Almost 2010

Wow I can't believe that tomorrow will be 2010! Time seems to fly by!
Madison has turned 1 and Zander has turned 3! Birthday parties have come and gone. Madison is still hanging onto things to walk but she can stand up for a couple seconds by herself now. I have a feeling that right before we go to disneyworld at the end of January she will decide to take her first steps and want to walk the whole time down there! Madison is very much a doll girl - her favorite dolls are one that coos and cries and one that crawls - she tries to take them everywhere with her! She has no problem saying mama now and likes to scream it to get her own way!
Zander is becoming quite the big boy now. He has tried skating once and stayed up for about 5 minutes but prefers to go on the ice with his boots as he's faster to catch his cousins! This was the first year that Zander was quite fasinated with the idea of santa - we read quite a few books about the magic of christmas and he eagerly awaited his letter back from santa. To be a kid again and believe anything is possible and be satisfied with the answer "it's magic". Zander was in the church christmas concert this year, he was a shepherd. The best part about the concert was the last song they sang seeing Zander shake bells and yell out the chorus - I still can't believe he is old enough to be up there!
We celebrated Rawson christmas the weekend before christmas and both kids got very, very spoilt! Zander had an awesome time running around with Aidan and Madison enjoyed being the center of it all! Christmas at mom's house was smaller this year, the absence of Matthew was noticable, it's hard to believe it's almost been a year since he passed, it's strange to think that life goes on even when you think time should stop. Zander quite often talks about Auntie Melanie and Matthew and how they are both watching us, it warms my heart.
With the weather being colder this year it is very nice to have an indoor rink to use whenever, Madison loves going for sleigh rides. Santa brought Zander a pedal tractor and he is getting quite good at it, for right now it's downstairs but if the weather ever warms up I'm hoping it will go out to the garage and driveway - he says he's going to shovel the snow with it for me!
We are counting down the days until we head off to disneyworld. I am quite excited, maybe Chris and I more so then the kids. Zander says he can't wait to see Mickey but I have a feeling when he sees him he will be awfully shy! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and hope you all have a safe and happy New Years!