What a year!

It's been quite a while since the last update to the blog so there's lots of content for this edition. Add on the fact that Paige is now much more mobile and naturally we've been taking photos like crazy. The past two months have been full of fun and new skills (except no words yet, a fact that has us a little bit concerned) but most importantly has seen Paige's personality really begin to shine through. You'll see what I mean.

Being the 'take charge' type she is, Paige has already decided that she'll be following in her mother's footsteps...







On November 3rd, Paige celebrated her 1st birthday. It was a quiet affair with Paige displaying her usual calm demeanor and decorum. Shyeah, right!




The same day, Paige walked for the first time. She'd been close for some time but Jenn and I had decided that a minimum of 5 steps were required before the lurching she'd been doing actually qualified as walking.
As you can see, one of her favourite activities is unloading the recycling bin. It's fun to watch her sort through the basket, looking for...I'm never quite sure what...and in the meantime dumping the contents out on the kitchen floor. Usually, once's that chore's been taken care of, she'll move on to emptying the pot lid rack which is at her level and removing the shoes from the back door shoe rack. It always looks a bit like a tsunami has blown through when she's finished.

Another of Paige's great interests is dogs. Every time she sees a
dog, she makes little noises, and she's been doing this since she was about 8 months old. Fortunately her passion is somewhat sated whenever we get together with Paige's aunt Julia and uncle Duncan, who have a beautiful and exceptionally tolerant springer spaniel.





Her other fascinations have caught us a bit by surprise. For instance, for a few months in the fall Paige was fascinated with hats and scarves. This from a girl who would not leave her sun hat on in the summer for love nor money. I've stopped trying to figure girls out... All I know is that this girl is some kinda cute. Here she is wearing the new bicycle helmet that we bought her for her birthday.

Here are a couple other photos that we so adorable (I know, I'm biased) that I couldn't help but post them.

I hope the update gives you an idea of how Paige is doing. Thankfully, she's growing well, learning new skills and having fun with our nanny Miriam during the day when Jenn and I are at work, so life is grand.