick visit as well.
Our family down the street - Edwina, Trevor and their children Miriam and Silas (whom have tolerated Dave documenting them as they've grown!) came over bearing yummy muffins.

Ambrose has been showered with incredibly thoughtful gifts from family, friends and neighbours! We are so lucky to be surrounded by so many wonderful people!

oh deer on wardlaw

this video is from about this time last spring. i was so excited i tried to call him like a horse, to no avail. i'd seen the deer on the corner of wardlaw and scott. dashed into the house, grabbed the camera and the deer was spot on.