Merry Christmas!

Some highlights from Christmas Day....

Santa was here....

But Ethan was still asleep....

Now, everyone is ready for presents!

Ethan was careful with the first present....

Then there was chaos....

Ready for food....

Seafood hotpot for dinner....Yummie!

Tis the Season....Ho Ho Ho...

Daddy and Ethan were at the mall during the weekday last week and there was no line at the Santa Claus picture place, so daddy decided to send Ethan to Santa for a picture. The picture turned out fine except the prints came out a little compressed, so Ethan had a little too round a head.

Then we went to LA middle of last week and Santa visited our hotel lobby every evening, so we got a better picture. What do you think?

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we decided to smoke a turkey and it turned out delicious even though it cooked a lot faster than we thought. We will definitely try it again. We had some friends over and had a great time. Ethan enjoyed his first turkey (last year, he was not eating solids yet) and all the fixings...well, just the mashed potatoes and the rolls. Not too crazy about the stuffing and corn. Oh well, more for us. He did like my pumpkin cheesecake. Yummie....

It's Official!

It was a special day for us today. Mom finally became a US Citizen and the Naturalization Oath Ceremony was held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. A total of 2178 people were sworn in today which is the biggest ceremony to date here in Phoenix. It sure was a memorable day. Congrats mom!

Happy Halloween!

Boo! This year we celebrated Halloween in downtown Chandler for the Howlin' Halloween Spooktacular event while both grandmas stayed home giving out candies. Ethan was dressed as a very cool wizard and got many good remarks on his costume. We even went for the costume contest and Ethan did great on stage.

Race for the Cure 2008

We took Ethan to his first Race for the Cure walk in downtown Phoenix and it was a beautiful day! Ethan enjoyed his free goodies of banana, yogurt and bread. He also joined everyone by walking with the crowd for a little bit. We think he had fun, but he was beat as he fell asleep right away as soon as we got into the car.

Play Time

Now that the weather is starting to cool down, Ethan has been playing at the playground every morning. He loves to play ball and we may have a future soccer player. He still doesn't like to play in the sand and would do anything to avoid getting into the sand.