Christmas in Calgary

Sorry for the long pause in posting...it's super hard to get on the Internet when we're at home in Calgary cause my parents are still on DIAL-UP!! So, we're back safe at home in Ohio, so I can finally get some fun pictures up. We had a wonderful time spending time with my parents and my little bro Ez. It's not often that the women in the Lau home are outnumbered by the men, but so it was this Christmas. Calgary had record lows, so to say the least, it was FREEEEEZING cold with lots and lots of snow. But we had a good time seeing some friends and visiting with family and shopping! :o) We hope you all had a great holiday break too.
It was hard taking Jaxon out very much cause he HATED getting bundled up.
He "looks" like he's smiling in this picture, but he's not. He was screaming and fussing that we put him in the hat and coat.
Jaxon learned how to wave when you say hi to him a couple of months ago
and he also has started "smiling" whenever we point the camera at his face.
It's pretty funny watching his expression change to what he thinks is smiling whenever the camera is aimed his direction. Most of the time he actually does give a big smile for the camera.
Jaxon got to try some new foods during the trip...thanks to Gung-gung. Here is my dad giving Jaxon his first taste of eggnog...a little too early for my liking...
But what can I say. Jaxon LOVED it and couldn't get enough of it.
This was one of the warmer days that we actually got Jaxon out in the snow...
...but we really didn't know what to do once he was in it...
Jaxon also learned how to climb up a big flight of stairs over Christmas. He could get up them just fine, but he couldn't get the going down part as easily. But he was so excited everytime he would get to the top of the stairs and look down at the big climb he had made.
Here he is at the top of the stairs waiting for us to take him down again.
Jack was trying to "teach him a lesson" and let Jaxon just be bored waiting at the top of the stairs without any toys or anything to play with so that he wouldn't go back up the stairs again. Didn't quite work. And he just looked so cute I just had to pick him up. :o)
For New Year's Eve, my home ward had a party and we got to do an early countdown with Jaxon and dance around with him. It was a lot of fun.
All in all, we had a FABULOUS Christmas break and we hope you all did too. If you want to see more pictures of our trip, click here.

Fun, Christmas Fun...a little late

We LOVE making gingerbread houses with our good buds Kelli and Matt and it's kind of become a little tradition for us every December...for the past two years. :o) Both years we have decided to go "from scratch" and get our own candy and graham crackers and make our own frosting and see what we come up with. Last year the boys kind of "beat" the girls in their architectural design and stability, but this year, I think we all did pretty well. Our houses all stayed up for the pictures and lasted through the holidays. :o) Anyhow, I know it's not Christmas anymore, but I thought I'd share since we had sooooo much fun doing those gingerbread houses and we got some great pics of them too. :o) P.S. Look at how much smaller my tummy was even just a month ago...*sigh*

Beautiful Salt Lake Lights

Jack and I actually made it to Salt Lake this year to check out the beautiful lights with our friends the Palmers. I love seeing temple square during this time of year and I love being so close to the temple to enjoy the Christmas spirit. We had a fabulous time and I got some good exercise in walking around and trying to keep up with everyone. :o) We got some good shots of the temple too.
We hope wherever you are that you are all able to enjoy some beautiful Christmas lights and Christmas spirit. I can't believe Christmas is next week! Yeeeeah! I'm soooo excited, I can't wait!