My sunshine boy

You are truly a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. I am so glad that I have you in my life :-)

Thanksgiving Monday

Daddy had to work today even though it was a holiday Monday. Good news is, he came home early- around 2:00pm. He wanted to go to Southbrook Farms because we go there every year. It's our family tradition. I love going there because every time we go I get fantastic photos of you and it would be Kendall's first time there. Unfortunately when we were almost there we saw a huge lineup to get in and the parking lot was full. I guess everyone else thought of going there today. We decided to pass and just go out for a nice family lunch. We ended up going to Red Lobster, but the food wasn't as good as we had hoped. Everything was so salty! However, you enjoyed your macaroni & cheese and french fries. I love how kids eat french fries so I couldn't resist taking a video of you eating a fry.

Thanksgiving Sunday

Your Toronto grandparents asked us to go to their church this Sunday so that the mok sa nim (lead pastor) can pray for you. 

On our way to your Toronto grandparents' church. You always sleep in the car seat.

Your brother, Aidan, sleeping in the car. Mommy tried to put him down for a nap before we
left for church, but it was unsuccessful. He never wants to nap!

Daddy holding you right before we went up to the front. You were so good- not making a
peep. I wish you were like that at home.

Here is the view of the front of the church.

After church we headed back home. While we were chilling at home I put you down on the couch and every time I looked at you you broke out into a huge smile. Here's a video of you smiling at mommy. You don't smile so much at daddy because you don't see him as much.

Later on in the evening we went down to the basement and daddy was kissing you. I wanted to capture this cute moment on video, but to my dismay Aidan was video bombing the whole time! What a guy…

Happy turkey weekend!

It melts my heart when I get things like this from you. It was a tough week and knowing that we have a long weekend (and with beautiful weather too!) makes me uber happy.

This week I got a call from your daycare on Monday morning while I was at work saying that you might have chicken pox. I know it was going around daycare, but I was watching you carefully over the weekend to see if you had any symptoms. I guess the daycare teachers assumed you had chicken pox because you kept resting your head on the table (not normal for you) and not really wanting to play. Plus, when they checked your body they noticed you had red spots on your face and leg. Unfortunately I couldn't leave work because it was the last day of production and I am the only art person in my team that can do what I do. I had to get daddy to leave work (BTW, he has shingles right now) to pick you up. Daycare told me that if indeed you had chicken pox you were not allowed back unless I got a doctors note. The chicken pox could last up to 2 weeks so I was really worried. It's the busiest time for mommy at work right now and I really can't miss that much work. So daddy stayed home with you on Monday and mommy took the rest of the week off to look after you and take you to the doctors. On Tuesday I noticed that you didn't have any spots and you looked totally fine. No fever whatsoever. On Wednesday I took you to your doctors appointment and your doctor said you had gotten your chicken pox vaccine last year and that you don't have chicken pox! I was relieved, but also a little annoyed. I was annoyed that daycare gave me so much stress over nothing. I know it's better to be safe than sorry, but these things really affect me. I mean, when I came home on Monday night after a late night at work I cried by your bed. I came home too late in time to see you before you went to bed and I had thought you had chicken pox that time. I was so filled with guilt for not being there for you that I was upset at myself.

So, on Thursday we put you back in daycare and mommy's been able to go back to work. This whole week has taken a toll on me and I'm glad that I have the long weekend to recover. I'm going to enjoy the time off and just spend time with you.