What were weren’t expecting was for Oliver to not want to open any presents! He saw his stocking that was filled with goodies from Santa and he opened that. He got 4 or 5 toy cars in it from the movie Cars and that is all he wanted to play with. It even got to the point where Dana and I had opened most of our gifts and Oliver still didn’t want to open any more of his. It was quite humourous as you can see from the video below. That’s Oliver saying: “No Tank You” when we were asking him if he wanted to open another present.

Anyways, once our Christmas morning was all done, were were off to Dana’s Mom and Dad’s for Christmas Day dinner. We were joined by Alison, Arek and Julia. As usual, Oliver had a blast playing with his cousin.

We ate, drank, opened gifts and enjoyed each others company immensely. Christmas time is always such a busy time but when you get to stop and enjoy it for a second, it’s always a lot of fun. I’ve especially enjoyed these last couple of years because there really is nothing like Christmas when you have young kids in the household.

Enjoy the photos and the video below.

Cheers!
t.

here’s the video from Christmas morning opening presents:

and the video from our wonderful Christmas Day dinner and Nana and Grand Dad’s:

So when it was time to take Oliver to see Santa this Christmas, we’d hoped the outcome would be the same as last year. And sure enough, Oliver didn’t disappoint. This year, we had to wait in line for a bit to get our chance with Saint Nick. The family in front of us had barely cleared Santa’s knee when Oliver went running towards him, arms outstretched, calling his name. It’s one time I’d die to replay over again so I could have the chance to record the moment. It was that cute.

So I guess we’ll just have to settle for the pictures below. Luckily for us, they are pretty wonderful in their own right!

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t.

The party ever year is always a lot of fun. There is obviously good food and great company, but seeing Oliver simply light up when he saw Santa, well, that was a new experience altogether.

As you can see from the pictures and the video below, we had a great time.

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t.

and here is a video of what Oliver got up to at the party

Here are a couple of portraits taken of Oliver and his Grand Dad.

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t.

Below are a couple of videos of Oliver enjoying his Christmas morning.

Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpaw’s for more presents and a Christmas dinner. Mom (Grandma) outdid herself once again. We had probably one the juiciest turkey I’ve ever tasted. We had a surprise visitor, my Auntie Karen for dinner and a visit. It was wonderful to see her again.

Below are some pictures of the day. The full set of pictures can be found on my Flickr site here.

Enjoy!
t.

As suspected, Oliver had no problem with the Big Guy in Red, smiling and looking curiously at Santa’s full white beard.

We were also lucky enough to get a couple of family photos done with Santa which was a really nice keepsake. I can’t remember the last time I had my photo taken with Santa Claus, but it’s been a really long time!

Enjoy the photos!
t.

The full set of images from Oliver’s first Christmas can be found in the Flickr gallery here.

Enjoy!
t.