What's missing?

Can you guess what Malina's NOT wearing??

DIAPERS!!!  WOO HOO!!!  That's a shot from last night where we just loaded her up with a ton of liquids so we could run her to the potty as often as we could.  She probably had ONE tiny accident last night when she was figuring it out.  But then today, no accidents!!

To celebrate, we all went out for dinner where she stayed totally dry.  When we came home, she let us know she had some business to take care of... and there you have it.  I was so excited I almost peed in my pants (no sticker for me).

GO Malina!!!  We are so proud of you and we love you so much!!

"Yesh" and "no"

More from Luke's birthday

As I mentioned, Luke's first birthday, (his "dol") was a really great celebration with our immediate family.  We were so lucky to have our family come in for Luke's big day (thank you Harlmoni, Harlabogi, Amma, Papa and Samchoon for traveling all the way up to NY!  And the celebration will continue when Aunt Renee comes in just a couple of weeks -- hurray!).

Here are some fun pictures I wanted to share.  

And for the fun "fortune telling" tradition part of the celebration, Luke was presented with four items: a book and pencil for "a scholarly future", a long sting for long life and money for well, you know... Guess what he picked??  Thataboy!!  He picked the money!!

And since everyone was cheering, he decided to pick more stuff.  What do you think the orange signifies??

What a fun celebration!  Thank you again to our wonderful family.  And a big thank you to Luke -- for having the best little smile that makes his mama's heart swell.  We love you!

Catching up...

Now that I'm taking a bit of a "sabbatical," to be a stay at home mom, I'm not sure if I'll have more or less time to blog.  We shall see!!

The holidays were pretty good, but with Bryan coming down with bronchitis (poor guy... waking up at 2 in the morning for a month is not human) right around Christmas and me, with a sinus infection on New Year's, I know we can do better next year!  Regardless, the kids had a good time which is more than half the battle. 

Anyway, here are some photos of the kids to bring you up to speed.

One day we decided to get super messy and finger paint all over the kitchen table, which was a lot of fun!

But then we decided to make the mess super fun by dancing to the band, fun(period).  Every time the beginning of this song comes on, Luke claps -- how awesome is that?  And yes, that's finger paint on his forehead.

Like I mentioned, Christmas was pretty low key since we were a bit under the weather, but we still managed to sneak in some fun presents!

Malina got this awesome princess dress which she absolutely loves.  Thanks, Samchoon!

As you might have seen, we had Luke's first birthday (his "dol") earlier this week.  Here's a cute picture of him and his harlmoni...  so sweet, he's such a lover.  

And today, I got this cute shot of the kids in the back seat on our way to dropping Malina off at school.

Just a few for today

I had this post saved and even though it's almost two months old, I thought you'd still enjoy!

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We had a really wonderful time in Ohio over the Thanksgiving holiday.  The kids did so well on the flights but more importantly they had so much fun with all their family.  Here are a few pictures.

Happy Birthday, Luke!

Happy Birthday, Luke!  We love you so much!!