It's (Another) Boy!

Trip to Texas

We traveled to Texas in April to visit Josh's brother Jacob, his wife Ashley, and their girls, Aleyna & Abby. The girls had a joint birthday party that weekend which was nice, since we don't normally get to spend birthdays together. Josh's parents, his sister-in-law HeeJin, and the kids also came in for the weekend from Louisiana. It was a great visit and catch up.

On the Airplane:


In Dallas Airport - He insisted on being a big boy and carrying his backpack.


The Birthday Party:






















Sunday after church:


After church lunch at a BBQ spot in East Texas:






My MIL & SILs:


Josh relaxing on the couch with Aleyna & Lucas:


On our way home:

Christmas Break

I took a full week off for Christmas this year to spend some quality time with Lucas. Unfortunately, both Lucas and I had colds over the long break so It was not much of a fun vacation. However, it was still nice to be home with him and get ready for the holiday. The main event from the week besides Christmas, was transforming Lucas' room into a big kid room. More on that in a separate post.

I literally felt so bad on Christmas that I did not take a single picture on my real camera on Christmas day (which I still can't believe). What an epic fail! The only thing I got was a few pics on my iphone and a video of Lucas coming downstairs to see his train from Santa.

Santa left Lucas' train table in "the study" as Josh refers to it - haha. His other gifts were left by the Christmas tree in our family room. We had a good day and Lucas got spoiled with lots of toys, books and movies. Later in the day, we had family come over for dinner. It was a very nice Christmas minus being under the weather.

Here is a video of Lucas finding his train table from Santa:


Here are a few random pictures of the trees and stockings:

Thanksgiving

We traveled to West Virginia to see Josh's family for Thanksgiving. Josh's parents came up from Louisiana with HeeJin and the kids as well. We had 2 meals on Thursday, one with Josh's mom's side of the family and one with his dad's side.The next day we decided to take all the kids to Chuck-E-Cheese to burn some energy off. All the kids had a great time including Lucas who loved the ride-on cars and trucks.

Lucas on the road trip:


Nancy, Charlie, Josh & Lucas


HeeJin, Noah, Mia, & Alex


Lucas & cousin Alex at Chuck-E-Cheese:

July 4th in OCMD

We went up to Ocean City, Maryland for a long 4 day weekend for the 4th of July weekend. Dave and my mom were already up there so we just tagged along for the end of their vacation. We had a great time getting away for a few days. Lucas was terrified of the water and not a big fan of the sand. Since Josh and I are major beach lovers, we are hoping this is just a phase. Here is a bunch of pics from the weekend.











Lucas was terrified of the sand for most of the time we were there... He refused to step off the towels which were under our tent....



Then he got brave after several hours...



Hugs with my little man:



Lunch at @ Coconuts on the beach:



A yummy drink for mommy:



Daddy & Lucas on the 4th at Macky's on the bay:
(PS - We didn't make it to the fireworks because someone was ready for bed)



The beautiful sunset:


The next night on the boardwalk:








Someone wanted to run on the boardwalk and not be held:


Dinner at a pizza place on the boardwalk: