Teresa & Suri Cruise?

Creepy... Made by Cara's cousin Leia. Apparently some people have said the same thing to Cara in the supermarket. To think such a whack job's kid could look so similar to Tom Cruise's....

Teresa's Hair Butchered AGAIN!

Anyhow, for some reason relating to Teresa looking like a sheep dog (only about 1000 times cuter), Cara got her hair cut. Here are some pics. Teresa will be seeing Santa tomorrow.

I Couldn't NOT Post This!

Anyhow, I am home tonight with Cara away so she hasn't even seen the pictures yet... Teresa put on a pair of her undies like a Superman cape!! Oh yeah, and the Roughriders still suck and are from a province of cousin-kissing inbreds... Sunday sucked.

Monkeys, Me Tarzan & Boots...

Well, it turns out that our daughter is trying desperately to live up the monkey moniker as she has proven herself an avid climber. I suppose we should have called her Edmund, as Hillary is a little too cruel a name to give to such a sweet child... She has taken to getting up and sitting on anything. Downstairs it is in a Megablocks container, and she has tried to get on the coffee table by placing her leg on top of it, and then trying to lever her way up. Well, it turns out that Cara placed a box of her old clothes by the stove and she got up on it. About 10 minutes later Cara noticed the element was hot as Teresa has stretched and reached it! Scary. We have a picture of her on top of the box by the china cabinet, a somewhat safer locale.

Also in this set, I woke up to find Teresa in her best Jane impersonation (as in Tarzan), as she had somehow got one arm out of her sleeper. It was so funny that I called Cara over immediately and she took some pictures... Finally, Cara bought Teresa some boots today, and put them on her. I have yet to see it, but it is apparently quite the struggle to walk and I believe these pictures attest to that...

Climbing the Megablocks...



Climbing the box & standing on it....


Getting Free From The Bonds of Clothing


The boots...

Teresa Eating Video

As promised earlier, Teresa's messy eating!

Hallowe'en Video

Trying to keep on the cutting edge, I finally got the video done. Here goes

More Cute Pics of the Star...

This set is of Teresa playing with a can, it is actually a can from wine. Did you know that you can now buy 250 mL cans of Aussie Merlot (Billygoat I think) or Shiraz or Chardonnay for about $2.60 each? This is a reat deal b/c then I don't need to drink a whole bottle and it is cheaper to buy 3 than 1 bottle of the same plonk! For a $10 bottle of wine, it is a good red (if it were $15 it would be a poor buy, this is how I still judge wine. Teresa liked the can, but she found the raspberry undertones of the wine conflicted with its acidic nature...




& Teresa climbing

Teresa Feeding Herself Breakfast...

I have some video of this event, as the pictures don't do it justice. Teresa & I are now both off to get pressure washed!

Teresa's Unfortunate Habit...

Teresa really, really like the clothing hamper and going through it throwing clothes about. No big deal right? Well, the rather unfortunate part about this is that she enjoys underpants the most and has figured out that they fit over her head. In this short series, which will be used at her a point when I need to drive a boyfriend out of the house (blessed are the digital photo albums that allow easy flagging of embarrassing photos), Teresa wears a pair of my boxers.




Teresa pretending to be a muslim...

GO BLUE!!!

The Blue Bombers have advanced to the Grey Cup!!! The news isn't all good, as Kevin Glenn will be out for the game, but I must say I wish I had an excess of cash that I could fly out and see the Bombers and Bisons both in championship games next weekend. This is the last game of Milt-a-pallooza and I expect him to score a few TDs in his last ever CFL game...



GO BLUE!!!

Teresa's Backpack...

Teresa stole my Tigger backpack and rumbled about. She enjoys having MY toys strapped to her back too.

Here is the cute...

The Last Summer Video I Will Upload...

The real star of these two videos though is Rowdy, but seeing as Teresa gets a cameo in each of them, they qualify for this blog (that and I am in charge, this is not a democracy! Not even a benign monarchy, YOU gave me the power FOOLS!!!)

Ummm... Sorry, you can ignore that stuff up there.

The first video is shot in scenic Mattawa, Ontario where the Trans Canada highway (17 at this point) breaks away from the Ottawa River and heads due East to North Bay. We stopped t a chip stand to feed Teresa and saw there was a good place for Rowdy to chill & swim, although I wish I had my swimming suit handy... This is where the picture of Rowdy, Teresa and I on the dock came from.


Then, at Grand Beach my father, Teresa Rowdy & I went to the old pier on a really wavy day... As you will see I tried to drown him... I actually love seeing Rowdy swim in the waves and it is generally safe, but this year there was once where a wave ran him straight into a rock that he was lined up to miss and I though I was going to have to wade out and get his unconscious body... After that I brought the poor concussed dog back to the cottage. Then there was the time he was swimming for so long without touching in the waves at the front beach that he tried to climb up my back and I pretty much had to carry him back to shore...

FYI... This one is public b/c it is 98% Rowdy.

Teresa at the Beach

For those of you that weren't lucky enough to see Teresa at Grand Beach this year, here's about 7 minutes of footage we took at the front beach...

Enjoy!

Mmmm... Guinness!

Why? Because it keeps her quiet and amused... That and she sleeps well after :)

Nothing truer has ever been spoken...

News courtesy of The Onion

And if you're offended by profanity, don't click it...

Teresa & The Cold...

Well, it is getting nippy out and thusly we have Teresa in a brand new snowsuit. She is in an Osh Kosh 18 months parka that is very cute. Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to take pictures today, so there are no new pics for the blog. I have finally 'edited' the summer video. Generally, with one exception, there was only a minor bit of editing and most of the footage remains uncut. The two I am posting today are the edited one (Ter-zilla) and an unedited one of my dad washing Teresa. As expected it was mayhem...

I have a ton of others, and I may post a couple more of them, but since they are old I figured interest would be lower, so I will likely make some discs up for people involved to remember this summer (& later).

TER-ZILLA!


Dad washing Teresa...

Rowdy is the biggest suck in the dog universe...

Well, yesterday morning I went downstairs and saw a tiny little vole scurry behind the fridge.  The good news is there is no evidence of long term living quarters thus far.  Anyhow, apparently today Cara thinks our dog (who I have told to do his job, and kill the damn thing) saw the things and turned tail and ran away!!  
What a lame-oid!

Sentimental Mom on the prowl

Hey folks, Cara here. So I've been thinking a lot about the past year about my many lessons as a first time mom, so I decided to compile some of them for you. Here it goes:

1) Pushing for 2 1/2 hours sucks. And yes, you do remember how much it hurts, I just decided it didn't matter.
2) Seeing Teresa for the first time filled me with a feeling of intense joy and love, a feeling I get to relive every time I look at her.
3) No matter how much our friends used to tease him, Ken is a great Dad!
4) Breast pumps were put on earth by Satan.
5) Torturing your non-parent friends by talking about your kids' poop is fun.
6) Parents talk about poop a lot!
7) Watching Teresa's grandparents (both sets) play with her is incredibly cool.
8) Now that I'm a parent I actually understand how much my parents love me....which makes me feel really bad about those teenage years.
9) Strangers really like to tell you how to dress your child.
10) Fathers pick the strangest clothing combinations.
11) Watching your 10 month old daughter chase after and kiss a 7 month old boy gives you a terrifying glimpse into the future.
12) Babies may be cutest when they're sleeping, but they're at their best when they're awake.
13) Feeding Teresa (breast, formula and solids) has proven to be frustrating indeed.
14) Learning to go with the flow has been the best thing I've done as a parent. Seriously.
15) My friends have been my life line. Thanks to them I'm still clinging to the shores of sanity (barely).
16) Seeing other mothers almost faint when they watch Ken play with Teresa makes me giggle on the inside.
17) Trying to punish your kid when the thing they've done wrong is REALLY funny can be tough.
18) Seeing Teresa learn and try new things make me want to go back to school.
19) Watching Ken with Teresa makes me glad I chose him to be my partner on this crazy ride.
20) Non-parents, appreciate all the free time you have, damn you!


This is me meeting Teresa for the first time


Teresa at 1 month



Teresa chillin' at her baby shower


Teresa destroying Ottawa, one catalogue at a time!