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It has been almost a month since my last post, so much has happened, but the past two weeks REALLY flew by because OMA WAS HERE!!!!!!
Winter never wanted Oma out of her sight! It was really awesome to see my Mama and my Winter so enthralled with each other. Oma has a way with children, and seeing her teaching Winter little tricks and gently encouraging her to reach farther, reminded me a lot of being young. Oma taught Winter a little cough-speak, so Winter now coughs as a greeting....very earnestly. We went to visit Israel at the house where he is laying rock...
Mom got to see a typical new Squamish house being built, and Israel got to show off Winter!
But despite my feeling youthful and wishing time could stand still, my 29th birthday came and went. It was a wonderful day. Morning tea with my family, swimming at the pool with Mom and Winter, a relaxing afternoon enjoying my new sound system (thanks Isra!), then out for SUSHI!
My three-week-long vegan life fell to its knees in the face of tuna sashimi salad with triple salmon roll...
And later I amassed all my birthday fortunes for a photo...
Not shown is a gift certificate from Mom for the wool & gelato shop, one from my friend Tim for some funky old-new clothes, and some very loverly kisses from Winter all over my face. It was a super-duper day all round. I also put Mom to work with a broom and some courage, ridding our house of huge spiders!
This morning Winter and I took Oma to Vancouver so she could fly back to Ottawa. It was a sad morning for all of us. Two weeks has never gone so quickly. Winter will be looking for her new best friend...Thanks for the amazing time Mama! Can't wait to see you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winter has now been part of this world for six months! Congratulations beautiful girl! At 7:55 tonight you will be half a year old. Wow. I am amazed at how fast these months have gone by, especially considering that I never thought I'd make it through the first week! Israel and I are totally in love with our little Winter...... 
She is starting to not only enjoy having baths, but playing with the bath toys and splashing her mama....she is eating rice cereal and bananas....she plays copy-that-sound....she sleeps for up to 3 hours every afternoon, and lately sometimes through the night! I love watching her change every day...and I swear I feel younger since I had her!
These Moccasins deserve a post of their own. They were given to Winter by my aunt Trudie, who is a nurse in Fort Severn Ontario, on the shores of the Hudson Bay. A woman in her village made them, and they have served Winter well for five months now. They have gotten more compliments than Winter herself. Alas, they are approaching foot-binding status, and will now enjoy their retirement. I do believe they are the best moccasins a baby ever wore. Thanks Trudie. 
...and this is what she looks like now, caught in the light of a long summer evening. This is her "hungry" look.
Every day I look at Winter and I can't believe how quickly the time has passed since that January morning when I lay, watching Israel sleeping, feeling the first contractions in my belly, so happy that our baby was finally ready to meet us. Twelve hours later, there she was...and my world changed forever in the best way possible. A new little sun in my universe, a whole new meaning to my existence. And lots and lots of laundry. This is what she looked like then....
Winter and her parents are in the depths of a hot July, spending days lolling about on the living room floor, trying to catch a breeze. When the tide is high we trek down to the ocean so Scuba can get some relief, but the water is too cold for furless ones....this Ontario girl really misses all those wonderful lakes this time of year!
In other news, Winter is well on her way to being a diaper-free baby! I was so tired of washing diapers, and felt sorry for her tiny sodden bottom....I started paying attention to her "elimination" patterns, and now I know that when she wakes up from naps, after nursing, and upon arriving home after a walk, she'll want to go. So I hold her above the toilet and make a sort of whistling noise, and she obliges happily! She still wears diapers most of the time, but now they stay dry...down to two a day. I am really amazed at how quickly she caught on, and looking forward to her being able to give me some kind of signal to tell me when she needs to go! 
