Some video fun!

This is now what Juniper does when I take out the camera. (*cough* HAM! *cough*)

Today is Juniper's third full day of day care.  I'm doing quite well, if I do say so myself.  No tears yet, and last time I only cried once.  I'm one tough lady.  Things around here have been on the upswing lately, having weathered Juniper's first true stomach bug.  She had started off with a few days of pretty nasty diarrhea (which I attributed to teething, as she is simultaneously breaking 4 molars and another top tooth), but she followed this up by waking up at 1 am last Monday night, and vomiting every 10-15 minutes.  I was freaked out enough that I called the nurse health line (811), but of course I was just told to treat it like a flu, which it was.  Since then, Juniper's system has completely returned to normal, and she is eating like I've never seen.  She shovels food in like you wouldn't believe... perhaps a growth spurt?  Or maybe I'm just a particularly fabulous cook :)

Really and truly, Juniper is growing up fast.  Right now she is REALLY into testing her boundaries, especially with me.  She'll do things specifically because I asked her not to (and then make sure I see her doing it, sometimes pointing directly to whatever bad thing she is doing if I'm too unobservant to catch her on my own).  She also wants everyone to participate in everything.  For instance, if i give her a kiss, she'll then direct everyone around her as to who should be kissing who.  I'm supposed to kiss Clark.  Clark is supposed to kiss the person next to him.  That person is supposed to kiss Juniper, and then kiss me.  So far, this hasn't been socially awkward, but that potential is there!  There have been more than a few times in the last week that I've been tempted to act on my mom's suggestion to throw Juniper on a bus heading to Fredericton!  Just kidding, of course.  Sort of.

Anyway, I promised videos, and here they are!  Enjoy!

CHRISTMAS MEDLEY

FUN AT THE FARM

BIKE REPAIRS

Happy New Year!

 

Well, here it is, halfway through January already... 2011 is off to a speedy start!  When you have a child (especially a young one, I would imagine), everything seems new all the time, but really and truly this year feels like the start of a bunch of changes.  For instance, last week Juniper spent her first full day at a day care that she's going to start attending twice a week.  Apparently, she had a blast - she is there with her good buddy Patrick, and Cheri (the day care provider) is really very wonderful with them.  Clark dropped her off in the morning, then went back around lunch to help put her down for a nap (to see how she did), and then picked her up again at 4:30 or so.  No problems whatsoever.  I, on the other hand, sat at home and was more than a little weepy throughout the whole day.  I'm going to have to get over that asap, as one of the biggest reasons for doing this is so that I can actually get some work done on my thesis.  Hard to do that if you are calling for updates and crying all day long :)

Anyway, I thought it was high time to post some pictures and stories from over Christmas and these first couple of weeks of January.  I'll be brief, so that I can actually get it done.

I'll have some videos as well in a day or two - stay posted!

Christmas: Fredericton

Visiting my grandmother Doris

Ali was SO good to Juniper!

Riding her hand-made rocking horse (from her Grandpa Bill)

Christmas dinner (Steve meets Juniper for the first time!)

Juniper meets Matt for the first time!

Mmmm... brunch at Liz and Pat's

Juniper meets her brand new second cousin, Alexander

Play date with Zack!

Christie's baby shower

 New Years: At the farm

Playing with her great-grandma

Juniper found this little bike, originally made for her great-grandmother 90 years ago!

Hanging with grandma and grandpa

 My Birthday Party!

The party kids (Caleb, Isabella, Juniper, Patrick, Calla)

Presenting the fabulous homemade chocolate-mint ice cream cake

Half-way eaten!

 

A close-up of Juniper's new dress