Spiderman Spiderman...

Ella has hit a climbing stage.
All she does now is try to climb things and give me a heart attack!


I followed her for 5 minutes the other morning and got these shots of her.....


Trying to climb the shoe cabinet to chase the cat





Trying to climb closer to the TV











Trying another route to get closer to the TV








Trying to climb onto the couch. She has successfully made it onto the couch but has not mastered the art of safely getting down

Ella doing her initial training for the Navy Seals

Is this what I sound like??

Out celebrating a friends birthday one of the guests started to imitate what I sound like.

It was horrifying, as things like this usually are.

Basically he thinks that West Coast Canadians sound like we just walked off the Fargo set.

Is this what I really sound like?

Here are recent pictures of Ella taken by one of the mommies at playgroup. Not hard to imagine why she is becoming a photographer, eh? She takes fantastic shots!!



Ella showing off and walking











































Look at all those teeth!!












looking happy as a clam even though she hadn't napped all day. Literally five minutes later she was asleep.

Playtown

We spent a few hours at Playtown, an indoor playroom for kids. It was overwhelming for all of us to walk in at first. Kids screaming and running around and bright colours everywhere. It took Ella about 30 minutes to relax and get into it. But then she LOVED it So much to do!












Ella loved all the balls there were to play with and had fun crawling thru the tunnels.





















She sat and played with this for some time and then started playing peek a boo with the lady across from her. It was so cute!

ELLA TAKES HER FIRST STEPS!

Ella took her first real steps today!!
We were both there to witness the big event

Stanley Beach

We met up with Sarah and her twins Anastasia and Gustav for some swimming time at Stanely beach















Ella just loves to swim!

















She also loves to crawl up trees!

A Night in Macau at the Venetian

Having a 'welcome to the Venetian' drink along the canal







Our room is huge! I could happily spend a week here.















We head to the pool. Ella loves the water jets.




























bath time







The crib in the hotel room was much smaller than her cib at home. She quickly ran out of room to maneuver and slept like this.






Me on our "date night' going to Zaia by Cirque du Soleil








Ella IS Chinese!

Look at her fingers in the PEACE sign LOL









Looking towards the Venetian from the Hard Rock








Ella in her sushi bib (from Hilary) at a sushi restaurant










Water wall at the Hard Rock Hotel







Heading back to Hong Kong on the Cotai Strip high speed jet