Christmas Wrap-Up

So...it was a lovely Christmas on the home-front...minus a few gastro/respiratory type "hiccups".  We got our tree this year from a tree farm in the south end of the city.  I have to say tbat I was really pleased with our tree and would absolutely cut one down again (Dave may disagree).  It barely shed its needles, it lasted the whole season with only a few waterings, plus it looked great!  As an added bonus, we went with some good friends of ours and had a great time at the farm and afterwards at their place.  A great way to kick off the season!!

Here are a few pictures of the festivities:

The boys were great on Christmas morning.  They woke up at 06:30, which is pretty normal for them.  We were worried they would wake up WAY earlier...

One of our favourite gifts was a BEAUTIFUL scrapbook of our summer vacation in Vancouver sent by Mike and Glenda (Dave's brother and wife).  Here we are admiring it.

Emmett hid out under the kitchen table to play with his new toys while we prepped for Christmas brunch at our place with Dave's family.

We didn't get many pictures this year.  This is the only descent one of the tree.  We really need to take our camera out more often.

Felix was really into Christmas this year!  The boys school had a great fundraiser this year where the parents donated inexpensive or lightly used gifts.  The kids were then able to purchase gifts for their family for only a dollar or two.  They even had them wrapped by the grade 6's.  I thought it was a great way for the kids to learn about giving, about the value of money, plus the grade sixes raised money for their end of the year trip.  Everybody was a winner!

Here's Dave's brother Geoff and his fiancee Amy.  We're so happy for the newly engaged couple :)

GG (aka - great granny Peggy) admiring our gift to her.

Round two with my family just before heading out to Christmas dinner...

Emmett has discovered the joys of sledding!

The boys had a blast sledding!!  We didn't make it out too much because of the multiple bugs making their way through the house, but we made good use of the one day we were able to get out and have some fun.

I can't believe its all over for another year.  All the stress, and worry, and work for a few short days.  I hope the year ahead is a wonderful one for all our friends and family, and I can't wait to do it all again next year!!!

Round Three??

So...here we are again...I'm a horrible blogger!  I want to be better, so I'm going to officially put my new years resolutions out there.  Maybe, by making it public, I'll actually follow through with a few.

So here they are:

1.  Obviously!  Blog more than once a year.  I'm aiming for twice a month, but we'll see how it goes :S
2.  Get healthy.  That may seem like a cliche as far as new years resolutions go, but I was really on a role before all of Owen's seizure stuff (that'll be a whole other post on its own!)  I need to get back too it, because I was feeling really good...
3.  I have very little control over this one, but I would really like to make less CHEO trips this year.  We're seriously considered frequent flyers in emerg at this point :S
4.  Organize my home.  That's a tall order, but any little bit will help.
5.  Finish my Critical Care Certificate at Algonquin.

I feel confident that I can knock a few of those off (or partially off) my list this year.  Hopefully I'll have a positive report in a years time...

I think Felix, however, felt pressure to get one more CHEO visit in before the new year.  He fell out of bed last night and must have fallen directly on his face.  He split his lower lip wide open!  Even I, with my medical background, had a hard time looking at it.  After a 4 hour trip to emerg in the middle of the night, Felix is ending the year with a bang (bwa-haha), and three stitches in his lip.  He was very brave, and they were able to do it without sedation.  He's on a soft diet until we can get him in to see the dentist as he has a "contusion" on his front, right tooth.  He's definitely enjoying his popsicle binge though!

 Felix before his stitches...and right after throwing up all over some lady's shoes :S

Felix with his stitched, swollen lips.  Can't take his eyes off his video game...