MERRY CHRISTMAS! Well I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas day safe and sound with family and friends close by! I know that you have been patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for some Charlie pics....so.....here they are! I'm way too tired to write lots tonight: I will have to fill you all in another time on the events of the day! Just know that we had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by our freinds and family. Charlie is growing lots and having a tonne of fun meeting all his relatives. He has a bit of a cold (really just a bad cough) but it doesn't stop him from having lots of holiday fun!!!


Charlie and I went to church with Nana and Papa yesterday AM so they could show him off!!! He was all dressed up in a suit and tie!! Doesn't he just look like a little man???
Christmas Eve with his beautiful cousins - Carlie (left) and Chloe (right) - surrounded by way tooooo many gifts!!! it took us hours to open everything this AM!!!
Here is Santa's Little Helper on Christmas Eve!
Here's cousin Chloe throwing reindeer food on the back lawn so the reindeer could see where to land (it glitters!) and so they would have a nice treat while they waited for Santa to put all the presents out!!
With Grammy on Chirstmas morning opening presents!
Thanks to Nana and Papa for the great wagon (to take to the beach with an extra seat for cousin Sprout!!)
Rocking Horse from Uncle Craig and Auntie Aly!!! Wweeee!!!
Here he is with Dad having Christmas dinner! mmmmm!
And finally, here is our little angel watching Dallas and Phili football game with his auntie Aly! Looking very relaxed in his new p.j.'s, don't you think???

So I will end this post by saying..."Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!"

Finally!!!! I honestly haven't had a chance to sit and get my photos onto a computer and onto the blog....Charlie and I have been VERY busy visitting friends and family since our arrival in NB last monday night! We are having a wonderful time - a bit tired from all the running - but we've certainly made our rounds in the past 6 days! We are both missing David - he said that back in April when we booked our flights this way it seemed like a good idea; Charlie and I would have a week to tour around showing him off, so when David arrived we could relax! HOWEVER, we neglected to consider the "Daddy" factor!!!! David misses Charlie terribly (me too i'm SURE!!!). So....David, these photos are as much for you as anyone...we misss you too and look forward to seeing you in just 2 more sleeps!!!

Anyway, enough of my love letter home - hee!hee! - here's what you've all been waiting for...photos of Charlie!!!

Here he is sleeping on the plane. He was a very good traveller. no surprises. everything went quite smoothly! On the longes flight (Vancouver - Montreal) they we had an empty seat beside us, so he got to lay down....looking quite comfy, eh???

Here he is with his Grampy Leslie (whom he's named after - in case you didn't know where the "Leslie" came from in his name)

Here is Charlie with his Great Grammy Jo-Jo!

Oh, this is tooo cute....this is also taken at Grammy Jo-Jo's house. Charlie loved to look at himself in the mirror. He actually rolled over once (from tummy to back - don't worry David, no firsts...he's already done this once!!) trying to see himself in the mirror. I tried to get him to roll the other way but he wouldn't have it. Just as well, we don't want Dad to miss anything!!

And finally, here is Chloe and I with our beautiful ginger bread house!!! We made it one night and amazingly Chloe didn't eat the whole thing....although, if you look closely you'lll notice that the gingerbread man IS missing an arm!!! hmmmm!!! Chloe is VERY excited for Uncle Dave to arrive so she can eat it!

Well, I think that's all for now! Willl try to be more diligent! Hope you are all having a relaxing holiday season so far! We wish you and yours many holiday blessings and Lots of love!!!

OOOOPS!!! I'm sorry it's been a while since my last post....I have a few explanations!!! First, (I'm almost embarassed to say) our camera is full of video that we can't get off onto a disk and therefore there's NO memory left to take photos....I will get it figured out before Christmas....I hope!!!! Second, Charlie and I leave for New Brunswick for Christmas in about 5 hours so I've been very busy getting things done here (and of course, they're STILL not done...hence the 3am post...but....oh well!) Finally, Charlie has been a social butterfly lately with all the Christmas parties!! So, we've been out most evenings and sleeping most days....he's such a party animal!

Anyway, I did manage to get these couple of photos in the last week that I thought I would post for your viewing pleasure! I will be sure to post over the holidays to keep you all up to date on Charlie's First Christmas!!!


Here's our "BIG BOY" playing with Dad. He's trying harder every day to sit up and enjoys standing (while beeing supported of course) very much!!! He kicks his feet and squeals - it's quite hilarious!!!

And here are a couple shots of Santa's little helper! I know, I know, he's going to hate me for these one's when he's older too!!! David keeps reminding me that he's NOT a doll and I really don't have to dress him up and take photos for EVERY occasion...but...I just can't resist....PLUS...I know that you all check "daily" for new posts, right??? So I need SOMETHING to post...why not cute "poses" ? hee!hee! So don't fret....I will consider it my duty and continue on!!!!!

We wish you all a safe and happy Holiday Season! May you create lasting memories with friends and family! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!