The Negotiator

Scott was shortlisted for a Negotiator position at work this week and had his follow up interview yesterday...and I'm happy to tell you that he was successful and is now officially a Police Negotiator! He does have some training to complete in Ottawa before he's allowed to officially start up with the team, but the fact that he's now a part of the team has him pretty excited.

I figure he wanted this so bad because there are now two girls in the house and he'll need as much help as possible...especially since Megan already has him wrapped around her little finger!

Having first had experience with his negotiation skills I'm fairly confident he'll do a much better job than the police officer in the picture!

Congratulations Scott!!!

Boyd Bear Christmas Tree . . .

Our Christmas party for family and friends is next Saturday - so we thought we'd better get our tree up this weekend, since there's enough party planning stuff to do the rest of the week. And since it's our first Christmas in this house, we bought a new tree to fill the space. Our theme is Boyd's Bears. Our previous tree is too tiny and will have to find a new home.

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Friends!

Megan got to hang out with some of her Pre-Natal Class friends the other night. We've spent time with 4 other couples from the class - mostly Katie has been meeting the moms and doing walks - but there seems to be some of the couples that we have lots in common with...Snowboarding anyone!!

Megan is the oldest of the group and the others range from days to weeks younger. Everyone got along fine! 2 Boys and 3 Girls = lots of fun!!

Morning Playtime

One of our favorite times of day is first thing in the morning - we are fortunate to have a daughter who always seems to wake up happy and ready to play. We took a few pictures of her and you can see her processing the fun she's having.

We have also been able to get connected via a Webcam and have been enjoying visits with our family who don't get to see Megan in person. She's been very entertaining with her smiles and is sure to get more talkitive in future visits!

Happy Birthday Dad!

We had Katie's dad and the rest of the family over tonight to celebrate his birthday!

The cousins had a blast playing with each other - it was funny to watch them check each other out and we caught then looking and laughing at each other numerous times throughout the night - very cute! Hope you had a great birthday party, Dad/Ed!

Scott has to work tomorrow night, but Katie is hooking up with the pre-natal gang to have a pizza night - should be fun to see all the kids indoors, since most of their visits have just been during walks in Fish Creek Park. Catch-up more this weekend.

Swimming!

Our field trip on Sunday involved a trip to the pool! Megan loves the water and she got to show off her bathing suit (re-usable diaper). She went topless on this occasion, because her actual bathing suits don't fit her yet - but likely will for Hawaii in February!

She enjoyed the warm water of the YMCA and had lots of smiles once she got familiar with the environment in the safety of mom's arms. No crying or anything near crying - so we consider it a very successful experience for all of us. Plus she kicked her legs in the water almost the whole time - so she's gonna be a swimmer like mom.

Playtime with the Pink Penguin!

We dressed Megan up for a morning walk and, since the temperatures are dipping below zero overnight, she got bundled today in her pink outdoor sleeper. She doesn't like having her hands covered, so she was waving them around, much like a penguin - very cute! And combined with her "Bundle Me" car seat cover (thanks, Lou!) she was toasty warm for our walk.

And then Dad and Megan just looked like they were having so much fun that we wanted to capture their adventure together. Her hair is getting longer and seems darker in the photos, but in person she's still a redhead!

Smile!

Our little girl is now smiling! She loves to play when she wakes up from her naps and we now get the reward of seeing her smile as we play and act goofy with her. We're sure her laugh is soon to follow. For now we get lots of squeals and screams of joy. Having fun - hope you are too!

Happy Halloween!

Princess Megan had a great first Halloween - had a nice long carriage ride with Grandpa and then giggled with Grandma as they played. As the trick and treaters were starting to come at night, she had some friends stop by to say hi! Grandma Lee put her in her Princess outfit - cute.

Scott has to go back to work tomorrow - after 2 weeks at home with the girls, it's gonna be tough.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!