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Together with my sister Amber and my parents, I took off for a road trip to National Parks in BC and Alberta. On the way we visited my great-aunt Terry and great-uncle Klaus in Kelowna. We had a great time. I tried to be a good girl and make the best impression and I think it worked 😉 since I was allowed to take their cats for a walk. Our next destinations were Banff, Jasper and Kootney National Park where we camped in a foldable home called a tent. We saw plenty of deer, 4 bears (you can even see one grizzly in a picture through my screams in the window) and plenty of mosquitoes which were funny as they prefer blood to milk. Seven long driving days and plenty of things to see and do. Bathing in the sink, eating next to the fire, walking on glaciers and jumping on the sleeping bags in the tent were my favorite things to do. We even went back to 1800 to explore those times. On the way home we found a Polish restaurant called Chatka, my mom was thrilled ..and she ate a lot. As for new tricks, I can stand by myself for a few seconds at a time, Hula dance with my hands, send kisses, play the peekaboo game on my mom’s iphone, talk on the phone and drink from a straw. Oh! and almost forgot I officially joined Kacy-Palmer KEEN fan club 😉 – prove on the picture.
We are back home. I really enjoyed Australia, there were lots of new things for me to learn. Our home was on wheels and each morning there was different view and temperature. For the first few days mom put all the clothing she had on me as you can see on the pictures it was very cold, I could even see my own breath. The last week however was super toasty and I was allowed to sleep only in my diapers. One thing I like the most about Aussie land is that they allow babies to stay in the car seat at the front facing forward, so together with mom and dad we were sitting in front of our moving house. We did around 4 500 km all the way from Sydney to Cook-town. We lived a simple life I think since my parents washed me in the bucket next to fire. We visited my parents friends close to Sydney and my moms friends in Brisbane, it was a great break as I could play with their lovely kids. I had the chance to go to Steve Irwin’s (Crocodile Hunter) Zoo where I met a wombat, a few koalas and feed kangaroos. On my dads shoulders i visited lost of beautiful wild beaches, saw whales in the ocean, and lots of dead kangaroos near the road 
and some life one too 
My mom has been told a lot that it’s a pity I would not remember our Australian adventure. Well, they are wrong. I will remember very well each bird crossing my path, whales bridging the water, singing leaves on the trees, walks in the jungle searching for wildlife sounds, baths in the bucket, my dad’s cooking in the campervan and every smiley face. That’s what will make me who I am so I will definitely remember that.
As for new tricks, I can send kisses, pretend to sneeze, wave, play peekaboo covering my ears instead of my eyes, do energy transfer with my index finger, and shake my head for happy Hulk. You may see them all soon on the next post.
Well enjoy the pictures hope they do tell the story.
Oh btw kids never fly with Australian airlines -they don’t allow strollers to gates.
Last Sunday I did a 5km walk (Or stroll) with my mom, her 2 girlfriends and their children Eliot and Dagny. It was a fund raiser for Vancouver Children’s Hospital. Well it is kind of my second one as my mom did one last year when she was 7 months pregnant. Anyhow, it was fun, I didn’t miss a second of it and strongly tried to keep awake. We don’t have many pictures but enjoy what’s there Summer finally arrived and with it came sitting and playing on the grass. With my buddy Eliot and the same hats we officially announced summer.
Few days ago together with mom we went for lunch with my aunt Angela, Caroline and Mafe. Unfortunately i don’t have any pictures with them as the main attraction was my first tooth. Aunt Caroline was working on her homework for portrait photography class and as you can see i had to pose a lot. Anyhow enjoy the pictures taken by my Aunt, and yes, I finally have a tooth.
As you may know babies can communicate earlier with animals than with other humans. Here are my friends who used to visit me everyday for a late lunch at 4pm in my previous home. Apparently my Dad says that there are pigeons visiting our new home but so far I wasn’t lucky enough to introduce myself. Enjoy.
Together with my mom and my grandparents we took off to Mexico for an adventure. I have to admit I loved everything about that country, loved the weather, turquoise warm water, powdery white sand beaches, happy welcoming people, iguanas (which btw my mom took more pictures of them than me). We spent long days on wild beaches, playing in the ocean, pools and discovering Mexico on daily trips. I got to know what snorkeling was about, saw my mom wearing crazy outfit while scuba diving, saw a cat for the first time and of course iguanas which weren’t interested in me. In terms of my new skills I practiced waving to people and smiling to everybody to get their attention. In the plane I got kidnapped by a Japanese couple and played with them for a good while. Enjoy the pictures, more pictures to come on my mom’s facebook.
As you probably know my parents were very busy looking for a new place and packing all that we have. It turned out that I do have the most amount of stuff, not to mention that I have more clothing than my mom and dad combined . Any how I would like to give you a tour around all my favorite spots in our place. First of May we are moving to a new place. On the pictures below you can see where I spent my mornings brushing my gums (I think my parents didn’t pay enough when they got me as I still don’t have any teeth), where I have my naps, where I play at the window and watch seagulls, play piano, take a bath and my room. Enjoy.
Amber is staying with us for the Easter break. We saw each other on the webcam few times but this is our first time we can play for real. From the first moment at the airport we fell in love with each other. We have magical times together, we play a lot and have so much to tell each other. She is very patient with my amount of vocabulary. I can say dada, blabla and dede and she is happy just to use those letter combination for our conversations. Amber is very pretty and smart, I am so proud and happy to have her as my older sister. She is very caring, I feel very safe and loved around her. We enjoyed our Vegas trip together and we are planning to do more road trips in the summer. I will be very sad once she goes back to the UK.
