Just getting cuter...

Little Kayla just seems to get cuter and cuter, don't you think?...

Vacationing in San Francisco

A lovely treat, made possible by wonderful grandparents to little Kayla. Gordon and I, along with Robyn and Aaron, had a long weekend off of parenting and headed to sunny San Francisco. We did all the things we can't do at home - sleep in and lounge in bed, have peace during all three meals in the day, and do all things possible without the mindset of "when my child needs to nap."
We took in as much as we could, including a major league baseball game, Spiderman 3 on the largest IMAX screen in the world, Alcatraz, Pier 39, Union Square, the cable cars and much more. We returned after 4 days, perhaps more tired than when we left, from all the activity, but extremely grateful for the time away. Kayla loved staying with grandma and grandpa, who were thankful to have us back, remembering that parenting a baby is for the young!

Kayla-bo-bayla

Kayla continues to be the sunshine in our lives. She is joyful, playful and all round pretty darn cute. She has her moments of crankiness, especially as her first 2 teeth have appeared, but then she gives one of her brilliant smiles, and all the trying moments are forgotten.

Kayla LOVES her bath

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Valentines Day at Nipika

We headed out to Nipika Lodge/Cabins for a Valentines Day treat. Our cabin (above) was beautiful, and huge (we could have fit another 5 people in there). We spent our time cross-country skiing, eating good food, napping and enjoying the time away.

Life These Days with Kayla

Kayla enjoys sitting in her bumbo seat and chomping on anything she can get her hands on.

Life with little Kayla-bo-bayla is a joy. Unbundling her after naps are the happiest time of each day, as witnessed above!

These days we are practicing sitting up. She's lasted a minute at the most on her own, but we have fun trying!

Ontario Bound

To start off the new year we headed east to Ontario to visit the McArthur clan.
This was Kayla's first flying experience. We were a bit nervous about this, but she did great on the plane. We did not have the screaming child that everyone is annoyed at!
Ontario skipped winter and it felt like spring - rain, green grass... not very Christmas-like.
We had a great visit and survived the long day of travelling home, and we sure are glad to be back in the mountains!

Canmore Ice Climbing Festival

The weekend we were waiting for finally arrived. We headed to Canmore, AB for the annual ice climbing festival, in which Gordon competed. His first competition was in indoor comp, shown above. He entered the in the open catagory in which he was climbing against the pros. He climbed amazingly well and came in 13th place. The second competition was the outdoor mixed comp in which he came in 9th place.
Mom, Dad, Robyn, Aaron, Paige, Rob and Hunter all came to cheer Gordon on. We had a great time!