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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

1st Christmas

Christmas seemed to come and go so quickly, but it was an amazing Christmas for all of us here in the Dennison household. Gavin seemed to really enjoy his 1st Christmas holiday, he was quite spoiled by Santa, mommy and daddy, his grandma's and grandpa's, aunts, uncles and cousins!


When Gavin woke Christmas morning, we immediately brought him downstairs to the Christmas tree, he was very interested in all of the gifts sitting under the tree, however hesitated to go near them, he would look at the tree, then at us, I think it was because we would not let him near it pre-Christmas day. After a few minutes of staring at the tree in amazement, Gavin crawled up to the gifts and just started moving them around, and digging through them. He did not jump right in to tearing them open, in fact, we did a lot of the work when it came to opening the gifts. We made the gift opening an all day event due to the over stimulation, but he really seemed to enjoy everything he was given from Santa and his family. Some of the items Gavin will be playing with for hopefully quite a while are the leapfrog learn and groove table (I think it is his favorite), Sillytown, A Leapfrog Interactive Book, trucks, little people plane and farmhouse, penguin punching bag, scout the dog (another favorite), lion push to ride, a bowling game, and many others.

We were very fortunate to be able to have our family here for Gavin's first Christmas, except Uncle Justin and Aunt Shannon (we missed you)! See the family pics below.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Ho Ho Ho!

We just love the Christmas season, and having Gavin with us this year has made it even better! His first Christmas, it is so exciting!

Anyway, we visited the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens a couple of weekends ago, and wow, is it amazing! Thanks to the Munns who introduced us to the idea. We walked around and admired the 600,000+ Christmas lights, visited an amazing orchid conservatory, met Santa Clause, and enjoyed a great time with some great friends. Gavin was a bit scared when he met Santa, but he seemed to warm up to him quickly. For anyone who is looking for something fun to do with your children, I would definitely recommend it! Check out some of the pictures below from the gardens. Doesn't he look like he belongs in the movie "A Christmas Story?"



Here are some shots from our "Christmas Card Photo Shoot"