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Unfortunately, the MapQuest or Google Maps images don't transfer well, but at least this gives you enough of an idea to consult a local map.

Santa came to town

Jeanne got to meet Santa this morning!

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man (don't tell my husband)

Jeanne and I at Peggy's Cove

The view from the rocks at Peggy's Cove

Hi everybody!

Tomatoes from our garden

The bathrooms at Clam Harbour scared me, and I didn't even go in

Jeanne and Grandma Marie at Clam Harbour, east of Halifax

The beach at Clam Harbour

This office smells like...

Everybody gets off!

More funny for Jake

Thought you'd get a kick out of this, Jake

Camping

Some pics from our camping trip to Blomidon Provincial Park (in northern Nova Scotia, on the Bay of Fundy):

The view from the Lookoff

Low tide

The tide coming in

Our muddy feet

High tide

Video of the tide coming in and erasing our footprints

Happy Birthday Jeanne!

Happy first birthday Jeanne!

All dressed up for her special day!

A phone...

a mirror for in the car...

and a baby from Grandma!

And now for the cake!

Yummm!

All gone!

Check out these videos for more Jeanne-on-cake action:

Birthday 1: Jeanne is dainty

Birthday 2: The end of daintiness

Pictures from the trip to the big T.O.

Eatin' squid and Sarah and Tyler's

Chillin' with Uncle Tyler

Sittin' in the big chair with Mummy on Centre Island

Hangin' out with Uncle Brian at the pub - what a great day!

Sittin' in Grandma's back yard

I don't know about this, Aunty Sarah

Yumm, corn on the cob!

Long time no see (pictures, that is!)

I've finally got most of our computer/camera problems sorted out (most, not all), so here are some long-awaited pictures of Jeanne in the new house:

Helping Daddy on the computer.

Being a baby is just exhausting!

Happy!

Out on the front lawn.

Block-head.

Hangin' out with Grandma Marie.

Jeanne is crawling!

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to let all of Jeanne's fans know that she is now crawling! Her new favourite toys include the vacuum cleaner and the fireplace!

P.S. I'm (Ellen) on facebook now, so come find me!

Ten months old

Jeanne Marie at ten months

World-wide knit in public day, this Saturday June 9

I'll be out in the Halifax Public Gardens, representing oppressed crocheters everywhere.

Our new home

Hey all,

We have now officially moved into our new house and boy is it great. It is unfortunately full of boxes, but it's even better than I remembered from our initial tour. Marie's movers came the same day ours did, even though they had said her stuff might take as many as ten days, and that was very chaotic, but we're starting to get organized now. This house is amazing and I know were going to be able to make it really beautiful and comfortable.

Jeanne was so excited by the move and hasn't stopped grinning in days (though that might be because Jake is home - she was just so happy to see him, and Grandma too). She has officially said her first word (that is, all three of us have heard her say it in the appropriate context). Was it Mama, you ask, or maybe Dada? Nope: Kit (i.e. Kitty).

We're all starting to settle in, though things will be busy for a while (when are they not, right?) Pictures, of the new house and of Jeanne, will follow.

Congratulations!

Jake being promoted to Able Seaman - congratulations, Love, we're so proud of you!

Our Baby-Girl

Who can that little girl be on the floor?
I think I remember her somewhere before.

Ten little fingers and ten little toes,
Two round eyes and a little snub nose,
Two dimpled cheeks so fat and so red,
And a big paper cap on the top of her head;
Two curly earls like shells on each side,
A round little chin and mouth open wide;

Four little teeth just able to bite,
Two rosy lips one could kiss day and night;
Two sturdy legs just beginning to walk,
A sweet saucy tongue just beginning to talk.

Oh! who could she be? I wish I could tell;
She looks as though she knew me very well.

Why, it’s our little Baby, I really declare!
No greater rascal you’ll find anywhere.
Come, kiss me, my baby, and let me kiss you,
That’s the best thing for a baby to do.

Adapted from "Our Baby-Boy," in Happy Child Life: In Pictures, by Mrs Charles Heaton (1875).

I found this great book, and many other old children's books, in the Internet Archive's Children's Library: and incredible resource.

Too funny

From Engrish.com, one of my favourite websites
(anyone remember that cell phone ad from a couple of years ago with the little pink pig where they edited out its bum-hole?)

Lots o' pics of the Jeannie baby!

Hey, I'm not laundry!

I've been so busy lately (soooo busy!), that these pics have just been accumulating on the camera, but now I'm sharing them with you all. I just can't believe how many new things Jeanne has learned lately, and it's just so sad Jake isn't here right now to see them (god, I make it sound like he's died or something!) She's just so bright and strong and energetic and sweet that everyone she meets seems to just fall in love with her. She's just learned to clap her hands, and she's been trying all week to blow raspberries without me even showing her how. She can hold up her own weight standing now, holding onto a table or something, though I'm glad she can't get up by herself yet (the place is so chaotic with the move and everything that it's just a little unsafe at the moment). She's not quite crawling, but she still manages to get around the living room somehow (mostly by rolling and rotating herself - it's actually quite impressive). Anyhow, on to the pics:

"There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza..."

"Cha cha cha!" at Parent 'n Tot

"What a cute little boy you have!" (I get this all the time)

If she looks crazy here, you should have seen it before I removed the red eye

"No, Mommy, I don't know how I got under here either"

My beach bum is often a little smelly

I promised Sarah some pics of the magnolia tree out in front of the building. I am so going to miss this tree; it's beautiful in bloom or in leaf, and it smells so lovely right now.

More magnolia blossoms. The weather here in Halifax has been just beautiful this past week or so.

Pure 'cattitude' (he's going to miss the tree too)

Finally, here's Wendy doing her best meerkat impression, sitting up on her hind legs. I just wish the pics showed it more clearly. She doesn't just pop up like this for a second, she'll hold this pose for long periods of time while she takes a look around or washes her face. She'll even do it up on the arm of the couch, never losing her balance. She's done it ever since we got her at the humane society in Toronto years ago and it never ceases to amaze and impress me.

Wendy has been very sick lately, so please keep her in your hearts. She's got an overactive thyroid which is causing her to lose a lot of weight (though the medication has her stabilized at the moment), plus she's got a tumour in her mouth which is growing (though slowly, thankfully). They can't operate because of her frailty. She's 14 years old, thereabouts , which is aprox. 72 years old, and though she's going through some rough times she's still very happy and active - hopefully she'll keep on like that for a long time yet.