A new year

My beautiful baby girl is growing up. She does so many tricks right now, I have a hard time keeping up with them all. She can sit, rock, balance on all fours, sing, squak, croak (the sound, not the action), say mama, say dada, say mom, give slobbery kisses, give hugs, dance, play, play the piano, levitate for short periods of time, and bend the space time continuum to suit her will. She really can - I have pictures to prove it.


I can't wait to see what she does in this coming year.

No more Haiku

I have decided that writing a haiku everyday is stupid and I'm not going to do it anymore. OK, its not stupid, its boring. Who wants to read a new Haiku everyday? I certainly don't, and if I don't even want to read my own haiku, I figure I should stop. Yes, I know what this means - I failed my own challenge, but I am a firm believer that life is about evolving and growing and if I failed my challenge it is only because I was able to evolve to a place where I don't need to do it anymore (yes, I was excellent at coming up with excuses not to do my homework in high school).

In other, non haiku related news, my family is descending on us tomorrow. I am actually very excited that they are coming to visit us, but really they didn't have a choice. We declared long before Alice was born that we were not traveling with our baby for the first year - and we have stuck by that promise. Its actually very easy to do when you realize everything that goes into traveling with a baby - ITS TERRIFYING!!! Especially THIS year with everyone stuck at the airport for DAYS!!! I can just see Alice now:

Alice: mom, its been 5 minutes. Why arn't you singing and dancing to entertain me?

Mom: Alice, I would love to entertain you, but we are stuck in this airport and I need to go wait in a line that will most likely take hours so that I can put us on a list that will most likely be for a canceled flight - ask your dad to entertain you.

5 minutes later:

Alice: Mom, why are you not feeding me right here and now?

Mom: Alice, I just fed you an hour ago and you spent the entire time trying to expose me to the entire airport. Don't you want to wait just a little bit longer?

I can just imagine this process continuing for days! My heart really goes out to all those stranded at the airport - especially those with children.

Not having to go to the airport, we have have been enjoying the snow!

Haiku day 17

Tried to take the bus
We waited for one hour
It never showed up

We tried to get out of the house today. We first tried to catch the bus at our bus stop only to discover that the bus was there - stuck. The bus driver told us that our best bet was to walk to Northgate and catch the bus there. We did this and waited about an hour before we just gave up. Our city really does shut down in the snow.

One of my favorite things to do in the winter is to sit in a warm, cozy house drinking hot chocolate and watching movies.

Haiku day 16

Stuck inside all day
What was once fun snow for games
Is now a captor

Haiku day 15

A new idea
Creating my own business
Working towards a goal

A couple of my friends and I have decided to start a business together. I won't go into the details too much but it involves starting something new and the best part is that I can take Alice with me. I'm excited about it.

Haiku day 14

Watching dumb movies
Cuddling on the sofa
What a perfect day

Haiku day 13

Lets just pretend that I didn't forget to post yesterday...

Running through the wind
Snow stings my cheek as I flee
Alice snuggles close

I have discovered the perfect way to put Alice down for her nap. I simply put her in the moby and take a walk in the cold. Her little nose gets cold so she buries it in my chest. Something about the dark and warmth put her instantly to sleep. Its so very sweet.