Day 258

Big Talker 

Adeline and Mommy were having a great time playing outside this morning! She found her blow-up pool and REALLY wanted to go in it...so I put her in the empty pool and she just loved it!!! Then I have her her pool toys and she was in heaven! Adeline pulled her Kitty out if its mini kennel and was talking and talking to her.  Then she was trying real hard to put the kitty back into the kennel...which was very difficult because it is a very tight squeeze!  

Swinger

Now that it is not too hot we are spending more time outside (and because our days without snow are numbered). Adeline is an outside-body (rather than a home body ;).  She LOVESSSSS being outside!!! We had a blast swinging in the swing.  I would push her and say wheeee and she would say weeeeee (in her own Adeline way).  I'm gonna have to get Daddy to mow all the pinecones up, as all Adeline wants to do sometimes is crawl around and eat them!

Day 195

Standing

Wow Oh Wow!!! You have made some physical leaps and bounds these last couple days!!!! Today you were pulling yourself up all over the place. In your crib, at the couch, at the plant stand, the bath tub and even at the toilet. Every time I turned around you were pulling your self up on something or just standing there as happy as can be, you impress even yourself sometimes ;) Even tonight rather than going to sleep you were having fun standing up and biting the edge of your crib or playing with the lamp on your dresser.

Day 136

Walking Through Stanley Park

Stanley Park is amazing! There are so many different trails to walk and things to see. We have visited it in some capacity almost every day since being in Vancouver...and if I lived here it would most definitely become a regular hang out for the Milligan Family. Today we walked through even more of the park than days before. As we were walking we saw some Canada Geese with their chicks (some chicks were just born - still had their yellow down feathers and others were a bit older and were getting darker in colour already), many old gnarly trees, a lake, a stream and some squirrels. It is pretty amazing to be in the middle of a big city and see all that involves (sky scrapers and many story condos) and also be in the middle of a lush oasis. In my opinion nothing could be better...even with the constant sprinkle this afternoon.

The Vancouver Aquarium

Watching the Dolphin show.

(Adeline sat quietly and watched the whole show...I think she liked the dolphins. She would see them jump up and do a trick and then look back at me, like she was wanting to say: "Hey Mom, did you see that?"

Checking out the Anemone

Checking out the Clown Fish

(Adeline kept saying sh-sh-sh...yes sweetie, these are Fish)

Sleeping Through the Shallow Seas 4D Show

(Mom got to wear these sweet glasses...although she did not get to enjoy the show sitting down)

Jelly Fish (I thought it was a cool picture and wanted to share)

Silly Uncle Timmy and Daddy

Day 114

Adeline's First Easter

Adeline had a fun filled first Easter. We went to Church and Grandma came along too! After her nap, she and Daddy hunted for some hidden Eggs and Easter surprises. She loved finding the eggs and opening her easter basket...she especially liked the book!

Day 112

Family Time

We had a great lunch visit with Grandpa, Granma, Aunties Thea and Alisha and Uncle Nathaniel. We had some lunch, played a game (of which the ladies won) and had some fun visiting time...Adeline even had a nap while we were there (gasp). As you may notice from the photos Adeline had a great time reading to Grandpa and playing with Granma.

Day 109

Fun with Lauren's Toys

We had a fun time today getting together with our mommy group and their babies! We were at Lauren's house and Adeline had a blast playing with her fun and new (to Adeline) toys! Especially this exersaucer which had a book about animals and even made animal noises, which Adeline LOVES! If Adeline wasn't on the verge of growing out things like this I would look into getting one from Kijiji.

Day 78

Cafe O'Play

Today Adeline and I met some of the ladies and babies at Cafe O'Play. This is a local coffee shop where parents are invited to "Sit, Sip and Watch Them Play!" And this is exactly what we did. Although Adeline, Jack and Lauren are not really old enough to appreciate all that surrounded them at Cafe O'Play, Kiran, Maddie and Kyra took advantage of all they had to offer. Adeline mostly played in the highchair with Lauren and Jack, beside her. They shared toys (and Mommy's necklace) quite nicely while the mommies were able to enjoy a hot beverage and catch up as many of us had not seen each other in a while.

As well, today Adeline had her first taste of ham...Do you think she likes it?

There was also some mustard on ham (that is the mustard reaction you see at the end of the video)

Day 73

Hangin With Uncle Timmy

Uncle Timmy came over to have some quality Adeline time while in town. And as you can see Chloe had to get in there too! Adeline had lots of fun playing with Uncle Timmy and is excited to see him again before he goes home.

Day 71

Time for Tea

Adeline had her friend Charlotte over today and once they both finally woke up they enjoyed a Tea Party together. Charlotte also brought her mom so her and I also enjoyed some delicious caffeinated beverages and some great conversation. Let's hear it for last minute plans to get together on days when our husbands are busy!

Day 59

Our Lonely Little Petunia

Kris got this pot along with a bag of soil as a birthday present this year and it has been sitting in our living room ever since...just waiting for me to put Adeline inside and take her picture. I thought this was going to have to be one of those quick and dirty photos...the ones that I have to take as quick as possible before my subject gets annoyed at what I am subjecting her to. This just was not the case today; it seemed like she actually enjoyed sitting inside the pot (contrary to what you may see in the above picture). She was just so darn excited it was hard to get a good shot. Case and point...she kept bouncing up and down on her bum and grabbing the sides with joy, it was tooooo cute, but like I said made it really hard to take the photo. I have a feeling we are going to revisit the pot on a much warmer day ;)