First Christmas for Mercy

We were all excited to celebrate our first Christmas together as a family. Mercy was very good at opening the gifts. She was truly blessed by many friends and family members with some very nice gifts. Mercy was in awe of the Christmas tree ornaments and angel.

We had our first Christmas gift opening with our friends Laurie, Jamie and Sophie. Mery got into it very well.

So did Sophie!!!

We then moved on the next weekend to celebrate Christmas with the Toman family. It was quite chaotic with all of Liam, Katie and Mercy's gifts all around the floor. Who knew who got what and whose was whose gifts!!! One of Mercy's many gifts was a wonderful new purse from Nana!

Our Little Elf!!!

Christmas Day at our house came upon us very fast. Mercy even helped Daddy open his gifts.

Our next Christmas was with Grandpa and Nanny and Auntie Lynnie and Uncle Steve.

Mercy got to meet and visit with Auntie Lynnie for the first time!!!

She enjoyed having fun with her.

Mercy loved getting up close and personal with her new musical penguin!

Mercy loved teasing Uncle Steve with his Canadian Crispy Crunch bars!!!

Grandpa even tried to show Mercy how to play crokinole. She had to also try on his hat for size!

Needless to say we had a wonderful First Christmas together. We hope that all our friends also had a great Christmas season. Happy New Year 2008!

First Haircut

It was time for a little trim for our little Mercy. Her hair was getting kind of straggly so we thought we should get her hair trimmed. I took her to my hairdresser and she did very well after the initial shock of this new person and the whole salon setup. She sat in my lap and cooperated pretty well while my hairdresser trimmed away. She even got a lovely little gift for

being such a good girl from my lovely hairdresser.

Travel Group Visit - November

We were able to get our travel group together for a nice Christmas visit and it is hard to believe how all the babies have grown. We had a nice day in Barrie at Gord and Shannons' and all the children seemed to get along as if they had never been apart. Thanks Gord and Shannon for hosting us. The day was even absent of snow falling - even in Barrie! All the children enjoyed playing in Hannah's basement playroom - complete with slide and everything!!!

October Already!!

Well October is almost gone and I have to catch up on my blog!! Too busy with events and swimming lessons etc. Mercy is growing by the minute and having fun at home with family and friends.

Thanksgiving weekend we had a great visit with Nanny and Grandpa Allen. It was the first time visit for Mercy to her grandparents. She even met Auntie Carrol and Uncle Roger for the first time too!!! Auntie Carrol and Uncle Roger gave Mercy this wonderful outfit which included this great red hat!!! Is she in the "Red Hat Society" club now???

We enjoyed a visit to the petting zoo in the park by Grandpa and Nanny's house and Mercy saw all kinds of animals - ducks, lamas, donkeys, chickens, rabbits, goats. All what she loves to see - any animal!!

Mercy has experienced a lot of things even since she has been home. I think she is enjoying life in Canada with Mommy and Daddy!!!

September Events Continued

September was a busy month. We got Mercy dedicated/christened while Roger's parents were in town. We honoured Mercy's heritage by wearing our Chinese apparel. Mercy looks wonderful in red. I think she even enjoyed seeing everyone in church that day! We had a great visit with family members after.

We went to the Chinese Lantern Festival with friends and Mercy got to see the inflatable pandas and the Terracotta Warrior display.

Mercy was awed by the lit up dragons on the water!!!

Another new experience for Mercy in Canada!!!

Where has the Summer Gone?

Well it has been a jam packed summer to say the least. We've been getting Mercy settled into Canadian life and going from one event to another. Lots of birthdays this month!

We went to Aunt Norma's for a visit and had a great swim in her condo pool. Mercy loves the water.

We attended Katie's birthday party in September and there was lots of kids for Mercy to watch!!!

We had a great time and Mercy got to go in the pool again. Happy Birthday Katie!!! Thanks for having a birthday party!!

1st Birthday Party

Well, Mercy had a great 1st birthday party with her cousins and a little friend Sophie. She played in her little pool with Daddy and her cousins and Sophie that Nana bought her. She loved being in it. Daddy however was a little big for it!!!!

We had a great barbecue and then cake after. She seemed to love her cake. When we presented it to her to blow her candles out, she ran her hands across the decorated part for a taste. She had a big taste of icing from Uncle Jamie who tried to get her all "sugared" up. She seemed to like it and got it all over!!!

Thank you to everyone for her lovely gifts. We are going to have to make sure we create a playroom in the basement for all her "stuff". It was a great day!!!!