Luck o' the Irish

Happy St. Paddy's from our house to yours

Oy Vey

growth spurt + teething + daylight savings change = O.M.G.

Must go google "what.the.hell.were.we.thinking?" now.

Keira is 3 months, 2 days old.

Crafty mom

I will be the first to admit I am not a crafty person. I can't even sew my own buttons for god's sake! However, Miriam was assigned a project in a parenting class she takes with Aidan. She had to make him a picture book, and she asked me if I wanted to make a craft day out of it. It got us out of the house, and quality time at the Fitterer's, so I agreed. In true Mir fashion, we had every conceivable product we would need to publish our own children's story, right down to laminating paper so they would withstand the test of time.

While I don't think Random House is going to be knocking down my door with a phat cheque and promises of being the next JKR, I was pretty proud of the final product. Check it out:

Squeeee!

Sometimes she is so cute I could cry:

Keira is 2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day old

ps. if you want to see regular photo updates of Keira, check out her gallery on our smugmug page: http://janineandregan.smugmug.com/Keira

On the Grid

There is no chance of us living "off the grid" now - Keira has been issued pretty much every ID imaginable. We finally have her health card, SIN, birth certificate, extended health coverage and passport! Here is her stash:

And just in the nick of time - we made her first cross border trip this past weekend.

Blaine, WA "truck" crossing

We joined Uncle Brennan and Auntie Shani at their friends' beachfront house in Washington. It was a lovely 24ish hours away from home and K did so good - she fell asleep with minimal fuss on both car rides. Tutu Connie and Papa Don were happy to hold the baby and give us a bit of a bouncing break; Papa Don showed off his amazing baby whisperer skills, getting her to calm down just by rubbing her back. Even Regan and I can't boast that.
Just one pic to share for now - Brennan had his very cool Nikon, so I am hoping he got some nicer pics of K to share with us soon.

Keira sleeping as we crossed the border

Keira is 2 months, 3 weeks old

Whose mini-me is she?

So I have been curious who people think Keira looks like. Sometimes I think me, sometimes I see Regan. So I have decided to leave it up to you, the reader. Who do you think she is more like? Use the poll on the right to cast your vote!

Regan under 1

Keira, 3 weeks

Janine, 9 months

Keira, 2 months

You know you have a screamer when...

all medical professionals who meet her say "wow. that is quite a set of lungs she has." This is clearly medical code for "dang that girl is LOUD. can you please shut her up?"
Keira knows what she wants and is obviously not afraid to tell us she how she wants it. Maybe she will be a great orator?

But then you are rewarded with this sweet image, and you forget how loud she was. Until its time for her next nap of course.

Keira is 9 weeks and 4 days old

ps. blogger placed my cloth diaper post, which I had started a few days ago, down under Feb 15 below rather then as today. If you are a regular reader, not sure it if notifies you this is a new post. Check it out!