Merry Christmas!

Christmas time is here again!!! Christmas trees, Christmas cards, christmas re-vamped house and a Christmas 11 month baby

2007

Our first married christmas

Hawaii

2008 Korea

2009 Monterey

2010 Monterey

We were going to use last year's tree,

but Boo made a rule that from now on our

Christmas tree has to be taller than Ha Jyn.

I agree.

Seeing that we both top out at about 5'3 I don't really see

to big of trees in our future!

In other news it was discovered how hard getting a

few simple Christmas photos can be....

One second it's this

and a half second later...

I tried a second day to get a better shot,

but the lighting was no good and Ha Jyn was

wanting nothing to do with it.

Ha Jyn is now 11 months old!

This last month was big changes for her.

She now crawls and gets into EVERYTHING!
It is like my best friend Kelli says,

"When they are babies all you want them to do is walk and talk.

When they get older all you want them to do is to sit down and shut up!"

With her new found independence Ha Jyn loves to investigate and

much like her mother if food is involved she suddenly appears right next to you. She eats everything. She even likes Kim Chi!

She also loves to be dramatic. (she must get that from her father!)

Changing her diaper has become an Olympic sport.

She no longer signs for "more" instead she grunts or fake cries.

All in all she is a very happy kid.

And more than anything she loves to be around other kids.

Here she is with her best buddy Celine.

They know how to PARTY!

We finally sold our table and now Ha Jyn has her play room.

Thanks Granny J for the Santa slippers!

Our new crooked curtains.

I got this fabric for way cheap on clearance at IKEA.

To be honest it was the 1st time I have bought fabric and I sorta

forgot about how the fabric is folded. So I basically bought twice as much as I needed.

Oh well lets just say I have found ways to get rid.... I mean use the rest of it.

Adventures in Colorado a picture happy post

I spent the last week in Colorado with my best friend

of the last 14 or so years. Her husband was on a hunting trip so

Kelli very generously used a voucher she had and flew Ha Jyn and I back home.

Even though we have not lived in the same state for over

a decade when we see each other it is always as if no

time has passed. She is

married and has four kids and I am married with a kid but despite that we are pretty much the

exact same as we were at age 13.

It was so much fun spending time with her boys.

Ha Jyn loved all the commotion. She learned

so much from watching Kelli's boys.

In the week that she was with them she learned how to crawl,

pull herself up and now really loves to play with her toys.

A couple of nights Kelli had to work and with her husband out of town

it was just me and five kids under the age of five.

They were great kids and very easy to bribe!

I would say the toughest part were just the logistics of the

youngest three. Ha Jyn and Vance, Kelli's youngest are only 7 months

apart. Luckily everything went amazingly smooth.

It was so much fun to see my old neighborhood and go to the same children's museum

that I went to as a kid.

The worst part as always is coming back home and missing

and getting homesick for Kelli!

Ha Jyn just before our flight home.

She made sure to save all her crying for inside the plane.

Nolan, Kelli's almost 2 year old

Diaper heads

Ha Jyn loved being around all her friends

No wonder I had so many boyfriends in High School

Myles and Truman in a fort they found on their property

Nolan's awesome outfit

Playing on a playground that I use to play on as a kid.

Maggie sleeping.

Truman, I love this kid!

Ha Jyn's new wheels

Ha Jyn loves Truman too!

The Children's Museum.

We told Myles that we were going to a poop

factory, but he did not buy it!

The view from Kelli's house

Bath Party!

Kelli with her boys

The whole crew

Vance

Turkey day

Boo and I always love this time of year.

It is even better with Ha Jyn around.

We have had a lot of fun watching her

react to all the things of this season.

She thinks it is awesome that we have a

tree with red and green balls on it. She feels

it her personal mission to pull them off whenever possible!

Playing with her friends in the morning.

We had a great time with our friends on thanksgiving.

We had Korean food for thanksgiving and pie for desert.

The combination sent me into a food coma. I literally slept

from 9P.M. to 8 the next morning.

Ha Jyn and her friend Celine really know how to party!

They are both at the stage where they love to stand,

so this basket was a big hit!

It has been getting really cold!

I don't remember it being this cold last year.

But than again, this time last year I had a lot more insulation.

When I was a kid every thanksgiving I would

raid my dad's drawer that had all his old t-shirts in it and wear

it while watching the Macy's thanksgiving day parade.

The tradition lives on!!

Ha Jyn and I are going to Colorado tomorrow!
We are going to stay with my best friend Kelli.

I am so excited I think Ha Jyn is going to love being around

Kelli's four boys!

So until next time smile big, especially if you have

a piece of uncontrollable hair!