Owen had a great Christmas and got everything his little heart desired. We spent Christmas Eve at Mo and Danny's with family. Mo put out an unbelievable spread of appetizers and we had a great time visiting with everyone. On Christmas morning, Owen slept until 8:00am and finally woke up to a sea of wrapping paper. He got right to business and quickly but patiently opened up all the goods! The presents didn't end there, because Aimee, Dayne and Chad showed up Christmas evening to visit for 10 days!
We had so much fun! We spent two days shopping and eating in Nelson and visited the hot springs.We took an over night trip to Kelowna (4 hour drive) to get my Permanent Residence approved...which means I can finally leave Canadian jail (as Lauren likes to call it) and travel home to see family and friends! Yeah! Owen and I are planning on coming home for a quick visit March 21-26! The day they left was the day that I started my new job. I landed a Project Administration position for an Engineering company called Amec. So far things are going good.
The end of 2011 has been pretty amazing for us, but to top it all off we found out that we are having another baby! Due in August! We are over the moon with happiness and when we spilled the beans to Owen we asked if the baby could share his room and he said, "No way, the baby is staying in your room!" Darren told him that in a few years we could get bunk beds and since he would be the big brother he could sleep on top. I think this bribe convinced him on possibly being a better sharer in the near future!
We also asked him if he wants a brother or a sister. He told us, "He wants a sisser, because he is the brother." We told him that you could still have a brother and be a brother. But he was pretty adamant that he does not want a brother because he already is a brother. I guess that makes sense...smart little kid.
He also gets very mad when we tell him that if we had a boy his name would most likely be Charlie Thomas. He thinks Charlie is a girls name because he saw something on TV where the girl character was named Charlie. So we asked what we should name the baby then if he is a boy, he said Hulk and if it was a girl it should be Catwoman. So who knows...Hulk is kind of growing on us!
Owen has started ski lessons and has quickly become a powder hound. His teacher has him up on the chair lift skiing green and blue runs. He absolutely loves it and skis his little heart out for three hours each Saturday. Darren and I are extremely jealous and living vicariously through him since we cannot ski this year. Last Saturday we got about 6 to 8inches of snow and when we were driving up to the ski hill Darren told Owen he was going to have some good powder to ski on. Owen looked at us and said, "That makes me happy." He has already been bitten by the ski bug!
Well we will keep you updated on the baby news! xoxo
