Skiing!!

 Maiya and I went out to kananaskis today with my friend Theresa to go x-country skiing.  It was a lot of fun, but also a LOT of work (more for me than her...).  Here we are ...

Tim also put her up on his shoulders for the first time this past week, which she loved....

And she started repeating her first sign (we're teaching her a few signs so that she can tell us what she wants, hopefully instead of crying, or throwing her food on the floor)... here she is signing "All Done!".  I'll get a video sometime soon to post.  Also notice the lemon on her tray... we were having salmon, and she wanted the lemon wedge I was using to squeeze juice onto my fish, so I gave it to her and she sucked it dry!!

Let them eat cake!

We went to Liam's (my friend Lori's son) first birthday party on Sunday afternoon.  We both had a blast, but Maiya especially LOVED it when she got to try a bit of the birthday cake.

 Then last night I made spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner, which she also got to try.  She was all stripped down for this meal, and it's a good thing!!

After dinner, it was directly into the bath with her!  I love this picture, all covered in tomato sauce with a big grin on her face!

One more picture with Jaeger.  Jaeger has been warming up to her lately, and goes and sits on the edge of her blanket while she plays.

Here are a few video's from the last little while.

Saskatoon

Last week we went home to Saskatoon for Deanna's wedding (sister of my sister in law - but really like family) and for my mom's retirement party.  It was awesome to get to see Colin, Jinny, Liam and Ainsley again, but sad that this means I probably won't see them for a while now (MOVE BACK WEST!!!!).  

Maiya loved hanging out with Sharlane!

Don't they look nice and dressed up!!

Finally a family photo!!

Maiya and Ainsley had a lot of fun playing together, I so wish they could grow up close together, but at least they'll have a cousin to play with when we do get together.

My friend Lori had cleaned out her basement and found a box of clothes from when she was a baby, she very generously loaned a bunch of super cute outfits to Maiya, I think her mom knit this for her, so cute!!

Maiya was a little nervous around my dad to start, but by the end of the weekend she was starting to warm up to him, and finally sat on his lap for a while.  

And a couple fun pics at home recently...

And if you look very closely on this one you can see her bottom right tooth has broken through!!

Bathtime...

I posted a picture of Maiya from dinner tonight on facebook.  She had soup all over her face.  Naturally after dinner came bath time.  She is getting to be so fun in the bath!  She loves to kick and splash the water everywhere.

Here are a couple other random pictures from the last couple days...

Fall and a trip to see family

Maiya and I just (well a week ago) got home from a 3 week trip to Ontario and New England.  We had a fantastic time with family and friends, but I for one was certainly ready to be back home with Tim and sleeping in a separate room from my beautiful daughter.

We started in the Hamilton/Milton area visiting my brother Colin, and his family, including my new niece who is just a couple weeks younger than Maiya.

We went to the park by their house, and Maiya got to try the swings out for the first time ever.  I'm not sure why, I just had never thought of taking her to the park.  I think her being old enough and not just a newborn snuck up on me.

We also went to a farm that had apple picking, a petting zoo, and a pumpkin field.  We got some pretty cute pictures of Ainsley and Maiya with the pumpkins.  What is it about pumpkins that is so cute?

My mom had made matching dresses for the girls.  

Maiya and Grandma at Niagara Falls

We went on a walk and saw some awesome waterfalls right near Hamilton.  We also played in leaves, because playing in leaves is fun :)

After Hamilton, we went to Ottawa.  I got to visit with my good friend Anna and her boy Adriano.

Next we drove to New England... on the way we crossed Lake Champlain on a ferry.  Yup that is my girl outside in the cool air without socks.  Why because she kicks them off, and apparently it is wrong to duct tape socks to your babies feet.  Winter should be fun :)

Em and Andrew dressed Maiya up in Patriot's gear because Tim hates the Patriots. 

We also went to a Shaker village.  This was very interesting.  If you are ever given the opportunity to tour one, do so... they were very interesting people, and I really didn't know anything about them (except they made furniture) before.  Also the colors here were beautiful.

Aunt Janice read Maiya a bedtime story.  Maiya was as interested as she looks.

And here is a video of Janice reading... the quality isn't great as it was from my phone, but it is so sweet!

Sorry, this has gotten to be a long post, we were gone a long time!!

Fall (Part 2)

I forgot to put any videos on yesterday's post, so here they are...

Fall

It's been a while since I've posted, and all of a sudden it is fall, the leaves are falling, and Maiya and I are getting ready for our big trip out east!

Maiya has started eating some solid food.  Here she is trying out the new highchair that I scored off kijiji (I love a deal!!!).

Trying Avacado

mmmm Potatoes :)

On October 2nd (Maiya's 6 month birthday), my friend Lori and I ran the Calgary Harvest Half Marathon.  We're both on maternity leave and training for this race has been our summer project.  We both rocked the race and came in under 2 hrs.  My stats were:

‎215 (place overall) 24/156 (place in my age category) F3039 F 488 Terry Toffelmire Calgary 1:56:50 5:33 (average pace)

Lori and I with our training partners

Maiya and her buddy Liam

Maiya and daddy

Happy October everyone!

I just added another post with some videos... here