Watch us grow!
We celebrated New Year’s Eve with a nice steak dinner at home and watched the ball drop on TV.
We celebrated with champagne and apple juice. This was the first year Janie actually celebrated with us and had fun clinking glasses and saying “Happy New Year!”
Peanut also woke up for the celebration but then shortly went back to sleep.
Happy New Year!!
Every time we visit Cerritos, we gather up all of Mama’s cousins and we have a big Thai feast at Thai Nakorn. Tonight was our dinner and we had almost everyone there this time! Here is Peanut with Brandon, Cole, and Auntie Marie.
Theo and Sadie were also in town for the holidays this year so we had an extra-large group! So fun!
Here’s Peanut with Uncle Pish.
There were lots of presents after dinner and Peanut watched his big sister open his gifts. Oooo! New PJs!!
Janie scored her very first board game – Chutes and Ladders!! One of Mama’s favorites!
When we got back to Buena Park, Dada showed her how to play.
The whole family came over for Christmas dinner again this year. Auntie Hannah (Dada’s cousin) finally got to meet Peanut.
Here he is with GAuntie Jeanie. He did well getting passed around to everyone.
Dada made prime rib with all the fixings. Janie had at least half of Mama’s slice.
She later got a little tired and sat on Dada’s lap while he ate.
Peanut was eyeing Mama’s dinner plate and almost got a handful of mashed potato.
All the cousins played Settlers of Catan and the kids helped set up the board.
It was a fun (and late) evening for everyone!
This was Peanut’s first Christmas!
Luckily, we were able to reuse this onesie from when his sister had her first Christmas.
It’s also Toni and Thomas’ first Christmas and we got a photo of all the cousins together.
Janie had a fantastic time opening presents this year.
She totally gets it this year and also had double the presents to open (Peanut’s gifts)! She tore through each one like a pro and made cute comments such as “oh that’s cute” and “I think he’ll like it.”
She got a dress-up toy from Ama and had a fun time changing Cinderella’s outfits.
She doesn’t know who Cinderella is so I think we may have to watch the movie next week when we get home.
Yai gave her a set of three construction trucks that can go in the sand. Fun!
She also got a bunch of Octonauts stuff and was fired up about it.
Thanks to everyone for all the presents!!
Our not-so-little Peanut is 21 weeks old today! We survived his first road trip down to Southern California and he slept most of the way (mostly because it was bedtime). He is also sitting like a champ and even started rotating into side-sit too! He went to Disneyland for the second time already and we celebrated his first Christmas today. This kid is growing and changing so quickly right before our eyes. Luckily, his physical growth is slowing down and has only gained a pound so far this week (now 22 lbs!) He’s still in Size 4 diapers and officially in 12-months clothes (if not bigger!)
Happy 21 weeks, little guy!! Love you!
Janie got a new tricycle today! Ankong and Dada assembled it last night and she took it for a test drive this morning.
This year, once Mama strung the lights, Janie decorated our tree with all the ornaments.
She liked hanging the ornament that we bought the year she was born. She was also loving the ornament of Koa as a puppy. We have one for Peanut but it hasn’t arrived in the mail yet.
Here is the finished tree!!
This is the best we could do with the two kids with Peanut’s first Christmas tree. Yay!
Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia returned from Seattle yesterday so we postponed Thanksgiving dinner to today. They came over and the kids all played on the floor together while Dada was making the turkey.
Janie made the crescent rolls on her own today and helped herself to one while dinner was getting finished up. The chef has to taste her food, right?!
I think Peanut wanted one too.
All the kids sat at the table today in celebration of the babies’ first Thanksgiving. Toni and Thomas brought their feeder seats and had avocado!! Yum.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
Who needs turkey when you’ve got a chubby little baby that weighs almost as much as the turkey in the fridge and thighs like these?!
Happy Thanksgiving!!