Anita Dancing

Anita always danced. But we actually captured her on video this time. Ha Ha. Enjoy.

Anita's First Steps

Anita's first steps. We originally took this video to show Grandma and Grandpa Tait how she "walks" on her knees. She took the opportunity to actually start walking.

She REALLY liked Nico when he visited - all of the videos were showing off for him.



Also, wanted to mention that we did receive her birthday presents from Uncle John & Auntie Claire - the book is fantastic, really fun to read - and Grandma and Grandpa Tait - CUTE outfits and little people set. Thanks so much.

Miss you all lots. We are finally getting around to wedding planning so I am getting excited about you all coming to Canada for a visit.

Enjoy the videos:

Part 1 of 3


Part 2 of 3


Part 3 of 3

Meeting my Nanny

Hi. First of all, here's Dad getting a smack in the mouth. Not the last time, I expect.













Having said that, I was very excited to meet my nanny, Nanny M (like 'M' from the Bond movies). The other little girl is my playmate' 'G', who handles all weapons and gadgets.

We start together Sept 1. Should be a right laugh!

Weekend at Auntie Elaine's cabin.

To get a break from the heat wave last weekend in Calgary, it was 33 degrees celsius on Saturday, Matthew, Anita and I all went to Auntie Elaine's cabin for the weekend. It was perfect because not only did she get to play in the lake, more importantly she had playmates! My cousin Brad was there with his three kids; Levi, Baxter, and Abigail. The adults and kids had good bonding play time. :)

Here are some pictures but I uploaded more if you want to see them click here:
Auntie Elaine's Cabin July 13-16 Picture Album



Matthew and Anita on the lakeside.


Anita, Brad and Abigail. Anita thought Abigail was great! She followed her around.


Anita gets TOO HOT and cools off by drinking melting water from the ice tray.

We're Back!!!

Hi Everyone! We are back from our trip to visit the family in England. I have uploaded a bunch of photos into two photo albums that can be viewed here:

North East England
North Wales

I am writing a longer post to follow this one but it is taking a while to do as I can only do it while Anita is asleep. She insists on using the keyboard if she sees me on it.

Cheers! B

Visit to the Zoo

I have been wanting to go visit the Zoo for awhile now so for Grandma Noad's birthday Anita and I took her to the Zoo.

Some of these are taken by Grandma Noad and some by me. I think Grandma's camera had a finger print on the lens for some of these but great photos anyway.

Anita was a bit tired today as she did not want to go down for a nap in the morning. She did have fun watching the other kids and enjoyed the walk.


Watching the kids play while we ate lunch.


At the Giraffes.


Flamingos! We decided to put real ones out for Grandma Noad (hehe).


Show off!


Beautiful Hawk.


Black bear having some lunch.


Bathing brown bear.


Meow. Wild Cat.





Baby monkeys like cardboard boxes too.


"I know there is a key under her somewhere."





I can't wait until Anita is older and can go on the train.




Anita's first taste of ice cream.


She LOVED it and cried when we finally had to take it away.

Love this picture

Grandma Noad took this picture of Anita at her birthday bbq. Great photo.



Anita is just starting to eat finger food.

Anita's First Haircut

My first attempt at cutting hair. Not bad... some strange parts around the ears but all in all not bad. She looks a little boyish but it is better than the crazy before hair.

Before:



After:

Snaps 'O' Nita

Mmmmm... chocolate.

Another easter at Uncle Phil and Auntie Ellen's. Visiting was great. Food was delicious. The easter egg hunt... becoming legendary. Every year it is just so much fun seeing the the kids tear through the greenhouses piling the pails full of chocolate goodies. The easter bunny is always generous.

Our camera is on the blitz (again) but we did manage to get at least one photo.



Anita finds her first plastic easter egg to chew on. She is a little young for chocolate yet but Matthew and I managed to get some chocolate goodness for ourselves.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Hugs and Kisses from Anita.

Anita's first baby cereal & sleepover (sorta)

Yesterday Anita had her first taste of food (unless you count the time Matthew you gave her some mash potatoes and she made lost of gagging sounds and ucky faces).

She did really well eating up her rice cereal. She had approximately 10 very small spoonfuls. More than I expected for sure. This morning she was less attentive and only had 3 small spoonfuls.




The first picture I took yesterday caught her by surprise because of the flash. Matthew and I had a good laugh when we looked at this photo last night. She is going to hate me when she is older for posting this one. Hehe.



Ah... now here is the pretty happy baby....

Oh and I meant to post this earlier but I forgot until now. Anita had a playmate come over for a visit on Saturday night. Danielle and Conrad's son, Espen, came over to play. They were quite taken with each other but as time rolled on Anita got a little jealous. Especially in the evening when I was attempting to put them both down to sleep. on that note, I am SO glad I didn't have twins. I would get one down and in sleep mode and the other would give a holler or cry and they were both up again. I finally had to get Matthew to bring Anita downstairs until Epsen was asleep and then I was able to get her to sleep too.

Here is a picture of Anita and Espen playing:

It's a Girl! Congratulations Ruth and Matt!

We just got the news that Ruth and Matt's baby arrived this morning. She was a big girl just like cousin Anita weighing in at 9 lbs 14ozs!

Congratulations! We are so happy for you. Can't wait to see some pictures and hear the official word on her name.

Love, Matthew, Barbara and Anita

On the swings for the first time

Last weekend we had gorgeous weather in Calgary. Matthew, Anita and I took a walk and Anita went on the swings for the first time.

Who's your mummy?

Hmmm......Related in some way????

Anita had learned to get around on her own

I knew it was coming! To her great pleasure, Anita has figured out that if she rolls and rolls she can get to where she wants. To illustrate how quickly she can move I took a picture.

I left the room to grab a bottle which takes about 1 minute to warm up and bring back (maximum). I came back and she had rolled from the blanket on the floor to door. The only thing that stopped her going further is that she got stuck against the play pen.




What? I'm not up to anything, honest.

Anita Playing Videos

Anita has learned all kinds of interesting sounds but the most recent cracks me up. I call it her "fake cough". She is does a lot and if you watch this video you will see what I mean... especially at the end. Sorry the quality isn't great but I had to use the web cam as she clams up a soon as she sees the camera.




This video is of Anita and I playing so you can hear her laugh. She loves wathing hair move and grabbing hair. In this video I am shaking my head and she thinks it is quite funny. She is teething which is why she has the teething toy or her hand in her mouth in these videos. If you look closely you may see her two new teeth on the bottom.

Caught drinking from the bottle (the baby bottle that is)

Anita has just started to take feeding into her own hands. Here I caught her sneaking a drink.....







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