(All pictures are clickable to images in a Picasa web album.)
Taya Samara took her first airplane ride (what an adventure!) so we could celebrate Christmas in T.O. with both sides of the family.
Here she is playing airplane with Mommy at Babica and Dedek's (Lj's parents).
We had the good fortune of coinciding with Sandra's wedding--here she is with her groom, Celio (pronounced SEH-lee-o not SEE-lee-o). They say that rain on your wedding day is good luck. What do they say about a blizzard???
Apart from the beautiful couple, Taya was the star of the show. Celio requested that their first picture as husband and wife be with her!
You can somewhat make out Taya's swollen red left eye, which necessitated a (surprisingly quick) visit to the ER. Lucky for us all, it turned out to be caused only be a bunch of fibers from Lj's sweater, into which Taya had burrowed to avoid the blowing snow.
Back at Babica and Dedek's, her eye all better, our little adventurer has been cooing up a storm, especially on the changing table, as here.
Cousins Keegan and Amaera (with their parents Chee and Noreen) were super keen to meet their only girl (Chan-side) cousin. Here they are waiting for Taya's nap to end ...
... and waiting ...
Finally! There she is, the little princess surrounded by her admirers. :)
And the admiration was certainly mutual. Here's Taya gripping Hilda Amaera's finger intently.
Uncle Chee was anxious for a cuddle, and you can see, that feeling also was mutual.
Later on, here's Auntie Simona playing with Taya, after traveling in from Michigan.
And here's Taya Samara cooing and smiling, playing with Mommy.
On the 23rd (cousin Brayden's 3rd b-day) we made our way out to Soo & Tony's in Burlington (thanks to Nanna and Grandpa) to celebrate the Chan-clan Christmas with newfound bustle. A bit overwhelming for little Taya, but she loved it.
Here's cousin Brayden. You can see a little family resemblance (which makes sense, especially since Brayden's father Tony is Italian-Canadian, and Italy is a neighbour to Slovenia).
Nanna got some precious time with Taya, here some tummy time, which Taya is now really enjoying.
Taya was spitting up quite a bit in all her excitement (and once my too-vigorous soothing to sleep afterwards--just 'cuz she likes it apparently doesn't mean it's good for her!)
Here's cousin Teague with one of his Christmas gifts.
Auntie Soo found some time for a cuddle with Taya despite the demands of hosting.
Auntie Noreen got some great cuddle time.
Cousin Amaera has already begun dressing Taya (see the summer post for A teaching T lots, in the womb-without-a-view)--here they are with Nanna. As you can see, by this time, Taya was pretty fried.
