Kids' table

Angie and Derek had a gathering at their house to celebrate both their new house and the visit of Steph and Shannon with their son Alexandre. Not much makes me happier than seeing the kids all sitting down and eating happily together... 

Well, truth be told, 30 seconds after this photo was taken, all the kids had taken off, other than G who continued to plough through her own meal and then walked around to the other unfinished plates to pick the choice stuff off. I'm pretty sure Mark and I have done that with unfinished wine glasses at a wedding, but I could be making it up.

Ang with the new guy, Declan.

Daycare and dogs

Sorry for the delay since my last posting - our lives have been completely wrapped up in transitioning Gabrielle to daycare. It's not an exaggeration to say it's going fairly terribly. She cries and grasps onto us when we drop her off and spends some of the day crying, based on her caregivers' accounts. No surprise, she enjoys mealtimes and circle time the best. We're going into week 4 now of this experiment - we're going to keep trying at this for a few more weeks and see if things improve. Above, here she is at the entrance to her daycare, in a rare non-miserable moment...

Luckily, we had Erin for the first week of G's transition to daycare. She would take G in for a few hours and then go pick her up and spend the afternoon with her. 

Here's one of G's more patient pals from the dog park behind our house: Orderly. Yes, that's the name of the dog. 

Did I mention she was patient?

Here are some random pictures over the last 7 months of our favorite little girl!

Gabrielle and I


Our first ever lunch date together date together!!


Our last lunch date together :(


Woof! Gabrielle and Orderly


Tulip festival


perfect picture


Couple of months ago at The Pantry! (amazing vegetarian restaurant in the Glebe)


Gabrielles first encounter with my brother Matt, it was the 2nd time I've ever seen her in a strangers arms after a minute without her getting upset, the first time was with me ;-)

Just an all around cutie


they shakkkkkkkkkke me! surely she doesn't mean me!


Lucas helped carry the load during our day out ;-)

Gabrielle is quite popular for a 19 month old!

Humid rainy day, July 3, 09, we spent the afternoon lounging at my apartment. From left to right Erin, Me, baby G, Lucas, Calder and Katie. I think G knows she made a stinky due to her pose ;-)...haha teasinggggggg not too sure what its about. But we love her none the less.