Marie the computer geek

Well Marie takes after dad I guess. She loves to press the buttons on the keyboard... and sometimes if you aren't paying enough attention, right in the middle of an important document... the power switch.

Ucluelet

We were having difficulty finding time to just be together without having an agenda. So at the last minute we decided to take the kids to Ucluelet for the weekend. For those who don't know Ucluelet is on Vancouver Island's west coast near Tofino. We had an amazing weekend. The weather was fantastic and so were the kids. We rented a cabin on the beach and just enjoyed being a family. The kids were very impressed with giant waves and the vast expanses of beach. Paul and Ryan claimed squatters rights in a driftwood fort and enjoyed playing their morning away making "additions". Marie stomped and splashed in every single puddle she could find including the great puddle called the pacific. I was very glad to have packed the mud pants for all five of us :-). The kids were excellent even on the four + hour drive and we have resolved to do this kind of thing a little more often.

The Change over 8 months

This is Marie the first day we met her...

Nervous and shy, Daddy had to whisper reassurances to her.

And this is our Marie today:

Her favorite thing in the world is to be squished in a hug between her parents. To the point that Jeremy can't hug me without feeling a little tug at the pant leg. If that doesn't yeild results quickly enough, she follows up with emphatic sounds and trying simultaneously pull herself up/climb our legs. :-)