First Tooth!

Just in time for the new year....Fiona has her first tooth poking through.
more later, love louise

That's gotta hurt!

Fiona learning to walk-- we don't need no fancy walker!

Fiona's 1st Christmas

Santa left a heap of prezzies here for Fiona, We had a wonderful day here with John and Vicki. Lots of good food, a warm fire, mimosas for breakfast. This is Fiona in her fancy strawberry hat from our good friend Dina (which came in equally lovely wrapping paper) and her "Santa Rocks" shirt from her grandad Ken. Well post a video shortly of Fiona figuring out the bipedal thing christmas day. She's been pulling herself up well for a week or so but moving forward is new again.

Hope everying is well,
Love
Louise

Where do you keep your giraffe?

As you can see Fiona is doing well, She's figured out how to bring her giraffe along wherever she goes. It's been cold and we have been avoiding lighting the fire beause the wood stove is too enticing for fiona but we invested in a "Fiona proof fence" so we can now leave the room for brief stretches and know that she can only marvel at the fireplace from a distance. We're looking forward to Fiona's first Christmas. John and Vicki will be up from Pacific Grove, we have a pear tree as a christmas tree this year, hopefully we'll be able to have a couple of pears from it next autumn. We hope all of you are warn and well, wherever you are and we'll post a christmas message on the day.
Love
Louise

Crawling Video

Dancing

Well we found the camera, These things can take a little while, so today as promised i will post the crawling video. We're as stoked as ever in Casa Pearse...Spent the morning, before nap-time, dancing in the living room. Fiona loves to dance!

Forward!

Hi All, I still haven't found my camera but as soon as I do I'll get a video of Fiona crawling forwards. She's getting better and better at it by the hour. It is amazing to be able to watch her learn the moves she needs and to see what sort of things excite her to go forward. My shoes are high on the list of tantalizing treats. She occasionally gets turned a little sideways and crawls more like a crab than a baby. Watching her little self crawl just makes me want to pick her up and cuddle her for being so wonderful, but I know she needs to practice.
Love
Louise

December already!

Well before we even realized it we have rolled into the middle of december. We are all doing well, Fiona has started to crawl forward a little. She is still much more efficient going backwards but despite this makes heartwarming attempts at forward motion. We still spend a lot of time just watching and playing with her. I have temporarily misplaced the camera and once I find it will post some photos again. Were looking forward to a lovely christmas here in Santa Cruz, a storm is brewing today and the fire is blazing in the fireplace. Devon is looking forward to a big ocean swell due in tonight.
Oh, I almost forgot, Fiona is now eating the occasional "cheerio" (wheat free organic of course), and today munched on some chunks of banana herself. She's pretty good at getting things to her mouth but a piece of slippery banana can put up a good fight.
Take care,
love
louise