Getting older.

On Monday I walked into Simeon's room when I heard him wake up from his nap and I found the little imp on his knees! He was quite pleased with his accomplishment as you can see.And today he was up on his feet. As soon as dad gets home from work his crib will be lowered. I want to tell him to stop learning - at 91/2 months he's practically a young man. This growing up business is overrated ;)

Side effects

A friend of ours recently told us that research is being done to find out if memory loss may be a side effect of Ritalin usage. Sean had ADD/ADHD and was prescribed Ritalin as a child.

Ruth: You know if that side effect for Ritalin is true, it would explain a lot.
Sean: What side effect?
Ruth: Memory loss.
Sean: Oh yeah, I forgot.

Case in point.

Gran'm'nan ;)

Camped out last weekend on the Queen of the Fundy Isles with four other couples - had a blast. Tented on a cliff, heard whales blowing in the night - here's a couple pics. Not of the whales, mind you... terribly difficult to photograph whales in the fog at midnight...

Ryan and me on the ferry, as seen by Sara on the upper deck.

Our wonderful campsite. We had three sites all in a row on this cliff, and between them we pitched our five tents.

T-shirt on a tree. Nothing like a good fog to leave your clothes fluffy and... damp.

...and that was the last anyone ever saw of Ryan Colwell.

Myself, halfway through my YMCA routine on Hole in the Wall.

Suppa :)

Dawn on Sunday was a definite highlight: having camped next to a very active foghorn all weekend, we woke to see the sun finally ushering the fog bank back out to sea...

...which meant that we could go sea kayaking! Us, another couple, and a guide (far left).

Andrea and Justin feeling weir-y. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Us as seen by the crew on the cliff.

My bow paddler approaching Hole in the Wall.

Yup, good times.

15 days -- a new low?

Sorry about the lack of blogging. Hopefully this picture will earn the forgiveness of our readers.
Last week we had a dry waller in fixing the hole in Simeon's bedroom wall. A section had to be cut out to access a leaking pipe and now it was time to repair. While his crib was out of bounds due to dust, he had his naps in our room. I was very thankful for the cradle Sean made and so was Simeon. He loved it - I could hear him taping on the side with his teether before he drifted off to sleep. One happy boy.

Travelling man

Here's a little update on Simeon's army-crawl.

Barber's shop

Last week we gave Simeon his 3rd haircut in 8 short months. He took it very well and this was his least squirmy appointment with the scissors - which was a huge relief to the barber (aka Mommy).

Here he is in his barber's chair.

A very happy customer.
Easy clean up.