Who knew that Maia and I both have a love for boxes?
Maia 9 months
EmilyWednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February
February has been a fun month for us. Here are some of the major events that have taken place so far:
February 3-5 Morin Family Reunion at Disneyland: The first two days were beautiful! The new Toy Story Ride in CA Adventures was a hoot! It is a 'must ride'.
February 5 Joe and I celebrate our 4th anniversary (at Disneyland): We were lucky to ride It's a Small World the day it re-opened! It is so cute! They had a special "Annual Passholders" thing going on but it didn't matter because they opened it up to everyone when it started raining. We decided to head home when it started pouring. We spent our anniversary at home with some amazing Thai soup and a movie. Don't worry, we went to the Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney the night before as a pre-anniversary dinner. I LOVE the Jazz Kitchen.
I must mention that cousin Olivia didn't meet us at the park that day because she was at the hospital. The night before she was sleep crawling (yes, sleep crawling) in the hotel bed and fell off. She broke her collar bone when she landed on the hard floor. (Now you can read below and see what kind of genes run in the fam.)
February 14 Valentine's Day: Maia says, well, rather yells "dadda" for the first time. Yeah, that's about it. She yells dadda. We also went on a walk to the beach in the morning and then Joe and I had a candlelight salmon dinner at home in the evening and watched a movie and ate ice cream. It was a great Valentine's Day.
We also got to celebrate the night before. Amy was kind to offer her babysitting services so we went to the theater and watched "He's Just Not That In To You" and had In-N-Out shakes after. We are movie people. Thanks Amy!
February 15: Maia talks in her sleep for the first time. I heard Maia yelling "dadda" in the middle of the night thinking she had gotten up and started playing in her crib. I go in to see why she is awake and I find her in her normal sleeping position with eyes closed. We learned that night that she is a Morin sleeper.
Feb. 14 Valentine's Day walk down to Salt Creek Beach. This is one of our favorite walks.
Maia wearing her bathrobe that Grandpa Fin got her for Christmas.
Disneyland/Family Reunion/Anniversary
February 3-5 Morin Family Reunion at Disneyland: The first two days were beautiful! The new Toy Story Ride in CA Adventures was a hoot! It is a 'must ride'.
February 5 Joe and I celebrate our 4th anniversary (at Disneyland): We were lucky to ride It's a Small World the day it re-opened! It is so cute! They had a special "Annual Passholders" thing going on but it didn't matter because they opened it up to everyone when it started raining. We decided to head home when it started pouring. We spent our anniversary at home with some amazing Thai soup and a movie. Don't worry, we went to the Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney the night before as a pre-anniversary dinner. I LOVE the Jazz Kitchen.
I must mention that cousin Olivia didn't meet us at the park that day because she was at the hospital. The night before she was sleep crawling (yes, sleep crawling) in the hotel bed and fell off. She broke her collar bone when she landed on the hard floor. (Now you can read below and see what kind of genes run in the fam.)
February 14 Valentine's Day: Maia says, well, rather yells "dadda" for the first time. Yeah, that's about it. She yells dadda. We also went on a walk to the beach in the morning and then Joe and I had a candlelight salmon dinner at home in the evening and watched a movie and ate ice cream. It was a great Valentine's Day.
We also got to celebrate the night before. Amy was kind to offer her babysitting services so we went to the theater and watched "He's Just Not That In To You" and had In-N-Out shakes after. We are movie people. Thanks Amy!
February 15: Maia talks in her sleep for the first time. I heard Maia yelling "dadda" in the middle of the night thinking she had gotten up and started playing in her crib. I go in to see why she is awake and I find her in her normal sleeping position with eyes closed. We learned that night that she is a Morin sleeper.
Feb. 14 Valentine's Day walk down to Salt Creek Beach. This is one of our favorite walks.
Maia wearing her bathrobe that Grandpa Fin got her for Christmas.
Disneyland/Family Reunion/Anniversary
Wait for it... "DADDA!"
Maia's kisses and animal sounds.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Lunch With Daddy
Last Monday, January 12, Maia and I met Joe at work and had lunch on the grass outside his office in Irvine. It was nice and hot outside and it was such a treat to be with Joe in the middle of the day. We had a great time together and we hope to do it next Tuesday with some carnitas soft tacos from Las Gol.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Baila! Baila!
Recently Maia has fallen head over heals in love with two things: electronic dancing toys, and the sound of hands clapping. We feel like this video clip demonstrates one of these two things quite nicely. Maybe she too will grow up someday to become a bilingual master of all things merengue.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Lyla Grace
Maia's newest cousin was born yesterday!
Lyla Grace Wilkin
January 15, 2008
7 lbs. 10 oz.
21" long
She is so beautiful! We are so happy that she is here. Mom and baby are doing well. Congrats to Alli and Cory and big sister Autumn!!!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Baby's First Christmas
We were so lucky to be able to spend Christmas 2008 in Utah with Grandma Lin, Grandpa Keyte, Auntie Carrie and her family, and Auntie Marla. We got there just before a storm came through and left before another storm. We were blessed. We had a great time. Here are some pics.
Rub-a-dub dub Maia and cousin Leah in the tub.
Gingerbread house decorating (Leah, Marla, Noah, Taylor, Lexi)
Joe, Taylor, and Noah shoveling snow... the first time.
Christmas Eve
T'was the Night Before Christmas
Christmas morning stocking love.
Our best Christmas gift.
Maia's Christmas box of tissues.
Rub-a-dub dub Maia and cousin Leah in the tub.
Gingerbread house decorating (Leah, Marla, Noah, Taylor, Lexi)
Joe, Taylor, and Noah shoveling snow... the first time.
Christmas Eve
T'was the Night Before Christmas
Christmas morning stocking love.
Our best Christmas gift.
Maia's Christmas box of tissues.Friday, December 12, 2008
Santa Baby
Last Saturday, December 6, we went to Roger’s Gardens up in Newport Beach. We wanted to go because we have never been there and we also wanted Maia (and ourselves) to experience something Christmasy in California. I love the holidays. I love the Christmas season. I love going places and seeing them all lit up and decorated and hearing the Christmas music play. Roger’s Gardens was all that! It was so much fun.
At Roger's Gardens they have a lot of decorated trees. There were trees that were decorated in all gold ornaments, one in silver, another in red and another in white. They all had names to them. We found a baby boy tree and another “Pretty in Pink” baby tree. We thought it was so appropriate that they had a tree with all baby girl pink ornaments since it was Maia’s first Christmas. You can buy the ornaments right off the tree. We bought a pink block that has the letters B-A-B-Y on the sides. We thought it was special to remember our super fun time at Roger's Gardens and to remember Maia's first Christmas.
As we walked through the gardens we saw the most expensive trees. This 14 -foot Christmas tree was $600. It was amazing. We decided not to get it.
We got to see Santa Claus and Maia got to sit on his lap. She was all smiles. She loved his beard and was very intrigued. I think she asked him for a pony. It was a only a matter of opportunity.
At Roger's Gardens they have a lot of decorated trees. There were trees that were decorated in all gold ornaments, one in silver, another in red and another in white. They all had names to them. We found a baby boy tree and another “Pretty in Pink” baby tree. We thought it was so appropriate that they had a tree with all baby girl pink ornaments since it was Maia’s first Christmas. You can buy the ornaments right off the tree. We bought a pink block that has the letters B-A-B-Y on the sides. We thought it was special to remember our super fun time at Roger's Gardens and to remember Maia's first Christmas.
As we walked through the gardens we saw the most expensive trees. This 14 -foot Christmas tree was $600. It was amazing. We decided not to get it.
We got to see Santa Claus and Maia got to sit on his lap. She was all smiles. She loved his beard and was very intrigued. I think she asked him for a pony. It was a only a matter of opportunity.
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