A Lovely Visit

Katie’s parents were in town last week for what was a leisurely, lovely, loving visit.

And we happened upon a fountain in the park. Papa was excited to introduce Gloria to the water, which she found immediately refreshing.

So refreshing was the fountain, that G decided to take a seat and stay a while (after requesting that her new Crocs [thank you, Grams & Papa!] be put back on her feet).

Whoa, fountain! Blow!

So you can see her

A little kiss

A climb into the book box to cool off on a hot day. ?

The perfect combo

Cheese!

These posts are posted in honor of Aunt Wanda and our brothers.

We love you!

(Sheepishly) How She’s Grown…

since our last post.
Here are some fun pics of Gloria and her hats. She has recently taken to them and likes to put them on and toddle around self-consciously. It’s very endearing.

Did You Know

that we played dodgeball this past year? It was intense. Super-intense. And very serious.

See how serious we all are.

And to dispel all myths, dodgeball is not fun, it is not easy, and it does not hurt when you get hit.

It is only very serious.

Oh My Gosh! Oh My Gosh!

It was recently Valentine’s Day, and Gloria received a great surprise in the mail from her Grams and Grandpa–Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day, a new book. Well, Gloria loves books, and she really loves this book. She often picks it up off the floor and brings it over to one of us to read it to her. Here she is enjoying it with Dada:

On Sunday I left Gloria in her room for a few minutes while I finished getting things ready for us to leave the house. When I came back in, this is what I found

With her runny little nose, Gloria had crawled over to the book, opened it up, and settled on the page where the Little Girl goes and visits her Grandparents! You can see them there in the snowy window. Oh, what a sweet girl who loves her Grandparents.

Lots of Love to Go Around

She loves that old Uncle Mark, too.

Uncle Adam

Our daughter likes everyone.  But, she likes some people better than others.  Uncle Adam is one of those people

Sheesh O Petes!

Here is another blog update. We seem to get them up every three to six months. Out of gratitude for your interest, we’ll try to do a little better. This little number was taken just before Christmas. Once we get our Christmas photos situated, we’ll get some of those up, too! The best (and most recent) is yet to come.

Sleepy (?) Day

Babies’ naps are life-giving. To the baby, of course, and also to everyone else in the house. Yesterday, Gloria took an amazing afternoon nap. Ryan and I watched football together downstairs, then I even mosied on up to bed and took a little nap myself.

But today, today the poor girl had all kinds of trouble with her afternoon nap. I put her down at 1:00, and about forty minutes later, I heard agitated sounds from the crib:

I went in, picked her up, tried to calm her down, and left the room. Ryan was also home, as he was going to take care of Gloria after her nap so that I could try to do some writing today. He told me to get to the couch (my workspace) and get working. But for the next forty minutes or so, all I heard from the living room was her agitation and Ryan’s efforts to make her comfortable.

After a while, I realized I hadn’t heard anything from either of them for a while. I was so curious about it that I got up to go find them. I peeked in Gloria’s room, and her crib was empty. I opened the door to the study, and there on the couch was Ryan, his eyes closed, and Gloria fast asleep on his chest. Happiness.

Our Blog

My wife and I share two separate visions for our blog.  As you can see below, she wishes to tell you all sorts of details about our wonderful life in Vancouver.  I, on the other hand, take a more pragmatic approach.

Here are some pictures of our beautiful daughter (since that’s what most of you came here to see anyway!)

And… my favorite picture of our family, on a little hike through Pacific Spirit Regional Park.