Where are they now?

Well, we're here! Living in the Caribbean. We'll try to use this space to keep you up to date on what we're up to, how we're doing and, most importantly, where you can reach us so you can come to visit.

We have several photo albums at the top of this page, so check them out when you get some time - keep an eye on them; we'll add to them as we have more ad...

In early September we left Curacao for some adventure in the Southwest U.S. Our first stop was Reno, Nevada. This was only because it was the nearest big airport to Lake Tahoe. The following day we set off with our rental car stuffed with the added luggage required by the addition of a baby, and drove a very picturesque drive though Ponderosa Pine forests to Lake Tahoe.

We were joined there by Dom's parents and spent a week climbing, hiking and exploring the area.

Whenever we travel, we've taken "Where's Joshua?" photos, here are a few from our recent trips. Can you find him? (he's very obvious in some photos and very hard to find in others)

Joshua in Reno 

Joshua in Red Rock Canyon

Joshua overlooking Red Rocks

Uh, today is 32 degrees Celsius. Sounds toasty until you add the 75% humidity, which makes it feel like 47 degrees. We tried to enjoy lunch at a cute ocean-side restaurant today but it was too frickin hot.

Dom had 4 days off in a row so we took the opportunity to fly to St.Martin for the weekend.

It's a pretty neat place - it is the smallest landmass (37 square miles, or 96 square km if you prefer) in the world shared by 2 independent states. On an island one-fifth the size of the island of Montreal!! St. Martin in the north is a territory of France and Sint Maarten in the south is a Dutch territory and part of the Netherlands Antilles (as is Curacao).

On the French s...

So, it only took me two years of living in a location where there are more dive sites and dive operators than you can shake a stick at to finally get my Open Water certification. Considering I've wanted to do this since I was, like, 16 years old, it took far too long.

But now it's done! Here are a couple of photos from one of my dives and there's an album on the left of lots of the things we saw.

Joshua and I went to Canada for over 3 weeks this summer. Dom was supposed to go too but didn't get the vacation time approved.

Joshua had a great time hanging out in Halifax with Peggy and Paul and he even got to meet his cousins Daphne and Charlotte, who were visiting from France.

Joshua and I in Nanny MacDonald's house in PEI:

Joshua with Nanny MacDonald:

In June Lianne, Dom and Joshua travelled a full 28 minutes by air to Aruba for a 4 day vacation. This was a series of firsts for Joshua: first time in an airplane, first time in a pool, first time in the ocean, first time ordering a margarita poolside!!

As we were approaching parenthood, we discovered possibly the best answer to the diaper question. The answer, we discovered, is g-diapers. They are chemical-free and  flushable/biodegradable/compostable. Designed to be flushable, if for any reason you can't fl...

We would like to introduce our son Joshua Pierre Baker.  Joshua was born March 12, 2009. He was already two weeks late and it took 15 hours of labour for him to finally make his appearance. (It looks like he?s inherited his parents? punctuality!)  He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz.