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Guess
who turned TWO today??? He celebrated his birthday at the
Peterson Auto Museum. Here he's riding a little fire truck with
Buzz Lightyear and Grandpa. I can't believe that our little baby
is a full-fledged toddler! I can no longer refer to him as "Baby"
on this blog. I'm going to have to refer to him as our little
boy! These days he's saying full sentences like "I want to drink
water." or "I want to drink milk." He'll also ask us to let him
watch "Buzz, Woody, Jessie" on TV. He also loves to sing songs,
ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are his favorite. He can
almost get the entire alphabet down! I can't believe that we
survived a whole year of the terrible twos! We love our little
boy more and more everyday. We can't wait to see what he'll learn
in the next year. Happy Birthday to our precious little boy!!
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Posted December 29, 2011
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We
hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! We had the best weather
this year on Christmas day! It was in the mid 70's and absolutely
glorious. Mr. BAW's cousin was visiting from London with his
girlfriend and they were hanging out in our backyard just soaking up
the warm Southern California sun before flying back out to cold and
wintery London. We had quite a satisfying Christmas filled with
presents, amazing food, and wonderful family. We have so many
people to thank for all the wonderful gifts we got. Below are
some highlights of our day. But the week is not over, we still
have Baby's 2nd birthday, Disneyland, and much more to show you!!
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We got glorious weather for Christmas! |
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These are the best cookies I've ever had. Chocolate chip, cherry, and walnut cookies!!! | 
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Mr. BAW and my MIL were busy baking batches of these yummy cookies so it's worth another look!! | 
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Baby got his very own digital camera from his Grandpa and Grandma!!! |  |
Baby was mesmerized by this giant box for him...what could it be??? |  |
It was a Buzz Lightyear Rocketship from Aunt TNK!!!!!!!! It was true love!!! Thank you Aunt TNK! |  |
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Posted December 10, 2011
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Wow,
what better Christmas present can a Trojan ask for?? It is
certainly a complete surprise to me that Matt Barkley will choose to
stay at SC for another year! We can't ask for more since this
will also probably help with recruiting and allowing SC to get a top
backup quarterback to follow Barkley. Merry Christmas indeed! :-)
To all of our family and friends, please have a wonderful and
safe Christmas. We look forward to hosting Christmas at our house
this year!
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Posted December 23, 2011
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Our
Christmas tree is all decorated!! We're getting close to
Christmas host-worthy! We decided to get a smaller tree this
year, a 5-footer Noble Fir. After 8 years, my Christmas lights
have finally died. So we decided to pick up these new energy
efficient LED lights for the tree this year. I'm not quite sure
how I feel about them. They are a bit brighter, but also look a
little less twinkly. But I guess they are "greener" and safer
than the old lights so I'll just have to learn to like them. Toby
doesn't seem to mind them at all. :-) Thankfully, Baby has been
very respectful of the tree. He likes the lights and can say
"kissmiss tree," but he's been good about only looking at the tree and
not touching it. Of course we don't leave him alone with the
tree. We've also kept his present in another room for now.
I just hope that I get over this cold soon so that I can enjoy
our fresh tree scent!
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Posted December 13, 2011
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Do
you ever order pictures from Shutterfly or any other online photo print
sites? I've always saved the little summary photo card not really
knowing what to do with them. You know, the card that shows all
the pictures you ordered. They are sort of like thumbnail
versions of the pictures you ordered. It just didn't feel right
to just throw them out. So today I had an idea! I cut out
the tiny little pictures and made them into gift tags for my Christmas
presents! I used ones that are relavant to the person I was
giving the gifts to. Grandma gets the ones with her and Baby, Mr.
BAW gets ones with Baby and him or Baby and me. Whenever
possible, I try to cut out some white areas so I can write on the tags.
If the pictures didn't include any white areas, I simply write on
the back of the tag and only attach the top of the tag to the gift box
so you can turn the tag over to read the name. I think the tags turned out really cute.
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Posted December 10, 2011
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We've
all but settled on a baby girl name!! I'm about 98% certain that
we'll go with this name. Perhaps in another month or so, I'll get
to 100% sure. I was struggling with this name a little bit
because we know someone else with this name. But this person is
not our close family or friends and she's an adult. My friend TNK
help me to realize that with so many people we know, it's nearly
impossible to pick a name we don't know anyone with, unless we go with Rhapsody.
:-) So with that, I'll learn to get over associating the name
with just this one person and try referring baby girl with the name for
a month and see how I feel.
The one thing I do feel
really good about is that this name we like is not on this top 100
list. I don't want to make up a completely unique name but at
the same time I don't want her to share the same name as tons of her
friends and classmates. In Baby's daycare class, he knows two
Liam's. My friend TNK had 5 Brian's at her wedding and once, I'm not making this up, I was
in a meeting with 5 David's!! Things get even more
complicated when you have a popular name that can be male or female.
My old neighbors were a married couple sharing the same name,
they were both Tracy!! Thankfully, they did not name their little
boy Tracy Jr. And an old co-worker of mine dated a girl with the
same name as him, Casey. He told me that he was glad the
relationship didn't work out because it was getting to be a little too
weird for him to call her by his name. Is there a recurring name
in your life?
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Posted December 8, 2011
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Awesome Christmas tip!! I always have trouble keeping my wreaths hung on the front door because the 3M hooks
I attach to the front door can never sustain the elements and always
end up falling off my door before it even gets to Christmas. The
way these guys do it, your 3M hook gets attached to the door on the
inside! Clever, and you can even showcase a beautiful ribbon with
your wreath! :-)
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Posted December 7, 2011
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We
started out December with a bang, literally! Maybe you have heard
on the news of the crazy windy weather we've been having in LA.
Usually, those kinds of crazy winds only affect people out
further East and North of LA, like out in the desert. But this
time, we experienced gusty winds through the entire LA Basin. We
luckily didn't have any power outage like the poor folks out in
Pasadena. But we did discover that a part of our fence fell down
from the strong winds! That's not the only surprise we got.
When we went to investigate the downed fence, we also discovered
a water leak underneath the house! We had noticed a spike in our
water bill a month ago but thought that it was related to our bathroom
remodeling. Thankfully, we were able to get a hold of our
contractor on that same Saturday morning and got everything fixed
within 4 hours. It was the best outcome to a bad situation.
Given
all this bad weather and house problems, we still managed to get into
the holiday mood. We got down to the South Coast Plaza to see
their crazy Christmas decorations. I love that this mall goes all
out for Christmas. At almost 2, Baby also got to run around like
a little mad man. He especially loved to watch the model train
decorations.
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This beautiful tree is over three stories tall!
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Gorgeous Poinsettias were everywhere. |  |
This is a giant Alps display complete with a couple of model trains running up and down the towns. |  |
Amazing chocolates at Godiva. We shared a dark chocolate decadence drink as we shopped. |
Love these table decorations from Crate and Barrel. |  |
Not sure what a giant, colorful elephant has to do with Christmas, but I love it. |  |
A beautiful bridge that connects two parts of the mall. |  |
I would love to have these twinkle lights in our backyard. |  |
Baby sending a letter to Santa. |  |
Us, in front of Santa's House. |  |
This is the ugliest window display I have ever seen. The turkey actually shakes on the table!! |  |
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