Christmas in Cape Breton - with all of the folks at home

Happy Holidays everyone! The little McMahon clan has just returned from a fantastic three week trip to Cape Breton where we sang, visited, played - and ate way too much yummy food.

From start to finish Natalie was a superstar traveller. She snoozed on our laps and cooed at her seatmates during our eight hour journey. And when she arrived on the Island she was the star of the show from day one. She giggled, smiled and charmed everyone - from strangers to friends and family.

Here are a few highlights.

Natalie graced us with her presence at her Nanny-the firefighter-'s holiday tea. Here she is chillin with Nanny, Great-Grammie and her Great Aunt.

We were invited to the Cape Breton Fiddler's Association's Christmas party -where Dan played guitar with a whole shwack of fiddlers. Of course everyone was taken with Miss Natalie. Not five minutes after we walked in the door she was whisked away by some lovely ladies and didn't seem to care that mom and dad were nowhere in sight.

Here's a shot of the fiddlers giviner'.

Here she is with her dad loving all the music - forty fiddlers and she didn't even flinch at how loud the music was - she's a true Caper.

Here she is with her new friend Helen - looking pretty comfy only a few minutes after arriving.

Natalie was also Christened during our trip home - she slept through most of the mass and the baptism, but when it was all over she was wide and wake and very cheery.

While we were home Natalie also:

Had apple juice for the first time

Learned to roll from her tummy to her back and then started rolling like crazy

Started to wiggle to get herself closer to toys she wants

and

Met Santa Clause

More pics to come soon.

Happy New Year Everyone!

A lot can happen in six weeks...

I can't believe six weeks have come and gone so fast. And what a six weeks it's been - Natalie has done everything from travel 5000 kms to learn how to hold a toy (with a whole bunch more in between). Here are some highlights.

First off, on October 1st, our little monkey munch celebrated her third month of chillin on planet earth. If the smiles and goos are any indication she seems to like life.

Before her third month was finished Natalie and I travelled to Cape Breton for a little over two weeks to visit with family. She was a great little traveller and we had no problems at all. The trip was jam packed with walks at the beach and wildlife park, a super sweet baby shower and visits with tons of family and new friends.

In Cape Breton Miss Natalie hit a fun milestone - babbling. Our little babe started gabbing at us in September and hasn't stopped since. She really gets going when we mimic her sounds or talk with her. And the smiles are endless if we stick our toungues out at her, make piggy snorts or whistle. Back east Nanny Prince also helped her learn how to pull herself up from lying down to a sitting position - which she loves to do now.

In the past few weeks Natalie has also started to grab and hold toys (she loves her grab apple - thanks Liza and Nicole for introducing us to that fun toy), sit in her Bumbo chair and suck her hands. Man does she love to suck those hands - the smacking noises are hilarious (and loud).

Yesterday Natalie had her first set of shots and while she wasn't happy about it, she did very well - we're all happy it's over and done with.

So at the three-month mark life with our little Natalie Bean is going great - we're in love with her and we're pretty sure the feeling is mutual :) Here are some three-month Natalie stats to close off this post.

At three months Natalie:

Weighs 14.5 lbs and is a little over 61 cms long

Is still a baldy :)

Loves to play and sing with her Dad (she loves when he says ma, ma, ma or da, da, da)

Has discovered TV -I caught her actually watching Treehouse one day (usually I turn it on for background music and sound) but this day she actually watched and smiled at the characters.

Wendy, Dan and Natalie Bean