another milestone!

Sean threw away his pacifier on Monday on his own volition (although we think Trey may have prompted him a bit).

Dad: Good morning!

Sean: I’m going to throw away my pacifier.

Dad: Really?  Hold on… G, come over here!  Ok, tell Mommy what you want to do.

Sean: I’m going to throw away my pacifier.

Mom: Really?? Why?

Sean: Because I don’t need it anymore.  I’m a big boy.

Trey: Yeah, he’s a big boy now.

Mom: Are you sure?

Sean runs to the trash can and throws his pacifier away.

He’s asked for it a few times since, but once we remind him that he said he didn’t need it anymore and that he’s a big boy, he does ok. :)

Maybe he’ll be ready for potty-training soon…

Spring!

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Sean is 2! (well, almost…)

We had a Finding Nemo birthday party for Sean on Saturday (he turns 2 on Thursday, the 26th).

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February — a month of celebration!

February is a busy month –

Xiao Yi’s birthday, our anniversary, Valentine’s Day, Kat Gu Gu’s birthday, and Pinky’s birthday!

A belated shout-out to Xiao Yi (February 3):img_3951.jpg

 

 And one to Kat Gu Gu (February 22): img_3219_2.jpg

 

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Snow in Beijing!

These pics were taken last week (after the clouds were seeded with silver iodide). :p

The boys had a blast playing in the snow…

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

We love because He first loved us. — I John 4:19

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The show that upstaged the rest of the fireworks…

This is super close to where we live…Turbo just happened to be at one of our favorite hang-outs on the 35th floor grabbing a drink with a friend and watching fireworks…and ended up watching this instead.  Our apartment is between where Turbo is filming and the fire.


You can read about it here.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Some pics from our Chinese New Year holiday:

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happy anniversary…

to us! :)

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Trey’s 3!

Ok, this is sort of gross, but we need to document this huge milestone — Trey decided to throw his pacifier away 5 days before his birthday. :)

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Happy birthday, Trey!

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