Happy Spring!

Hello everyone!

I hope spring has arrived where you all live. It sure took long for the nice weather to make it to Victoria but it does finally feel sunny and warm outside!

I have updated you all about our move to the condo before. What you might not know (especially if you don't live in Victoria) is that Neil, Cyan and I have made the paper a few times for our move to our Green Home. 

Here are the links to the newspaper articles.

1 - Victoria Times Colonist

2 - Globe and Mail

3 - Victoria Times Colonist

You need to look a little harder for the pictures but they are there. 

Here's one for you to all enjoy!

Happy Birthday Cyan!

Today is Cyan's First Birthday!

We can't believe she is already one year old. Time has gone by so fast.

We had a big family and friends birthday on the weekend and today Cyan invited all her baby friends to the condo for a fun play date.

Cyan was super spoiled with love and presents.

I will write a longer update in the next few days!

Love

Ladena, Neil and Cyan

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!!