2006 year in review

It's that time of year again where I reminiss about the good and bad of the past year, happily I can report from our little family we have had more of the former than the latter. The year began with me staying at home and taking care of Natalie while Chris went off to work. He had just started his job before Christmas and he was getting used to beign Mr. downtown office worker, quite a change form his previous life as a student/stucco plasterer. The winter evenings flew by as Natalie reached her developmental milestones, she rolled over at 4 months, got her first toooth at five months and took her first plane ride at 5 months. We were kept busy by a steady stream of friends who joined us to play Cattan on friday or saturday evenings. Spring came and Natalie started eating solid foods, we proudly watched as she gulped down her first spoonfulls of runny rice cereal. As the weather grew nicer we spent more and more time outdoors and finally in June we took a mini family vacation to the Kootenay lake area in BC. Natalie is now a seasoned camper and I never imagined that three nights camping with a 9-month old could go over so well. She had just started crawling by that time and we let her roam freely in the tent. When we got back to Calgary it was time for mommy to go back to work and Natalie had a difficult time adjusting to the change, mommy had a hard time too. But with a little bit of patience from my dayhome provider and with the support of Chris and family we slowly got used to the new working schedule and Natalie is happily adjusted to her dayhome and gives the lady a big hug every morning and at times she gets upset when its time to leave. As for me I changed jobs at the begining of December and am working for a local biotech company and I couldn't be happier with the move. Chris is taking Japanese lessons every friday night in hopes that he will become proficient by next fall when we plan on taking a vacation to Japan. Our plans for Christmas are to stay in town and spent it with family and maybe get in a little bit o' skiing before the new year comes. Here are some of the very few pictures form November and december thus far. I have not taken as many pictures because with the way she moves most of my pictures are of the back of her head. Cheers all and may you have a beautiful christmas and a rocking new year.

Heather