Playtime with Cousin Graham

Draya loves playing with her cousin Graham.
On Sunday, April 5th he came over and we baby sat him for a while...
Draya was being especially silly, she kept covering her eyes and she wouldn't look at the camera.

But she finally smiled for Daddy when we let the two of them play with water in the sink.

On Tuesday, April 15th Uncle R returned the babysitting favour so that Mommy & Daddy could go and see MacHomer. Here are some photos that he took while she was at their house...
Draya has always been fascinated by R's big fish tank.

Running races in the hallway!

Three days of family visiting

Draya's Great Auntie M, Great Uncle L & Cousin B were in town this week on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. On Tuesday night Draya & I went to Nana's house for dinner with everyone. It was B's first visit to Edmonton since Draya and her cousin G were born. He was very excited to meet them and we were all thrilled that they finally got to meet him!
On Wednesday L, M, B Uncle R & G came to our house for pizza.
On Thursday I took the day of work and the 5 of us went to Telus World of Science. Here are some of the photos that I took there...

This is one of Draya's favourite attractions - the driving video games by the cafeteria. Someday she'll actually be old enough to put money in and play them.but until then she just loves turning the steering wheel.

Draya plays God - moving the sun and the earth around.

Draya helping B build a sand dam and study erosion.

Washing up after.


This visit Draya actually wanted to sit on the police motorcycle. Maybe someday she'll be up for a ride on Papa's bike!
Playing the... ummm... flatulence piano.

Sliding down a giant tongue.

A good long lego play session with B.

Christmas Vacation 2007 Highlights

Dec 22 - We joined Uncle R, Auntie K, G, Nana, Papa & Auntie S at Uncle C & Auntie K's house. We has a lovely dinner and opened a few gifts. The cousin's played happily together. Afterwards we stopped off at the Solstice party. G was still their so she & Draya had great fun chasing each other around while we grownups visited. Much fun was has by all.

Dec 23 & 24 were spent cleaning the house, doing some last minute grocery shopping, wrapping gifts and prepping food for the 25th.

Dec 25 - Christmas morning we opened gifts at home. Draya wasn't particularly thrilled about being woken up at 8am. Once she had some cereal in her we told her that Santa had visited. She ran to the window to look outside. We pointed her towards the living room where she quickly got the hang of opening gifts. Needless to say she made out like a bandit. Mommy & Daddy & Santa were all very generous. Highlights included an indestructible kids camera, 2 pairs of Cars jammies, a load of toy food and the movie Finding Nemo. Then we went to Grandma & Grandpa's for brunch & more gift opening. Highlights from there include a doll's house & a toy helicopter (to go with her Tomas lego). Then we went to Nana & Papa's for dinner. Draya took her nap in the car between parties. Gift highlights from the evening include a doctors kit, some wonderful books (Winnie the Pooh goes to the Doctor is the favourite so far), a stuffed Shrek & Donkey & a princess hat that she calls her 'barbie hat'. Draya and G were both pretty wound up by the end of the night and Mommy felt a little bit like she had been run over by a Christmas train - but it was still a wonderful day!

Dec 26 - Uncle R came over to set help Mommy & Daddy with some technical things and them Mommy & Daddy's friends M & S came over for the afternoon, dinner & games. Draya finally got to watch all of Finding Nemo, and Bambie too.

Dec 27 - We all went to Grandma & Grandpa's for brunch & a visit with Uncle K, Auntie L & W. The cousins has lots of fun playing together. Draya kept trying to steal W's new truck. She also really liked the dress-up trunck that she received. That night L & A came over for dinner & games.

Dec 28 - Mommy made stew and we all went over to TL & D's for dinner. Draya adores baby W. I think she's itchin' for a baby brother or sister but we're not quite ready to give her one... yet.

Dec 29 - L & P & I & G, L & M & B, T & H & J all came over for dinner & a kids gift exchange. Draya received a wonderful game called Hullaballo that she & the girls immediately opened and played in our bedroom. It's all about shapes and colours and pictures and even though it says that it's for ages 4 & up she actually did pretty well at it. She also got 2 great books and a cute ladybug dress-up set. She has been using the skirt from it to play ballerina.

Dec 30 - Draya got up and insisted on playing Hullabaloo first thing... in the bathroom. We had a quiet day at home because mommy is sick with a cold.

We accidentally left our camera at Nana & Papa's on the 25th so we're missing photos from all of the days after that. But, Daddy picked it up today so Mommy will download Christmas Day photos soon.

Next up... New Years Eve at Morgan's...

Recent Events Caught on Camera

Sharing cake with Daddy and a toy with her cousin at Uncle R's BD party on April 20th.



Draya got her first lolly-pop in the treat bag from B's birthday party. She loved it!



Eating desert with Gg'pa & Gg'ma on April 22nd.


Some great shots of Draya at O's BD party on April 28th.





Last week we walked into the living room and found Draya watching T.V. like this...

A Short Trip to Calgary

This past Saturday we drove down to Calgary. Daddy had an audition on Sunday morning so we decided to make a little family vacation of it.
On the way down we stopped at E & S's and met A's new baby brother M.

We got to D & G's at 5pm. Before dinner the guys & I took the girls to the park.




After dinner we gave Draya & Z a bath together. Too cute!!

On Sunday morning we went to the Farmers Market while Daddy went to his audition. When he got back I snapped this photo.

We then went to my cousin S & S's for lunch. Draya got to see GG'ma & GG'pa, who were also in Calgary and play at another playground with her cousin C.



All in all it was a great trip!!

Caption Contest

Okay there's actually nothing to win but this photo of Draya and her cousin Graham needs a cute/witty caption. Are you up to the challenge?

A new cousin and other accomplishments

Draya has a super cute new cousin, Graham Paul. He was born on Wednesday, 7lbs 2oz, at the Alex. When I took her to visit him at the hospital she kept wandering around the maternity ward saying 'baby', 'baby', 'baby'. We went up and visited the NICU and took them then and now photos of her to put on their display board.

Draya latest new word is 'eyes'. She knows where to find hers and I'm trying to teach her not to poke other people in theirs. She can also find her ears and mine although she can't say the word yet. When asked to find a nose she'll 'beep' her nose or yours.

A cow says 'moo' and a sheep says 'meh'.

I found a doll sized stroller at one of the consignment places and she LOVES it!

Draya will now take little pieces of garbage to the garbage can under the sink. So far she seems to know the difference between actual garbage and toys, hopefully this will not change.