I have hijacked this blog! This is Sarah and since Dave was not keeping up I have taken on the responsibility. I was actually going to post something in January....so I'm not that great at it either but this will change.

So let's get started! In our last post Ellis had just spent a few weeks at the cottage (on the right). Which I am sad to say it no longer exists in the Carnegie family :( We were happy to have the time there that we did.

Time has flown by since then so we are forgetting every detail of his life, but some of the biggies are Halloween, Ellis' trip to Calgary, his first Christmas and our family trip to San Fransisco.

In October, Ellis had his first Halloween and we choose to dress him as a monster - since he is such a "horrible child". Dave carried him in a front facing carrier and I attached a bag to it to collect the "ah he is so cute candy".. Dave and I managed to eat it all by the end of the night.

In November, Ellis and I headed to Calgary for my convocation. Yahoo - I was offcially getting my PhD!! I dressed Ellis fitingly in a monkey shirt (picture to come) and my sister, dad and step-mom looked after him while I had my time on the stage. He was a dream on the plane there and back! So far so good when it comes to travelling with him. Then Ellis and I headed to BC to visit Kathy, Ellandra and Emily and my mom and her husband Ernie - he was a total star and everyone loved him..of course!

Christmas was spent at my sister's with his cousins Charlotte and Gabrielle and then we spent the week leading to New Years at Blue Mountian ski resort. None of us hit the slopes, only the bar stools. Except Ellis of course who slept and "cruised" and ate a lot.

In the New Year we travelled to San Fransisco! Actually Dave drove across the county and Ellis and I met him and the Guy/Noxons . We stayed in beautiful Mill Valley California - surrounded by huge, gorgeous red woods and sequoias. Ellis had a great time - we spent a lot of time hiking and sight seeing. All the fresh air also helped him sleep all night long! On two weekends we toured around Napa and Sonoma and tasted a few (or more) glasses of wine.

Now it is March and we are slowing getting through our "winter". The next big news is his BIRTHDAY!! He will be 1 on the 31st and we are looking forward to that. Then in May, Ellis and I are moving to Calgary for the summer! He is going to be a little cowboy for a few months.

Oh and apparently Ellis has picked Kentucky to win the Final Four (gotta add the sports comment in there.)

Ellis - out!