Elianna's opinion of tomatoes.

Look Grandpa Rick and Grandma Sue - I'm walking!

As you can see, Mr.Christie really does make good cookies!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

(The best part of this day was playing in the box that grandma and grandpa Balfour sent Daddy's present in. That plus chewing on a party hat...who could ask for anything more?

Elianna has learned how to sit...

...almost!

Elianna 6 months

On Sunday we went to Sandilands for a 'hike' with my sister Karla, her husband Nathan, and their daughter Regan. Ellie was smiley for all of 15 minutes before she began to holler and we had to turn around. (We now know that she was in the first stages of a cold and wasn't in the mood to look at the pretty trees.)

Uncle Nathan is one of Ellie's most favorite people.

The day I discovered that Elianna fits perfectly in her diaper bag.

Elianna at 5 1/2 months old. She gets goofier by the day! She now says, "mamama", "nananana", "dadadada" and "ageeeeeeeeeee", and tries to grab or inhale anything that resembles food. She enjoys tearing part magazines and giggles everytime we make kissing sounds at her. Last week Grandma Susan and Grandpa Rick came to visit from Vernon, BC. We had a blast, aside from all four of us adults getting hit with a MAJOR flu bug that put us out of commission for two days. We miss you, Grandma and Grandpa!

The stunned look of someone who's just
had cereal for the very first time.