This year, we celebrated Christmas Dinner ’10 with family and friends at our house. After our two Thanksgiving dinners, we were pretty tired of Turkey, Ham and Brisket, so we opted for Steak, Scallops, Shrimp and Fish. It was good and we have plenty of left overs to munch on for the next few days.
Joining us this year, was our grandmother (Ba Noi), Anthony, Marie and Mary (Jenny’s parents and sister), John Sr. and Tilda (my father and step-mother), Co Hong and Tam (our aunt and cousin) and Michael and Henry (our good friends). We had a great time and I’ve not received any calls alerting me of food poisoning (thank goodness).
Unfortunately, Kate fell asleep halfway through dinner, but we have pictures of Kate’s First Christmas.
Here’s a few pictures of our gathering and of the tasty food.
Today, we watched our baby girl celebrate her first Christmas. While she won’t remember it (except from these pictures), she had a blast ripping, munching, crawling all over her new presents. Our friends and family over did it this year with their fantastic presents for Kate: tons of new books, plush toys, toys for riding and bath time play, fancy dresses and pretty cloths, sparkling jewelry, shoes and so much more.
So, we can officially add a few new favorites of Kate. She loves the Christmas lights on our tree, house and those in the neighborhood. Kate loves ripping (and sometimes eating) wrapping paper. She seems incredibly fond of chewing on small boxes containing jewelry. It goes without say, if it makes sounds and/or has flashing lights, our daughter loves it. Also, Kate has mastered posing just long enough for Jenny and I to realize we should be taking a picture…and then moving away to avoid the future embarrassment.
Here’s a few adorable pictures we snapped of the magic. Hope you enjoy! Until Christmas 2011…
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This year, we celebrated Christmas Dinner ’10 with family and friends at our house. After our two Thanksgiving dinners, we were pretty tired of Turkey, Ham and Brisket, so we opted for Steak, Scallops, Shrimp and Fish. It was good and we have plenty of left overs to munch on for the next few days.
