A day of firsts...

Yesterday was a banner day for the Andersons as several anticipated and not-so-anticipated firsts came to pass. July 1st was the first day of the rest of my life as my fellowship (the final hurdle of my formal medical training) came to an end. The light at the end of the tunnel that we've been talking about for the last 14 years is upon us...but, of course, if you're Wes, you think the tunnel is the best part. We'll see about that! The 1st of July 2007 was also the Anderson family's first Canada Day celebration. Canada Day is basically their fourth of July. We marked the day with getting Georgia's first babysitter as we went out on the town with Amy's family for a phenomenal dinner, which ended with "l'inspiration du momente" (inspiration of the moment...also known as dessert of the day). Wes suprised us all (and especially the babysitter) as he climbed out of his crib for the first time while we were out. I'm sure future counseling will be needed to deal with the trauma of walking out of his room to find his parents gone and a strange philippino lady sitting on the sofa. Needless to say, Wes was apparently happy to get back into his crib (only to repeat the feat and walk proudly into our bedroom this morning at 6 am). Other landmarks included Georgia rolling over for the first time and Wes successfully using the big boy potty (just once, so don't get too excited). What a day!
Saturday we took the fam on a double decker bus ride throughout the city. A first we will never repeat was trying to feed Georgia on top of the bus...I think you'll find our pictures on the CCPS (canadian child protective services) most-wanted list. Yesterday was the botanical gardens which was full of (you guessed it) plants! Since it was cool, we spent most of the time walking through the greenhouses and looking at the rare plants and flowers (or running past them in Wes' case). Light a sparkeler for us on the fourth.
Happy Canada Day!