lucas' first christmas

lucas celebrated his first christmas with lots of family...what a special treat. he had a blast opening presents and playing with all of his new toys. one of his favorites was the popcorn walker from grandma and grandpa tuan. lucas loves walking around the house with it. (in fact, he loves walking around the house in general. i just don't have the energy to do it as often as he likes!) he also snuck in a quick pic with his buddy, carter...they were twins! :P

home for the holidays

here's a picture of our christmas tree all decked out! we've been busy preparing for the arrival of our family. they are coming to celebrate christmas with us! for the first time, we'll be home for the holidays! you can see how excited we are. :)

tiiiiimber!

we are so excited to celebrate christmas in our new home this year! this weekend we went with our friends to a tree farm to pick out our christmas tree. we had a blast! it was the first time we actually chopped down our own tree. we hunted for awhile and ended up with the perfect tree for our family of three. oh, and we found the perfect little "charlie brown" tree for lucas and carter, too! don't worry, we didn't chop the little one down...it still has quite a bit of growing to do. maybe we'll find it again in a few years; after it's reached its full potential. :)

gobble-gobble

we bid farewell to the cold and headed down to sunny los angeles to celebrate thanksgiving with our family this year. we had a great time! lucas was spoiled, of course, and allan and i were treated to much undeserved pampering ourselves. :) one of the most exciting things we got to do was take lucas swimming for the first time! he was scared at first (well, we went for a night swim so it was dark out so you really can't blame him) but he warmed up to it the second day and started splashing around in no time. also, lucas turned 9 months old during our trip! he learned how to waive hello and goodbye...smarty-pants. his new favorite toy is the ball. he loves chasing it around a room! i'm grateful to it because it keeps lucas occupied long enough for me to grab a bite to eat...little stinker.


:: swimming ::


:: thanksgiving trip to visit grandma and grandpa tuan and aunty jo ::