Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving was relatively uneventful this year.  We were honestly dreading the stress of the holidays with the added pressure of ensuring that both sides of the family got equal time with the baby but it wasn't too bad!  Phew!  ;) 

Per usual, we had lunch with my family where we had a random mixture of Filipino, American, and Greek food and lots of yummy dessert.  After our meal, David and Pookie went home to cook our part of the dinner while Sebastian and I stayed at my parent's house.  Due to teething, we had a rough time the night before so while my parents entertained the baby, I took advantage of the free time and took a little nap!  :) 

Eventually it was time to head over to the good ol' MLT and have dinner with the Kos.  It was a full house because we had a good number of out-of-towners fly in for the long weekend including Kelly and Adrianna.  As always, it was nice to get to spend time with them!  :) 

The following morning, I woke up super early (well, we were already up for Sebastian) and headed north to the outlets with my mom for some Black Friday shopping.  I was going to bring Sebastian but decided against it since he was a little under the weather.  Like always, I really didn't get much shopping done but acted as a personal stylist for my mom so that was fun.  We got to the outlets around 6:00 something and surprisingly it wasn't too bad.  We missed the crazies that got all their shopping done on Thanksgiving day and beat the "lazy" afternoon shoppers.  It was probably the easiest Black Friday experience ever!  Gotta love that!

Here are some pics of our Turkey Day:

Tired after a long, restless night

Don't you just love his little vest?!

Matching Movember mustaches ;) 

Look at that belly!

Too much turkey for Pookie :)

Brunch with Uncle Kelly & Auntie Adrianna at the Rusty Pelican - Yum!

Visiting Santa 2013

In order to beat the crowds and avoid standing in a ridiculously long line, we decided to visit good ol' Saint Nick before Thanksgiving (which is why this post seems out of place)!  :)

David had a little bit of a "run in" with one of the "elves" and eventually the manager "elf" so things got a little uncomfortable.  Basically, he was appalled by the cost of the packages to begin with and then they were selling picture packages (in our case, "Baby's First Christmas") that were no longer available because they had run out of picture frames.  Oh, on top of that, the photographer said she'd pick the best photo of the bunch and that she was positive she caught a few of him smiling and actually looking at the camera. Needless to say, she failed to deliver.  ;)  Poor kid looks so, so tired!

Note: No elves were hurt during our time with Santa.  In fact, no one was actually dressed as an elf but David just kept referring to them as such. ;)

Well, at least that was a memorable experience! Hopefully Daddy will let us see Santa again next year... ;)

Christmas Photos 2013

A week after we took Sebastian's 4 month photos, we met up with Crystal again for her Christmas mini sessions in a Christmas tree farm in Woodinville!  Don't you just love his little tongue sticking out?!  ;)  Signature Sebastian right there!  Now, if only Pookie were looking at the camera!  I think she was just excited to be outside and somewhere new with the fam.  Can't blame a girl for that.  :) 

In case you were wondering… I was technically still in my aircast boot full time but didn't want to wear them in our photos.  It took FOREVER to get my boot on and off!  So painful!  But, as of December 7th, I've been boot free!  Yay!  My foot still gets sore after a long day, its hard to wear anything but flats, and I can't go down stairs like a normal person yet but it is definitely much better!  :) 

4 Month Photos

We had yet another fun session with Crystal Marie Photography when Sebastian turned 4 months old.  Per usual, we started off at our house so we could take some photos with Miss Pookie and then we headed over to Woodinville for some outdoor pictures.  It was a cold day so we didn't stay out too long but we were lucky to beat out the rain and we witnessed what looked to be some L.A.R.Pers (aka a local boy scout troop) doing something outdoorsy.  ;) 

Newborn Photos

When Sebastian was just 7 days old, our friend Crystal of Crystal Marie Photography came over to our humble abode take his newborn photos.  It was really fun to watch her work her magic and put him in the most adorable poses (but of course I'm biased, right?!).  :)  

As of today, Sebastian is 1 month and 21 days old.  I can't believe how different he looked "way back then"!  Here are some of our favorite photos.  Thanks, Crystal, for capturing such precious pics of our lil' guy!