Snowshoeing on Cypress

This little video shows us snowshoeing last Saturday on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver. By this point Alexander's snow shoes were off, but he was still happy walking around in the snow. Click here to view.

Alexander eats Miso Soup

My mum is visiting at the moment. Last night we went out for sushi and Alexander loved the miso soup. Click here to watch a clip!

Holiday Review

Happy New Year! Its about time for an update I think. We traveled back to the UK for Christmas to spend time with our families, which was lovely. The flights were a little tricky with Alexander not wanting to sit still on our laps for long. And who can blame him - much more fun to be crawling or walking (while holding onto things) around and exploring. While the weather was still very cold, we managed to get out for walks several times, including along the Thames, Bushy Park and Richmond Park and around Dover while we were there.

I'm still waiting for my sister to send me a family photo from Molesey, but below is a photo from Dover of us and some of Steph's family.

And here is one of us and our friends, Steve and Julie and Mike and May. It used to be that the six of us would hang out together. Now its 11! It was lovely to see them and we only wish it could have been for longer.

This is a vaguely organised looking photo. I have many others that include screaming or running children!

I will upload some more photos of our trip once we have them sorted out.

It was Steph's birthday on Sunday - 33! I still think this is early 30's, just. As a birthday treat, Steph went back to work yesterday, for the first time since before Alexander was born. At the moment she's just doing Monday's so nothing too stressful, for her anyway. For me, it means I have to get Alexander up, dressed, fed and off to a friends for the day. To his credit though, Alexander was apparently very well behaved.

And finally, for this entry anyway, Alexander has taken his first unaided steps! - watch the video here!

Babies and Movies

It's been seven months, but we finally managed to get to see a movie in the cinema yesterday, and it was Inception. The reason for our movie watching sabbatical was, of course, Alexander. We always went together before, so we haven't been since. Until yesterday. But having a 7 month old meant we were experiencing one more new thing; the 'Movies for Mommies' (and Daddies and babies) showing. What a ride! Before the movie started we had our photo taken for free by a professional photographer and had taken part in a free baby aerobics/ sing along session.

And then the movie started... I don't know if it was the plot or the constant background baby noises, (including the small child whose head appeared unexpectedly next to me from behind when he wedged it between the seats) but I was slightly struggling to keep up. Having to change Alexander's diaper half way through probably didn't help either, although we did this by laying him on our laps rather than leaving the room. Anyway, although slightly confused by the end, I thought it was a fantastic movie and I really enjoyed it. Then again, after a seven month drought, I fear I may have thought the same about Sex and the City 2.