
Boy oh boy. This has been a toy-filled week for Janie. She got two more gifts today! First one was from Auntie Krissy and Uncle Dayantha. It’s a tea set! Fun!


The other was from her pal Zoe. It’s a pair of stuffed fishies! Nice.
Watch us grow!

Boy oh boy. This has been a toy-filled week for Janie. She got two more gifts today! First one was from Auntie Krissy and Uncle Dayantha. It’s a tea set! Fun!


The other was from her pal Zoe. It’s a pair of stuffed fishies! Nice.

Janie got a lot of presents today. Here are the toys she received from Ankong and Ama this morning.

Wow! It’s a remote controlled truck!!

Of course it required a screwdriver and batteries before she could play with it.

She also got a rockstar guitar.



On Christmas morning, Janie had fun playing with all sorts of toys.

Ankong helped her make a really tall tower.

Big GG kept her company while she sifted through the pieces.

She also LOVED playing with the Chinese checkers pegs.

She’s such a fine motor monster!

Janie went to Disneyland again on Christmas Eve. She was able to do more, see more, and understand more this year.

In the morning, we went to Fantasyland to get her on the Dumbo ride! Luckily it was early enough that she could tolerate standing in the line and seemed to be ok with the ride itself.

She did surprisingly well with waiting in line all day. We can’t bring the stroller into the line and she was pretty good about staying close-by and not causing too much trouble.

Here she is watching the three kids behind us in the Monsters Inc. line. She was pretty amused by them and tried to copy their moves.

Now that she’s walking, running, and climbing, Disneyland was so much more interesting this year.

She got a lot of practice on the stairs everywhere. Up and down…up and down…

It was Baby Alice’s first trip and they were twinsies!!

There was so much to see and hear!! It was so cute to see her waving to the people on the steamboat as they passed by.

The fountain at the Cozy Cone was pretty fun to watch too.

All the activity and excitement really makes a little girl work up an appetite.

She got her very first kid’s meal and gobbled up all the broccoli. Spaghetti is always a hit too.

It was also a warm 80 degrees so she was treated with some frozen lemonade.

For dinner, she loved the green beans and fried chicken at the Plaza Inn.

Janie met Mommy’s friends Chip and Dale today. She was a little unsure but managed to fake a smile.

She also met Minnie Mouse and actually smiled and waved to her.

We also took Janie on the Finding Nemo Submarine ride again this year and she did SO much better. Some of the explosions and stuff startled her but she didn’t cry like last year. The bubbles and fish were just enough to keep her entertained. Good job, Baby!

She liked the lights at It’s a Small World but was pretty tired and sleepy by the time we got onto the ride.

What a fun day with the family!! Merry Christmas, Everyone!


Janie went to see Santa again today.

Once again, she was not amused.


For lunch, Janie went to lunch with the family. She really liked eating the Pad See Ew with a grown-up fork. She also tried Tom Yum Goong and it wasn’t too spicy for her. She’s definitely got her daddy’s taste buds.

Janie had a good time hanging out with her aunties and uncles. All the 2nd cousins were there too!

After we were finished eating, there were presents galore. Janie’s finally caught on to unwrapping presents.

She loved the book that Uncle Pish and Auntie Debbie bought her. Thank you for all the presents!!!

Uncle Johnny and Auntie Joy came over tonight and we exchanged gifts early.

Janie unwrapped her gift from Alice and was more excited about the sticker on the package than the actual gift.

She was also excited about her new sweater from Yai and couldn’t help showing it to everyone.

Since we weren’t going to be home for Christmas, Janie got to open a few of her gifts before we left for Southern California this morning.

She got a cool musical toy from Zoe! Thank you!

Here’s a gift from Keenan. What is it?

Cool! It’s a tea set! Thanks, Keenan! You can come over for tea any day!

Janie got a cool Christmas gift from Auntie Teresa today!

She immediately said “bubble” when she saw the bottle next to the tiger.

Then she gave the tiger a big smooch.
Here she is enjoying her new toy even without it being taken out of the box. Thanks, Auntie Resa!

We visited the giant Christmas tree in Union Square tonight.

Janie has been pointing to our tree and saying her version of “lights” so I figured she may want to see the really big tree with lots of lights.

‘Tis the season!!