Happy Birthday Nana! from Candace K on Vimeo.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Happy Birthday Nana!
I thought it would be easier to post this on the blog than trying to email a full video to my Mom. Happy Birthday Nana! We love you very much. Thank you for being the wonderful person that you are.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Em-a-wee is lurnin'...
This is a video of Emily spelling out her name and counting her fingers. She has been getting more confident with her numbers, especially when climbing the stairs. She usually counts up to 13, but only 13, as that is how many stairs we have.
As you can see, she struggles with words that have 'L' in them, which makes what she says all the more cuter. Like when she goes to gymnastics and gets excited about the "big tram-po-weeeeen!"
E-M-I-L-Y from Candace K on Vimeo.
As you can see, she struggles with words that have 'L' in them, which makes what she says all the more cuter. Like when she goes to gymnastics and gets excited about the "big tram-po-weeeeen!"
Little Cam Jam hits two months
It's probably more of a celebration for parents as it hopefully heralds the start of a (slightly) more settled period in life. Thinking back, I don't remember Emily's early life being this unsettled and loud, however looking at the cold hard facts, indeed it was. Anyway, little Cameron is 2 months old, yippee!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Smiling C.J.
Our wee man sure smiles a lot. It's just hard to catch it on camera. Emily is great at making him smile. He enjoys watching her and when she gets close to him, he always gives her a pearler smile. Mind you, his "pearly" smile is all gums.
Emily likes to get in on the action too. Here's her "normal" camera smile.
To get a nice smile from her (like the one in the photo with my mother and her below), we have to ask her to do her "teeth-smile".
Emily likes to get in on the action too. Here's her "normal" camera smile.
To get a nice smile from her (like the one in the photo with my mother and her below), we have to ask her to do her "teeth-smile".
Friday, March 09, 2012
Rainy days, here we come...
Nana, sewer-extraordinaire, made Emily a tablecloth tent, for rainy days. We saw the idea in a magazine once, but it took Nana's ingenuity to make what she calls "Emily's bach." Here is a picture of Emily and Nana playing in the tent; Emily peeking out the plastic window that is sewn in and Nana smiling her beautiful smile out the door.
Mom and Dad have definitely had some good exercise while in NZ, what with chasing after grandchildren and doing 7k races!
Mom and Dad have definitely had some good exercise while in NZ, what with chasing after grandchildren and doing 7k races!
Emily the Mommy and the Zoo trip
Emily in her new outfit from Aunty Amy:
Emily has been very attentive to her babies since Cameron has been born. She always says "Cam-run milk" when I am feeding him. The other day, she decided she was going to feed her baby milk just like Mommy feeds Cameron. She was a very loving and patient mother too. once her baby was done feeding, she kissed it, cuddled it and then tickled it. All the while, narrating what she was doing, "kiss", "cuddo" and "tikko". At that point she decided to show it some tough love though, and threw the baby off the chair, saying "throw" at the same time. She often narrates what she is doing. It's always funny, yet sad at the same time, when she comes up to us and says, "Emily crying", when she is hurt or upset about something and feels like she wants to cry.
When I was at volleyball practice the other day, Nana and Poppa were outside with Emily and Cameron and Cameron started crying. Emily said "Cam-run crying?" Nana said, "yes, he's hungry and needs milk." Emily said, "Mommy gone", and Nana said "yes", so Emily lifted up her top and was prepared to feed Cameron herself. That's commitment to big sisterhood!
Poppa, Nana and I took the kids to the Wellington Zoo on Tuesday and we were joined by Kate and Mia as well. It was a great day and the girls were champs by walking the whole day up and down the steep hills. They especially liked the chimpanzees and the jaguar. Wellington Zoo doesn't have a jaguar, but Emily kept calling the cheetah "jaguar" and was very taken with it.
"Monkey see, Monkey Do"
Poppa acting like the chimps reaching out for food. Note the chimp he is imitating in the background.
Emily at the zoo. I think the excitement in this photo is from getting ready to see the porcupine, or in Emily-speak "pok-you-peen".
Emily has been very attentive to her babies since Cameron has been born. She always says "Cam-run milk" when I am feeding him. The other day, she decided she was going to feed her baby milk just like Mommy feeds Cameron. She was a very loving and patient mother too. once her baby was done feeding, she kissed it, cuddled it and then tickled it. All the while, narrating what she was doing, "kiss", "cuddo" and "tikko". At that point she decided to show it some tough love though, and threw the baby off the chair, saying "throw" at the same time. She often narrates what she is doing. It's always funny, yet sad at the same time, when she comes up to us and says, "Emily crying", when she is hurt or upset about something and feels like she wants to cry.
When I was at volleyball practice the other day, Nana and Poppa were outside with Emily and Cameron and Cameron started crying. Emily said "Cam-run crying?" Nana said, "yes, he's hungry and needs milk." Emily said, "Mommy gone", and Nana said "yes", so Emily lifted up her top and was prepared to feed Cameron herself. That's commitment to big sisterhood!
Poppa, Nana and I took the kids to the Wellington Zoo on Tuesday and we were joined by Kate and Mia as well. It was a great day and the girls were champs by walking the whole day up and down the steep hills. They especially liked the chimpanzees and the jaguar. Wellington Zoo doesn't have a jaguar, but Emily kept calling the cheetah "jaguar" and was very taken with it.
"Monkey see, Monkey Do"
Poppa acting like the chimps reaching out for food. Note the chimp he is imitating in the background.
Emily at the zoo. I think the excitement in this photo is from getting ready to see the porcupine, or in Emily-speak "pok-you-peen".
Nana and Poppa's visit continues...
It has been so wonderful to spend some time with Mom and Dad during their visit to NZ. They are becoming seasoned travellers and Mom even said she didn't mind the long flight as much this time! We have kept them pretty busy though, so it hasn't been much of a restful time for them; what with all the baking, meal making, sewing, baby sitting and long hours of cuddling Cameron while he sleeps. Not hearing any complaining though, especially about the last two chores! Emily is really loving her Poppa and Nana too, and has a lot of fun playing "CRASH" with Poppa, which is a game they made up. The rules seem to be mostly along the lines of Poppa pretending to sleep and then Emily comes along and piledrives him by jumping on top of him and yelling Crash or Wake Up!! It always includes much laughter as well.
Poppa and Cameron - Grandchild number 9
Nana and Cameron
Rendez-vous at the airport - or as Emily says, the place with the "big pah-waynes"
And this is a pic from our visit to the beach; an essential component of Nana Knight's trips to NZ. Unfortunately, it has been pretty windy and cool during this holiday and beach visits have not been as frequent as any of us had hoped for.
Poppa and Cameron - Grandchild number 9
Nana and Cameron
Rendez-vous at the airport - or as Emily says, the place with the "big pah-waynes"
And this is a pic from our visit to the beach; an essential component of Nana Knight's trips to NZ. Unfortunately, it has been pretty windy and cool during this holiday and beach visits have not been as frequent as any of us had hoped for.
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