Our friends Molly and Brian babysat Ruby for us on Friday evening. Luckily for us, Brian is a good photographer and he got a bunch of great portraits of Ruby.
Category Archives for photos
July and August photos
We recently went to Mexico, and I’m still working on the pictures and videos from that trip, so stay tuned. In the meantime, here are links to some pictures from the end of July and the first half of August. My favorite one:
Pictures from Canada Day
First, I added some pictures to the June album, so you may want to go back there and take another look.
I also put up pictures from our Canada Day party, as well as some other pictures taken this month. Here are a few of my favorites:
At our Canada Day party, we gave Ruby a popsicle to try. It didn’t go over too well…
Finally, here’s a funny clip of Ruby “dancing”:
Really Actually Playing
Yesterday, Ruby had a visit from her friend Gus (and his mom Becky). We were delighted to watch as they played together. Ruby has a push wagon, and she pushed Gus back and forth in it for a while, then they switched. Both kids had a blast, although while Gus enjoyed the motion of the wagon, Ruby seemed to prefer the demolition derby aspect of banging the wagon into the wall (or whatever) at the end of the run.
It was especially exciting for me because it’s the first time Ruby and another kid have intentionally done the same activity together and enjoyed it. She’s played alongside kids forever, but this was different. They were interacting, and I couldn’t stop smiling. Or videotaping…
I’ve also posted some new pictures in Ruby’s album.
This one’s for Uncle Michael
Today, I printed out some pictures of far-away relatives for Ruby to see. One of them was my brother Michael (who lives in Singapore). Something about the phrase “Uncle Michael” tickled Ruby’s fancy and she repeated it, sort of. She kept saying it all day. I decided to capitalize on this and associate his picture with his name.
For her first birthday, Michael gave Ruby a book about airplanes. So, I printed a tiny picture of his face and added him to the first page:
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Then, I taped Ruby talking about it. The way she says “Uncle Michael” sounds like a cross between “taco” and “cuckoo”. Take a look…
Welcome to Cousin Zizou!
Ruby’s cousin, Zacharie Georges Cybak Leroux, was born on Thursday the 31st. Ruby can’t wait to teach him the ways of the world in a few years…
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Curls and Giggles
Here are some recent pictures of Ruby.
Also, please enjoy this short video of Ruby bouncing on her chair and having a ball:
Whee!
Yesterday, we found a plastic slide on Craigslist and got it for Ruby. She figured out how to climb the ladder in a few tries, and got more and more excited as she went up and down. Watch her having fun!
There are a bunch of new pictures in the photo album as well, including some from Easter. I particularly like this portrait of us:
Walking!
Yesterday, Ruby walked! She stood up on her own, and took about 6 steps. After that, she repeated the feat several times and we caught one on camera: Walking!
March photos
We put up some pictures from March in Ruby’s photo gallery.