Monday, March 23, 2015

8 months, Whistler, and Portland

Yup, it's that time again ...

Maya is 8 months old! Standing, traveling, crawling ... this girl is now fully mobile!  She also now has her two upper front teeth and continues to put everything and anything into her mouth :) She's eating more and more solids but shows no sign of weaning any time soon.  Lots of 'firsts' for Maya lately: First train ride (Portland), first time swinging, first time on a slide, first time on a ferry, first bike race she has cheered me on, first time 'playing' hopscotch, first time 'playing' soccer ... so many fun firsts!

Our little family has been busy ... we went to Whistler with the whole Keller family for a weekend ... Skating, tubing, family dinners, touring the village, Peak 2 Peak ... so  much fun packed into a short weekend away. The only thing missing was snow :) The West coast has been a bit light on snow this year ... Jonathan and I did get out snowboarding but it was pretty crap. We had fun though - I think we found the best runs on the mountain :)

We also took a trip to Portland to celebrate a friend's birthday - this trip was just the 4 of us. We got a short but sweet visit with our friends Sue and Tim, and were lucky enough to be welcomed into their home for the weekend. They live right next to the commuter train and we all enjoyed using the train to get downtown. We toured the Saturday market, the Children's museum (another first for Maya!), and got out for two bday celebration dinners! A fun trip. Maya had her first train ride and Emily loved the train!

In between I completed 2 races - i'll do a separate post on that :)

Short but sweet blog post - too busy with the fantastic juggle of family, work, cycling, and life :)



 





Fun at the Children's museam



Playing Soccer

Playing Hopscotch - Maya really loved this!!