We're on the move!

Hello everyone!

Well, many of you have been following our adventures and remember that Neil and I purchased a condo downtown Victoria 2 years ago. Our condo, at Dockside Green, is finally completed! We move in next week!

We are so excited for this new adventure. We walked through the condo a few weeks ago and loved it. We know we will be very happy there even though it is temporary. 

For those of you that don't know,the condo is located downtown. Neil 

will be walking or biking to work. Cyan and I will be walking downtown, to visit auntie Gen for lunches and to do the groceries. We are really looking forward to the new location! The condo is also a LEED designated building and is the first of its kind in North America. 

So, our house is in shambles right now. There are boxes everywhere but the end is near! 

Cyan has no idea what's happening (obviously). I keep telling her she's 

going to have a new room next week but again, I get no reaction. 

I thought since she will have a new room next week it would be nice to document her first room ever in our Zinnia home. Neil took out his camera and took some great shots. You will see from these pictures that our little baby is getting big! She is 11 months in 2 days! 

Cyan is still standing like a star. She has not taken her first step yet but I know it will come soon. Her new favourite thing to do is talk on her Fisher Price phone. She also loves to Shhhhhhhhh mommy and daddy when we read a part of her favourite book, Lello Lion.

We hope you are all doing well and that spring is arriving at your homes!!

Keep in touch,

Ladena, Neil and Cyan

Happy Love Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Well, I haven't posted on the blog for way too long!

Things are going great with us. We are getting very excited for our big move to Dockside Green. We are still trying to figure out what to do with the house but we know things will work themselves out.

Cyan is doing all kinds of cool things now. She baby talks ALL the time. She is going to be quite the handful, I can already picture her constantly asking "why mommy?" or "why daddy?" hahaha.

She also loves to stand. All she does is crawl to one piece of furniture after another and stands. Look at me mommy! I can stand here, and here and here... I don't think she will be walking just yet but you never know with this baby!

I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day! Cyan is loving her first Valentine's Day. We were busy today with playdates and running around to the grocery store to buy just the right thing for daddy's Valentine's dinner!

Love,

Ladena, Neil and Cyan

Vote for Cyan!

Well, life with Cyan is always full of surprises!

I entered Cyan's surfboard picture in a contest last month with Canada.com. I received an email today telling me that the photo is in the finals! We have one out of ten chances to win $1000!! Wow, that's alot of baby food!

This is a popularity contest, the winning photo is the one that receives the most votes! So please, vote for Cyan! You can vote everyday! Plus, every time you enter the contest you have a chance to win $1000!

Here's the link to the contest, you can't miss Cyan's pic... its the cutest, I think!

http://www.canada.com/wrapup

Thanks for all your votes!

love

Ladena, Neil and Cyan

New year new fun!

Happy New Year everyone!

Well, as of Jan 5th Cyan is officially crawling! It was very slow at first, I could leave the room and come back and she would have moved 2 steps. But now she's a speedy little girl. The house is not officially baby proofed yet but it will be soon! Right now Cyan is hearing a lot of "NON!" and "Non Cyan, that's daddy's". She knows what the word means, she chooses to stop, laugh at me then continue to go for the computer wires, heater, plants etc!

We are slowly starting to get ready for our big move to Dockside Green. Neil and I are getting so excited. We drive by our condo a few times a week to see its progress. Right now I can see our amazing dark wood kitchen and stainless steel appliances. There are also plants in our planters outside Cyan's new bedroom window. 2 months to go and we will be in our new GREEN space!!

Here are a few pics for you all to enjoy!

Miss you all!

Ladena, Neil and Cyan

Helping mommy take down the Christmas decorations.

Happy family, minutes after midnight Jan 1, 2008.

Cyan playing and getting excited!!

Merry Christmas from Victoria

Christmas is almost here!

Hello everyone!

Well, this post is well overdue! A lot has happened since Halloween!

We are all doing so well. Neil is still super busy at work but looking forward to Christmas week off. Cyan and I are keeping busy as always. We have recently added skating to our list of weekly activities. So now we are booked up Tues, Wed and Fri. I love doing all kinds of special things with Cyan. She loves being out exploring new things.

We just returned from an amazing trip in Mexico. We went to stay at my aunt Carole and uncle John's condo in Nuevo Vallarta (http://www.condoinvallarta.com/). Mom and dad were spending almost 2 months there and treated us to a flight down as our Christmas present. We had an amazing time. Neil and I really love Hawaii but Mexico was very cool too. We will definetly be going back. We took 100s of pictures. Cyan loved the sun, the heat, the ocean and the pools. To see some of our pics click here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30960&l=f308f&id=531021857

We are slowly getting ready for Cyan's first Christmas. I took Cyan to visit santa at the mall. She was very curious and wondered why she was sitting on this big red guys lap but didn't cry! The tree is already filled with presents for her. I am really looking forward to her first Christmas, I know it will be very special.

I will post with some more pics before Christmas!

Ladéna, Neil and Cyan