Bed head

Circus kid

1st visit to Credit Valley Hospital

Lie down

Hey.. is this MY foot?

Ha ha

Jewish hat (keepa)

Kisses 4 daddy

... on the mouth

My ball

You have it mummy

Budding pianist

Still practicing

Just sitting around

All smiles

World's first tickle me Mori

Down for a rest

Wake up face

Before & after

Nice cast

Twins?

Big girl

Vroom, vroom

Flower girl

Flower girl 2

I love to ride my tricycle

Mummy's little helper

Na na nee boo boo

So what?

The Fonz (jr.)

Tasty towel

Waiting at the alter

They're coming!!!

Blushing bride

Smudge

Bambi, Shona and Ron

A. Mary

Don't spill

Water girl

Fire.. fire

Hand tying

The mommas

Fall colours

Look at my magic sword!

Need a ride?

Mori... roar

Run Skye... run

She sells sea shells at the sea shore

Serain and Mori

Stretching by the pool

To China!

Was and Rave

The morning after

Little pixie

Pouty

Abandoned bike

Abandoned bike (2)

Blowing off the rock

Big tree

Changing leaves

Can I touch?

Where do you think you're going?

You're it!

Blankie

Comfy

TV!!

Mine

Picture perfect

.. after 3 hours in the waiting room we were finally let into the "secure" area where and given our pink and white prison wear. 2 hours later (at 4:30am) we were released with her 104C fever undiagnosed!

... I assume that Mori adopted the idea of lying on the ground from daycare. But I'll play along.

.. all that baby Mozart sure paid off

... can you believe she fit in there?

... some vigorous patting of the cast

... just wait till I can reach the peddles

Cleansing the soul by inhaling the smoke.

... mother and father of the bride

Part of the Anishnabe belief is that water ties us all together, the trees, the animals and even our families. It flows through the earth and through our bodies and connects our spirits. During the ceremony, the bride collects water from the river and transfers it into cups to feed all of those in attendance. This symbolizes our involvement in their lives as their support network.

Further in the ceremony, the groom must start a fire to warm the water that the bride has collected. The fire must sustaining... that is, must provide enough energy to keep the water warm, but no too much as to boil off all the water. We all waited in anticipation. Luckily Raven was smart enough to carry matches.

At the end of the ceremony the hands of the bride and groom (and seemingly everyone in the family) are tied together to show their bond to each other.

... Was and Gavin

... Mori promptly announced that the lake was in fact a pool on our first morning there. Can you tell she's grown up in suburbia.

.. plum tuckered out

... breakfast at the Sands.

... forgive me, this is my "cottage" picture for the year.

.. this will be added to our rock colletion from Trinidad.

... watching Disney's Brother Bear on the way home from the cottage

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Bed head

Milestones:

• New favourite food - still chicken... with ice for desert

• Falling asleep alone. Mori actually likes her crib better than mummy and daddy's bed when it's time to go down for the night.

• Communication - WORD COUNT UP TO 80

  • SIT DOWN - although it doesn't seem to work when getting into the car seat

  • LIE DOWN - sometimes given as a command to those who won't play the lie down game

  • FELL DOWN

  • NESS - as in auntie ness

  • PAPA  - as in Papa Bear

  • GRANMA - granma carol

  • UNCLE - as in Uncle Abey and Uncle Al (both of whom are staring on the kitchen fridge)... but seeing them in person is a real hoot.

  • AUNTIE - or some people may think it's "AUNT-E"... right Deena

  • ELMO - in pictures and mirrors

  • ERNIE - my favourite sesame st. character... but there's no bias there

  • PIANO - budding musician... I feel sorry for the neighbours sometimes

  • DRUM - ditto

  • COW, PIG, DUCK - what a happy farm animal

  • MOO - what does cow say?

  • YELLOW - what better way to describe a duck

  • TURTLE - Unfortunately doesn't live on the farm

  • NANA - better known as Ashana (A. Zoreen's daughter)

  • NOSE - everyone should have one... and I can show you

  • MOUTH - all the better to eat you with

  • HAND - for getting into things

  • TOES - easy to grab with hands

  • SHOES AND HAT - lord help us if she gets her parent's shoe addiction

  • COOKIE - can refer to either cookie monster or an arrowroot

  • JUICE AND CHEESE - yummy

  • MORE - more please.. for the little piglet

  • BUNNY - why not, they're cute

  • ALL DONE - refers to bottles (food in general really) and more recently when mummy is tired pushing Mori on the tricycle.

  • NO - it's amazing what they can pick up after you say it a million times.

  • MY

  • LEGO - which by the way she has mastered

  • SHOWER - sometimes take way too long when you want to see mummy or daddy

  • TOY - anything with bright colours

  • PHONE - could also be a toy

  • LIGHT

  • OPEN AND CLOSED - cause cupboards make the best toys

  • TWO - comes after one

  • EIGHT - now we just need to work on the ones in between

  • POO - guess what I'm doing

  • MUSIC - accompanied by dancing

  • WATER - associated with pools, bottles and lakes

  • CAST - just nice to touch!