A Very Merry Cabin Christmas 2009

Momma got what she wanted for Xmas - besides of course a healthy happy family - a new digital SLR camera!! Momma also got about 5 extra pounds of junk in the trunk from much eating and drinking but ah it was so worth it!

Spoiled little boys - a new mini-snowmobile for Xmas from Mimi and Papa C!! This goes with the mini-quad they have for the summer months!

Jasper and I ripping it up on the green machine (aka mini-snowmobile). The green machine maxes out at about 10KPH so no hi-speed wipeouts should occurr, but nonetheless Jasper did not want to ride it solo. Jasper did double with Everett a few times as well which was too cute.....

A lovely but rare moment of all the cousins peacefully co-existing : )

Christmas Dinner cabin style - sweatpants and pajamas and lots of booze (and food!)

Papa C and Jasper doing a little snowmobiling around the cabin

A very tired Griffin asleep in the sleigh. This could have very easily been a picture of me as well as baby G decided that he didn't really want to sleep very much while at the cabin and much preferred having milk every hour on the hour - including a very special 5:50am wakeup on Xmas morning!

Christmas Eve and the boys model the latest in cabin fleece pajama fashions

Rub a dub dub, 4 boys in a tub....and then post-bath a naked bounce party on Mimi's bed

A Very Merry Day Family Xmas

Twas the the night before our Day family Xmas and all thru this pigsty known as our house, I realized just how much STUFF we have..... I mean ridiculous amounts of STUFF...... overwhelming amounts of STUFF...... with a lovely Christmas tree overflowing with STUFF to come. So starting then and there I enlisted the help of Jasper and collected three full boxes of toys and such to be put away to be sold at a later date with all proceeds going to Team Finn and the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I think we will make this a new year round tradition - before we add to our STUFF, we will take away some STUFF to give to charity or the recycling depot etc. Hoorah!

But back to the Xmas festivities. Last year you might recall, after the great snowfall stranded most of our immediate and extended family in North Van we had one of the best Christmases I can remember. And why? It wasn't about the STUFF, it was about having 4 generations of family and multiple families are gathered under our rather small roof - it was WONDERFUL. So we had another treat this year - along with hosting the Day family Xmas gala, my cousin James and his family and my Aunt Sue and cousin Kylie also came over for a lovely supper and a day-late (ha ha) celebration of Kieran's 2nd birthday. Again, so much family and SO WONDERFUL!!

Wed morning we are off to the cabin for round two - 4 days of snow, eating, drinking, more eating and more STUFF : )

Griffin's Big Adventure

Griffin is Mommy's little soldier. He went in last week to get tubes put in his ears to help ease chronic ear infections and fluid build up. He was totally cut off from eating/drinking at midnight the night before and despite a scheduled surgery time of 12:30, the little man didn't get into the operating room until 4:30 - gasp! Poor Griffin and poor me - my b--bs had grown to at least J cups and the little man didn't understand why he couldn't get a piece of the action. The actual surgery was a mere 9 minutes long and he was a complete champ. besides being a bit sleepy and a LOT hungry, you wouldn't have know anything had happened to him that day. We have noticed him saying more words this past week - perhaps a coincidence, or perhaps finally some nice clear ears!

Griffin's Big Adventure

Poor little Griffin. Not only did he have to go to the hospital for surgery yesterday (ear tubes), but his surgery was delayed 4 HOURS because of an unforseen emergency. So, we walked and played and he tried and tried to nurse, but of course isn't allowed anything to eat or drink so he cried and cried, and my boobs got bigger and bigger and bigger......... So we waited some more, and he cried some more, but he was such a trooper. Eventually the waiting room thinned out (yes, almost everyone in the waiting room was waiting for our doctor too because of the delay) and it was our turn - he was such a champ! I couldn't resist taking some snaps of him in his little wee hospital gown - I just wanted to eat him up he was so cute! Today is like nothing ever happened and we are hoping this will help with all his ear problems - now I just need to figure out how to get the &$*#)@_#*# earplugs in his ears before each and every bath/shower (and this kid LOVES to bathe)

We outta be in pictures - take 3

Some photos from our November photo shoot with Sacha. Trying to get Griffin to not knock over the artfully placed "one" was next to impossible, but at least Sacha managed to get a few shots before it would come tumbling down. At the end of the shoot we had brought leftover birthday cake for Griffin and Jasper to have a cake smash (ie. get crazy messy). However a funny thing happened, both boys stuck one hand on the cake and basically went "Ewwwwwwwww!!!" and didn't want to touch it anymore. Alas who can blame them, hydrogenated palm kernel oil wouldn't feel very good on anyone's hands I guess.