Wow, 2010 has come and gone. Amazing how fast a year can pass! It has been a great year. We are so thankful for our healthy, happy family and look forward to 2011 with our new family of 5 :)
My sister-in-law Lesley had a great blog post (check out babycameronstonyplain.blogspot.com) yesterday and I'd like to share something similar! Here are a few of our top moments of 2010 (in order from Jan to Dec, ending with our #1 everyday favorite!) ...
~ Celebrating Emerson’s 1st birthday
~ Our decision for Tracy to be a stay at home Mom for a few years
~ Finding out we were expecting our 3rd child
~ Celebrating Blake’s 3rd birthday
~ A Day Out With Thomas at Heritage Park
~ Numerous camping trips with friends and family
~ Enjoying the summer with many, many trips and walks to various parks around North Edmonton
~ Emerson deciding to take off at full speed on 2 feet … and not stumbling or wobbling a bit
~ Emerson parroting ours and Blake's every word and amazing us with her vocabulary
~ Buying our new minivan for our expanding family
~ Cal and Tracy’s road trip to Canmore
~ Meeting Baby #3 via 3D/4D Ultrasound at UC Baby
~ Blake’s 1st unparented swimming lessons
~ Blake beginning preschool
~ Blake starting hockey and learning how to skate
~ Emerson continuing to love her swimming lessons
~ Blake discovering a love for riding his bike
~ Cal and I celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary and our 14th year together
~ Tracy planning and participating in the 5th Annual Th.A.A.A. AGM and Education Day
~ Celebrating Tracy’s 30th birthday
~ Loving our new Nikon D3100 and all the wonderful pics we’re capturing
~ Welcoming our 3rd child Reese Peyton Anne Cameron
~ Enjoying Blake and Emerson’s true love for their new sibling
~ Celebrating Christmas and all the festivities and activities leading up to it
~ Witnessing and loving Reese’s 1st smiles
~ Blake, Emerson and Reese's cuddles, kisses, smiles, tears, fears, laughs, cries, screams, uninhibited joy and innocence
Wishing you all the best in 2011! May your year be blessed with love, laughter, and good health :)
xoxo
Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Reese
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Monday, December 27, 2010
Through a child's eyes ...
This Christmas has been a lot of fun! Busy and tiring at times, but mostly wonderful :) We had a nice day Christmas Eve - baking and decorating sugar cookies, watching Christmas shows and movies, and going to the family service at Church in the evening. The kids and I were all in the play! Emerson was an angel (without the costume!), Blake was a shepard, I was an angel and Reese was baby Jesus! During the service Blake was listening to Rev. Wasyk, who said something about "He who saved us", which Blake heard and then said (quite loudly!) to me, "Who saved us?" I replied, "God." Blake then asked, "Is that him up there?" :)
Christmas morning Blake and Emerson woke up around 8 am and we went down to the front room to open stockings and gifts. Blake was so excited to see that Santa brought them a sleigh! We captured his reaction on video!! Emerson was not too interested in the presents at first. And of course Reese was sleeping! But big brother Blake took care of the opening of most of his sisters presents!! My Mom and Dad came over with breakfast around 10 and the kids were excited to show them their new toys! After Emerson's nap we packed up and went to Gerry and Lesley's house for our Cameron Christmas. They prepared a delicious turkey dinner (and appetizers!)! Cal's Mom and Dad were there and we all had a great time visiting, exchanging gifts and playing with the kids :) Christmas night we stayed at my parents house and woke up Boxing Day morning to a Smith Christmas! We had another great day, visiting, exchanging presents and more playing with all the new toys ;) We enjoyed another delicious turkey dinner and headed home.
I've always loved the Christmas season, but since having children I find each year more enjoyable! And especially now that Blake is starting to figure out just how much fun Christmas can be! And in the next few years Emerson and Reese will soon figure it out too!! Blake has learned about the 4 seasons and since we told him that Christmas comes after it snows, every time it snowed prior to Christmas, he would ask if it was Christmas yet! What is truly enjoyable about watching him experience Christmas, however, isn’t just his excitement about the presents he knows he’s going to get (there’s no use in telling him that only good boys get Christmas presents. He knows he’ll get them, no matter what he does. That’s one of the perks of being 3!). It’s his unending capacity for joy that is beautiful! We can tell Blake one small thing about Christmas, such as how many days away it is, and I can get this response, “Only 28 days? I’m so excited!” And he was. Most mornings he would come downstairs and move his ornament on his Advent calendar and count how many more sleeps to Christmas! He was excited about the Christmas tree, about seeing Santa, about Cal's days off, about his Preschool Christmas party/concert, about being a shepherd in the Christmas Eve play at Church, about all the Christmas lights we see, etc, etc! He got the fact that Christmas is meant to be joyful - not the way most adults experience it, checking off their “to do” list. And I admit, I get caught up in the stress of Christmas - there's so much to do, so little time ... it's so expensive ... it's so busy, etc, etc. I especially felt the pinch this year with juggling everything plus a newborn baby! Thankfully, my family helped me out big time!!! But one conversation with Blake about Christmas and you realize it's so much better to experience Christmas through a child's eyes. And I have enjoyed every special moment that led up to Christmas Day, and savoured the joy I've seen on my children’s face throughout the entire Christmas season - the best Christmas present of all :)
xoxo
Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Reese
Christmas morning Blake and Emerson woke up around 8 am and we went down to the front room to open stockings and gifts. Blake was so excited to see that Santa brought them a sleigh! We captured his reaction on video!! Emerson was not too interested in the presents at first. And of course Reese was sleeping! But big brother Blake took care of the opening of most of his sisters presents!! My Mom and Dad came over with breakfast around 10 and the kids were excited to show them their new toys! After Emerson's nap we packed up and went to Gerry and Lesley's house for our Cameron Christmas. They prepared a delicious turkey dinner (and appetizers!)! Cal's Mom and Dad were there and we all had a great time visiting, exchanging gifts and playing with the kids :) Christmas night we stayed at my parents house and woke up Boxing Day morning to a Smith Christmas! We had another great day, visiting, exchanging presents and more playing with all the new toys ;) We enjoyed another delicious turkey dinner and headed home.
I've always loved the Christmas season, but since having children I find each year more enjoyable! And especially now that Blake is starting to figure out just how much fun Christmas can be! And in the next few years Emerson and Reese will soon figure it out too!! Blake has learned about the 4 seasons and since we told him that Christmas comes after it snows, every time it snowed prior to Christmas, he would ask if it was Christmas yet! What is truly enjoyable about watching him experience Christmas, however, isn’t just his excitement about the presents he knows he’s going to get (there’s no use in telling him that only good boys get Christmas presents. He knows he’ll get them, no matter what he does. That’s one of the perks of being 3!). It’s his unending capacity for joy that is beautiful! We can tell Blake one small thing about Christmas, such as how many days away it is, and I can get this response, “Only 28 days? I’m so excited!” And he was. Most mornings he would come downstairs and move his ornament on his Advent calendar and count how many more sleeps to Christmas! He was excited about the Christmas tree, about seeing Santa, about Cal's days off, about his Preschool Christmas party/concert, about being a shepherd in the Christmas Eve play at Church, about all the Christmas lights we see, etc, etc! He got the fact that Christmas is meant to be joyful - not the way most adults experience it, checking off their “to do” list. And I admit, I get caught up in the stress of Christmas - there's so much to do, so little time ... it's so expensive ... it's so busy, etc, etc. I especially felt the pinch this year with juggling everything plus a newborn baby! Thankfully, my family helped me out big time!!! But one conversation with Blake about Christmas and you realize it's so much better to experience Christmas through a child's eyes. And I have enjoyed every special moment that led up to Christmas Day, and savoured the joy I've seen on my children’s face throughout the entire Christmas season - the best Christmas present of all :)
xoxo
Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Reese
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