Fun with Rice Cereal

Lucia had her first taste of rice cereal today or at least I think she tasted some of it. Most of it ended up on her shirt, her face, her hands, and my arms. :) She thought it was pretty great to gurgle with it, so I am not sure how much nutrition was actually provided. If nothing else, she was cute and it brought me great joy to watch her and know that she is growing and learning. It is hard to believe that we are starting the solid food process. It will be fun to see how she does with the rice cereal over the next few weeks before we move her on to more advanced foods. I am sure that I was the most excited about the experiment. Pat humored me and went along with the over exuberance, did the filming and took pictures to document the big day!

Sure Mom, I'll take the whole bowl at once. Bring it!
Yeah for rice cereal bubbles
Just keep going with it even if nothing is actually making it into her mouth

TaDa!


Warning that this video will only be interesting to intense Lucy fans. It is the full feeding video.

Visit to Victoria

We took a great family trip to Victoria, BC this past week. It was Lucia's second trip to Canada in her 5 months on this earth. We had a great time enjoying the city and Butchart gardens. We were there from Wednesday to Saturday and spent most of the time wandering the city, eating good food, enjoying our crazy little lady, and visiting the gardens. We found a few good pastry and coffee shops for breakfast including a Danish Bakery that was impressive. We took our breakfast out to the Parliament lawn where we could sit on a bench, people watch, and enjoy view. The highlight on Wednesday was this French Bistro that we went to for lunch/dinner. It was so cute and quiet. Lucia slept for over two hours while we enjoyed the French cooking, wine, and chill setting. It was great to say the least. It felt like we were out on a date! Thursday was Butchart Gardens day. I could have spent the entire day there! I would have just found a quite bench and read a book all day long. It was amazingly beautiful. Lucia did really well there too. She loved walking around in the baby front pack and then slept for a good portion of the trip as well. On Friday, we walked around the city a bit, ate a lunch at a great place on a pier, and walked the waterfront...we got a lot of walking in. :)

It was a great trip and the weather was perfect! Here are some pictures from the week

Lucia did a nice job balancing on this massive pillow log and we found it pretty darn funny. Here she is after one of the rolls off of the log.
Lucia and I on one of our many walks in Victoria along the waterfront

And now Pat and Lucia on the same walk

Patrick and Lucia on the waterfront with the Empress in the background
The thugs at the dinner spot along the waterfront
Lucia looking cute after waking up from her nap
Butchart Gardens
Family shot in front on the sunken garden. The picture doesn't do it justice. That place is seriously amazing!
Another shot of the sunken garden
Pat trying to feed Lucy a hot dog.
A pond just in the parking lot of the gardens
Lucy out after her bottle given by Dad
Our little tulip :)
Me and the little lady having breakfast in front of the Parliament building

Fun with Grandma and a Giraffe

We had so much fun with my mom in town. Lucia loved playing with her and Grandma soaked it all in. We can't wait for the next visit. Here is video of Grandma Janice playing with Lucia. Unfortunately I only captured the tail end of the laugh attack.