Thursday, December 31, 2009

 

CDM Noon Year's Eve

We went to the Children's Discovery Museum today and they had a Noon Year's Eve celebration. They did a countdown and a ball drop after which they dropped confetti. Kyle LOVED the confetti. It was pretty cute. Of course he loved all of the museum exhibits too.

Happy New Year!



















P.S. Here is a cute photo of Joelle trying on her Daddy's hat.



~ Christina

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

 

Joelle's 2nd Day Eating

I managed to get some better photos on Joelle's second day eating. She had rice cereal again today. This time she was a more active participant, she kept trying to grab the spoon and shove it in her mouth.











~ Christina

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

 

Joelle's First Food - Rice Cereal

Joelle had rice cereal for the first time today. Didn't get too many photos (we'll have to take more tomorrow). But here is what we have.





~ Christina

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

 

Thanks Mandi!

I could probably start each week saying that. My friend Mandi is awesome! Seriously. She is extremely generous, very thoughtful, really smart, exceptionally funny and patiently kind. Her parents are pretty great too. What has brought about this latest thank you (in a string of many)? She brought Joelle and Kyle pretty cool Christmas gifts. Joelle received some adorable clothes and Kyle got a SpaceFrame Builders Kit. He (and Ian) have had so much fun building cool forts. Kyle's favorite though is a puppet theater. My Mom stopped by for a visit and was cajoled into performing a puppet show.

Thanks Mandi!





~ Christina

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

 

Joelle Models for Jenny

One of Ian's college roommates, the very talented photographer Jenny Pfeiffer, needed an infant model for a photoshoot for SkipHop. We didn't have anything to do that day so we met Jenny, a "Dad" and a "Mom" model and jenny's assistant at a park in Oakland. Jenny gave me a CD with some of the photos of Joelle (with the other models cropped out).













~ Christina

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Friday, December 18, 2009

 

Yum Yum Chomp Chomp

Joelle Puts EVERYTHING in her Mouth. Seriously. Everything. Kyle wasn't like that so this is new for us. It means we're going to have be extra vigilant when she starts crawling. Yikes!










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Monday, December 14, 2009

 

Cutting Down a Christmas Tree

It's a tradition. I've done it every year since I was a child. And now I get to do it with my children. So cool. And this year we went with Ryan, Ali, Tristan, Shea, Lauren and Big Ian. Three trucks and two trees later we were done.























~ Christina


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Sunday, December 13, 2009

 

Camilla's Birthday Party

Kyle had a great time at Camilla's 3rd Birthday Party. It was a princess party and Veronica (Camilla's Mom) had a crown for each kid to decorate, a game of stick the crown on the princess, a pull-string pinata, yummy cupcakes and fun goodie bags. Hooray for Playgroup friends! We have so much fun with them!















~ Christina

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

 

Nutcracker Ballet

Kyle, Nana (My Mom) and I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. This is Kyle's second year going to the kids 1 hour matinee. He loves the music, but he does NOT like the canon shot. :) I wish they would rework the matinee so that it included some of the "dream" performances. Currently (as well as last year) it's just the first half of the ballet. Kind of boring for kids.



~ Christina

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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

 

Kyle's First Trip to the Dentist

Kyle went to see Dr. Rabbitz for the first time today. They showed him how to brush his teeth, took X-rays amd gave him a teeth polishing. He did a great job and I give partial credit to the dentist and his staff for being so geltle and explaining everything to Kyle in a kid-friendly way. Having a T.V. with Dora playing on it didn't hurt either. :)





~ Christina

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