Happy New Year - 2010 is here!

Although he's unsure about the girly {but FESTIVE!} tiara mummy made him wear, EZ wants to wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

...and that means...

his 1st birthday is right around the corner!!!

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Mama-razzi - EZ's 1st Christmas Morning

Santa Claus came to town, but first EZ needs his milk!

There's a mountain of prezzies under the tree - all for the little one, Christmas glee!

Stockings first, as you know! Yay! Finger puppets, my favourite!

No you di'nt!!! A Kindermusik chimeball - "Ball, Ball!" Wahooo!!!!!

I'll use my new jingle sticks to dance and make music!

Love to tap out the rhythm with my new Kindermusik sticks!

Mittens on a string? Awww, mum, you shouldn't have!

Now how do you get this open? What if I crawl on top - does that help or hinder?

My mum's snow leopard pjs are blinding me! Let's get this prezzie open already!

Oh a new outfit from Great Grandma Phillips! She has such good taste and knows me well!

Yay! A puzzle and toys from Andrea! I heart her very much and miss her during the holidays!

A chimebell! So much fun with my new musical instruments!

New pjs from cousin Ben & Anna in Fort McMurray! We miss them! How did they know I needed new pjs because I'm growing so fast!

Whoa! Cool t-shirt from Nana & Granddad! Can't wait to show off ALL my new cool clothes from them!

Now THIS is gonna be fun! Foam-y blocks from Grandma & Grandpa in Nova Scotia!

More chimebell cuteness! It makes lots of noise AND tastes good! I'm a lucky boy this Christmas!

THANK YOU TO ALL MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, NEAR AND FAR, FOR MAKING MY FIRST CHRISTMAS SO SPECIAL! IT'S THE BEST ONE YET!

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Christmas Prezzie #1

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EZ 1st Christmas Eve Dinner

Today's menu was not really different than EZ's other dinners. Bananas, crackers, a cookie, and his beloved milk, of course.

The only thing different about this dinner is that we were in our pajamas, AND we got to wear jingle bell reindeer antler headbands, AND we danced to Christmas songs!

WIN!

Always on the lookout for his best friend "Ingy"!

We also read the Nativity story in a board book. EZ liked to look at the pictures and point to things like the angel and the town of Nazareth.

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2 weeks and the Christmas Tree is still up!

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Kindermusik Christmas Party

Ezra loves music! Since September, he's been enrolled in Kindermusik classes and he LOVES them! He loves to dance and play with the fun instruments!

This past weekend was the Kindermusik Christmas party. We got EZ ready in his festive sweater, then went down to the party! We brought a gift from EZ for a needy family because it's important that he learns the importance of giving while he's young!

EZ had a blast at the party, playing with his jingle bell and shaker! He was also very excited to meet his friends from class and also meet some new children! He loved the Christmas carols, and even sang along! EZ also showed off some new tricks - like STANDING on his OWN!

AND...we even had a visit from St. Nick himself. EZ was enthralled with Mr. Ho Ho Ho. He watched in awe as all the other children sat on Santa's lap. Then when it was his turn, EZ screamed like he did when he got the H1N1 shot. Isn't he just precious?

Ahhh, these are the memories!

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When did it become December?

It was a year ago today that I went on maternity leave from work. Wow. Life has changed so much. With our precious little Ezra, our lives have become a wonderful whirlwind of activity, smiles and absolute joy.

Such a whirlwind that I cannot believe it's December 4th already!

WOW. So much to do for the Holidays! I doubt we'll get it all done, but I'm coming to terms with the fact that Christmas doesn't HAVE to be perfect with a 1 year old who doesn't exactly totally comprehend the concept of Christmas just yet. Next year will be different, so I'm going to just relax and enjoy this Holiday Season without any major stress.

Our lovely REAL 8 ft. tree is up {I should take a picture...} and it surprisingly looks pretty much the same as last year. If you recall, our tree fell last year and many of our fabulous crystal, mirror and glass ornaments were shattered.

I didn't bother replacing the broken decorations since we're only putting ornaments on the top 2/3rds of the tree. The bottom 1/3 needs to be free of ornaments because a little someone is very curious and has wandering hands that can't wait to play with anything he shouldn't.

So that's a brief update for now. Hopefully I'll be more diligent in more regular blog posting during the Holiday Season.

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