December brings shopping (& hockey)

December is quickly bringing our first Christmas as parents!  We're super excited.  I have always loved Christmas shopping, but it is even better with a Little Man for which to shop. We are also very excited that due to Jason's day staff position, he will have Christmas off of work-  Yay!!

We took Ezra to his first Stingrays hockey game last week.  He charmed everyone around us, and didn't seem to mind all the noise except once when the END PERIOD buzzer went off. 










We also got to see the Debbie's Kids' Teddy Bear Toss.  This is when the Stingrays score their first goal and everyone throws stuffed animals on the ice for underprivileged children.  It was incredibly moving the amount of teddy bears thrown.  I am still blaming my current softness on left over pregger hormones, but I choked a bit.  This is a video from a year ago at the teddy bear toss.  This year, even more were collected-  they filled two giant truck beds, and two large receptacles.  It was an awesome reminder of the spirit of Christmas