Another Year of P365

Yay! I survived year two, which was really a year of 366...we'll see what 2009 brings...

A quick wrap up of 2008

• 104 pictures had people in them
• 26 pictures of people had Alex in them
• 72 pictures of people had Baby J in them
  
• 11 pictures of people had me in them
  
• 202 pictures were of things
• 63 pictures were of places
• 4 posts had some combination of two of people, place and thing
• 1 picture was taken on the A400, 360 pictures were taken on the G7, 5 pictures were taken on some other camera
  
• 350 pictures were in Vancouver (which really means the Lower Mainland), 16 were in Kelowna
• 8 pictures were of knitting
• 22 pictures were of plants or flowers - more than I would have thought
• 6 posts had more than one picture
• 2 pictures were birthday related, 30 were food and beverage related, only 1 about spiders

Some of my favourite posts this year were:

• Granville Street On Sunday Afternoon
• Empty Nail...Empty House
• Frosty Ground
• Rain Be Gone!
• Sleepy Time
• Leaves
• Big Blue Eyes
• Morfar
• Ducky
• Baby's First Christmas
• Danish Dinner

Do you have a favourite??

This is the last post of 2008 and I'll see you in 2009!!! Happy New Year everyone!

Winter Wonderland

Snow on the last night of the year.

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Out On the Town

Baby J all bundled up and ready to drive around Kelowna!

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Hanging With Grace

Grace really thought Baby J needed to have her soother in her mouth. And even though she normally doesn't like soothers, Grace thought she should have one too!

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Talking To Mama

Baby J and her great-grandma, Mama, spent some time hanging out and chatting today.

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Danish Dinner

One word: YUMMY! Thanks Kelsey!

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Snow Globe Tummy Time

Lazy Boxing Day...

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HEY! MERRY CHRISTMAS

Baby J spent this morning yelling at us while we were having breakfast. We think she was telling us to have a good Christmas. And then she fell asleep...just in time for presents.

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The Happiest Christmas Tree Ever

This year we have the most Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Christmas Tree ever! Because of all the snow and certain people arriving late, the tree farm was closed by the time we got around to checking it out and apparently there were no tree lots anywhere in town, so we rescued a tree from the hill behind the house instead!

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Big J And Little J

Baby J with oncle J...safe in Kelowna.

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Snow In Kelowna

Snow...lots of it...part of the reason we didn't get to Kelowna until today...and why Alex is still in Vancouver...

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Gotta See That TV

Baby J had to see the TV in the airport...


When we moved her she arched her back to turn herself back to where she knew the TV was.

We're home now...maybe tomorrow we'll go to Kelowna...gotta love the snow!

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Not So Sure

Baby J got to open some Christmas presents tonight before we head to Kelowna tomorrow. She was a bit overwhelmed, although we're not sure if it was the frilly dress or the gifts that overwhelmed her!

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Welcome Home Auntie Kelsey

Baby J and Auntie Kelsey meet for the first time.

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Cold Snap

Yes, yes this is Vancouver!

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Cookie Night

Rebecca and I spent last night baking gingerbread...and finished early this morning...

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I'm Not Sleeping!

Unlike the last time I posted a picture of Baby J sleeping with her Daddy, today Baby J didn't want to sleep...she just wanted to giggle. She and Daddy got up not long after this...

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Big Grin

Our little smiley girl!

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Santa Bell

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Channeling Ace

Time for a hair cut for Alex, so I took him to my hairdresser. Here he appears to be trying to channel Ace Ventura...not the final product, thank goodness!

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Can You See It?

Probably not...just beyond our tree and one of the ornaments I rescued from my parents, it's snowing outside. The first snow of the year - great big huge WET flakes. Baby J and I are going out now, while the stroller and the sidewalk are still friends!

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Beautiful Gift

Baby J got a parcel in the mail today...something that took my breath away when I saw it...Baby J got a homemade quilt from one of her great-great aunties. Alex and I received one as a wedding gift and I also got one as a baby. Baby J has been playing on it - you can see it in some of these pictures - it's the green and white checked blanket. Mine lived on my bed (I think it even went to University) and it went to camp and I hope that Baby J will love her blanket as much as I loved mine.

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Ready To Go Out

Baby J is still excited to go out...thank goodness she likes her stroller!

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Up Past Her Bedtime Goofiness

My little lady didn't want to go to bed tonight...maybe she's excited because her mom got her some new clothes that she fits into...gotta love the growth spurting!!!!

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New Favourite Chatting Friend That Doesn't Talk Back

Baby J loves the tree. It doesn't matter where we put her, if the lights are on or off, who is there to talk to her or what toys she is surrounded by, she would rather chatter to the tree.

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Baby's First Christmas

We put the tree up this afternoon...well, the tree was up and the lights were on it, but it was missing its decorations. Baby J got this ornament from a friend of mine.

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Joy To The World

Baby J and I checked out Bright Nights in Stanley Park tonight.

UPDATED 08/12/08: There are more pictures on that blog over there.

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Tummy Time Progress

Baby J will now stay on her tummy for extended periods of time, but she natters and complains for most of it. She's getting good at pushing her bum in the air and rolling onto her side (she's getting there in this picture). She hasn't quite figured out how to get onto her back though.

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First Batch Done

Alex dropped these in the mail box on the way to work tonight. I'm not sure how many batches it will take...hopefully two more at most. I want to be done with Christmas cards by the end of the week and technically the end of the week is TOMORROW!

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Starting Her Young

We were out doing some seasonal shopping and Baby J needed to eat, so we stopped to feed her and have coffee at the local-seattle-based-soccer-mom-mega-coffee-shop. She was way more interested at looking around than actually nursing...figures.

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Okay Mom!

We tried to take Baby J's Christmas picture tonight, but she wasn't interested. She wanted to look the other way and smile, look at the camera and scowl or stick out her tounge, or just suck on her sleeve...maybe next time...

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Swinging

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Batting Practice

Baby J has just figured out that if she reached up and whacks the hanging guys with her hands, they move!! Exciting discovery you know!

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Morfar

My dad and Baby J before he left for Australia. He hasn't decided what he wants to be called, so for now he's being referred to as Morfar because that's what Baby J's bib says! And Baby J is smiling in this picture!

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Cousins

We went out to Abbotsford today so that Baby J could meet her great-aunt and cousin Dion. Until I held Baby J, Dion was the youngest baby I ever held. He was one day old.

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First Christmas Decoration

Well, not really. This one came out of a box of other stuff that we were unpacking. I think it just found it's way there accidentally in the packing mayhem last January since it was a box that didn't get opened in the last move.

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When All Else Fails, There's Almost Always A Picture Of Baby J

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Garlic Anyone?

Alex figures we must be trying to keep the vampires away with all this garlic!

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Her Favourite Place...

...on the floor, surrounded by her toys! She's getting good with tummy time too, but it's not so easy to take a picture of that!

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Thumb Sucking

Baby J found her thumb and has now been pretty much sleeping through the night! Today she was chatting away to me while I was on the phone and then she stopped. I looked down, and there she was, sound asleep with her thumb in her mouth. I guess we have a thumb sucker!

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Alex Cooks

Yes, Alex cooks...and we have photos to prove it!

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NKOTB

Yup, we went.

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So Serious

Baby J looks so serious...maybe she didn't want to come home?

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Ducky!

Baby J got all dressed in her ducky outfit before she went out this afternoon. Everything matches...imagine that!

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Discovering

Baby J discovered that she could pull on the links and hit at them to make her blue pony move. She was pretty excited!

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This Bath's Okay

After all the yelling about the bath last week, this week, well, we're doing a lot better!

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Supervising!

Baby J helped us install shelves today. She was very busy being the supervisor!

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Whack

Baby J has been spending a lot of time in the last few days grabbing onto things and moving them - toys, blankets, her soother. She has also figured out how to bat things - the toys on the toy jungle and the toys on the bouncy chair...she's great to watch, but I don't think she's quite figured out that it's her hands that are making the things move!

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