Finally...

So you don't post for a bit and people start e-mailing for pictures. You know you could just come visit (and give me that lame ass 'I'm 2000+ km away crap, move closer like Sarah did :)'

I suppose I should mention that a new era has begun. Grant Park defeated Sisler 2 in exhibition play 15-0 today and I have a bit of a story. Tuesday I am in charge of my daughter as Cara is at ceramics. I was in the basement and she LOVES rumbling around the basement exploring and doing laps of the couch. I wasn't paying attention for maybe 30-45 seconds and BANG she is standing on the stairs, 1 step up, grasping the hand rail and balancing really well. Needless to say I pooped my pants and made it over there in a couple of seconds to 'save' her from the inevitable tumble & crying.

Beyond that... PICTURES!!


Eating a popsicle, notice the length of her bangs

Teresa's New Role Model

I am going to be seeing how much it would cost to have her be Teresa's mentor growing up.



In other news... Sarah left and I FORGOT TO DOWNLOAD THE F'N PICTURES!!! I will have to take a pic of Teresa and post it, so sorry :)

Back From The Beach

We had some pretty nice weather and I got to dunk Teresa in the water (we had done it before in Phil & Lindsay's pool). She only fusses a bit after that so I figure she's a trooper!

Beyond that not much new to report. Sarah has been taking the pictures, and I haven't uploaded them to this machine yet. sp no pics for y'alls still. I promise you will get to see Teresa 2.0 soon enough.

Teresa v2.0

A new haircut... :(

Boo...

Pictures to follow.

Teresa Trapped

Well, this morning I was checking my email and Cara was in the bedroom with Teresa. Suddenly I hear Teresa howling, and Cara laughing saying "come here now!", so I run over and Teresa has successfully flipped the laundry basket over her head on top of herself as a tiny jail cell that she can't lift off.

Sorry there are no pictures, but she was pretty ticked and the extra 2 minutes under there in order to get a video & pics would have been a little much, considering her level of irritation. Tonight Sarah arrives in from St. Cloud and the coug is on the prowl again as we are going to Assiniboine Park with Isaac.

No new pictures at this point, except one from her 10 month shoot where she attempted to crawl off the chair ...

Teresa Staggering Like a Drunk!

Well she can take a couple of steps on her own before face-planting into stuff...

I guess I should also mention that she can pull herself up now and reach almost anything. The couch is no longer a good hiding place for stuff and yesterday she spilled a glass of pop on the floor and reset the Play Station mid-game because she's so darn quick and happy most of the tme to putter around and explore on her own so we just keep an eye out for her...

Coug...

Wednesday night we went out and saw the Simpsons Movie thanks to Jeff's willingness to babysit, then Thursday we were at the Lyric Theatre at Assiniboine Park listening to Ran Paley's Big Band play, along with a sushi picnic (we brought a thai peanut-sauced meat balls, Ooops!). Finally, on Saturday we were over seeing Phil & Lindsay for the first time in ages. We were never this busy before we had Teresa, I feel like a social butterfly!

Anyhow, as for the title... We brought Teresa to the picnic because it was early and there would be another child there, 7 month old Isaac,son of Kev & Jenn friends of Warren & Lindsay... It turns out that our daughter is quite a tart, pursuing Isaac with a wide open slobbery 'kiss' to end it all. Note now terrified Isaac looks. Anyhow, because of that Warren (of Palomino Club 'fame') decided to give Teresa the moniker Coug, short for cougar. For those of you unversed in Palomino parlance, I suggest you you look it's slang definition up, using the wikitionary. We also learned that Phil & Lindsay have called her 'Mo T' short for Mother Teresa. Needless to say though, I was appauled by daughter's actions and will keep her away from young men for the next 30-40 years. Without further ado, the pics....


The babies and moms


Teresa looking cute


Isaac after Teresa


Dear God, no! Stay away from young boys!!!


OK, this is not funny....


The kiss...


Isaac is terrified by Teresa's uncontrolled advances!

I say to you all who may think this is funny, it is not! If I must, Teresa will be sent to the nunnery post haste!

Tuesdays With Myrna

Last Tuesday we went to Kenora to visit Ray & Myrna who hadn't seen Teresa in a while due to their two wheeled (motorized,don't be silly!) jaunt through the Black Hills, Big Sky Country & Yellowstone. As we enjoyed a relaxing day the included making Rowdy swim for hours, I realized that day trips to Kenora are tiring. Two lane highways from the Whiteshell on, a 2 1/2 hours drive each way... You know, I hope Ray & Myrna get a new trailer with space for us, so we can stay a night (or better yet, dump Teresa with them for a weekend alone.

They bought Teresa a book about bikers in the Black Hills with their dogs. I found it unrealistic because not a single biker chick was topless!

So in a shoutout to literary minded folks (including my < shh! > librarian sister Pearl) and an abundance of spare time, I make a cover for the post, followed by pictures...




A view from their camper...


Myrna & Teresa


Lakeside


Teresa, Rowdy, Ray & Myrna...


Playing in the water


Rowdy swimming in the background


Teresa & grandparents


Swimming with grandma. At this beach there wasn't too bad a drop off, and the main beach would have been better. Unfortunately we had to be vigilant about the goose poop.


Back to the trailer.

Last set of GB pics

You know, until I get mom's...

I still have some other pics from Kenora & home though. Enjoy these last few.


Mom being the shutterbug


Mom feeding Teresa


Tasty Finger!


Playing cards with dad... We tried to teach Cara Hearts. She hates it. It doesn't help that dad handily won the last game we played (and Cara I got creamed in the process. In other notes, dad decided I am now the better body surfer (in fact one time the waves / currents were so bad I was worried he wasn't going to make out to the sandbar and I was suggesting we go in), also said I was the better stone skipper, and he will nevder admit to this but I won the last 4-5 games of cribbage to end the time (giving me a slight edge). I suggest someone give the old man a break.


Playing with her new toy mom & dad bought at a garage sale


Showing her the great outdoors.


Teresa Loves her rake


She actually knows to stick the ball in the middle hole and push it through for the song,followed by watching it spiral down. She just needs to figure out how to pick up the infernal thing again!


Story Time (Dr. Seuss). This is my favorite picture of the moment :)


I demand a Filet, bleu rare, 2 lobster tails with extra butter, with a side of foie gras and caviar along with a bottle full of Montrachet 1978 from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Did you not hear me? Get to it, chop, chop!


Sleeping with teddy

Teresa's New Trick

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Beach 2007

Teresa had the opportunity to spend some time with her Yost side grandparents when they visited their cottage in Grand Beach. They even had the privilege of having Greg bathe her (funny, especially when you consider her splash zone), taking care of her overnight and bringing her in the waves. Alison & Daisen were also out for a bit of the time too... During this time we had days which were in the high 30's. HOW!

Now for some pics. I figure I will post a group of about 10 per day until I run out. After that, I must wait for Sarah to bring a billion of mom's pics on CD.


Hot + Weekend = BUSY! Simple arithmetics


On Grandpa's Shoulders


Walking with Alison - I figure that Alison & my father's backs have already been broken in to children because I can't walk nearly as long with Teresa on my fingers, and me all hunched over.


Playing With Grandma


Destroying sandcastles


Where do those mounds of sand come from this blasted thing?


A pelican to mollify my father.


Daisen & Teresa walking.


A nice sunset


Teresa Eating

Well, it seems some people are impatient...

I guess that I haven't been that great in keeping up to date,but that is due to the fact that my parents have been at the lake and when I have any free time, I am with them not posting cute pictures of Teresa. Of course, this means that I now have about a trillion cute pictures (truth is mom has a ton, I have a bunch and am waiting for mom's ton to arrive with Sarah at a later date).

Since I have last posted Teresa can stand up on her own, but has very little balance. She loves hanging onto fingers and walking around. She waves bye-bye to people and can make one toy play music by placing a ball in a hole that barely fits it. Of course mom & dad were enthralled by her and I am sure are missing her already as they in St. Cloud visiting Sarah.

Of course, I am happy to report that all Minnesotans that I know are OK. Sarah was near the bridge, Russ drives over it every day but chose a different route home and I am assuming the Greys are OK as they never drive on I35 with me :)

I will be doing video work in the future but I don't know when it will be done. This week we are going to see Phil & Lindsay, going to Kenora, the Simpsons movie, maybe a Big Band concert... Back in the swing of it I guess. The beach was as always great.

Now for some pictures from Ottawa (I PROMISE that I will post beach pictures soon, but not everyone was in Ottawa)...


Look, Jackie & Teresa do get along! (Food, the universal language)



Crawling Position!


What a mess! Teresa loved paying in the flyers & catalogues...


Teresa played patty-cake with Grandma.


On the way home now... Teresa eating in Mattawa (this is where the Trans Canada highway turns away from the Ottawa River towards North Bay. The next 2 hours of driving is quite barren.


On the dock in Mattawa (Cara is taking the pic)


We have to give Rowdy a few pics from time to time.... I love it when he flings himself into the water. The tennis ball is out there, a green dot in the distance.


Got the ball...


Taking the slide in Blind River.


Am I immature, or is this a poorly named rest stop near St. Cloud, MN? :)