Happy Thanksgiving! On Saturday Susan cooked up a turkey for dinner and subsequent soup and sandwiches for us and Gillian. We headed out to Carolyn and Danny’s on Sunday for more turkey. Lori and Dale were there with Lily and Kaiden.
Kaiden is a pretty happy kid, except when he realized his Grandma was not around.
Lily posing for the camera.
On Monday we had dinner at Mom and Dad Swan’s before dropping Gillian off at her place.
We headed out to Lori and Dale’s for Christmas dinner this year. Sara and the kids arrived and it was time to open presents.
Kaiden is a happy kid.
Lily and Kaiden.
Lily was right into the unwrapping mode.
We were crammed into the living room due to Marley getting into anything and everything.
Great-grandma and Kaiden.
Lily trying on one of her hats.
Gillian Skyping with Shanna, David and Jesse.
Lily getting a little tired…
…Angela getting a little tired.
Susan and Kaiden.
Angela trying to get Kaiden to smile.
After dinner he was smiling.
Angela with Marley.
Here is Marley bugging Chloe one last time before she left.
We enjoyed a full weekend of turkey, it started on Saturday at home, continued on Sunday at Lori and Dale’s and finished on Monday at Mom and Dad’s in Dundas. On Sunday we finally met Kaiden, Lily’s little brother.
Marley is big now, but still a puppy and getting into trouble.
Kaiden is 3 months old and was good through dinner.
We celebrated Alex’s and Sara’s birthday, Alex is the first two numbers, Sara’s the last two.
Angela enjoyed holding Kaiden.
Lily was just as entertaining.
We headed out to Lori and Dale’s for a swim and dinner. Sara and Lily were there as well. Lily was enjoying playing in the water.
Lily watching Chloe taking a drink from her pool.
Almost asleep.
We headed out to Lori’s and Dale’s for Boxing Day. Brad had bought the family a new puppy. After his Dad told him he could get a big dog… if he moved out, he wisely picked a Jack Russell mix. Her name is Marley.
Marley getting to know Chloe.
Marley sitting still for a moment.
Last year it was all pictures of Lily, this year she had to share the spotlight with Marley.
Lily with her lion hat.
Lily with her finger puppets.
We bought her a circus tent from Ikea, Angela looking kind of creepy and Gillian offering a ball up.
Lily checking out the tent, I think the girls had vacated it. Marley playing with some wrapping paper.
Lily was helping herself to whatever was in the bags.
Marley took a nip at Chloe and she didn’t take that too kindly.
Marley with her sweater.
Uncle Dale taking Marley out for a pee break.
Lily trying to pull the wool over Marley’s eyes.
Both Lily and Marley had her shoe in their mouths over the course of the evening.
Lily and Marley fighting over the shoe.
Shanna, Jesse and David had skyped in from Rossland.
It was an early evening as the first snowstorm of the year rolled in with high winds and blowing snow. It was a slow drive home. In the end there was 10-15cm on the ground.
We headed to Hamilton on Saturday via a stop in Dundas, to visit with Grandma and Poppa and the Sweetness Bakery. Here is Chloe ready to get going. Turns out she was watching her buddy Cooper walking by across the street, that’s why she was looking so intent.
Lily having a little nap before dinner.
Here she is checking out the snacks.
She was painstaking in her unwrapping, one strip at a time.
Lily with her elephant from Uncle Brad.
Giving Chloe a face rub.
Here she is checking out our present.
Melissa continuing to torment Lily with the elephant. Lily would keep pushing it away.
Chloe catching some shut eye through all the excitement.
Call me maybe.
Concentrating with her tongue sticking out.
Singing Happy Birthday to Lily!
Lily with her fingers in the cake…
…and on her face.
Happy Birthday Lily!
Congratulations to Sara and Brent on the birth of their daughter Lily Kiyomi who was born this morning at 6:00 AM. She was 7lbs, 10 ozs.
