Chris & Krystal's wedding

Ralph was the best man at Chris and Krystals wedding on March 21. It was a beautiful wedding and a beautiful day.
All the guests got to make a lego man to go with their place setting. Mine is below. I think he represented me the best- you can't see it, but his shirt says 'TV' (unfortunately, I love TV at the moment) and he has a 'party' hat on. Sylvie was at Heater and Berts that night, So I might have had my party hat on.

Some images from the ceremony....

They had the most delicious lego chocolates as favors.....
Ralph and Chris' friend, Chris Prue, Brew beer. He bottled a special brew for the bride and groom....and it was great beer!

The amazing cake!

And the amazing pre wedding Groomsman tradition....Labatts Blue tall boys.
Sylvie had a great time at Heather and Berts. They took great care of her and will be great parents themselves soon! Here is Sylvie helping Bert with work.

and the first word is......

MAMA!!!!!!!

She's been saying it for a few days now. I have confirmation- when I walked away- she cried out 'mamamamamam'!

I don't know if this counts as a first word...but I am running with it.

Big Smiles

Sylvie's Silhouette

This is Sylvie's silhouette at 7 months. I remember having my Silhouette done when i was a child. Hopefully I will remember to get Sylvie's done once a year!

Storytelling

I thought this was great storytelling advice- from my Daily Candy Kids daily email. I will have to remember this for when Sylvie is older.

KIDS EVERYWHERE | March 12, 2009

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Lemony Snicket’s Bedtime Storytelling Tips

Nodding off midbedtime ritual isn’t exactly the stuff of memories.

We tracked down the reclusive Lemony Snicket, famed author of the just-released musical whodunit book and CD, The Composer Is Dead. It took coaxing, but he reluctantly revealed the secrets behind telling a riveting lights-out tale.

1. Ask your child what the title should be. This stalls for time and spreads the blame if the story’s no good.

2. Name the villains after people who wronged you in high school.

3. When you get stuck, remember Raymond Chandler’s advice: “When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.” The bedtime equivalent is a clumsy talking animal holding a tray of cream pies.

4. At the end of the story, all of the characters should be very, very tired.

5. Don’t bring your cocktail, because you might accidentally leave it and wake your child when you sneak back to retrieve it. Alternately, you may forget about it entirely and three days later someone will find a warm martini on your child’s dresser.

(Note: This has never, ever, ever happened to him.)

The Composer Is Dead is available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.

The Big Apple Circus

We went to the circus with Heather and Bert last night. It was wonderful! Sylvie was in awe the whole time. I didnt think she would even care where we were, but she loved all the lights and bright colors.

Here is Grandma the clown and another clown getting 'rained' on.
My favorite part was the dog act.

Next year we should all go to the circus again, when little Heater and Bert is around!

The dog did it.

I always thought that our dog, Addy, was stealing Sylvie's little socks. Now I think Addy was framed by the cat.
I found a sock in Momo's food dish. Here she is looking guilty. Who knows though- maybe Addy is framing Momo?

Meet our new boy....

As most babies do, Sylvie is alwasy throwing up a little on her shirts at daycare. We usually bring clothes for her to change into, but one day she had no extra clothes. Luckily, darcare has spare clothes for the babies. On this particular day, she got to wear a boys button down shirt. I came home from work to our new boy! Thank goodness she had on her princess socks and flowers on her jeans.