First Haircut

My friend and hair stylist, Heidi, gave Ryan his first haircut. I was planning on cutting his hair two months before before I couldn't. Ryan did awesome!! He was shy so he sat really still which made it easier for her to cut. She did any excellent job just trimming him up.

 Shy faces

 We brought a dum dum sucker for Heidi to give Ryan and he loved it!!

Natural history Museum

My friend, Lori, invited us to the Natural History Museum. She had a free pass for us and it was my first time. I was really impressed with the displays and the size of the museum. I would love to go back with Allen.

New Year's Day

We went to the Manhattan Beach Pier and the aquarium at the end of the pier was open. It was our first time and it's a cute little aquarium. They had a touch tank and and several tanks for viewing only. It was a great outing, even if Ryan wanted to stop at each volleyball plaque on the pier and say, "ball". Emily and Alex quickly learned to stand on the plaques and distract Ryan.

watching the surfers

admiring the volleyball plaques

New Year's Eve

We did our traditional lunch at Swingers then kiss on the Santa Monica Pier at noon (a toddler friendly version of New Years). Allen and I first kissed on New Year's Eve 3 years ago on the Santa Monica Pier.

Our two year tradition of having Emily and Alex spend the night.

Alex's customized mask (the nose covering bothered him) so he made it Green Lantern Style.

Christmas

We surprised the kiddos with stockings on Christmas morning then we went to my sister, Cathy's house for cousin gifts and yummy food.

nothings wrong celebrating Christmas with a menorah!!

Allen's mom made the stockings for me at Thanksgiving.

 Emily with her pillow belly acting like me. She was hilarious!

Christmas Eve

We went out to our traditional Chinese dinner on Christmas Eve with the Sadowsky's and my parents. Santa visited and delivered a wood toy train, which Ryan loves.

 We opened Christmas gifts from friends, family and Santa before we left for Camarillo to spend the night.