Happy Chinese New Year

Madeleine - "What year is it?"

 

Mirabelle - "the Year of the Dragon"

 Madeleine - "No way!"

 Hugs for Mama!

 Cuddles for Daddy.

 The Man in Black and the Lady in Black.

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 M & M

 Sandwiched between to lovely ladies. Lucky me.

Mama and Mirabelly. Can you believe she's gonna turn one in a week. Where does the time go.

Future Rock 'n Roll star? She's got the hair for it.

 I hope that all my blog readers have a prosperous and auspicious Year of the Dragon.
- Mr Burns

Happy 2012!

Mirabelle would like to wish you a very happy new year (12 days in, so far, so good).

 At midnight - welcoming 2012.

 The new year started with some cute photo ops....

Happy Birthday, Nana!

"Baby Love"

Who needs parents when you have a 3 3/4 year old in the house? She is in charge most of the time anyways.

 

My new year's resolution -- I should say "blog more," but it is more like "eat and sleep more." Bonus resolutions, "Sleep on the couch when unsupervised," and "Be present at all meal times Mirabelle is eating." So far, I am doing well with all three.

Christmas time is here, and gone.

For Mirabelle,

 and Madeleine, Christmas must have felt like a long time coming.

But for everyone else, it felt like no time at all until it was The Night Before Christmas.

 And who do you think came Mirabelle?

Santa! Look at all those presents. Dude must have been watching the wrong Madeleine and Mirabelle all year.

 Just kidding. They've been little angels (mostly), or is it cherubs?

 Happy times!

 And the big guy didn't forget about yours truly.

 By this, her 4th Christmas, Madeleine is a real pro.

 Yeah, Santa was listening and brought just what she asked for. Amazing.

It's a long way to the top, but you got to start somewhere and this is that somewhere.

 My family.

 The bouncy castle was the hit of the day.

 The stroller was pretty popular too. Yes, that is a toy.

 Hurray for Christmas.

 She's already got her stage persona.

 Annou and Opa came all the way from Toronto, with gifts!

 Liesa and Steven also came, with the biggest gift of all time.

 With Annou, Opa and the new member of the family, baby Jasmine.

 Following closely on the heels of Christmas, was Mirabelle's 11 month birthday.

 Yup, almost 1,

 And the whole family came to celebrate.

 Happy time with her grandparents.

 Yes, happy baby, why won't you sleep?

On the tenth day of Chistmas my true love gave to me, one awesome Steveston parade.

Well, we are almost there. You can practically hear the sleigh bells ringing. Madeleine says, don't blow it by being naughty now. Here she is at the farm with some Christmas animals or something.

 What lovely parents.

 Still at the farm. Look at all that snow. Definitely what one would imagine December in Canada looks like.

 Snow or not, Madeleine is having a blast with the Christmas countdown.

M and M have been enjoying all that Vancouver has to offer during this time of year. Here we all are after the Stanley Park Christmas train.

 "I hug you two guys"

 Best view of the Steveston Santa Claus parade. Careful blink and you'll miss it.

 Waiting for Santa.

 Hmm, the main sleigh must be in the shop.

 Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight.