First Christmas Eve

Our Christmas Eve morning was a cool and chilly one. All the roof tops had ice on them. I had tried going to the grocery store yesterday, did one loop around the parking lot, couldn't find any parking, and left. I told myself I would go in the morning, as soon as Kekoa got up...and we did. It was a special treat because daddy came with us too. We bundled Kekoa up and we were at Lunardi's by 7:30 a.m.! Our second stop was Trader Joe's. Kekoa was all bundled up in my new sling, facing out. Everyone stopped and admired our cutie pie baby...he got so many compliments. At Trader Joe's, they were giving away these beautiful Christmas wreathes. Scott immediately strung it up on our screen door. I love it...it makes our place even more Christmasy (is that a word?)

Our beautiful baby and beautiful wreath!

Rosy cheeks after a long nap!
Hi there everybody! I love grabbing soft, cuddly blankets!
For the rest of our Christmas Eve, Kekoa took a long nap, thank goodness. He has only been taking 30 minute power naps lately. Scott went to work :( When Kekoa woke up, I bundled him all up and we went out for a long walk. He was so excited to be outside.

All bundled and ready to go on my walk mom!






For his 3rd nap of the day, he wouldn't fall asleep in the stroller, so I put him in the Ergo carrier. I love his face when he wakes up...he looks up at me with his sleepy eyes and rosy cheeks and gives me a big smile!
Doesn't he just melt your heart? He just woke up in the Ergo and couldn't stop staring at his mama!
Oh wait...now I see some trees to look at!

The family is coming over tomorrow for Christmas dinner. I am so proud of Scott, he is making the turkey. It is in the fridge, all ready to go. I am making cranberry sauce and a trying out a new stuffing recipe, Italian Chard stuffing...it looks so good and is all assembled and ready to bake tomorrow. (Thank you to our next door neighbors for letting us use their fridge and oven! I don't know where we would have put the turkey and stuffing!) Jenny and my dad are bringing dessert, berry pie and vanilla ice cream, and my dad is making his famous mashed potatoes.

I am so excited to be having Kekoa's first Christmas here...even though are apartment is small, it is cozy and is so nicely decorated. There are so many presents under our tree for our little baby. The Christmas spirit is definitely in the air here!

A fun day at the Children's Discovery Museum

Tuesday was an action packed day of fun for us! Kekoa and I met Papa Beezy, Auntie Jenny, Kaiwei, and Jordan in San Jose, at the Children's Discovery Museum...a big purple building filled with nothing but excitement! What a great place for little kids! It was so fun to watch Jordan and Kaiwei exploring, with big smiles on their faces! This place is a dream for kids, they can touch everything! Nothing is hands off to them. There is even a couple of special places for kids under 4 years old. Everything is at their height and perfect for little curious minds. Kekoa will definitely love this place when he is a little bit older. He still had a lot of fun, watching the "big kids" and being able to experience so many new sights and sounds.

My favorite part of the day was actually eating lunch. Jordan sat next to me and we shared pretzels and sweet tangerines. He is such a sweet little boy. Kekoa was awake and laughing in his stroller, watching us while we ate. Jordan kept tickling Kekoa's feet, it was so cute!

All 3 boys were pooped at the end of the day. Kaiwei and Jordan slept the whole way home, back to Fremont and then slept 3 more hours! Kekoa was really easy to put to sleep that night. He fell asleep right away and earlier than he normally does!I love this quote...
There was a real Wells Fargo stage coach to play in. Jordan loved going in, lifting the leather flap, and sticking his head out the "window".



There is a street crossing inside. I loved watching my dad and Jordan "crossing the street" together.
Little Kaiwei...
This whole area was for kids 4 and under. There were all kinds of things for the kids to explore here.
Maybe Jordan will be a scientist! There was a low table covered with what looked like sugar. Kids could scoop it up and funnel it into containers. The whole table was surrounded by boys!


Kaiwei had more fun flinging the sugar into the air!
This is a dragon for the kids to climb on. Jordan mastered the dragon. He wouldn't even stand on top when he first tried! What a champ!

Kekoa loves to be read to. Papa Beezy read him a couple of books that he was just entranced with.

This is such a great picture of Kekoa staring in awe at his cousin Jordan.

There was a special exhibit on the children of Hangzou in China. Jordan was so excited to sit on top of this replica of a water buffalo! When Kaiwei saw him up here, he tried to climb the legs to get on top.

This is another area that was for kids 4 and under. It was all water exploration. Even with their snazzy blue plastic suits, the boys were drenched and loving it! Jordan was so interested in how the plastic balls could float on the water spouts. Kaiwei was a busy little beaver, making sure Jordan always had enough plastic balls to work with!




Kekoa is napping in the background! He took 2 power naps in the Ergo. We were all surprised he was able to sleep in such a noisy place!
On our way home...so tired! What a great day, we will definitely come back to this purple building of fun!

It was so amazing to watch Jordan master getting across this dragon. He was so unsure of himself the first time he crawled across and needed my help. With a few tries, he even stood at the top. The first time he made it all by himself, he said "Again", when he reached the end. It was so cute!

teeth?

At Kekoa's 4 month doctor's visit, his pediatrician said he was getting teeth!! She could feel them in the gums and said in the next month or 2 we should see some pearly whites!

Cute Holiday Photos...

Kekoa is the perfect little model for holiday photos. We have been having fun all month long taking pictures of him. I'm sure there will be more!