We celebrated Christmas at Obaasan's and Ojiisan's in the O.C. this year.
Yep, like the title says -- we had sukiyaki for Christmas Dinner. Why? Because one turkey a year is enough!
After dinner we played Cousin Juliana's and Cousin Mia's Christmas Present -- Mario Kart -- to help us digest. At least we tried to -- Uncle Paul is a Wii Hog! Remind me not to let him borrow the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Our friends Pete and Amy came by earlier this week. This is Hannah's first celebrity meeting. As you can tell, she was starstruck!
Hannah is such a Big Bunny fangirl. She's their biggest -- and smallest -- fan!
We live near the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which has quickly become our favorite walk.
Another cool thing about this walk is we get to see our good friend Kevin. He is currently working at the Galleria and has been playing a big part in Hannah's development. Not only has he offered a ton of hand-me-downs, he also recommended our current pediatrician who we absolutely love! Thanks Kev!
There must have been at least a hundred people there! Who knew Margot could make so many friends in the first year of life?
Luckily there were a ton of kids there. Hannah made a lot of friends that day as wel. This party was off da' hook!
Hannah..already breaking the boys' hearts!
We spent Thanksgiving Dinner eating Chicken McNuggets and Cheeseburgers. Yep, you read that right! We have some doctors in the family and they do not usually get Thanksgiving day off, so we wanted to save our appetite for the following day's dinner, and McDonalds is the only place we knew would be open. Plus, we are really lazy.
Our official dinner. Kampai! Can you find all three kids in this picture?
Help! Our family is being overrun by girls!
Hannah was asleep for most of this celebration. We should take her to more parties!
Hannah is able to lift her head! That was fast -- it's only been 10 weeks! Now if she could only progress as quickly in the sleep department...
Yeah, Hannah has a cradle cap problem (see earlier post). Fortunately we have it under control -- for now. Her face rash is improving too. Thanks Aquafor!
I'm not sure who Hannah voted for but I'm guessing the Hockey Mom. Yeesh!
As for the festivities, we eased her into Halloween by taking it really slow this year. First we took a walk around the neighborhood and saw all the decorated houses on the adjacent two blocks. Next we went home and put Hannah in her real costume: A cocoon! Actually I think she looks more like a human battery from the Matrix but the transitional phase of a flying insect works too.
Happy Halloween!
Hannah has developed cradle cap. Either that or it's snowing in the San Fernando Valley. We washed it off and it really isn't too big a deal, but hopefully it won't continue.
Everyone who knows us knows how much we love food. So it's been torture to not be able to dine out, especially for Christine, who hasn't eaten out in over a month! However, a couple days ago we decided to brave the scary, germ-infested world to go to our favorite Mexican Restaurant in the Valley: El Rancho! Luckily it's only a couple blocks away. Carnitas Burritos never tasted so good! And fortunately the restaurant was full of moms who were completely understanding when Hannah started crying towards the end. All things considered, it was a total success. Next stop: Daichan!
Hannah started smiling this week! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! We don't care if it's gas..we'll take it!
Hannah is 4 weeks old today! What a perfect excuse to come up with a time capsule! In her 28 days here on earth she already has some favorites. And by favorites I mean stuff that doesn't make her cry. Here they are:
Daddy has started his 90 hr week crunch schedule at work, meaning he comes home late every work day. And for three days a week he comes home 12 am or later (hence the drop in posts). So Mom has no breaks whatsoever! Luckily Grandma was able to come by and help out Christine Monday night. Hannah and Grandma had some nice bonding time, so hopefully this will become a weekly thing until Dad's crunch ends in late Nov. Thanks Grandma for bailing us out!
Also, we've started giving Hannah the bottle for one meal every two days. Yep, mom has started pumping. Hannah loves the breast a little too much, and she often just hangs out there, using mom as a pacifier. And she just falls asleep there too, almost every time. This has totally been tying mom down! Pretty soon Mom's legs will start to wither away from atrophy, like the earthlings from Wall-E. As a result, we introduced bottle feeding -- and Hannah did not miss a beat! So hopefully when mom goes back to work in Dec. it'll be a smooth transition for everyone.
This past week Hannah finally met the rest of our family: Auntie Vanessa, Uncle Pat, Cousin Jude and Auntie Lisa. Cute!
