Early June stuff...

What does this remind you of??? I was thinking of the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland.

For the record... its a Penny Whistle.

She thought it was pretty funny when she could get a sound out of it. Now I almost regret showing her how it works. It is music... right?

Trying to sell our house has been a very busy, stressful, unenjoyable experience.

The constant cleaning and "Staging" of the house is madness.

Rya is helping us keep in mind hat there is always some fun to be had.

Here are Rya and Dad at Cates park throwing rocks for Buffy.

Toby is on the other side of the camera... sleeping.

Richard found this "motorcyle" at a garage sale. Can't go wrong for $5.

Rya REALLY loves it...

...And here is the growing belly... baby.

22 weeks (5 months and some)

...And 26 weeks (6 months and some)
Mommy and the baby are doing great. Rya keeps pointing at my belly and then points at hers. We are still working on the baby in the tummy concept. Rya loves her baby doll and rocks her and tries to change her "stinky" diaper. If only I could really get her help. Ugh.
New home, and new baby at the same time... we have great timing.

Since our last UPDATE... May stuff.

Here is Rya and Dad... and Buffy blowing bubbles in our front (yard?)

Rya is trying to blow the bubbles but seems to prefer to lick the wand instead.

Somtimes she gets a few bubbles, then screams "bubbles!!!" and quickly says "no screaming!"

Driving the car through the kitchen.. beep beep.
I am told in this one she looks like me... finally!


Poor Rya had her first face plant on the driveway. She tripped running down and cut her lip inside and out and scratched her nose and upper lip. Lots of blood, lots of tears from both Rya and Mom. We're both ok now.

Here are Dakota and Rya at Dakota's first birthday party. Rya got Dakota this pretty dress... so they could match.

Rya loves to bang her drum. She doesn't wanna work, she just wants to bang on her drum all day.

This is Lenita Rya's friend from downstairs. She and her family lived in the suite while Rogee was in Costa Rica. Rya loves Lenita. They have had some great dance parties and animal parades!

Here they are at the park.. they are selling "icecream"... Rya loves pretend icecream and makes sure everyone gets some... again, and again, and again.

And this is the 5 month shot... I am almost 6 months now but I haven't taken a new picture.

Notice the sexy scar... I got my apendix taken out while I was 5 months pregnant with Rya. I don't imagine I can get it taken out twice... hopfully no morphine while pregnant with the second.

Spring has Sprung!

Here is the belly shot (sort of) Rya is crying and long past nap time. There is another shot below that I think is funny we took it earlier in the day. Rya is crying in that one too and my eyes are closed. It's awesome.

After years of rain with no end in sight we have finally had some fantastic sunny days.

Rumor has it, it is pretty crappy in Ontario so I will stop complaining. Today was 16 C give or take a few for wind.

We went to Ambelside beach last week when the sun first came out. It was a little chilly but nice to be out of the rain.


This is our Sears Calalogue pose. I am pointing at nothing. Note Rya's already developed Sears Catalogue posing... pretending to look at somthing in the distance. Thats my girl

Daddo is selling the motorcycle. Everytime we hear a motorcycle Rya says... "Daddo! brrm brrrm" and revs her little gas hand.







I love this clip.

Spring Break 2007

Spring Break!

Alas... no break from the rain. We were invited by Malcolm and Jen to join them in Tofino for a few days. I thought that any break from the city would be nice... It was very nice to get out of the city and go to the beach... but the rain just didn't let up at all. We have really had enough of the crappy, dreary, wet, weather. We spent most of the time inside this really nice condo. The company was great.

We did finally get out and brave the weather. Rya had fun regardless of her grumpy parents cursing the rain. Did I mention yet that it rained the whole time. I will eventually stop talking about the freakin rain. Notice Rya's outfit... "Daddo" picked that out. He wanted to remind us all that he intends to raise a "tomboy" who will become a world class dirt bike racer. Just in case we forgot about those plans. This is Rya's pre-race gear.



Here is Beautiful Chesterman's Beach, Tofino. The waves were huge and Malcolm got in some good surfing. We don't have any pictures of course because we didn't want to go out in the rain again. I would have loved to go surfing... In the rain it isn't that bad because you are already wet. For obvious reasons I didn't surf this time... There is also NO WAY I would be able to fit into my wet suit anyway. (I barely fit into it last summer)

Rya loved the beach. Last summer Rya was still crawling and tried many times to crawl away to sea. That was still her goal this time too. Running out to Sea is a lot quicker. We had a few arguments about the fact that she can't run out to sea. When we finally gave up chasing her and grabbing her before the waves did... she cried most of he way back to the condo. She kept on saying, "Ocean, beatipul (beautiful), kiss?" She wants to kiss everything these days. Good luck on kissing the ocean.

We went home a little ealry as Rya and I were starting to get sick, and Richard was getting sick of the rain. We both got nasty coughs and runny noses. I blame the rain entirely! I will stop complaining as soon as it stops raining. Reallly I used to LOVE the rain. We are on the outs these days.
Rya and I had a nice long nap on the couch when we got home. As the Creator and Editor of this blog I chose to not add the picture that showed both Rya and I peacfully asleep on the couch. It wasn't my goodside. I was so asleep that I didn't hear or feel Richard take our pictures. You can probably imagine the deep sleep expression on my face. Not so cute. Rya... always cute... even with a cold.