Tyler @ Toddler Town

Tyler is now totally confident at going down slides. Check out the video to see for yourself. This is at the little kids playground in Abbotsford at Mill Lake.

$2463 & 60KM Thanks to You!!

What started as a “maybe we could raise that much”, to a “I don’t know” ended up being a NO PROBLEM! Between very generous individual donations, the generous winners of our “Poker for Boobies Tournament”, the many Capes for the Cure and Tutu’s Too orders and my Mom’s car wash, we surpassed the $2000 mark for fundraising. Which ended up sending me on a 60KM walk all around Vancouver. There were aches, blisters, blisters on blisters, some great laughs, great memories and something that will never be forgotten. Being part of a 1600 person walk and in the end raising $4.1 million was pretty amazing and it more than trumps any of the aches and blisters that you get on the walk. Thank you everyone for your support and I hope everyone got as warm a fuzzy feeling as I did.

Oregon Surfing 2008

This past week we went to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a surfing trip. We only ended up getting in two days of surfing, which was a bummer, but we had lots of great camp fires, walks on the beach, roller blades with Tyler in her stroller, great deals shopping and some great food. Okay, the food got a little repetative with the hots dogs and burgers, but we did finish off most of them. And what we didn’t finish we fed to the birds. One seagull ate a whole hotdog in one bite. We stayed in a great place that was only 1 block from the beach. We HIGHLY recommend it. For the price I don’t think you’ll find a better place in Cannon Beach to sleep 8 people. We also HIGHLY recommend The Original Pancake house. The pancakes were the best that we have tasted anywhere! The only catch is that they’re open from 6AM to 2PM every day. Don’t be late and don’t order anything other than a big plate of pancakes. As for stuff we don’t recommend, I would not recommend Cannon Beach Surf Shop. The staff were rude, including the owner, and the rental gear STANK like smelly socks. It actually stank worse than that, but I can’t find the words to explain how brutal it was. Check out the pics of the trip to see some of our adventures. We’ll get some surfing pictures once we collect the photos from everyone else.

Tyler & Daddy Picking Blueberries

Tyler and I went blueberry picking the other day. It was pretty easy to keep her content. I just rolled her up to a blueberry bush and she would pick it clean. Even the green one’s. Check out the video for some more Tyler fun.

Tyler’s First Video Game

Tyler played her first video game the other day. It’s called BabySmash and it’s really easy. All you have to do is smash the keys on the keyboard and shapes and letters pop up on the screen while giggle sounds play. Parental supervision is required especially if it’s on a laptop. Tyler swiped Melissa’s enter key a few months ago and popped off my backslash key the other day. Here’s a video of Tyler’s first time playin’.

Thanks for Partying with Me!!

Thank you to everyone who came to my first birthday party! I had a great time! I hope my friends who couldn’t make it are feeling all better. I really feel spoiled with all of the presents that I received. It was lots of fun opening all of the gifts and I’m having even more fun reading the books, playing with the toys, and wearing my new clothes. I can’t wait to party it up on my friends birthdays, now that I’ve gotten the taste for cake.

Happy 1st Birthday Tyler!

Tyler turned 1 today! We asked her if she felt any older, but she didn’t give a response. I guess she just feels the same. She did get to try out her first cake and the icing was a HUGE hit. Even if it was a sugar, egg and wheat free cake. She did say that she’s looking forward to her second cake on Saturday at her party.

Boy Can Tyler Eat!!

You never know how a baby will take to eating rice cereal and other solid foods, but in our case Tyler LOVES it! She tried her first rice cereal on September 30th and enjoyed every spoonful. We expected it to be all over her face, but she wasn’t going to waste any of it. It was only while she was feeding herself that she missed her mouth. She really wanted to hold that spoon!!

Vote for Tyler!!

Tyler’s in a photo contest and she needs her friends and family to vote for her photo so that she can win toys!! There’s a text box on the voting page where you’ll enter your email address and you’ll then be asked to click a verification link in an email that you’ll receive.

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Guess Who has Teeth?!

Well she has one tooth that has broken through and she has a second one well on the way. Besides drool and some rosy cheeks you would never know that she’s teething. She has gotten into the habit of bringing peoples hands to her mouth and when she was gnawing on Daddy’s finger he felt a scrape. And yes it turned out to be her lower incisor. She isn’t even 4 months old yet and already she has teeth. At this rate she’ll be walking by Christmas. Please no!!