Ceili's first Christmas was excellent. We ate too much too many times and Ceili got too much stuff.

First a shot of Shelly preparing for Christmas. She looks very Mommy-ish.

I like this shot of Ceili and my eyes.

















Ceili in her Christmas dress.

















Shelly's friend Ann made this gi-normous stocking for Ceili. It's bigger than her.











Ceili really liked breakfast! Thanks Mel and Mom.

Shelly, Sharon, and Mel.

Getting organized for a family photo.

That's better.

Ceili and I after dinner.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Ceili.

Ceili and all her loot. Dad is hemmed into the corner of the living room as he writes this because of all the stuff strewn about the place.

December's already here

Wow, time is flying by. It's already December and I haven't done a thing for Christmas. Shelly's already talking about sending out Christmas cards and I haven't even finished sending out birth announcements yet.


Ceili loves reading. She stares at the photos and is pretty good at holding the book herself.











She loves her soft little "Piglet" book.

We had a bit of a cold snap here last week. Good excuse to wear my stupid looking big jacket. At least I was warm. Ceili is going to be sooo embarrased of her Dad.
















Ceili's found her toes. She was sitting there cooing to herself, grabbing her feet and occasionally chewing one of her toes.

And finally, a good shot of Grandma and Ceili in her fancy Christmas dress.

Trip to Arizona

We recently travelled to Arizona to visit with some friends. They treated us very well and we had a nice, restful holiday. The weather was perfect and we had a fun halloween in the USA.


Shelly and Ceili by the pool

















On the front steps before we went for a walk.

















Ceili in her cute blue dress. We have approximately 800 photos of her wearing this dress (actually, over the seven days we were in Phoenix there were 536 photos taken by us and by our friends, consuming 630 MB of memory!)






And a photo of Shelly fooling around by the pool. There were a few good pictures of Shelly that day.
















A shot of Ceili and me in my favourite position.

And finally, a shot of Ceili (in her blue dress) looking like Buddha.

Some Photos of Ceili

Shelly likes this photo of Ceili. I'm not sure I like the hat but it is a good photo. She looks very comfortable.










And another picture of Shelly and Ceili.

















Ceili likes sitting in her Bumble chair. This was the first time she sat in it on her own and she looked so proud. She likes sitting in the chair at the dinner table...so she can see what's going on around her.

More pictures of Ceili

It's been a long day. After working all day I went grocery shopping, then looked after Ceili for a while (she was cute). Once she went to bed I went out to the garage to do a bit of woodworking and did a beautiful job hand-cutting some beads on the wrong pieces. :-(


I thought this was a great photo of some of the family. This is one of the better photos of Dakota that I have - except for his shirt.











I like this photo because Ceili is hanging onto my ears and looks so comfortable on my shoulders.
















This photo was taken at a friend's wedding at the Nakoda lodge near Kananaskis country. It was a beautiful day and the scenery couldn't be beat. This was our second wedding that weekend, so Ceili was a bit tired, but she got through the wedding with no dramas.

First post

Hi everyone. I wanted to find an easier way to post pictures of Ceili. My web-site (http://www3.telus.net/steve_n_shelly) is great for some things, but it's a pain to update because I code the HTML by hand.

So, to kick off this blog, let's take a look at a few pictures of Ceili and the family! I've been really bad about getting real photos off to my relatives, so this blog will have to do the job for a while. I've also created a you-tube account (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=GolfSteve55) where I'm going to post a few videos.

Here's a photo of Ceili when she was 4 days old. She had a bit of jaundice, so I was holding her against my chest (keeping her warm) while she got a bit of the setting sun through the window.

This is one of the first photos of the three of us after Ceili got home. Shelly really likes this photo. It's hard to believe how small Ceili used to be. I took this photo holding the camera in one hand while trying to pose at the same time.

Here's another one of Shelly's favourite photos. Ceili and I were lying down on here playmat.

This is one of my favourite photos. I love how Ceili is looking up at me. The photo was taken after Shelly's cousins wedding in Lethbridge. This was Ceili's first trip away from home, and she behaved wonderfully.

We tried to take a picture with Shelly a few seconds later, but Ceili had a screaming fit. You might have noticed a pattern...lots of great photos with me and Ceili, but not many of Mom :-(

So, here's a good photo of Mom, Grandma, and Ceili. This was taken at a friend's wedding. Shelly was a bridesmaid. Everything went wonderful (except our battery went dead while taking this photo and we had to wait for a boost).