October 11, 2011
Sarah was baptised on Sunday morning at church. Annette and her husband Scott stood with us as godparents. After the ceremony, Isabel sang two songs as special music (she did a great job). The grandparents were able to attend and so were able witness both the baptism and Isabel's songs. It was a very special day.

Sept 22, 2011
Lots of new pictures and videos on the website. Sarah is now about 8 months old and progressing well. She was diagnosed with Torticollis on her left side, which means that a neck muscle on her left side was tight and she favoured only her right side (rarely looking to the left). She's been taking her to CHEO for sessions and we've been doing exercises at home to help her. Yesterday, she "graduated" from the CHEO clinic as they now consider her back on track with regular development. She rolls over and can balance herself in sitting position, but still hasn't started crawling (it'll happen soon enough). Isabel is back at school, in Senior Kindergarten, and is learning French in the immersion program. Life is busy, but good.

August 5, 2011
We've been able to spend a few weekends in July at the cottage. Isabel is again swimming with a life jacket. Even more so, she's now brave enough to jump off the dock into the water (usually with a bit of encouragement). We've even had Sarah in the water a couple of times, in the ladybug floater. There' also a new play structure up underneath the treehouse; both Sarah and Isabel happily make use of the swings.

July 17, 2011
Isabel had her 5th birthday party here at our house, with 8 invited guests (plus some parents and a couple of older siblings of guests who helped out behind the scenes. Hot day, so we ended up dropping some of the activities and just opening both wading pools to the kids. It was a giant hit. I got very wet, being attacked by the videos (there's video but on the camcorder so not readily accessible for the web yet). I think Isabel had a great time, and boy did she get a lot of presents.

May 10, 2011
We went down to Owen Sound last week to introduce baby Sarah to John (Michelle saw her while she was up here helping out for three weeks right after the birth. Since I'm on parental leave, it's a great time to get away for a bit. Of course, we have to bring all the baby stuff, diapers, bottles and formula, etc. The car was really filled up.

April 24, 2011
We celebrated the family Easter dinner at our house. With a new baby, it didn't make sense to trek out to Black Lake like we usually do. The Kaisers joined us (as usual) and we had a large Easter Egg Hunt in our backyard (there's a picture of the hunters in the "picture" section). Lots of fun.