December, so far...

December, so far, has not been a lot of fun in some ways. Katherine seems to be the only one that, until the last few days at least, has not been sick pretty much since the beginning of the month.

Anyway, while we're behind on getting life organized for the holidays around here, we have been working on a few things around here, including smiling for the camera. I think I have pretty much got it down, and Katherine is doing well, too.

We were going to use this year's picture with Santa to show off a little, but unfortunately our plan was not to be as Katherine was not-so-much fond of the big red stranger that knows her name this year...as clearly indicated by the shrieks of terror that Bayshore mall now knows all too well!

Here's the results of Plan B, once we got home.


...long ways from a year ago, huh?



She now loves smiling for the camera, laughing out loud every time the flash goes off.







We're spending the holidays at home here in Ottawa; looking forward to playing in all of the snow generally enjoying our time together.

We'll be thinking of family and friends "back home" out West, and enjoying those in closer proximity.

...and you can be assured there will be plenty more pictures...