Jungle Boogie! Get down!

I spway Mommie? I spway Holden?

Belly Laugh

A few nights ago I squirted Stephanie with one of Holden's bath toys and Holden laughed harder and longer than we have ever heard him laugh before. It was hysterical. A good knee slapping, body trembling, belly laugh is the only way to describe it.

Of course, we did not catch it on video. We tried to recreate the scene the next night on video and while the laugh doesn't quite compare to the one from the night before, its still a pretty good one. There is no better feeling than having your child happy and laughing.

My favorite part is around the 20 second mark.

More photos from 3 days of Christmas

Here are a few more photos.... and the steady flow of quality photos will continue because Barry, very generously, gave us the Nikon Digital SLR camera for Christmas! Thank you Barry!

Family portrait:
Keira playing with Beh-beeee!

Holden testing out his new car seat cover.... ooooooooo yeah!

This is Ralph, Barry's dog. Holden can't walk yet, but he's already riding dogs. Ralph was a good sport and hung out with us all day on Christmas.

Boxing Day

Boxing day meant a visit to my Mom and Dad's house. It was a lot of the same people who were at our Christmas Eve get together, only fatter and with less energy a couple of days later.

More pictures coming soon, but our camera's battery has died from overuse so I will have to download the rest once the battery is recharged.

'Hey Papa, Got Milk?'
Hey, I'm so cute... look at me! Look at me!

Christmas Day

Christmas Day marked the beginning of a new Christmas tradition in our new home and with our new baby Holden. Nicole, Barry and Ralph (Barry's dog) spent the day with us and we had a really great time with good food, great company and excessive gift giving.

Proud Grand-Maman:
Father and Daughter:

Hanging out with Grand Daddy

Dinner is served:

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve has become the focal point of the Churchill/Davis Christmas celebrations over the last decade or so and this year we all gathered together at my brother Gerry's house. Stephanie's Mom Nicole is visiting from Montreal and joined in the festivities. While we have hundreds of photos - here are a few highlights....

The Big Line:

Nanny makes the blog AGAIN!

Two mothers hanging out....

Paula and Jeff.... foreshadowing?

Cole takes it to Daddy

Keira being Keira

Lisa finally gets a moment with Holden

Holden World Tour II - Back for more

Holden enjoyed last weekend's world tour so much that we decided to do some of it again. While we didn't do the full rounds, Holden did visit with his Grand Daddy and then Nanny and Papa. We were really happy to find that Gerry, Lisa, Cole and Keira were also visiting at Nanny and Papa's, so it made for a really fun day.

The day started at Barry's. Stephanie and Holden stayed with Barry, while I took care of some Christmas shopping. I eventually met up with everyone and had a nice visit. Holden was really comfortable at his Grand Daddy's and had a great sleep!

Later that afternoon Holden had an opportunity to get to know his cousins a little better at Nanny and Papa's. Keira was still sick, so we had to be careful with her, much to her disappointment. She was very intersted in the 'Ba-by!'.

Here is a picture of Nanny and Cole with Holden. Cole is showing off his favorite new hair product - bubblegum.


Cole and Holden getting comfy with one another

Cole showing off his bandaid and Keira looking adorable!

Poor Lisa, having to put up with those whacky Churchill boys

Holden and Uncle Gerry getting to know one another.... though Holden seems far more interested in eating his hand.

Woah, Dude, what a day. I'm NEVER drinking that much milk ever again...

First Bath

Photos!

Isn't he adorable!? Props to Laura for the killer outfit.

HELLO WORLD!!!

Holden Smith Davis Churchill was born on November 19th @11:35 PM 7lbs 12 ounces and 52 cms long.

He is a beautiful and healthy baby boy. We've been staring at him in awe for 3 days straight now.. While he's been an absolute dream since coming out, he didn't make it easy on his Mommy during labour. He was a posterior baby and that made his Mommy's labour very difficult - 26 hours! After 26 hours of labour and 3 days of no sleep and Holden resisting every effort to turn him, our midwife had to transfer care to hospital staff for a c-section. The c-section went very smoothly and both Mom and Holden are very healthy and happy.

I want to say how incredibly proud I am of Stephanie. She really rose to the occasion and worked so very hard, going above and beyond everything the midwife, nurses and doctors asked of her. She was far tougher than I could have been in that situation and I really admire her. Holden is lucky to have such an amazing Mommy.

Because of the unexpected c-section, we were at the hospital a little longer than expected. We returned home Thursday night and introduced Holden to his home.... and convince ourselves that this all really happened. Wow, what a surreal experience!













































And here's a video!