Engagement Party and happy 10 months

Today we went to our friends engagement party out in Temple City. It was a far drive and she took her afternoon nap in the car. She cried for 10 minutes in the car before she fell asleep but it felt like forever listening to her screaming her lungs out. It was fun to see some of S's old friends at the party. Bella had a good time meeting new people and exploring her new environment. She even had enough energy for us to check out the new Korean Market in Irvine on the way home. Bella is growing up and now she can stay up without being cranky for more than few hours at a time. I really can't believe she's 10 months old now. These pictures were taken after we got home. Bella had her bath after and she was wiped out by 6:10pm. She was fast asleep in less than few minutes. We are really fortunate that Bella developed really good sleep habit. We worked hard and sacrified lots of our activities to have consistancy for her. It's really paid off and now she's in her crib every night asleep between 6:30-7pm and wakes up at 6am. She's been doing great on her naps as well. Tomorrow will be another full day for Bella. She may have to take another nap in the car. My mom and day are flying into LAX tomorrow. I really don't like that airport but we're all excited that they are coming back. Bella will have someone else to adore her and S & I will be able to go out on date nights.

Bella says, "Hello!" She's learning to wave hello.

Here's a "smug" looking one.

Happy smile with still only 2 bottom teeth. We're wondering when she'll get more....

Bella is constantly babbling and pointing at different objects and discovering the use of her wrists and fingers. She even sucks her thumbs sometimes.

Brunch at St.Regis

Today we had brunch with the Chan family at the St.Regis Hotel. The hotel was beautifully decorated for Christmas, Carolers singing and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus walking around the hotel greeting guests. Bella had a great nap right before brunch and was a very good girl for the entire 2 1/2hrs. She even managed to smile with Mr. & Mrs. Santa Clus.

Bella's been having stranger anxiety for the last month or so but I think she's slowly getting over it. She normally cries and doesn't let anyone other than mom or dad hold her but today she let Mr.Chan hold her. She was really happy and content to hang out with him! I was pleasantly surprised with my baby girl. Thanks to Mr.Chan, S and I enjoyed our brunch at the same time. She also sat in her stroller for a while too! Bella was really entertained by the Carolers singing and played with the hotel spoon for a long time. We had a wonderful time with our friends and it was especially enjoyable since Bella was in such a great mood. She also took a long nap after we came home and it was just a perfect day. Bella used to hardly ever nap for more than 40-50mins at a time, but lately she's been sleeping closer to 1 1/2hrs on each nap so I am so happy! It's so much more fun to go out with her now that she stays up longer and is curious about all the places we go.

Here's one with Santa and Mrs.Claus. She even half smiled with them.

Check out the neat sand sculpture behind our picture!

Christmas Dresses

On our December Hawaii trip, we went to Princeville, Kauai for a few days and took some Christmas photos. The Hotel lobby was decorated with beautiful weaths, garlands and trees. I was sad that we had to buy a disposable camera here b/c our camera ran out of battery. Boo Hoo.


Here's a picture of daddy and Bella facing one of the glass walls in the lobby. It was rainy the entire time we were there but it was still lush and beautiful.

It was fun to see all the Christmas decorations in different hotels and on the main street of Honolulu. They had so many beautiful trees all decorated with the island twist. It rained the entire week we were there but I liked seeing the rainstorm since we get so little rain back at home.

Daddy and Bella with surfing Santa at our hotel in Honolulu.

View of Waikiki from our balcony. I really can't complain too much.

Back at home here's Bella early in the morning spending time with daddy while Mom sleeps. She's still in her sleepy clothes and sporting a major bed head and mouth full of breakfast.

She loves to play with containers, cell phones, wallets, lotion bottles, CD jackets or any other everyday items. She gets bored with her toys so quick but not with her non-toys.

Here are some dresses Bella tried on for the Christmas pictures.

We thought of using saving this one as her birthday dress but thought it might look too Xmas with the white fur collar.

With another technical difficulty (my battery on my computer refused to recharge) a month went by without any updates on my poor blog. There were many activities in the Lee household in the month of December. We went to Hawaii again and came back. We couldn't take decent pictures again this month b/c I forgot to pack the battery charger for my camera (I had a severe migraine the night before we left and couldn't pack properly). We bought a disposable camera and the pictures were not too good. I was really sad because we wanted to use the pictures as our Christmas cards. We also had our 6th year anniversary and celebrated my hubby's birthday. We also took bunch of pictures for our Christmas cards.