Linnea - 12 weeks old

Tomorrow Linnea is 12 weeks old already. She's been weird since coming home from Leamington (crying a lot). Today is much better though and I had to take some photos of Linnea this morning with the hairdo Dad gave her last night after her bath. :) The other awesome thing was she finally slept through the night again. She slept through the night the entire time we were in Ontario (8 hrs two nights in a row and then 10 hrs the night before we left). Then we got home and she was getting up once or twice a night to feed. I put her down at about 1am last night and she slept until about 9:30am if I recall. Yay!! Good job Linnea! We put her in a sleeper and swaddled her instead of swaddling her with only a diaper on. I think when she kicks off the blankets she gets cold so this way, she can kick off her blankets and stay nice and cozy warm.
In the photos here Linnea is wearing 2 diapers and a diaper cover so she is looking very wide. LOL.
Oh yeah - I almost forgot to mention that Linnea giggled for the first time in the Pelee Days Inn in Leamington last Sunday evening. My cousin Holly and I were changing her in the ladies washroom and she giggled. Holly heard her the first time as I wasn't really paying attention due to the fact that I had a dirty diaper I was dealing with and then we waited and she giggled a second time. It was soooooo cute!!! Then after Holly and I reacted so strongly, getting ultra excited, we startled her and she started to cry!! That was also funny....Now she makes these awesome squeaks, giggles and coos all the time. We just love it!

Trip to Leamington, Ontario

We just got home from Leamington, Ontario visiting our eastern relatives. In the photos you'll see pictures of Linnea on the plane, in the Calgary airport on the floor waiting for the last leg home back to Edmonton, our trip to the tip of Point Pelee National Park on Lake Erie, Linnea on my Uncle Rick's Harley, Jeff driving the Harley, a tree in my Aunt Deb's yard, Linnea's belly button, photos of my cousins, aunts and uncles, my grandparents, my dad and his wife Jeannie and photos of the marshland at Point Pelee. There are 93 photos so hopefully you have a few minutes to watch the slideshow. Enjoy!!

Linnea (2 months old)

Here are some photos in the lovely outfit that Uncle Dan and Aunt Heather got for Linnea in Istanbul, Turkey. She is so gorgeous in the rich and dark colour of pink! I also included a great photo of cousin Perry and his girlfriend Sandra (who was visiting Canada from Copenhagen, Denmark). There are also a couple cute shots of Uncle Ben (my brother) and his niece Linnea while Ben and Melissa were visiting us.

Favourite Family Photos

I finally picked up my DVD today from my friend Shaun of Scade Photography. Shaun, Kelly and Gord did a fantastic job photographing Jeff, Linnea and I on June 19th. Here are about 20 of my favourites from the session. Hope you like them!!

The last while...

We've had a really eventful last couple of weeks and I've been super busy. First, my brother Ben and sister-in-law Melissa came to visit us and Linnea for a few days. We had a great time with them. We even got to celebrate their first year anniversary with a photoshoot and Jeff's fabulous pizza for dinner. I've been shooting a lot of engagement sessions and of course weddings are what Aaron and I are mainly working on right now. I am really behind with album orders but I hope to get caught up for the most part in August. Jeff's cousin Perry had his girlfriend visit from Copenhagen so we had the chance to meet her and I got to go shopping with her on Whyte Ave too and we had a lot of fun! We both bought the same pair of shoes (different colours though). The last 4 days the three of us were in Leamington, Ontario visiting my grandparents and extended family. My dad and his wife Jeannie flew in for one night as well so that was a treat too! Linnea got to meet her great grandparents for the first time and my cousins and aunts and uncles...I got to catch up with the family and both Jeff and I were well fed by my Aunt Debbie. She is such a great hostess and cook! A highlight too was riding behind Uncle Rick on his gorgeous Harley Davidson. Jeff took it out a couple times on his own as well. We took some photos of Linnea on the bike too. :) Linnea was great on all 4 legs of our flights from YEG to London and back. She barely made a sound besides filling her diapers and slept or played most of the way. She's already a great traveller!! It's great to be back home and I'm super excited about Saturday's wedding and a couple other shoots I'm doing tomorrow. Back to work right away! I will post photos from the last while as soon as I can. First I have to get them off my cards onto the computer!

Elk Island Family Getaway

Jeff, Linnea and I took off yesterday evening for Elk Island Park...we were intending for this to be a day trip but in the end we didn't get out of the city until after 5pm including having to come home twice after forgetting important items (i.e. the diaper bag!)

When we arrived we found an area where we were all alone and were right on the lake. Jeff started a fire after having to feed it oxygen by waving a newspaper at it for a long time. Once burning nicely we had supper and I took photos around the area including the friendly but persistent squirrel who wanted our food. The sun then began to set and in rolled in a storm. We had my SLR camera as well as our P and S camera so we we have a variety of shots to share with you. The rainbow after the storm was gorgeous and then the sky turned a glorious pink with some cool textures in the clouds. The steam from the ground that rose more and more as it got later was a highlight. We saw a lot of bison off the side of the road on our way out at 10:30pm.

On our drive home a deer ran across the highway right in front of us. It was pretty spectacular to see this graceful creature jump the fence.

2 months and One Week Old!

Ok - Linnea is growing up so very fast! I am pleased to announce that Linnea slept for just over 8 hours last night in a row! I was not awakened by a happy baby wanting food this morning but by a barking dog next door. Jeff had to end up closing up all the windows in the house because she wouldn't stop barking...I was really annoyed. Linnea is currently happily playing on the floor flailing her arms and kicking her legs. It's fun to watch her. The last while has been so busy for us that I haven't even thought of blogging until now. I'll try to get the latest Linnea photos uploaded and online for you all to see as well. I photographed a half day wedding on Friday and a full day wedding yesterday. Both days were very warm but yesterday was the most adventurous with a dark cloud approaching and all of a sudden the skies opened up and poured on all of us. We all ran for whatever shelter we could find in the trees and the shelter at the Devonian Gardens. The rain didn't last and we had the hot sun again. We went to O'Byrne's on Whyte both days with our bridal couples and party and had a blast. Pints and food all around and yesterday afternoon the bartender bought all of us shots of Amaretto to celebrate. They even replaced a half pint of beer that I spilled on all our camera gear yesterday. What a mess that was...My cameras now smell like Honey Brown. Hehe. Yesterday Jeff and Grandma J took Linnea to the downtown Farmer's Market. I have clients arriving in a few hours to pick up their wedding photos on disc so I better get a move on and get that finished and get everything cleaned up. Oh yeah - Linnea is about 12 lbs now and is "talking" a lot more the last couple days when she's happy.