Wake Up Call

Lately, there have been some successful 'nap' times when Tavish actually sleeps and needs to be woken up. Perfect ...

All awake and ready to take on the world!

MOMENT: Synchronized Stretching

Turns out, Keva enjoys big afternoon naps as well and although they aren't napping in the same place, they enjoy being in the company of one another as they wake up. I usually lay Keva beside Tavish and when he wakes up, he instinctively rolls over and smiles. Before I realized his preference for this, I woke him up on my own one day. He looked groggily up at me, confused, asking where Keva was and followed it up with a whiny "can you go and get her?!". Oh, okay - won't make that mistake again. Here's a glimpse at my sleeping beauties as they wake. Keva starts the process on the couch, but finishes in the company of her brother. Cute. 

 

Bottle Beauty

We had a wedding to attend that forbade children. For Mommy to partake in the festivities, Keva would have to be introduced to the bottle. So, on her 6 week anniversary, Keva was given the gift of milk from her Daddy.

MOMENT: Sweet Surrender

Our agreeable daughter put up solid resistance to the bottle in the beginning. Pretty quickly though, she surrendered to the goodness that is milk, even though it was from a different parent and delivered from a bottle. This will, no doubt, prove to be handy again in the future. (date night! who wants to bottle feed our babe?!) Our friends who spent the wedding evening with Keva said it went well. She did accept the bottle, but not before 'violating' them with her insistence of wanting her milk the regular way! Ha.

Canada Day

July 1st marked several moments of celebration this year ...

MOMENT: Wedded Bliss Celebration

Time flies when you're having fun. Five years already?! I'd marry you all over again, Tom ... 

Five Fabulous Years - Kath & Tom

The couple celebrating with their couple of kids

1 + 1 = 2 + 2 more  = 5 years of marriage and 1 happy family

MOMENT: Canada day, eh? 

Wearing red and white to celebrate 145 years of Canada. This also included enjoying a burger that was far too large for a three year old ... or at least one would think ...

Hand up for a burger ...

Mmm, delicious ... big, but delicious ...

Burgers make me happy ...

Good to the last bite.

MOMENT: Family Comes to Town

July 1st marked the first day here for Tom's sister and family who are visiting for the month. The family is together again ...

Hellos and hugs all around

Catching up over dinner

Grandpa Mike's kids and their kids

MOMENTS: Family Fun

The boy cousins are reunited with a baby girl added to the mix. There was splash pad fun, soccer and frisbee games, a neighbourhood walk, big burgers to eat, and backyard fun to have after a family feast ...

Cousins

Cousins at play

Cousins still at play

Hungry cousins

Keva and Uncle Mark check each other out

Keva cuddles with Auntie Michele

Sweet Serenade

There are a few songs that are a regular request before nap and bedtime for Tavish. One is Wheels on the Bus, the other is Frere Jacques. However, there are a few other select songs that he enjoys singing along to. This comes in handy from time to time ... say, for example, when a certain newborn is unhappy.

MOMENT: Twinkling Little Star

Sometimes, this singing thing just works. We're not too sure if the crying is scared out of her, or if she genuinely enjoys our off-key tunes. We like to believe it's the latter. Oh, and that we sound incredible - we like to believe that too...

One month

They really do grow up so fast ...

One month old Keva
June 28, 2012

MOMENT: Words can be Wonderful

I've heard quite a few sweet things about Keva come from Tavish's mouth in the first month of her life.  He's always worrying about her happiness. One cry and he's quickly asking one of us to hold her. Or he inquires if she's awake so he can 'play' with her. This conversation has to be a topper though ...

Mommy: "Tavish, do you know who I love?"
Tavish: "Yes."
Mommy: "Who?"
Tavish: "Daddy. And Tavish. And Keva."
Mommy: "You're right. I do!"
Tavish: "Mommy, I love Keva. She has a nice smile."

Brother Nose Best

Tavish is both observant and persistent. Keva is not discerning. Turns out, this combination in siblings can lead to strange situations when a brother is both so helpful and loving with his new sister.

Hugs

Cuddles

Comfort

MOMENT: Too Close for Comfort?

Keva enjoyed her share of people's baby fingers to suck on in the first several weeks of her life (Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa Mel, Auntie Colleen...) Tavish, of course, saw this. It was made very clear to him that he was not to put his fingers into Keva's mouth. That just wouldn't be right, right? He's a crafty one though who is keen to 'help' with his sister. He's also very affectionate and often by invading her space by being a bit too close. Although we monitored this, but were cautious not to interfere too much with constantly saying 'no' when he was gently trying to get to know his sister. Then we realized that although he was listening to the 'no fingers' rule - he'd found an alternative. (sigh) I think we've curbed it now (at least lessened it), but not before Tavish shared his cold with his sister. (sigh again). We did, however, catch it on video to forever be remembered. I think it's cute. Some think it's gross. You decide what you think, but remember - he was always trying to help. (final sigh)

Double Diaper Duty

It took seeing several diaper changes to help Chomper to be pulled out from the bottom of the toy box...

MOMENT: Diapering 101

Chomper has been neglected for months, but Tavish is compensating for lost time by ensuring that Chomper's bottom is well taken care of now. He's pretty good at it ... if he keeps this up, I'll be shirking my diaper duties in no time.