Front Facing!

One of the perks of being a one year old is that you can ride facing forward now! Juliette was very excited to see the world as we were driving. She was also busy answering phone calls.

The future is looking bright for Canadian Women's Hockey.

More Birthday Pictures

While Uncle, Aunt Jaynie and Grandma were in town we had a family dinner to celebrate Juju's birthday. Here are some pictures that Uncle took.

Matching rain coats from Auntie Morgan. Stylish Vancouver girls!

"Oh boy, a shoebox from Auntie Morgan... let me help you open this one!"

How old are you, Juliette?

The party girls

Am I looking into a mirror?

Pictured below: one of our favourite expressions that Ella makes. She is also displaying her age on her fingers.

Patty Cake

The girls love to walk down the hallway holding hands. Of course when we got the video camera out, Juliette doesn't want to hold Ella's hand.

Ella likes to play Patty Cake with Juliette. I love hearing Ella's version of Patty Cake. She calls the oven the 'hoven' and also says "hits it in the oven", instead of "puts it in the oven".

Juliette's Words

Juliette can say a few words. She can say "hi, bye, baby, momma, dadda and cracker". When asked to say "doggie" she says "woof woof". We love her little voice. And of course Juliette can't have the spotlight for too long, so at the end of this video Ella gives her a zerbert and some tickles.

Sharing...

Ella is learning how to share. The car that Auntie Morgan gave her for Christmas is a favourite toy around here. When Hudson or Juju are having a turn on the car, Ella sometimes asks if she can 'double'.

Ella has also learned to share the dress up clothes with Juliette. Here's a picture of Juju sporting a pink tutu.

More walking...

Juliette is gaining quite a bit of confidence with her walking. She is getting faster and is starting to prefer it over crawling.

Kisses for Hudson

Ella and Juju love it when Hudson spends the day with us. Here is a cute video of the 3 of them. Juju gives Hudson a kiss (about the 20th kiss in a row) and he shakes his head. Then Ella gives him a kiss and he smiles and then says "Ella". Hudson can say lots of words now and Ella really likes to hear him say her own name.

Juliette is Walking!!

Juliette has been working on taking some steps for the past week. Today she put it all together and is able to walk across the room. Way to go Juju!

Enjoying the sunshine!

We have a favourite picnic spot in Fort Langley. Today we went for a jog, had a picnic, and had some playtime at the park. Juliette was enjoying an apple. She was content to chew on it as Ella went down the slide.

When Juju is napping Ella and I will sometimes do some baking or cooking together. She helps me by getting the mixing bowls and putting all of her blocks in there. This is one of her favourite recipes that she calls 'block soup'. Yesterday, she got out a pair of tongs and said she needed to flip the blocks over.

When Dadda got home from work the other day, the girls were having a snack. When Dadda came in the room their conversation went like this...

E- How was the work Dadda?

D- Work went well. Thanks for asking.

E- How was the French?

D- The French went well...

Sometimes she asks the funniest questions.

Last weekend we went to a BBQ with Laura's family. The girls had a great time in the backyard.

Kara, Jonas and Mattias came over for a visit before church last weekend. Juju was fascinated by Mattias and was even giving him some cuddles.

Juliette is 1!

We had a great time celebrating Juliette's 1st birthday. Juju was excited the whole day. She was all smiles and giggles and kept nodding her head when we mentioned the word 'cupcake'.

Ella was also very excited, but she was questioning why Juju was getting two birthday parties. "I want another party", she told us. Ella skipped her nap on the party day and instead decided to lie in her crib singing 'happy birthday'.

The birthday girl.

A huge milestone for Ella... she kept her pigtails in for the whole party!

Juliette opening her gift from Hudson.

All of the little party guests: Raya (our neighbour who couldn't resist the smell of pizza and cupcakes), Ella, Juliette, Hudson, Jonas, Mattias, and Natalie.

Juju's friend Natalie. Natalie smiles on demand for pictures.

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Happy Beeday!

Here's a video of Juliette's Happy Birthday song. There were several annoying bees swarming around during dinner and right before she received her cupcake, Juliette got stung. We decided to edit the part of the video that shows the bee stinging her, but if you look closely at the end of the video you can see the bee moving towards her left hand. She cried for a little bit and then moved on and enjoyed the rest of her party. Juju is a trooper!

3 in a crib

Hudson and Juju love to jump around in the crib when Ella uses the potty. The other day, Ella joined them in there. They had a great time. Hudson gets some great air! We're not too sure how much longer the crib will be able to support these 3 growing toddlers.

A trip to Seattle

While Grandma was in town, she babysat the girls for 2 nights while we went to Seattle. The girls had a great time with their Grandma, and it was nice for us to get away. Thank you Grandma!

First cupcake

We had a little pre-birthday party for Juju while family was in town. Here's some footage of Juliette eating her first cupcake.

A visit with family...

A couple of weeks ago, we had a visit from family. The girls were very excited and loved to cling to their Uncle Marzi. Below is a video of Juju dancing to "Sammy the Snail".

We found Charlie...

Uncle and Auntie Jaynie brought the girls some build-a-bears. Ella's is a dog named 'Charlie'. While we were visiting Grandpa in Kelowna, Ella loved looking in his empty doghouse and she invented an imaginary dog named 'Charlie'. She would go up to the doghouse, look inside, and call for Charlie. When we asked where Charlie was, she told us he was at work. Uncle and Auntie Jaynie found Charlie and brought him home to Ella. Thank you!