birthday palooza...

a few festivites to celebrate the big day! a family dinner on wednesday with auntie gill, uncle joe and uncle michael. and joined by tal's friends on saturday afternoon for some fun and cake.

a beautiful birthday card arrived first thing in the morning on November 25th from Mrs. Heys. You have such impeccable timing!

not quite sure what to do with her first gift...

also not quite sure about the hat...

beautiful handmade purse from uncle michael

tal loves her new toy from auntie gill and uncle joe...

grandma jen's carrot cake...yum!

talia the bear with auntie gemma...

talia's caterpillar cake - just like the one I made for Ellee on her 1st bday...

ben helped blow out the candle...

just testing the waters on the cake...

loves it!

our little beauty is 1!

where did the last year go? it's amazing to me that we now have a 1 year old. she has made this year wonderful for us...we are very proud to be her parents! happy 1st birthday beauty - may all your wishes come true!

trying something new...

we have a new camera and the video function isn't compatible with blogger (yet). so - we are going to try uploading to you tube and posting the links. the links are private - so you have to click on it through our site, or cut and paste it to pass it on. we'll see how it works - hopefully we'll be able to keep everything all in one place very soon.

here's a funny clip from bathtime tonight. we won't be encouraging this...but it was funny just this once ;)

tal's bathtime fun - click here

playing catch up...

I know that it has been a very long time since our last post...but hoping this one will get us back on track. It has been a crazy, crazy month!

I've been working a lot - the Movember campaign is in the home stretch and the PR has been amazing. We've been averaging 100 media hits a week since the end of October, which is really incredible.

Tal and I both came down with H1N1 - not at all fun...but at least it's over with and we don't have to worry about getting it. Jay managed to look after us both and not get sick. I guess it is clear that Tal has my immune system - very unfortunate!

We had a visit from Eula. We weren't feeling well...but we all had some much needed rest in Whistler. We barely left the condo. Jay and Eula kept the flu at bay by drinking caesars ;)

We had a shower for Des and Isla on Saturday. Such a nice day. What a little cutie! We look forward to sailing school in the future ;)

It's a big week ahead. Our little beauty is turning 1 on Wednesday. Where does the time go? So much has happened in the last year. It's exciting to think about what next year will bring.

Here are some pics from the last few weeks. I'll get back on track with regular updates now. Normalcy is a beautiful thing.

a sick little one at whistler. dad was a super-star. the only upside is that she wanted to cuddle 24/7. stache was in day 6 in this picture

feeling better...

men of movember - Daragh, Chris & Jay ...go mo!

daddy-mo...day 12ish...

just anothe night in the purvis house. talia was splashing like crazy in the bath and maggie was scared to death of the thunder outside...

auntie gill with isla...

daddy-mo day 20ish...

the end of an era...brode and gemma are moving to the north shore and after 10 years the club house is leaving the family. the boys are decked out in the movember turtlenecks. ahhh...the girls are soooooo lucky!

boxes are fun...

so is breakfast...

practicing walking in her pink furry boots (thanks grandpa bill - they were a little big last christmas but they fit perfect now!)

a pumpkin family photo...

welcome isla daniel miller...

auntie desi made talia a new friend! welcome isla...we look forward to a lot of fun times ahead!

happy halloween!

here are some pics from halloween at the Robinson's...

jay's mad pumpkin carving skillz...

our little monkey really liked dress up...

tal really likes ty...i think ty really thinks she's a pest. that will all change soon enough ;)

tal, ty and kaelyn - not quite sure how they feel about their pre-trick or treat photo shoot