Baba had to work and I still felt the same, so NJ spent a little time with Uncle Jason and family. I heard later that he said he liked going to Uncle Jason's and that he got to eat cookies. Hmm, well that'll win him over! Thank you for the last minute help, Jason and Marnie! And thanks for the forwarded photo... you didn't have to listen to him, he's three!

A very quiet new years eve...

With the exception of the on-going excessive fireworks all night.

Best chicken noodle soup

Still don't feel any better. Seems like little NJ is, though so that's good. Well, my wonderful better half made us all some chicken noodle soup. It was the best chicken noodle soup that he's made and that I've tasted. Yum. If you're ever sick, ask you know who to make you some chicken good soup. Hee, hee.

Now another little someone has the sniffles and cough. Great! Meanwhile, I had a horrible night of hardly any sleep with chills, sweating, headache and body ache. Yay. One of the few times I walked out of my room, NJ just starred at me and talked non-stop: "Hi Mama! Good morning (even though it's not- it's just the first time seeing me)! You better? You feel better? You better now? You need blood test more? You ok? You gonna eat?" Sheesh. I couldn't even process what he was saying at the time, all I could do was stare back. It's sweet for him to be concerned.

Late breakfast/brunch in Westwood after a quick blood test. Woke up with the sniffles and a cough. Great.

Breakfast & Downtown Disney

NJ helping with the eggs for breakfast. Also for breakfast, some pancakes, bacon, and sausage. Ah-goo and Ah-gim (his Uncle Perry and Auntie Karen) came over for breakfast, which was more like brunch. We all woke up late, but it made for a relaxing day.

After, we headed to Downtown Disney to walk around. NJ was glued to his favorite uncle, it was the cutest!

Ooh, parrot! Let's learn about Macaws. Never knew there was a bone in their tongue, how strange.

Of coarse, the favorite store of every boy!

Let's take a break...

For some Jamba Juice!

Let's enjoy the moment...

As we were walking, NJ stopped and seemed to want to sit down along the side. Ah-goo says, "Oh, you want to stop and enjoy the moment? Ok." So we all sit down. Almost as soon as I take this photo and put away my camera, NJ just starts walking again and we all follow. I said, "Moment enjoyed!"

Belated Christmas dinner with friends

How awesome to be sitting around at one table with some of my closest and best friends. I feel so blessed just to be sitting at home enjoying dinner to celebrate Christmas. This year has been the toughest that I've had to experience and I'm sure hubby would say the same. But here we are, alive and doing "normal" things again. We wouldn't be here without the major help of our friends, family, and most of all God. I think we may have already used up our quota of prayers, love, support, help, favors, kindness, and anything else good for a lifetime just this year alone. I'm not sure how we'll ever be able to make it up to everyone, it's an impossible job, but we have to try! We hope for better opportunities to serve others as we can. Thank you, everyone who has taken the journey with us this last year... we love you and thank God for you.

Target. His face says it all.

This one's called: Tired of leftovers.

Merry Christmas!

More presents than any three year old could possibly appreciate. Still, it made us happy that he's this loved and to see how happy he was to open every one of them. It would have been nice to make it to church, but I didn't want to rush and stress over cooking. So it was surprisingly stress free cooking and relaxing. It was really sweet to get not one, but two invitations to dinner. We regrettably declined, I'm sad to not have had the chance to spend Christmas with more loved ones. But it's best we stayed home since we didn't get to cleaning and nap time until after 4:00, which would have made it a rushed and tiring evening. So it was just the three of us. We are definitely thanking God for this time together as a family. Happy Birthday Jesus!

So cute! If only it wasn't a high of 77 today! It's a warm Christmas.

We feel ya, Dot Dot, we didn't have presents to open either. They all went to you know who! Ha, ha.

My boys racing their cars. Baba teaching NJ about how to line up the cars and how to separate the winner's bracket. Oh my.

Baba's parents came over (Ah-ma and Gong-gong) for lunch.

It's also Gong-gong's birthday, so we surprised him with some ice cream cake. Who enjoyed it the most? You guessed it... NJ!