Sunday, January 25, 2009

Jalen Meets Justin

Last Saturday, we met Erin and John's new baby boy Justin. It's been a while since we've held a newborn. We've forgotten how tiny they're! Justin was an angel the whole time, barely making a squeak. We asked Jalen if he wanted to hold Jalen but he did not. He didn't show much interest in the baby until I held him. He leaned over to look then all of sudden, *whack*, swatted at the baby's face. Luckily, it wasn't hard and didn't wake the baby. We're guessing that means Jalen is not ready for a sibling yet?


Monday, January 19, 2009

Jalen is Bilingual, Sort of


We've been teaching Jalen how to use the magic words, "please" and "thank you". When Jalen says "thank you", it comes off sounding like "doo doo". But he can say "thank you" in Chinese better.

Jalen Loves Mamma Mia!


We got Mamma Mia for Christmas and those songs are so darn infectious! They're also universally appealing since Jalen and Grace love them and the grandparents love them too!

Here's Jalen dancing to Super Trooper.

Jalen Opening Christmas Presents


This is the first year that Jalen has discovered how much fun it is to tear away at gift wrappings to get to the presents.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Some Christmas Pictures


We had a very low key Christmas at our house because of all the snow. We went to dim sum for lunch and opened presents at our house with Rick's parents and Betsy's family.

My parents were supposed to come visit on Christmas Eve but they were snowed in. My mom finally made it the Saturday after Christmas and Jalen was very excited about opening more presents.

My dad drove to Seattle on New Year's Day. We were happy to finally have all of the grand parents together.