It was such a wonderful Christmas this year. For a Christmas present Mom and Dad Smith flew us out to Victoria to be with the Watters family – Talk about the most selfless of all gifts. We had a Smith Christmas the weekend before and we ate and played games and enjoyed each other and Caeleb especially. Doug, Camellia, Mom, Dad, Chris, Caeleb and me Katherine went to church on Sunday (Nathan was not there) and then I stayed a few extra days at the farm.
We left for Victoria on Friday the 17th of December. An hour and 20 minute flight and Caeleb did wonderfully. He slept through a lot of it. Too bad we could not do some more flying as Caeleb seems to like it and he is free (under two). There was a crew of the Watters Clan to meet us at the airport. What a special and fun family.
We spent Saturday relaxing and visiting and then went to a Christmas tree display downtown Victoria. It was chilly outside. No snow but it gets chilly with the humidity. The Family got together after church on Sunday to visit and play games. We spent the rest of the week helping Lou Ann get ready for our trip to the mountains. I tell you what – she is organized and efficient and a hard worker. I don’t think I did much to help but I tried. I also enjoyed almost daily runs by myself. I have kind of missed them as I so love to run and it is hard to with a little one here.
Chris, Caeleb and I went up to Mount Washington with Nate in the big truck. It was about a 4 hour trip and it rained most of the way. But once we hit the mountain, the snow was falling big and heavy. I don’t think I have ever experienced the snow that I did on that trip from Dec 23 – Dec 27. It was record breaking for the base of the mountain and the truck was on the news. We had to dig ourselves into our cabin and once settled in, we stayed put. Well Chris and I did go skiing on Christmas day afternoon which was fun. I do love to ski and it came back easy and Chris did well too. I sure love it when we try new things together - our first time skiing together. I tried Snowboarding but could not seem to get up and a ½ hour into it I figured I needed a whole day to figure it out so that was put off until later. Chris is a better snowboarder than I am. We had a delicious Christmas Turkey dinner on Christmas day evening. We all sat around table together – all 16 of us and then Suzanne (Nate’s girlfriend) making it 17.
We gave everyone homemade turtles as per tradition and for the little boys a train engine made out of candy. Mom and Dad Smith and Watters got a “ Grandparents book of Caeleb” and Camellia got some pictures of Caeleb and Doug some granola bars and to the both a “gift of 2 free tickets to Heritage park.” To Nathan we gave a date night and some beef jerky and we will do the date night soon. I know who I want to set him up with.
We stopped at Aunt Mary and Uncle Lindsay’s house in Nanimo on the way back from the cabin the day after Boxing day. We had a nice left over meal with them and I had fun talking with Lindsay’s dad.
Lou Ann and I went to see a play on Dec 28 called The wind in the Willows – it was hilarious and it was fun to spend time with Lou Ann. She is such a good person – Quiet, does not say anything bad about anyone as far as I have heard, happy and peaceful. And Gary is so happy and he just seems like he enjoys life so much – every minute.
I took many runs this week and enjoyed them so much. It is beautiful in Victoria but I do like my Alberta.
While mom and dad Watters watched little guy on New Years eve, Chris and I went dancing at the Stake dance there and we had a lot of fun. We ordered Chinese food before then. Chris and I made chicken enchiladas for the family on Sunday after church and then we played games. I love how the Watters love to play games.
We left early Monday morning at 7:00 am and Caeleb did well on the plane again. To bad we could not go on more plane rides while Caeleb is free but we feel so blessed to have been able to save miles on the care and fly out to Victoria for Christmas. It sure was a good visit
(Caeleb insert) – My goodness, I am 4 and ½ months now and I am loving life. I love my jolly jumper so much. I can be having a bad day when I feel so sad and want to cry but when mommy or daddy put me in the jumper, I jump all my sadness away for about ½ an hour. And it is great for mommy too because she can do her workout while I do mine.
I have rolled over from front to back about 3 times now but am not so interested on doing it regularly. I am more interested in standing with help but nanna tells me that I need to work on crawling before I have anything to do with standing and walking. I guess I need to work harder on my rolling over. I am getting very close from back to front too.
Right now I am a talking and yelling away. I love to talk and yell – I have so much to say even in the middle of Sacrement meeting – I know how things really are and I want to tell everyone.
I am still only drinking milk – mostly mommy juice but I am really interested in what my mommy and daddy and everyone else are eating. It looks very interesting and I hope to try some soon.
I was 16.2 lbs at my 4 month old vaccinations. I am in the 75th percentile for my height and weight but only in the 25th percentile for my head circumference. This was the case at my 2 month vaccinations as well. Mommy and daddy find that funny. I am more “people proportioned”.
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