- My sister in law Carrie and her hubby Chris had a beautiful baby boy on December 13th. They named him Carter Owen Hodgson. He is perfect! Ben loves holding him and is getting good at saying "Carter"... its so cute. He is so gentle with him and will "pet" his head. He will look at him and then hold his fingers up to his face like he is going to pinch you and then say "little little" - I love it!
- Ben had his second Christmas this year! What a spoiled boy. He is starting to understand "Santa" and loved his advent calendar each morning. He would wake up and the first work out of his mouth would be "ka ka", which is "chocolate". "Ka ka" would be followed by "Santa" and that would mean "get me downstairs so I can get my chocolate from Santa"... what a funny little man! He enjoyed unwrapping his gifts this year and was very patient with it all, which was very surprising. We did not do a Santa photo this year. He was so in love with Santa photos and Santa on TV or in the house, that I did not want to sit him on Santa's lap and have him get scared and then ruin the magic of Santa this year. I think next year he may be ready - we'll see. Christmas seemed to go by so fast. I had the Shaw family over for Christmas Eve dinner and then we went to my mom and dad's for Christmas Day. Lots of food and lots of fun!
- We spent New Year's with some friends and their little ones in Fairmont. It was a blast! Ben had so much fun with his two "girlfriends" Taylor and Emmerson and his little buddy, Baby Mack. The girls and I took a day to go to the spa and get pampered and went into Invermere for lunch and some shopping. Great dinners, good games and lots of laughs - a great way to start 2010!
- We got spoiled this year at Christmas by my parents and they took Dave, Ben and me to Kauai, Hawaii! It was amazing!!! We were there for a week and the weather was mostly nice. It was funny because one day while Ben was napping, my mom and I headed to the beach. It was windy and the sun was mostly behind the clouds, but that did not stop us. We got rained on (the rain was just a mist though - very neat feeling). I had to laugh, because only Canadians would be out in the rain in bathing suits trying to suntan! Dave, my dad and I went Zip lining one day - that was definitely an adventure! We went to a Luau at the Resort we were staying at - Ben loved it! There were the hula dancers, male and female, as well as the fire dancers - it was awesome! The food was amazing as well! Ben learned to swim by himself (with water wings of course). He was so proud! He grew up so much on that holiday! Our vacation seemed to go so fast and before we knew it we were home again.
- The very next weekend (this past Sunday) I threw Carrie and Mr. Carter a baby shower. There were a whole bunch of friends and family that came and I think it went well. Carter got spoiled! I had a diaper raffle where everyone could bring diapers and/or wipes and be entered for a draw to win some yummy lotions and bath stuff. Carrie ended up getting so many diapers and wipes - it was great!
And that takes us to today, where as you can see in the post before this one, I set up a new blog along with Colleen and Amanda. I think it will be lots of fun - we'll see if I can keep up with them both... I will try and get better because I am sure these super long posts are not THAT enjoyable - but at least everyone is updated with everything.... now for the photos! This will probably feel like sitting through a "family vacation slide show", so skip what you want and ENJOY!
Me, Ben, Dave, Carrie, Chris and Mr. Carter; December 2009
The "before" and the "after" - dosen't my little man clean up good!? This was right before we left to my office Christmas party... lookin' pretty spiffy!
Christmas morning. He was pretty good with the wrapping paper. Hudson waited patiently for it to hit the ground and then his fun began!
Christmas Eve at out house with the Shaws and Gillies... not sure why I don't have any Christmas Day photos... must be on mom's camera. The last photo of Ben in his hat was at bathtime... he would not take it off - his best gift this year overall - from his Gram and Grandad.
New Year's with the Caharels, Schneiders and Shaws - best New Year's Ever!
Ok, so that is all I can do tonight... I will add in some shower photos tomorrow if I get a chance. Almost all caught up... almost!
