Christmas 2009

We spent Christmas in Vancouver this year. It has been three years since we've spent Christmas with Bob's parents. Now that they are in Vancouver, we can travel by car to get there. The car was packed with Ethan's necessary equipment. If Bob's parents still lived in Edmonton, we could not get on a plane with all the necessary stuff we would need.


Christmas was so much fun this year with Jonathan. He was able to open presents last year, but this year he really understood what presents were all about. He got a lot of Disney cars and Thomas the Trains. He was SO excited to open his presents. Bob put his presents under the tree a couple days early and he kept touching them and so did Foster. We let Jonathan open one present on Christmas Eve. When he woke up Christmas morning, the first thing he asked to do was open presents.






















At the Metrotown Mall, Jonathan got to ride a train. He absolutely loved it. The first time we went, he had the biggest smile on his face when he was done. It was SO cute and I got the smile on video! The day before we came home, we went back to the mall so he could ride the train again and he rode it four times, one time in each of the four cars. The conductor chuckled when he kept getting back in line to ride the train. While the train was moving, he kept making Thomas faces. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a picture or video of it.

This Christmas was also Ethan's first Christmas. He did very well while we were in Vancouver and he got to meet many of Bob's extended family members. Ethan sure loved watching his big brother run around and play with his toys. One time Ethan was playing with his flower toy and it fell off the couch. Jonathan ran over and picked it up for him. What a good big brother!