Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

This Christmas was SUPPOSED to be low key. We weren't going to spend a lot or buy crazy amounts of toys for the kids.... WELL.... never mind that. I think Santa must be confusing my kids with some kids that sit nicely, do what they are told 100% of the time, go to bed on time, clean up after themselves, and share with each other. Rosie and Joseph got millions of presents!!

Here's the list of gifts

Rosie

1. Pajamas - from Mommy and Daddy (they get these every year)
2. Color Wonder set - Rapunzel - from Mommy and Daddy
3. Color Wonder set- Disney Princesses - from Mommy and Daddy
4. 3 bath time body paints - from Mommy and Daddy
5. 2 lip balms - from Mommy and Daddy
6. Belle Barbie - from Mommy and Daddy
7. Sleeping Beauty Barbie - from Mommy and Daddy
8. Ariel puzzle - from Mommy and Daddy
9. Princess puzzle - from Mommy and Daddy
10. Cinderella puzzle - from Mommy and Daddy
11. Barbie House - from Josh and Meghan
12. 2 ballerina Barbies - from Gabrielle
13. Alice in Wonderland coloring book - from Nana and Nannu
14. My Little Pony set- from Nana and Nannu
15. Snow White figurine set - from Nana Eleanor
16. Cinderella dress - from Grandma and Grandpa
17. Princess Jasmine outfit - from John and Michael
18. Tinkerbell play mat - from April
19. cute cookie baking accessories - from April
20. Dora toothpaste - from Nana and Nannu
21. 3 dresses for church - from Mommy and Daddy
22. 2 long sleeve shirts - from Mommy and Daddy
23. 1 sweater - from Mommy and Daddy
24. 1 t-shirt - from Mommy and Daddy
25. Money

Joseph

1. Pajamas - - from Mommy and Daddy
2. Bowl of play fruit - from Mommy and Daddy
3. Winnie the Pooh tooth brush - from Mommy and Daddy
4. Old Navy sweater - from Mommy and Daddy
5. Dress shirt - from Mommy and Daddy
6. Canada Olympic outfit - from Nana and Nannu
7. Play lawn mower - from Nana and Nannu
8. Pinocchio movie- from Grandma and Grandpa
9. Little People Garage - from Nana Eleanor
10. Robin Hood movie - from April
11. Leap Frog Text and Learn - from April
12. Outfit - from Nana Eleanor
13. Wooden truck - from Josh and Meghan
14. Teddy Bear - from Josh and Meghan
15. puppet - from Grandma and Grandpa
16. Cars book with figurines - from Nana and Nannu
17. Construction set - from Nana Eleanor
18. Children's Place sweater - from Mommy and Daddy
19. Dinosaur book - from Nana and Nannu
20. Money

I'm sure there's a lot more things, I just can't remember right now. To add to the gifts, we're also going on a family trip to Utah to see Mike and Katie and baby David, and I'm having some new Keen sandals (for the kids) shipped to Utah.

On Christmas Eve, we stayed home with the kids and had "Christmas Fettuccine" (from the movie The Holiday), we watched "Joy to the World" and open 1 present each. They opened pajamas. Then we put out milk and cookies for Santa. The next morning, Rosie was too scared to look under the Christmas tree. She's terrified of Santa and I think she thought she'd see him if she went into the room with the Christmas tree. Any way, after much convincing she made her way into the room of presents! She was happy as can be from that time onward. She would open one present and get so excited that she's shake and ask to open the packaging right then and there. Joseph didn't really understand, but he did walk around with his new tooth brush for about half an hour.

After Christmas morning at out house, we drove to the Mifsud's to open more presents and have a pancake breakfast.

We then headed to my parent's house for the remainder of Christmas Day. When Rosie opened her Barbie house, she wasn't interested in ANYTHING else. Gabrielle tried to get her to open the presents she got her (barbies) but Rosie said "No thank-you. I don't need any more presents". She also walked around asking "when we were going to have the cake for Jesus birthday" haa haa. Joseph, was teething on Christmas (poor little guy) but he still had fun playing with everyone's toys. He learned how to climb out of his playpen a few days before Christmas (talk about timing) however... he's been sleeping in his bog boy bed without any problems (more or less).

On boxing day we went to the Mifsud's for Christmas dinner take 2. April, Colin, Nana Eleanor, Nannu Charlie, Nana Olga, and Grandpa Denis, were all there for dinner and gift opening. The kids are so lucky!

Well, that's it for this year. We still have a quick New Years Day celebration at my parent's house with my Mom's side of the family. Now it's time to clean the house, and make room for all the new goodies! After that, we're packing for Utah!!

Christmas pictures coming soon!

Me Ka Aloha
- Elisabeth

Joseph's words at 18 months

Joseph is just over 18 months now, which means he has to go to the Dr. for yet another check up and immunization (poor little guy). I've got to say, I absolutely HATE sitting there, with him on my lap, anticipating two needles going into my cute baby's chubby legs. I'm know he hates it more, and that Dave hates it more than all of us combined. Dave is the BIGGEST wimp when it comes to needles. He'd rather get punched in the face than give a blood sample. Any way, I digress... this blog post is about Joseph. He was supposed to see the Dr. today, but since he's a little sick and on antibiotics, we had to reschedule. At the 18 month check up, besides the dreaded needle, the Dr. will ask a number of developmental questions. One of those questions is "can your baby say at least 50 words". That sounds like a lot for an 18 month old and most parents panic and think their baby is delayed. The funny thing is that MOST babies can say more than 50 words at 18 months, parents just never take the time to count them. So today, I'm writing down everything he can say and how he pronounces them with his little baby voice.

1. Mama (obviously)
2. Dada (this was his first word)
3. More. He uses this in a sentence saying "I want more" or in Joseph talk "my wan more"
4. Ok but it sounds more like "ah-kay"
5. No but it sounds more like "nah"
6. Cup, but Joseph says "cup-ah nun" He adds "ah-nun" to a lot of words.
7. Tummy or "tum-may"
8. Cuddle or "ka-dle"
9. Christmas. He'll only say this if you first say "we wish you a Merry..." and he says "kam-mis"
10. Cookie or in Joseph's words "kah-kee"
11. Nana
12. Banana or "mana" That's how Rosie used to say it.
13. All done or "a dunnn"
14. Up or "up-ah-nun" or "up-ah"
15. Dora
16. Camel
17. Monkey "ma-key"
18. Elmo or "amo"
19. Diaper or "dapee-nun"
20. Baby or "be-bee"
21. Open it or in Joseph's words "ah-pen it"
22. Bath or "baa"
23. Cow
24. Two
25. Purple or "pa-ple"
26. Rosie but he says it like "Ra-dee"
27. Airplane or "a-pane"
28. Amen
29. Ball
30. Boots (usually referring to the monkey on Dora) "boo"
31. Car
32. I'm going to get you (yes that is several words) "Ida get do"
33. Yogurt but he says it like "ya-gut"
34. Book or "book-ah"
35. Help me "hap mea"
36. Your welcome but he says it like "a weh-kum" If you tell him to say thank-you, he just respond with "a weh-kun"
37. Nose or "nah"
38. Yes or "yah"
39. Grandma or "ga-ma"
40. Yay
41. nap or "nap-uh-nun"
42. Dear Zoo (it's a book) "deew doo"
43. Puppy "pup pae"
44. There "dare"
45. Sock or "hawk"
46. I drop my shoe "a dop a do"
47. backpack or "baa paak"
48. Map or "maa"
49. oh no sounds more like "oh nah"
50. water "wadurn"
51. Cat in the Hat or "cat in in hat"
52. Thomas or "tom-ah"
53. I love you or "Ah wove do"

See there you have it, over 50 words. He says more than that I'm sure, but I can't remember them all.

Me Ka Aloha
- Elisabeth