Super Mario Bros on Wii

Anders was itching to try out Super Mario on Wii for the longest time. So we decided to host a Mario party. As always, Ali is the center of attention among our friends.
Aunt Haelan and Uncle Gordon got baby a little lamb for Xmas! Look how happy she is!

Aunt Susan and Uncle Jay got Ali two nice outfits! Yay!! =)

A picture of our two girls - Sammy and Ali:
Uncle Dondie trying to be cute....mmmm...doesn't really work. Sorry buddy!
After we had lunch, we started on the Wii. Look how intense everyone is. Even Ali couldn't help but stare at the screen! Super Mario is just awesome!!

Dim sum with Sue's family

Auntie Sue is in town again!! Her family invited us for a dim sum brunch. The two beautiful ladies (Sue and Tina) were all over Ali.

Sue and Alison. Look at that cute sleeper!! (courtesy of Sue and Paul, thanks guys!)

Sue's mom, Judy, just loved to hold Ali. She had a great time hanging out with Aunt Judy! Look how happy those two are!!

Picture of all the girls! The guys seemed more interested in food than baby, or that the ladies were just too crazy and ignored the guys completely! =P

We had a wonderful time hanging out with Sue and her family!! Thank you so much for treating us to brunch AND the christmas gift!! Please come back to Vancouver and visit more!!

Winny & Martin's wedding

This is baby Ali's first time invited to a wedding. She had a mighty good time, checking out the nicely decorated hall and all the beautiful Christmas lights!

Here is the picture with the bride and groom:

The lovely couple - Winny and Martin!

Daddy and baby waiting for their food. Check out those chubby legs!! Oh so meaty!!!

Mommy and baby girl checking out the Christmas decorations at the golf course. And check out her fancy party dress (courtesy of Auntie Maria), oh so pretty!!!

Thank you Winny & Martin for inviting us! We have had a great time!! Wish you two all the best in the years to come!

3 days of Christmas fun!

This is baby Ali's first Christmas!! I guess she must be really really good this year because she has received many, many presents from our friends and family! We first celebrate with her grandpa on Christmas Eve.

Grandpa was really happy to get these presents from Ali. A nicely framed family picture and a big pack of cigarettes!! Yup, Marlboro is his favourite!

On Christmas day, we went to Jade (where Angela and Dan's wedding going to be held) for our Christmas dinner. The food is just great!

On Boxing day, we had a post Christmas party with Anders's extended family. The talented Uncle Ming made us his famous Turducken!! It was so delicious!!!!!!!! =)

Look at the cross section of the birds....oh yummm!!!!!

We were all "stuffed like a bird", so the boys decided to go for a little run:

Christmas is a joyous time! More good news was shared on this special day! Andria and Edmond, Karyn and Warren are engaged!!!! Congrats to the newly engaged!!! We are so very happy for you guys!! Looking forward to your weddings!!!!

Then we decide to open up a few presents. Great grandma helping Ali to try out her new clothes.

Look at all these presents Ali got!! Oh my, oh my!! There are many more that we did not put in the picture! She is one lucky baby!! Thank you to all of you who has celebrated Christmas with us this year!!

Christmas cards

Last time I went to a stamp demonstrator's place to use a few of her tools and I have finally have a chance to finish what I was doing. Here are the finished products.

My 2009 Christmas cards that I will NOT be using this year:

While I had the craft tools out, I might as well work on a few more cards and what not. These are the gift tags that we are using this year:

A few thank you cards:

Christmas Lunch at Aunt Sachi's

Aunt Sachi invited us to her house for an early Christmas luncheon. Ali had a wonderful time playing with Amber.

All the Gladstone ladies just loved to hold Ali and she loved being spoiled by them!! Mommy was loving this too! She actually had a chance to enjoy the yummy lasagne Sachi made and of course, the chocolate torte for dessert!!

When Ali started to fuss, Karen decided to entertain her by singing her a song.

It was wonderful seeing everyone! Thank you Sachi for hosting (and the cute Coach purse too!)!! Wish you all a very merry Christmas!!

Dinner with Great-grandmother

It is always great to visit Ali's great grandmother. Every time she sees Ali, she has this ear-to-ear grin on her face!



It is VERY difficult to capture picture like the last one. Great grand is actually looking at the camera. All the other times, she just can't peel her eyes away from her great granddaughter for longer than a few seconds. These are my "failed" attempts:

Bottom line is, our great grand is just in love with baby Alison!! And so is Ali! She loves playing with her great grand too!! We will definitely come and visit you again soon!! =)