Where did the time go?

This morning at breakfast, Brea asked for toast. I tempted her with some yogurt as we waited for the bread to get crispy... nothing extraordinary there. I buttered the bread, cut it into Brea-bite slices and walked to the high chair but Brea had other ideas. She climbed onto one of the wooden chairs at the kitchen table and waited for me to put her plate down, then she calmly reached up and took a piece of toast and happily chomped sitting at the table like a "big" girl.

Where did my baby go?

Quotes

Fresh Mommy came and made a nice comment and while checking out her blog, I came across her "Sunday Citar" entries... how lovely to share inspirational words. So I thought I'd put in one of my favourites :o)

"In compassion and grace be like the sun
In concealing other's faults be like night
In anger and fury be like dead
In modesty and humility be like the earth
In tolerance be like the sea
Either appear as you are, or be as you appear."
-- Rumi

First haircut

Tonight Brea had her first haircut - well, her first non-Mama butchering her hair, haircut. She did very well. Daddy was a trouper to offer his lap so that I could take the pictures :o)

Meeting fab hairdresser Catherine!

Distracted by a book.

Snip, snip!

Catherine made the mistake of asking about her nose
- Brea had to show her finger prowess.

Catherine also asked about her bellybutton.

Taking a look at the finished cut.

All done! What a pretty girl!

Brea the Adorable!

Thought I'd share some Brea moments with you.

• She loves music. Tonight we watched some Kideos on the computer while Daddy was out at his practice, when we got to Sesame Street's Sing and I started singing along, Brea joined in too - she kinda "ahhhed" through the la, la's but it was so sweet.
• She is a great helper in all kinds of things: she loves to take the laundry from the washer to the dryer, she helps with emptying the cutlery tray in the dishwasher, and she LOVES to pull things out of drawers while I try to put things away - her current favourite is my sock/underwear drawer - there's nothing quite like finding bras trailing down the hallway.
• She is consistent with a few words: woof, fish, shoes, uh oh. I guess animals and fashion rank above Mama and Dada.
• She is a pro with buttons, all kinds! She figured out how to work the clock radio in our room and will turn on the music to dance daily. She's extra good with the remotes and will somehow get the TV to do things that Daddy had no idea it did.
• She continues to love books and reading and can sit for a long time flipping through pages and pages.
• She's recently discovered her nose and will stick her fingers up it very happily if you ever ask her "where's Brea's nose?"
• When we are going out, Brea will go to the closet and pull out our shoes to bring to us. Somehow, she feels that my runners go with everything.

She is such a joy and we love every moment with her. Brea, you are the most adorable, lovable, little girl :o) We love you so much!

Craft Fairs

The thing I like most as Christmas approaches is the Craft Fairs that start popping up everywhere. I have plenty of crafty friends and family members but with Brea, it's hard to find time for me to be creative. So I like to live vicariously through others and see the amazing talent that's out there. I was SO lucky this past weekend to be able to stop at a fair at a nearby high school and had the chance to discover Stacey Firth, creator of Zoolets. Her website isn't quite up yet but she has an Etsy page in the meanwhile. She makes the cutest door plaques, growth charts and prints! I've been searching for something like this for a while now to adorn Brea's room and she was so great to accomodate the creation of a personalized sign for Brea. As many of you know, Brea LOVES dogs or as she calls them "woofs". I talked to Stacey and she designed this super cute plaque just for Brea!


I can't wait to get it and hang it on her door! Brea was excited too, she let out quite a few appreciative "woofs!" when I showed her the preview :o) It's always so great to be able to support local artists.

Hallowe'en!

I had big plans this Hallowe'en. We were going to visit my school, maybe make it out to the Pumpkin Patch, hopefully meet Malaya and Kaitlyn at StrongStart but unfortunately, Brea's cold came back. We went to the doctor's office on Friday instead of the festivities. Luckily, her cough is just from all the snot running down her throat at night and nothing worse. I was worried because it's been keeping her (and us) awake at night.

So, my fab hubby had great plans for my birthday - we were going to have some friends over but due to sick baby and very tired Mommy (who was up every 1.5 hours with sick baby during the night) - we had to postpone the celebration. I had a very restful day instead, vegging and such. Then I pigged out on pizza... my fave!

In the end, Brea was well enough on Saturday so we joined Reg, Jin and Kaitlyn to go Trick or Treating at the mall. It was super busy but it was really nice that Brea got to see her friend. Brea was thrilled to be a Dalmatian puppy this year as "woof" is one of her favourite sounds to make :o) We thought she was super cute wagging her tail as she waddled through the mall. Craig had even planned a surprise for me. When Brea and I stopped at Jin's store - Kings Jewellers, I got some special TREAT! The "candy" that thumped into Brea's bag was a jewelery box with a gorgeous white gold heart locket! I was so surprised, I think my exact words were: "I got a box!?" I'm going to have to find the perfect pictures to go into it :o)

Woof!

Wagging a tail

Cowgirl Reg, Ladybug K and Busy Bee Jin

A tuckered puppy

Making friends

A Smiley Jack

Apple Fest 2009

We were lucky to be able to make the Apple Festival this year at UBC's Botanical Gardens. It was a bit of a long drive since we live so far out now but Brea took it really well... she must have been excited 'cause I was! There were lots of people there and the place was busy despite being a little bit drippy. We sampled the apple cider and apple pie before I got cracking on the apple buying. I didn't take the apple tasting challenge this year since Brea is still new to the chewing of crunchy apples and 60 varieties would have been too much for her but next year will be different :o) I walked away with a few scrumptious bags of Shamrock (tart and sweet), Rubinette (delicious desert apples), and Yoko (crunchy and sweet). Yum!

Getting ready to trek to the apple site.

Brea eyeing the caramel apples.

Brea Appleseed