Luke's First Stroller Walk Outside!

This past weekend was special because our friends visited us on a warm winter day and we got to take Luke outdoors on the stroller for the first time in his life (at exactly 12 weeks old, this past Saturday)! It was also fun for the kids to run outside and play Basketball.

When our friend was holding Luke, he kept looking at Jonny and I for reassurance -- he definitely knows who we are!

Luke enjoyed looking at the trees; you could tell it was a new experience for him.

So nice seeing Daniel wanting to play with the ball; not long ago he wasn't interested.

More Snow Photos...

As I write this post, it is a warm winter day and all the snow is gone... But looking through my camera I found some more photos of Daniel having fun in the snow, just earlier this month, that are worth keeping.

Daniel started Basketball!

A friend from church invited Daniel to join her son to learn how to play Basketball during the winter. I didn't think he would want to because only a few months ago, he said he didn't like Basketball. But when I asked him if he wanted to go, he said he would love to (kids change their minds so quickly)! So a couple of weeks ago he went to his first practice and came back saying it was "awesome!" The following week he got his basketball shirt and he was proud to let me take the photos below. He will have practice once a week and games on Saturdays starting in mid January. Can't wait to go and support his team, the "Sharks!"

MB: My view after feeding...

What joy this little boy gives me! Luke at 11 weeks often looks at me like this...

 

 

Christmas Cookies!

We had a really fun time this past weekend baking and decorating Christmas cookies. Jonny and Daniel prepared the dough and later in the evening, once Luke was in bed, the three of us spent over an hour decorating them. It was so much fun and Daniel wants to do it again soon! Today we distributed the cookies to some of our neighbors, and gave some to the school bus driver and Ms. Graham, Daniel's Kindergarten teacher.

 

Jonny made the dough...

And Daniel played with the flour!



While papai and Nani made the dough, Luke and I hung out having some floor time.



Luke loves to look at the tree

And he is getting stronger on his tummy too!

Dough is ready!

The two brothers... I love seeing them together!

Later in the evening it was time to roll out the dough and cut out the cookies!



And get them ready for baking

Let the decorating begin!



Daniel focused so well on the decorating!



Our family of four... can you guess which one is Luke?



The final product! Can you see why we gave so many away? ;) Still half the dough left in the freezer for this weekend!