Will and Kate and the Stampede Parade 2011

My office is right on 6th Avenue. So I get a good view of the Stampede Parade every year. This year, Will and Kate drove the parade route and here's a look at what happened.



It was hyped up to more than it was. I was a little disappointed that they weren't in a horse drawn carriage. And it would have been nicer if they rolled down their windows. Anyways, you can't really see him. But Will was in that car with the British flag on it. I did see him when they drove by, so I guess that's something, but you can't really see it in the video.

Bela in a Box

This was a few weeks back when we were packing up some of the stuff in the condo. Juan put her in the box and gave her a crayon. She seems to be having a great time. And no, we haven't had any mishaps with her and the walls yet - so I'm glad this didn't encourage any bad behaviour.

Bela February Update

Currently, Bela is walking - yes, walking - around the house. Our little girl is now an upright. Although I think she still prefers to crawl, everyday she's taking more steps on her own and starting to walk to get to her toys instead of crawling. Also, yesterday she started to stand. She started to do this last week, but we never witnessed it. On occasion, we would see her upright, but there was nothing around for her to pull herself up on, so we just assumed she stood. But we actually saw her stand up all by herself last night. And this morning she is continuing to do so. So we are in trouble around her - lock up everything, Bela is on the loose!

We went through another bout of illness the last two weeks. Bela started with the sniffles which turned into an eye infection - the first round of antibiotics. This turned into a fever and she seemed to be well for a couple of days. Then she came down with a fever again. We went to the doctor and she had a chest infection. Another round of antibiotics and corticosteriods later she's on the mend. I also came down with her cold, only I got an ear infection from it. I also went through two rounds of antibiotics and have almost kicked it. Ugh, we are *almost* healthy around here.

Bela bang

We started off the new year with a bang ... literally. Bela fell in the bath tub last night and cut open her eye. She was trying to stand up and slipped and banged her head on the side of the tub. She got about a 1cm cut - like a cut a boxer gets. So she's our prized fighter! HeHe. We called Healthlink and they said that the size of the cut was a bit of a concern and that we should take her to the hospital. So off we went to the Children's at 8PM. We were there for about 3 and half hours. The doctor said it would heal fine and she didn't need stitches but they closed it with glue. She really cried while they held her down to put the glue on. That's when I finally broke down - I cried. It was sad hearing her cry like that and not being able to comfort her. But she was fine. She's definitely a trooper. She was happy and talking to everyone in the waiting room and when we finally got into a room she fell asleep on me while watching TV.
Here are some pictures we took this morning (we didn't take any last night).

Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho or en espanol Jo Jo Jo

Belated Birthday Post

We celebrated Little Ms. Bela's first birthday on December 4th. So yes, this is super late. But here are some wonderful pictures!

Babies should be remote control cars

I am so tired of being sick. I am so tired of Bela being sick and I am so tired of her diaper rash! Why won't this vicious cycle ever end! Why do babies have to build up an immune system. I mean, why can't they come fully charged? Like flashlights or remote control cars? Come to think of it, a lot of things don't come fully charged. Like cell phone batteries or cameras. So I guess what I'm saying is why are babies more like cell phones and less like remote control cars? Wow, this post is taking a turn for the worst. It's like an improv show. Ok, so let's go with it. To me babies are more like remote control cars. They just go, go, go! I mean, they do talk and have many applications - they have an app for that - but really, babies just don't stop. Ergo, babies are remote control cars therefore, they must come fully charged.

I should mention to you now that I did just take 2 Tylenol Cold Nighttime pills.

OK, back to the reason why I started this post. Bela has been sick on and off since November. She's been sick with something for like 6 weeks! That's a long time in my book. She still has a cough and runny nose. Thankfully she doesn't have a fever anymore and the puking stopped a few weeks back, but seriously, the poor baby girl. She's getting the poop smacked out of her. Speaking of which, that's what we are onto now. Plus add in a diaper rash that's been around for a couple of weeks. It's a fun time over here at la casa Moreno-Kendall, stop over, bring some medication. Her diaper rash is pretty bad. Today we had to go to the doctor again. Poor little girl doesn't even want you to come near her to get changed. And who could blame her, I wouldn't want anyone touching a sore red open wound! She spent a lot of the day sin diaper. So she did pee on the carpet (and a little poop) but hey it kept her happy. And we snuck in a second bath too which she really enjoyed. But minus all that fuss, she did manage to laugh and giggle with me for a bit and to traverse along the furniture for most of the day which made me very happy to see. At least my little girl was in there somewhere!
So to conclude. Babies should be more like remote control cars and less like cell phones. That is all