Merry Christmas

Nathan and Daniel want to wish everyone a great Christmas and new year.

Happy 1st Birthday to Daniel

Daniel turned 1 on Dec 6th!!

Daniel had a great day and ate lots of birthday cupcakes - the sticker on his forehead in the last picture says "Birthday Boy" - Steve bought a label maker and so I have labelled everything (incl poor Daniel).

Nathan had a not so great day... he wanted all of Daniel's toys to himself even though we gave Nathan a new truck to keep him occupied :). But he made it through the day... so we are good until Christmas.

Daniel running away...

Daniel has decided to forego walking and went straight to running - we are calling it official today. This is the first day that he has consistently done more than 3 steps unaided. Woohoo for him and 'oh my goodness' for us... :)

Halloween pictures of the boys

Here are some pics of the boys in their Halloween costumes

New fall pics

I want to get these up before the snow falls... these were taken on Oct 13 (Nathan 3 years and a bit, and Daniel 10 months old), in our yard in New Brunswick. They did well to sit still long enough to get some good pics - though once the baby got a leaf it was all downhill as all he wanted to do was eat them...

Nathan bday video

Nathan asking about why there was fire being put on his cake...

Nathan bday pics

Nathan had his 3rd birthday on Sep 28th ... he got lots of great presents and had a good day despite having a cold.

Daniel hitting the bottle...

Daniel playing with his favourite Keith's bottle

Daniel working on crawling...

Daniel is certainly getting the idea about crawling - he just has to figure out what he needs to move at the right time.

Our favourite MB next-door neighbours

We are more than fortunate to have great next-door neighbours in Pinawa - Nathan has adopted them and vice versa - when they are in town, Nathan is there all day and then some.

To the right is Tia with Nathan - Nathan wakes up and asks where is Tia? can I go see her? when will she be awake?

Daniel also made sure he got a girlfriend out of the deal - here is Daniel with Jayde.

Two boys together

Nathan and Daniel playing well together.

Daniel trying to stand

Daniel is already working on his standing - he is pretty proud of his efforts!

Say "mama"

I have been working on Daniel since he spends most days babbling 'dada' and 'yaya'. This was all I could catch on video before the batteries went dead in the camera.

Daniel can sit... 8 months old

Big news, the little man went from not sitting at all... to sitting like a little champ. We spent only a couple of days putting cushions etc behind him and now we no longer bother since he is so solid. Way to go little man! :)

The deck is done!!

Steve and Jon had a hiatus when they had their little vacation but came back refreshed and finished the deck in no time at all. It is huge and great and we have spent most of our time out there.

Green Daniel

Daniel is proud that he is at least one half tree hugger...

Nathan ready for work

Nathan saw Daddy leave for the day so he thought he would get ready for work too... but he didn't have pants on... so he put his phones the only place left.. makes sense!

Attack of the black marker

Non-toxic of course! ... while Nathan was making a picture for his favourite friend Claire, Daniel decided to get in on the action - and since he is immobile, he had to draw on his face instead of the paper..

Daniel - two teeth as of Jun 23

Daniel just popped out his first tooth on June 11th and the second on June 21st. Hard to see here but squint and you might see them...

Sparklers together

Steve's nickname is Sparky, so when Nathan was first born someone called him the "Sparkler", so here are the two "Sparklers" together.

Deck in Pinawa

Steve and his brother Jon were busy starting the new deck on the back of the house in Pinawa. It pretty much looks like that 4 days later and will still look like it for many more since they are about to head to Wisconsin for a week of work... no deck for a bit longer...

Daniel growing up...

As of June 23, Daniel is just about ready to sit up on his own... but not quite. Here he is on the verge of a topple, but doesn't quite know it.

Like father like son...

This is what happens when I get up in the morning with Daniel and go downstairs to feed him. I returned to this when I was putting Daniel down for his 1st nap of the day... these lazy guys were still not up!