The Lazy Days of Liam

I can't believe it is almost the end of January. Wow time flies! Matt is busy delivering babies I think he delivered number 8 this morning. We had a great visit with Uncle Cam, Auntie Carmen and Uncle Andy this past weekend in Vancouver. We are headed off to Whistler this weekend for Matt's Residence Retreat. Whoo non stop activity in this household.

We wanted to write a little entry to say...

1) Happy Birthday to Uncle Miles (January 20), we miss you very much and can't wait to see you again.

2) Congratulations to my cousins Michael and Teresa on the birth of their new son, Matthew, on January 21. (Cousin Philip that must have been a great birthday present) Soon enough we will have to have a Liam versus Matthew sumo match as I am sure Matthew will also be a budda baby. :)

3) Liam is 5 months old today...I am sure he weighs 20 lbs as his car seat is a tad heavy to lift these days. He is doing well rolling like crazy and learning to sit up. Of course everything keeps going in his mouth ranging from the telephone antenna to his foot. Oh to be a baby again.

Well, we hope everyone has an enjoyable January and we miss you all. Come visit soon!

Love,

Liam, Monique and Matt

Our wonderful weekend in Sunpeaks!

Hello everyone!

We just got back from a wonderful weekend at Sunpeaks Ski resort (Kamloops, BC). Our friends Ryan and Karen so generously invited us up to spend the weekend with them. It was great to get out the rain, 27 days straight, and be back in the land of snow. Snow is nice to ski in but drive in...hmmm I still hate it.

We drove up on Friday night with our friend, Chauntille, and arrived in Sunpeaks around 10:30 pm. We were met by Ryan, Karen, Karen's friend Karyn and Ryan's collegue Shawn. Liam woke up enough to say hello and smile a bit but was pretty tired and sleep like a log for the night.

The next morning we were joined by Matt and Ryan's collegues and their partners (Andrea, Dave, Dave's girlfriend Simone, Nick, and Nick's girlfriend Yoko). They all headed off to spend the day on the slopes while Chauntille and I had a lazy day of relaxing and chatting. We did go for a walk around the village in Sunpeaks. We had beautiful weather and Liam seemed to really like the look of the snow. That evening we spent time in the condo's hot tub and headed out for a great dinner in the village.

On Sunday Karen and I went skate skiing in the morning as the conditions were perfect (great weather and nice snow) and then traded off with Ryan and Chauntille. Matt had a relaxing morning with Liam hanging out in the day lodge.

Now we're home and busy days are among us again. Matt started Obstetrics this morning and is already in the process of delievering babies. wow weeeee. :)

Have a fantastic week!

Love,

Liam, Monique and Matt

It's a new year...10 days ago. oops.

Hey everyone,

So we're a little slow here in the Robertson household...okay maybe not Matt or Liam but I am definitely moving at a slow pace.

We had a great New Year's Eve celebrating with our friends Karen, Ryan, Sian and Derek. The boys even brought in the new year with shots of flaming sambuca. No casualties except Derek may not smell for the next few weeks until his nostril hairs grow back but whatever it's new years! Little Liam even woke up exactly at 11:58 pm for the occasion...laughed, smiled realized it was not anything special rubbed his eyes and went back to bed.

On New Year's Day we went into Vancouver to spend the evening at Chris, Susan, Erica and Brigit's beautiful house in North Vancouver. We also went to visit with Uncle Bill and Auntie Maxine from Ottawa, Noel, Rae-Ann, Ariel and Kieran who are sadly moving to Toronto right away, and John and Diane who were visiting from Dawson City, Yukon. We had a great time eating chinese food and enjoying some fantastic conversation and company.

Big moments in the New Year...
- Liam rolled over for the first time last week. He is a belly to back kind of guy. Everyday I have to watch this little guy as he tries to roll away especially on the change table.
- Liam was measured recently at 18.5 lbs and 27 inches...putting him in the 90th percentile = he is big and you could do weight training by simply lifting him up and down.

Well this should give you a glimpse into the life of the Robertsons for the time being.

We hope all is well in the world with our friends and family!

Love,

Monique, Matt and Liam

We're back...in Chilliwack!

We have just returned from our wonderful visit to Edmonton for Christmas. We were able to see many of our family and friends but unfortunately our time ran out and we didn't get to see everyone we would have liked to.

However, we will visit again in the new year. Here are some of the highlights of our trip:

- Cawfu (Uncle) Miles met his nephew for the first time and definitely created a strong bond especially in the Oiler fan department.
- A few of my students from last year came by to visit whivh really brought a smile to my face.
- Liam met Great Grandma Robertson and sat quietly in her lap and eventually fell asleep on her.
- Michelle, Michael and Jayden made a surprise visit to Edmonton on Christmas eve to surprise Auntie Marguerite and all the Gendalls.
- Liam was an all around great boy...actually he was a great 'sucker' baby making many couples think about having a baby. :)

We would like to thank Kung Kung Peter, Pau Pau Grace, Grandpa Hugh and Grandma Lynda for having us as guest in their homes for the last two weeks. We hope you had a great time with Liam because I am sure he is suffering from Grandparent withdrawl right now.

We want to say hi to all of our family and friends that we were unable to see but we will fly to Edmonton again soon.

Christmas time in Edmonton!

Hello everyone!

We are currently in Edmonton enjoying Christmas with our family and friends. Liam has been a very good boy charming all the people that he meets.

Liam and I had a good flight from Abottsford to Edmonton despite 2 delays and landed us in Edmonton at midnight. He slept most of the way and on the way home from the airport he fell asleep until the next morning. He met his Uncle Miles the next day and they seemed to have really bonded...must be an Oilers' fan thing.

The last week Liam has met many people from mom's work, grandparents' friends and of course spent lots of time with Grandpa and Grandma Cheung (a.k.a Kung Kung and Pau Pau). On Monday night Liam saw his dad again after 5 days apart...they definitely missed each other.

Finally Liam met his Great Grandma Robertson yesterday and there was an immediate bond between the two as they played and Liam eventually fell asleep on her.

The trip home to Edmonton has been fantastic so far and I will keep you updated on the latest adventure of the Robertsons.

See everyone soon!

Love the Robertsons

Uncle Simon comes for a visit!

Liam was quite excited this weekend as our friend Simon came to visit from Calgary. Uncle Simon made quite an impression on little Liam (okay Liam's no longer really that little he has quite the budda belly) as he had Liam laughing and generally in great spirits all weekend. We hope Uncle Simon will come visit again soon.

Our next big event is flying back to Edmonton! Liam and I will be flying to Edmonton on Tuesday and then Matt will come the next weekend. So I know I am very excited to see all our friends and family so be ready for some phonecalls and plan making! See all of you very soon.

Love,

Monique, Matt and Liam

Long weekend in Vancouver

Hi everyone!

We were lucky enough to spend Rememberance Day long weekend in Vancouver visiting with family and friends.

On Friday night we had dinner with RaeAnn, Noel, Aeirelle, Kieran, Susan, Chris, Erica, Bridgitte, Uncle Walder, Aunt Nancy, Carmen and Andy at RaeAnn and Noel's house in Port Moody. RaeAnn made fantastic pizza and apple crisp. We are so lucky to have such great family so close to us.

On Saturday and Sunday we had fun visiting with friends. We had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Tim, Jasmine and their son Ryder. He is one handsome boy and it is exciting to think Liam will be like him soon enough. Carmen invited some friends over on Saturday night for some drinks and in typical Liam style he loved being held, especially by Jay, and spent the evening wide eyed.

On Sunday night our friend Stacy arranged for us to stay a night at the Pan Pacific Hotel. Wow, we had a beautiful room with a huge city view and it felt like we were on a mini vacation. Liam had a great time staring at the city lights from his crib. That evening we had a great dinner at The Keg with our friends from Edmonton, Jason and Nicole. It was nice to have a wonderful dinner and be pampered for a weekend.

We want to thank Carmen for letting us spend the weekend at her apartment and Stacey for arranging the room at the hotel. We had a wonderful weekend that definitely helped us relax and reconnect with our friends and family.

Liam's first Halloweeeeeeeeeen

Hi everyone!

Sorry for the long delay but time flies by when you got a baby. Yesterday, Liam celebrated his first halloween and made it to a few houses to flash some smiles and get some candy.

He is truly growing everyday, I think he is close to 16 lbs...I know he's huge already. I would like to blame it on my super milk and his huge appetite. He's a delightful boy and is smiling more everyday and "speaking" more...gaga gogo ish.

Talk to you soon!

Liam's one popular guy!

Wow it is amazing to realize that Liam is now one month old. He is growing like a weed, at his last doctor's check up he now weighs a whopping 10 lbs 5 ozs and has grown to 53 cms. It actually beings a tear to my eye when I see him growing out of his newborn clothes.

The past few weeks have been full of activity as grandparents Grace and Peter returned to Edmonton and on the same day grandparents Hugh and Lynda arrived. Needless to say Liam has been spoiled by all the love and hug of his grandparents. While they were visiting Lynda celebrated her birthday in Chilliwack with a fantastic party attended by Cam, Carmen, and Andy. We were also joined by Reann, Noel, Kieran, and Ariel from Port Moody, Susan, Chris, Erica and Bridget from North Vancouver and Michelle, Michael, and Jayden from Coquitlam. It was great to see so many kids running around our backyard and knowing that next year at this time Liam will be running around. The afternoon party was awesome with great food, weather and of course company.

The relatives have landed...

Liam was lucky enough to have one set of his grandparents visit for the last two weeks...spoiling him every second they were here. Grandparents Grace and Peter have been a great help to us over the last few weeks, cooking, cleaning and taking care of Liam when he's been a wee bit fussy in the middle of the night. I know Liam will miss them when they are back in Edmonton but he will be looking forward to visiting them at Christmas time.

I should also thank all those people that have sent amazing cards and presents to little Liam as he greatly appreciates them and loves all of you very much.

He's all grown up...

Hi everyone! Liam is a week old tomorrow. Day 2 was the hardest but we made it and are getting into our routine...feed, burp, change diaper, repeat. Here are some more photos!

Baby Liam

At 11:17am on Wednesday August 24th after 6 hours of hard labour and an hour of pushing baby Liam was born. He was 7 lbs 7 ozs and 53 cm long. Mom and baby are home and doing well, dad is exhausted. Cousins Mike and Teresa were the first to visit already spoiling the baby with toys. Uncle Cam is here now and babysitting as I write this. Here are some photos, hope you are all well. - Matt

38 weeks and 2 days...but who is counting?

Like the title states we're, hopefully, only a few weeks away from the birth of our first child. I am dealing with ailments that I've never had before...swollen feet, hip aches, lack of sleep but more so I am very excited for what is coming up and that is holding a new baby in my arms. Now I have images of what this baby could look like but it is hard to imagine a mix of Matt and me. I just really hope it looks nothing like the photo we took in a booth that morphs your two pictures together to create, tada! your child...because I am pretty sure that little girl had a gotee/moustache. haha

Email me your bets on when you think this baby will be born and we'll see who is the closest. Matt and I first predicted August 29 to be the day but the ultrasound says September 3 so you decide...

Manning Park

This past weekend we went to Manning Park for a day trip with my cousins Michael and Teresa. We stopped at Bridal Falls and I actually made it up the 15 minute walk to the falls without wanting to collapse. I hope things get easier after I pop this thing out. Bridal Falls is beautiful.

Manning Park is amazing as well only about 2 hours East of Chilliwack. Great summer spot but from what I've heard even more amazing winter recreation with skiing, snow shoeing, camping, skating and tubing on the snow. Wooooweee.

Of course mostly on my mind this weekend is when this baby is going to get here. We're into 38 weeks now and just trying to patient...quite difficult though. We'll keep eveyone updated.