Michaela looking very cute in her salwar for jenny athai’s 50th Birthday party!

Mickey’s first snow. We took her out to High Park for breakfast and a bit of snow sledding! We had a great time.

This was Michaela’s first Christmas and it was a great one indeed. We celebrated Christ’s birth by going to church and spending time in fellowship with family:)

Here is one of our favorite hymns that highlights the true meaning of Christmas:

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining;
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary soul rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
Here came the wise men from Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger,
In all our trials born to be our friend!

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!

Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy Name!

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!

Our church small group and the Lake shore west group got together for a wonderful Christmas Lunch at the Port Credit Yacht Club. It was a great time and the Pollyanna gift exchange was a hit. Thanks for coordinating Cyndi.

Merry Christmas Everyone.

We took our first family resort vacation in sunny Mexcio. Michaela was such a good girl. She enjoyed the beach and pools but definitely got tired by the 5th night. We stayed at Azul Fives resort by Karisma in Playa Del Carmen. The resort was so baby frinedly they provided us for everything for Mickey, high chairs, crib, stroller, bathtub, baby monitor and even Gerber food! It was really nice not to have to worry about all that. Over all we had a great Family vacation specially since Mickey and Tony got to spent a whole week together without him having to leave for work.

We didn’t expect to be here for Halloween this year so we did not have very big plans. We picked up a last minute costume for Mickey and decided to go to visit the grandparents for trick or treatin. It was a great idea… everyone loved seeing Mickey and we enjoyed visiting with family! She was super cute in her cow costume:)

Since we had to postpone our trip to Mexico due to hurricane Rina we went to Niagara Falls for the weekend instead. We were in our winter coats instead of bathing suites but it was still nice to just get away and Mickey had her first visit to the falls:)

More of Mickey sitting… playing, watching TV and reading about the latest trends in fashion!

The Babu’s joined us for a family dinner for thanksgiving. No turkey though, some good Indian food (chicken curry courtesy of George Babu).