Cyan is sitting up now! Here she is playing with her toys!

5 months and 25 days old

Well, Cyan is just about 6 months old!

Wow! What a journey its been so far.

Cyan continues to be an amazing little girl. I am still doing so much great stuff with her. Our weeks are filled with play dates with friends and lunches with daddy and shopping with grandma.

We recently started a mommy and baby aquafit class. This class is perfect for both of us! I'm getting a great workout and Cyan gets to play in the pool - which she LOVES! She's a real water baby.

Today we started a new program at my friend's school called Roots of Empathy. Cyan will be visiting her classroom (with me of course) all year. The students will be learning how to understand others and empathise towards others through dealing with Cyan. She loved all the attention she got from the big kids and adored when they sang to her.

Most of you know we have already booked our next trip! We are heading to Mexico on Nov 22nd. Neil and I can't wait to go somewhere warm. Our summer was not very impressive here in Victoria and we need to warm our bones! We are also looking forward to surfing a bit. Grandma and Grandpa will be there to take care of Cyan, we won't be teaching her how to surf just yet!

We'd like to congratulate our friends Stephanie and Christian who welcomed their new little baby boy on Sept 28th!

We are patiently waiting news from our friends Brad and Naomi - expecting a surprise soon and from Genevieve and Luc, also having a baby this month!

Here are some latest pics of Cyan! Yep, she's growing! (17lbs already! Mommy is strong!)

Looking out the window

Hanging out, auntie Gen was babysitting!

Helping mommy with the laundry.

5 months! I'm big now!

Well, Cyan is already 5 months old. You don't realize how fast time goes until you have a baby. She has almost been here with us for half an entire year! So bizarre!

I honestly don't know what I would do without her. She is such an amazing little girl.

Anyways, I thought I would share some new super cute pictures.

Here she is sitting next to her first teddy bear. The bear used to be bigger than her just a few months ago!

More to come soon of course!

We'd like to also say a BIG congratulations to our friends Brad and Naomi who tied the knot this weekend! We are sooooooooo happy for you! xox

til next time

Ladéna, Neil and Cyan

Back from our first trip!!

Well, its time for an update isn't it?

We have been a very busy little family lately!

We just returned from a 10 days trip back East with Gen and Jeff to attend a wedding and visit family and friends. What a busy trip it was!

We left from Victoria on Aug 16th and flew to Toronto. Cyan was amazing on the plane. She slept on daddy's lap almost the entire way. We spent 3 days in Toronto. Attended Jean-Philippe and Lauren's amazing wedding, visited the city and went to the zoo.

We then drove to Ottawa and Cyan got to meet her great grandparents! What a wonderful visit that was! She also got to meet some aunts and uncles and cousins.

We did a bit of touristy things in Ottawa. Enjoyed the beautiful market everyday, went to the National Gallery and checked out the locks... one of my favourite things to do in Ottawa! We also got to hang out with Brigitte and Livia, Gen, Luc and Gaby and the Croteaus.

After lots of running around in Ottawa we headed to Montreal! We had a great dinner with our aunt Elaine and uncle Lamberto (Cyan met her first Italian man and she liked him!) We loved visiting and shopping in Montreal. We enjoyed Old Montreal and St-Catherine street and relaxed at the Sheraton.

I'm sad that our trip is already over! I have to say that travelling with Cyan wasn't much harder than travelling without her. I had to pack a lot more stuff but besides that we travelled as usual. I'm happy to see that she did ok with the plane ride and the time change. She is already back to her sleeping habits and is enjoying her toys and bed again.

We are planning on taking her to Mexico for our next trip. I can't wait to dip her feet in the ocean!

Here are a few pics of the trip. Enjoy!

Love,

Ladéna, Neil and Cyan

Beau bébé!

Hi everyone!

Well, we're still having tons of fun with Cy-Cy! We are slowly getting ready for our big trip back east. Its going to be so great!

Cyan is doing lots of new things now. She LOVES sucking on her hands and baby talks so much with us! She also smiles all the time! She is such a happy baby.

Here are some fun pics of Cyan taken today. Enjoy!

Hi everyone!

Mmmmmmm, my hands taste so good!

So, let me think... what should I do this afternoon?

Love
Ladéna, Neil and Cyan

Cyan chatting away with mommy!

Our little girl is growing fast!

Cyan is already 3 months old! I can't believe it!

Things have been going great as always. We are in the middle of a heat wave in Victoria and our little girl is not enjoying it too much. We are headed to the pool this afternoon to cool down and enjoy the water.

I thought I'd show you all how much Cyan has grown by comparing two pictures of her in her carseat... get ready... its quite the change.

Here she is at 4 days old (sorry, the picture is small):

Here she is at 3 months old:

She's almost too big for the car seat! She weighs about 14lbs now... what a difference. Needless to say, I'm building some pretty nice arm muscles!!

Enjoy everyone!

Ladéna, Neil and Cyan