Resurrected

Fine folks,

we're going to start up this blog again....

In the meantime, here are some pics of Catherine Clover at age 2.

Birthday, halloween, and last post ever

Catherine is now a year old, and it is hard to remember what life was like before she came along. The evenings and weekends are now filled with laughter and playtime, and it gets better and better every day.

When the weather is nice, we try to get outside for a walk or a play in the grass. A couple weeks ago, we went to Wolfville. Jenny sat in the back and fed Bean her lunch, while Ellie kept an eye on things and tried to score some food.


It was cold when we got to Wolfville, so there wasn't a lot of walking. Good thing, too. Walking isn't quite as easy as it used to be.


We still had to get the mandatory baby-in-pumpkin-patch picture.



Once outside, one of Catherine's favourite activities is going down the slide. It gets tiresome for me much sooner than it does for her.


But with the weather turning colder, we had to beef up the clothing. She's now almost ready for her 2nd winter (and her first winter not stuffed under my coat in a straight-jacket-esque sling).


Catherine's best friend (aside from her mom) is definitely Ellie.


If Bean is not feeding Ellie at the table, then she's tugging at her collar...


...or snuggling with her in the dog bed.



October 21st was her 1st birthday, but we didn't celebrate it until the 24th (a saturday). That morning, we got up and blew some balloons. Balloons were fascinating.



Then we spread the table with goodness, and the guests started to arrive. Here's Mary Mac sampling the wares.


Birthday parties are, of course, for the little ones. Here are Ava and Nolan Baker (with Bean in the background).


Nancy and Catherine's future boyfriend, Nathan Rector.


Nathan's older sister Amelia.

Kids galore!



Catherine gets some help from the bigger girls.



Then it was cake time! The cake makes a bold statement, doesn't it? It does have the green clover on the side....


Instead of blowing out the candle,


she just gave the cake a push, instead


But she did enjoy it!


And her great-grandmother enjoyed it, too.


Doug got the biggest piece, by far. He was equal to the task.


Birthday girl!


Catherine and her grandmother.


Opening the presents was as much fun as the party itself. She got lots of great gifts from great friends. Thanks to all who attended!


Now, Catherine is a little young to really appreciate Halloween. But we're of the right age to dress her in a costume and gush over her cuteness. Our neighbor (and daycare provider) lent us this cow costume. It is awesome.

So I snuggled her.


And held her while she watched the kids come up the street.


It was a very busy day, so she crashed out in the car on the way over to grammy and grampy's house. Sleeping babies are awfully cute.

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If you're reading this, thanks for visiting! Just wanted to let you know that we'll be retiring the blog. It's become too much of a time committment when we'd rather just be playing with our daughter. If you want pictures and updates, just email us and we'll get back to you.

Pictures

With mom on the waterfront



Ellie loves ice cream


Goin' walkin'


With mom at Crystal Crescent



The ladies


Tupperware is the best toy ever


From left to right: Glendon Snow, Catherine, Nathan Rector, Amelia Rector


Bean was sad when we gated the bottom of the stairs


Bean out of her pod, trying to catch Rex

Videos

First crawl (or nearly the first)




Interacting with Ellie




Beach crawl




With a pear

Major picture update, major Bean progress

Big things happening here. Apart from the big move from Halifax to Bedford (which pretty much sucked in every aspect, but I'm glad we've settled in), we have news on the Bean front.

Firstly, she can crawl and pull herself to standing. She can even coast a step or two in a sideways direction. This all happened in the span 24 hours. Very cool, and very fascinating to see just occur so suddenly. She gave us very little indication that she was ready (no backwards crawling, no lunging), and then she just gave 'er. Babies rock.



My sister Nicole and her husband Mike and son Hudson (18 months old) are visiting. Catherine loves having big cousin Hudson around. He's so interesting and good-looking. Except for the chocolate face.


A first interaction:


Pool time was such good fun:




Then we hit the park. Bean had some swings...


...while Hudson wandered around and took in the sights.



We also snuck away to Jill and Chris Wagner's house, where it was an Acadia reunion for Jenny. Most of her university friends now have children, and so there was no shortage of little people to interact with.

Here's Caren playing ball with Catherine. Bean is like, "you think I want that puny ball? Look how big my ball is!"




Bean is a great eater - we can't complain. But her favourite food (by far) is watermelon. She loves to chow down on the sweetness:


The next day, we went to the public gardens. Although you can no longer feed the ducks, it didn't stop Hudson from chasing them around and saying "duck!" 1000 times.


Bean checks out the flowers:



It's been a scorching week here in Nova Scotia. 30C every day for a week, and not a cloud in sight. It was so hot, we decided get white-trash in our back yard with the kids, the kiddy pool, and some beers.


But why play in a tiny pool when you can go to the Northumberland shore? We hit the cottage, where the beach is wide and the water is bathtub warm. It was a lot of fun.





Hudson, who auditioned for the part of Danny Zuko in Grease, decides to cool off with some iced tea. It ended up being more of a wet T-shirt competition.


And I'll finish it off with some pics of my girls:




I have some videos too, but they must wait for another post.