My trip to Whistler

OK, so I went to Whistler a few weeks ago and haven't told you all about it yet. Sorry about that, but I've been busy getting ready for Santa to bring me tons of toys. The plan was for Grandma, Grandpa, Mama and I to drive up to Whistler to visit Auntie Sue and play all day in the snow. That's not how it happened though. First of all, Auntie Sue was down on Vancouver in the hospital, so we only got to stop by to see her for a few minutes. That made me really sad that she wasn't on vacation with us. After we visited her we went up to the condo all by ourselves. It was really pretty, and I was really excited to be out of the car. All the snow I was supposed to play in was actually rain though. That part was also sad. We all ended up having a lot of fun though. I even got to go in the hot tub because it wasn't really very warm and Mama thought it would be OK. It was fun and the bubbles were really interesting. We did a lot of shopping (for me!) and walking around. We also went on what was supposed to be a sleigh ride, but ended up being a wagon ride because there wasn't much snow. I really liked the horses and even got to ride up front with the people who were driving for us. It was so exciting. I think that my favorite part of the whole trip was the fireplace though. It was so pretty and I loved looking at the flames dancing around. Overall it was a really fun trip, but we were all really worried about Auntie Sue. Luckily, after a bunch of time in the hospital and a bunch of work by her doctors, she's back home now. I got to go visit her at her house last weekend. It was really fun and I liked watching it start to snow from her balcony. Between then and now it has been so cold it's driving me crazy. Mama and I haven't really been doing very much because she doesn't want to drive anywhere. We've been going on walks around our apartment though and I think the snow is really weird. It's cold and wet and I don't really like it. The only place we have really been going has been to swimming lessons. I was the only one there for the last two weeks, and I really liked that. I started kicking really hard and moving my hands around in the water like I'm really swimming. Mama won't let go of me to swim on my own though. I guess she doesn't trust me. Maybe it's because I kept trying to put my face under the water and getting it up my nose. The best part of swimming was flirting with the lifeguards. They're pretty cute and I like to make them smile. Don't tell my Daddy though or he'll be mad at me.

As far as learning new stuff, I'm still working on getting better at standing on my own. I haven't taken any steps yet, but I'm working on it. I'm not really crawling yet, but I am flailing around to get myself where I'm going. I'm pretty efficient about it even if it's not very graceful. I've started talking a lot more, but I mostly just say "Da Da Da" over and over again. Daddy thinks I'm saying DaDa, but I'm not sure if I am or not. I like that it makes him happy though.

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