Zeb's First Day of School!

Today was Zeb's first day at pre-school. I was a little nervous about how he would do but he did wonderful! He calls the school "Kayleigh's school" and has been wanting to go for quite some time. He was so excited and even more excited to carry his Lightening McQueen back pack. When I picked him up at school he didn't want to leave! He wanted to keep playing on the play ground. I asked him what they did at school and he said " We ate chao fan ( which is fried rice), and played. Well that sums it up. I can't believe my little boy has started school!

Once in a lifetime...

Today was the start of a trip Alisa surprised me with for my birthday.
We are going to Hong Kong!!! We were all ready for our 7:45am flight
and when we arrived at the airport, we found out our flight has been
delayed until 1pm! We were a little sad.

We went to the airline desk an asked if we could change our flight to
an earlier one and they did. We did not know we would be put on another
flight in first class! What a blessing and a huge surprise.

We are both very thankful for this opportunity. We'll let you know
more soon.

Family Visit Day # 3- Zeb's Party

Monday morning we decided to rest since our weekend had been so busy. We took Hayley and Charlie to one of our favorite Chinese restaurants. That afternoon we had Zeb's birthday party. Danielle volunteered to make the cake. It was amazing!! She even made a miniature train for Zeb to eat on his own. He absolutely loved the cake and had no problems digging in right away. Most kids cry during their first birthday party but this little man had a great time. He only cried when we had to give him a bath to wash off all the cake. It was a great party and I am so glad that Hayley and Charlie could be there to celebrate.

Here he is getting ready to dig in. We decided it would be best to let him eat in his diaper. In hindsight I am very thankful for this decision!

Cheers everyone! I've downed this cake no problem!

Zeb opening his presents. Marianne and David gave him this really fun truck that actually backs up and goes a different way when it runs into something. However, it plays this really annoying song that can drive you completely insane.

Kayleigh's First HairCut!

This past Saturday Kayleigh received her first haircut. I have been talking to her about getting one for quite some time. She seemed fine with it so I called up my friend Kayla and asked her to cut Kayleigh's hair. We decided it would be best for her to watch a movie while Kayla was cutting it so she would be still. She didn't even move until it came time to cut her bangs and they were tickling her face. She did great! It looks so cute and she has more curls now!

This is right before she started.

Here she is glued to the t.v. She doesn't even know what is happening.

Not sure what this face is for?

Speaking Words

The last few days Kayleigh has been putting two words together, which is a big step in her development. A few examples are:

"MaMa where?"

"ByeBye DaDa."

Other words she says regularly are:

"Yea!"
"MaMa"
"DaDa"
"PaPa"
"Where?"
"Shoes"
"ByeBye"
"Hey!"

There are other words she says that we cannot make sense of. We think a little mix of Chinese and English because she hears both languages regularly.

Kayleigh Stands Up and Walks

This is the first time Kayleigh has gotten up on her own and walked to someone. We are excited about how quickly she has progressed in her walking. She continues to take more and more risks daily. Kayleigh still finds it a little difficult to walk from the carpet to the hardwoods, or from the hardwoods to the carpet, but she is getting better at it. It is so fun to see her grow up!

Kayleigh Walks!!!

This is incredible! Kayleigh is now starting to walk on her own for the first time in her life! She took her first steps Thursday afternoon on the 15th. Below is a video of her walking with Mom.