Our Collingwood visit was nice - short, but really nice little get-away. Violet was an absolutely awesome baby again. Smiles for everyone, even strangers. I don't know how many times strangers came up to us and commented on how well she was behaved, or how cute she was.
Dinner at Azzurra was really nice. Marn commented that it was one of the best meals that she had in a very, very long time, and the best broccoli soup ever. Teresa, Branko and I shared a really nice bottle of wine that could have easily turned into another, but didn't. Near the end of the night, a girl came up and said, she just had to stop and tell us how great our baby was all night - that she didn't hear a peep out of her all night and loved how she was just sitting there smiling at everyone. It's kind of turning into a joke, but honestly, she is SO GOOD!


My friend Andrea loved her as well and got a few photos and compliments in. It was great to see her again. It's been 10-12 years since we last saw each other. 2nd year university! She's now married with a daughter (18 months) as well. She said that Violet gave her baby fever (because of the cuteness and behaviour). She also comp'ed all of our desserts as a birthday gift/friend perk! Nice!


The weather wasn't great. Driving up on Wednesday night was nearly cancelled due to heavy fog, but as the night wore on and got cooler, it lifted and wasn't too bad after all. I'm glad we stuck it out, though, because the next morning was crappy! Snow, rain, sleet. Yuck. I doubt we would have come at all if we had waiting and awoke to that. We trekked into town on Thursday in the slushy, sleety weather and shopped around after breakfast for a bit. Cute town - I've never really been to downtown Collingwood before. We never did get out to the "village", but I don't feel like I missed much as we were there 2 years ago.


The weather on Friday was gorgeous, and on the way home we stopped in Aurthur at Sussman's, a well known Mens clothing store and picked up a few shirts and things for me/my birthday, and then stopped at a little restaurant in the one-block town Alma for the best club sandwich anywhere.

Collingwood

We're off to Collingwood tonight to meet up and stay with Teresa and Branko for a day at their time share. We leave tonight and come home Friday morning - a nice little break with still the weekend to spare! We're going to dinner at Azzurra, a nice little Italian restaurant that I just found out a friend from University owns! She actually grew up in Baden and went to the same residence as Bryan and I in our first year. I hadn't seen or talked to her since then, but recently "met up" through facebook, so we're also going to meet and catch up with her and her family.

We also bought a new lens for our camera. We've decided that it's not worth selling. Used SLR's are SO inexpensive that I almost wish we bought a used body and put the money towards lenses. The camera pro's all say that taking a nice photo is all in the lens anyway. We ended up getting an 18-55mm. The same as we had, except that this new model is the "VR" type, which mean's Vibration Reduction (if you're wobbling while shooting, the lens attempts to correct the blurry image). We bought it through Sarah's sister, so the price was the same as a new 18-55mm non-VR without the discount, so well worth it! We saved $40-50, I'd say. Maybe next year we'll look at getting a new Canon. We can't stomach paying that much for another new one right now, especially with Marn's maternity top-up from the hospital about to run dry.... boo!

Giggles!

I am in love with my daughters giggling. She is so darn cute. This morning I was snuggling her in bed while Andrew was getting her an outfit. When he came in, he snuggled/zurberted her belly again and again. She was giggling like crazy, I wish I could get it on tape because it almost sounds like a cry. Anyways, she was watching him move around the room, waiting for him to come and do it again. So cute. It's the first time she has anticipated anything. She was smiling waiting for him.
I love my little family.

Shots - Round 2

Well, it was better this time. At least mom shed less tears. This time, the doctor let me hold Vi for the shots. Vi was fine for the first one, then about 5-10 seconds of tears for the second. I only shed a few. Only one or two. Honestly.
On a happier note, Vi is weighing in at 15 lbs 1 oz ! It was a relief to see the scales going up as for the past few days Vi has been picky with her nursing. She only goes on for about 5 minutes at a time. BOO. Unless that is all the time she needs, then YEAH! How do you know?