6 Months Old

Well, our boy turned 6 months old a week ago and the times are changin'. He's about 21 pounds now. He can sit up now pretty well, does not rely on his hands for balance as much now - they are free to grab at things all around! He can't crawl but he can stand and hold on to your fingers or the mirror and balance for a little bit. He can roll from front to back and back to front and is rolling around like a log now, kind of rolling to get where he wants to go - which is usually near Bella and trying to grab on to her. He is smiling and loving, gives sweet hugs and sloppy baby kisses. He loves bouncing in the baby car pictured here. He is going through a phase of not liking his car seat - doesn't he know the Britax is the Rolls Royce of car seats? And absolutely everything in sight must be grabbed at and put in the mouth if possible.

First foods

So Miles was about a week shy of his 6 month birthday when he finally tried solid foods. His first food was a freshly picked orange from my uncle's orchard. We went to my Uncle Kenny's orange orchard to spend the afternoon and Norris and I got to pick fresh fruit and walk the grounds. It was very pretty and the oranges were so sweet. We peeled one and Miles first gave it a lick then once he realized it was good he was nose deep, sucking at the orange like a little pro! It was so comical to see him eating the orange with gusto like he had been doing it his whole life. He sucked both halves and as you can see from the picture almost finished both.

April 20, 2008

This was the day that all the preparations and travel was for. And it was a great day. First was Miles' baptism, I don't have the best pictures, they're in my mom's camera, but here he is with the pastor who baptised him. He was calm and interested in what was going on, seemed to like the water being anointed on him, but he loves water anyway. My dad played the guitar for the service and the pastor went to elementary school with my mom at the school right next door. The church was Riversdale Presbyterian Church.

After baptism we went to a brunch at my grandmothers house and got changed for the big party - my dad's 60th.

It was held in a pretty ranch with wide open spaces and big trees. It was quite a party. There was singing, dancing, acting, steelband playing, a live band, a DJ, facepainting, a bouncy castle for children - and did they bounce!, people playing cricket and a Master of Ceremonies. Then there was the food and drink - barbecue, curry duck, roti, curry goat, channa and aloo, I can't remember all the food plus lots of drinks to make everyone tipsy. It was one of the best parties I've been to. There was a river nearby and people would go there and hang out and talk, a huge huge tree called a salmon tree that was off from the main event and you could just go sit out there and watch the children get their faces painted. Everything for the main event went on under tents so it was cool and breezy. And Miles, well he must have been held by almost everyone there - and there were more than 300 people there. He was so happy with the whole thing, didn't fuss at being passed around and admired - I think he liked it.

They Meet....

The trouble cousins finally met. As is evident from the pictures, Miles and Amelia seemed to already know each other. They stared deep into each others eyes, fell in love and decided to begin their plans for parental and grandparental domination! Bwahahahaha!

The journey begins - Toronto

So we had to go to Trinidad with Mr. Wiggles. A few people recommended that we try to do the trip in 2 legs with some time in between and that along with the opportunity to use some of the masses of sky miles we have collected resulted in us taking a flight from Vegas to Toronto from 11pm to 5am then another flight to Trinidad at 8pm. Yes, in retrospect this was a very.dumb.idea. but sitting at the computer at home it made perfect sense. So anyway, we red eyed it to Toronto (both of us in middle seats and separated, me holding the 20 pound infant in my lap the whole way) and got in around 5am and rented a car from seriously, a one man car rental company (note: companies can look a whole lot more professional online than in person - remember this when I tell the tale of the Moonhole couple in Bequia later). It was a beautiful day in Toronto and the weather was perfect, little crocuses coming up, daffodils peeking out and at Niagra Falls we got to see bits of icebergs broken off and careening to their deaths off the fall.

Miles was pretty good for the Vegas to Toronto and day trip parts but kind of had a meltdown halfway through the 6 hour flight to Trinidad. He was restless and fussy and we were so glad to land and put an end to his jumping up and down on our legs on the plane.

Alfred and Stephanie visit

What a month! Long time no blogging as real life has been busy and exciting. Kicked off the month with a visit from Alfred and Stephanie, had a lot of fun going to Red Rocks with them to see the cactus blooms,

went to Mystere, and Alfred, Norris and I had an eternally memorable time at a hypnosis show - sorry, can't explain, and you probably are better off for it. Their visit was a great reminder of how much fun we have in Vegas and after they were gone it was time to pack and 2 days later we left to go to Trinidad for my Dad's 60th birthday celebration.