Party Time

A pre-christmas party at Aunty Beulah and Uncle Jeff's had us dress in our best...and so we could get a good family picture.

The party was for Aunty Gail and Scott visiting from Oklahoma, we can't wait until they move back to Vancouver Island in the summer.

Baby Life

Here are a couple of updated pictures since last I posted.

Raeya with Maurice her gorilla at 2 weeks. Thanks to a couple of girls from Sport Chek Park Royal, Raeya now has a gigantic stuffed best friend.

It's so fun to see them grow, she looks like such a little person here.

Hanging out with Nana on one of the Thursday visits.

Raeya and Maurice at 4 weeks.

If Raeya is ever fussy all we have to do is lay her on her change table and we get immediate smiles.

Bath time....always a favorite until we have to get dressed again.

Ummm dad...I think you forgot my armpit.


On December 19th we had decided that the cabin fever was getting to us and we needed some fresh air so we bundled up and went for a walk. As soon as we got outside the skies opened up and it started pouring...good thing I had a waterproof jacket and a rain cover for the stroller. No amount of rain was going to stop us.

This picture reminds me of a Robert Munch book. Raeya is still a little to small for it, her arms were beside her body because they didn't really fit in the sleves.

Baptism

On December 9th, 2007 Aidan decided to deepen his relationship with God by being baptized. For baptism you generally get up in front of the church and give your life story on how you came into relationship with God and why you have chosen to be baptized. Aidan, not being much of a public speaker, wasn't really up for baptism because of the simple fact that you had to speak in front of a crowd. Jericho Ridge, a church very accomodating for people's comfort levels, sent Pastor Brad and Keith to our house and did Aidan's testimony (life story) on video.

My response in support of Aidan's decision. I think I was crying before I even made it up on stage. I blame it on crazy emotions with having a baby :o)

What a privledge it was to stand by my husbands side with our daughter and support him while he took this next step in deepening his relationship with God.

The First Two Weeks Of Life

Things are going well in the Lightfoot house hold. Raeya is training us on what she wants and when she wants it and as we get some of the ques right, she rewards us with sleeping longer. In the first week Raeya continued to loose weight, down to 7lbs 9oz but last friday we celebrated her reaching her birth weight yippee. The little chunker went from 7lbs 9oz to 8lbs 4oz in a week.

Here are some pictures of our past 2 weeks together.

So peacefull sleeping in her I love Daddy shirt, This is Aidan's favorite

Our second day at home and admiring our precious little gift.

Bath time...Raeya is incredibly strong and likes to stand on her legs if we give her the chance. Despite the look on her face, bathtime is one of her favorite times of the day.

Nothing like a good ol' head massage as Aidan gets her head dry before we bath her.

On December 1st we went to Vincent's baby shower. Raeya is 3 days older than Vincent. Unfortunately Raeya really didn't want her picture taken at this moment, she was an angel all day but was really hungry and didn't care for the photo opp. Vincent's mom Christine worked with Jeneah at Coast Mountain Sports in Langley.

Half an hour later she was fast asleep in her carseat. The touque was made for her by a family friend, Patty. I think it's adorable.

Emma, the furry baby, didn't want to be left out and is trying to figure out how she can still cuddle without stepping on Raeya.

Check out those bright eyes trying to figure out this new world.

We will update again with the many pictures we continue to take. Thank you for sharing in our new found love and we hope you enjoy the pictures.