Fourtieth Week

This week started off with daddy's work Christmas party. Alee was really good the whole time, except when she met Santa. This was her first experience with Santa, and she was not too impressed. She also does not like teddy bears that sing, so this Christmas season a lot of things scared her. At the party she received a very cute Fisher Price fishing boat, it goes in the bathtub, and she really likes all the things you can do with it.

Most of this week daddy got to stay home with Alee and mommy, and that was very nice. We spent Christmas eve at Grandma and Grandpa Hughes playing cards, and board games. We then went home to bed, and woke up to Alee's first Christmas morning.

One of the traditions we wanted to start was to open Alee's stocking on our bed in the morning, and we did just that. Their was not much in there this year (socks, a few toys, some mum mums) but she really liked to bang everything together and make noise. I am sure that as she grows older this will become one of her favorite things to do on Christmas morning.

Later on we opened presents with Grand maman, Popo, mommy and daddy. She was not very spoiled, because she has a lot of things already, and she will not remember this Christmas as much.

Christmas night was spent with Grandma Hughes, Grandpa Hughes, Aunt Shelley, Uncle Trevor and Cousin Eric. Alee got two really nice pairs of Nike shoes, some toys, an ornament and of course a beautiful new Red Wagon (sure to be used for many years to come).

Alee and Eric also got matching Pajamas and got their picture taken in front of the Tree, hopefully that is another tradition we can continue with the cousins as they grow older.

All in all Christmas was great, and next week will be busy with New Years.

Tis' the season to be busy... falalala.

Thirty ninth week

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas... We attended Ben and André's Christmas pageant, along with Uncle Mic, Aunt Cheryl, Cousin Troy, and little Julie. Alee enjoyed it, as usual she was quiet and calm during the whole thing. She really enjoyed the music, and sat with Popo the whole time. We also got to see Tante Carmen this week, she really liked Alee, but I think she liked our two black kitties more.

This week was also spent recovering from Alee's ear infection, which turned into an allergic reaction to the Penicillin she was given to cure it. Poor little Alee developed a rash all over her body, so we had to switch her to another medication. By the end of the week though, she was starting to look and act a lot more like herself.

Hopefully she is all better for her first Christmas.

Thirty eight week

Aleenah had a very exciting weekend. On Saturday we started our first-of-many, new Christmas traditions. We went for a brunch at Grandma Hughes, then along with Aunt Shelley, Uncle Trevor, Cousin Eric, Grandma Hughes, Daddy, Mommy and Alee we went to pick a Christmas tree. We went to a place in Norwich, and after a little bit of searching, we found a beautiful blue spruce.

After bringing our new tree home, and setting it up in the stand we had to get ready for a Christmas party at Jimmy, Erica and Maya's. Their was a lot of little ones Alee's age, and it was cute to see them all play together. Unfortunately we had to leave early as Alee was starting to run a fever, and needed to get to bed. She slept from 8pm to 11pm, and when she woke up the Christmas tree was all decorated. Alee, Vollie and the kitties all enjoyed playing with the fallen ornaments. It was finally starting to feel like Christmas.

On Sunday, Alee and mommy did some Christmas baking, and throughout the rest of the week Alee was sick. She had a bad ear infection, so she spent most of the week in bed. Hopefully next week she feels better.

Thirty Seventh Week

Well this week was very normal. We spent most of it at home, playing with the kitties and Vollie. Alee is growing so quickly, and she just loves playing with all her toys now. She will sit for hours at a time mesmerized by the toy she played with the night before for an hour. It's great to see how everything excites her at this age. Like every other week, Aleenah went to Grandma's on Tuesday night, to hang out with Eric and Grandma. She really seems to enjoy it, and I think it's great for Eric and her to see each other on a regular basis, they just love to play with each other.

Alee also got to hang out with her other cousin this week, André, he was sick from school. They played, and he read her books, she really likes all her cousins.

On Friday evening, Alee came with me to "Kevin's Welcome Home party". The party was at Boston Pizza, and Alee hung out with all of her mommy's friends for over 3 hours. She never fussed, she was such a good girl the whole time, she even ate a lemon.

This next weekend will be awesome, we are finally getting our Christmas tree!! :)