Emma and Joshua's 1st Bubble Bath

For Christmas, Emma received the bath blizzard. It's this machine that's supposed to make a lot of bubbles for you. It doesn't work as well as the TV commercial but that wasn't surprising since nothing ever does. Emma loves taking bubble baths, so much that she cries when we try to take her out. The only way we can get her to get out of the tub without crying is by draining all the water while she is still in there. The kids normally take separate baths but we decided to let Joshua have some fun as well.

"Umm...excuse me. May I have some privacy please?"

"I love bubbles!!"

We had to put Joshua in his little bath tub inside the big bath tub. He was grumpy because he was hungry. Emma decided to jump in the little tub as well.

"Okay...now that I've calmed down...this bubble bath seems really nice."

Christmas 2008

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. The Park Family did. We enjoyed spending time with our family and friends. This year it was a little more fun as far as the opening of presents went. Last year, Emma was only 7 months old so she really didn't show much emotion when she opened up her gifts. This year, Joshua was only 10 weeks old, so he didn't open up his own gifts nor show any emotions. Emma showed a lot of emotions when she opened up her gifts and gifts that weren't hers. Once she knew that the wrapped presents were to be opened, she would go grab other presents from under the tree that weren't even hers and she would say, "open," and rip the paper off when we weren't around. We had to rewrap some of the gifts because of her.

This year, Emma received a play kitchen from her Aunt Suki, Uncle Dan and Grandma Park. They sent a gift card from CA and we went and picked it out. She loves playing with it. Her favorite things are still her bead necklaces though that her Uncle Adam gave her. She will play with them all day long. Sometimes she even puts the bead necklaces in her play cups and then puts them in her play refrigerator. She is so funny. You will she how excited she got when she saw the present in the video below. We can't wait until next year to see how Joshua will react to opening gifts.

Emma: "See my favorite beads? I had them on at Thanksgiving as well."
Joshua: "Hmm...where is my ornament on the tree?"

"Joshua...I'm so glad you're my baby brother. Merry Christmas!!"

"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!"

"C'mon Joshua...let's pose for the camera."

"Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Adam came over to visit with us on Christmas Eve."

"Look at my kitchen. It has a blender that really makes noises. I love it."

"Really? Why do my parents always dress me up every year?"

"What did you say Emma? You want to wear this? Be my guest."

"How do I look? I think it's too small for me."

"Did you guys buy me any clothes for Christmas? I'm freezing in just this onesie."

"What? Now, I'm allowed to open these presents?"

Joshua loves to sleep on his hand for some reason. He looks so cute.

"Ah...I'm going to take a little Christmas nap on my Aunt Lindsay. I'm sure Uncle Adam won't mind."

"I guess he did afterall. Haha. No, he just got jealous because he wanted to hold me. He's also jealous because I have more hair than he does. Hehe."

"Too bad Daddy didn't make it in this picture with us. He was too busy taking the photo. Oh well, I guess he'll have to photoshop himself in."

Video of Emma receiving her kitchen. You can here her saying, "Wow," and she does a little happy dance too.

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Random Pictures from December 2008

December just seemed like it flew right by. We were pretty busy this month. We took the kids up to NJ and NYC to visit with friends and family. Song and I wanted to make it a tradition to go up to NYC to see the big tree every year. The first year, 2005, it was just the two of us. We didn't make it in 2006. In 2007, we were going to go but thought it was going to be too cold for Emma. We finally made it back to see the tree this year with Emma and Joshua. Luckily, it wasn't that cold but it was definitely crowded. Both kids were asleep by the time we made it to the tree.

Look at the great job Song did to alter this picture. Both of the kids were actually crying when we had the picture taken but Song managed to photo shop their faces in from other pictures to make it look better. Technology...you gotta love it.

Here is the original.

"Look Joshua...I'll show you how to play on this mat. I used this last year."

Joshua has definitely grown a lot since the first side by side picture I took of them on the pig mat.

Too bad Joshua didn't make it in this picture with the tree. Emma just barely got up to pose for this picture. Joshua was nice and warm in his car seat all bundled up.

Thanksgiving 2008

This year was Emma's 2nd Thanksgiving and Joshua's 1st. The Park family is very thankful for two very beautiful and healthy children. We hope they continue to grow strong, happy and healthy. We could never image life without either one of them.

"I love my baby brother so much!! I better drink some more milk because he is catching up to me. I was so much bigger than him."

"Mommy...I don't think Joshua wants to take anymore pictures. haha."

"Mommy says I'm handsome just like Daddy. I may not look like him but she says that we are the two most important men in her life."

"Joshua...are you ready for your 1st car ride down to Waldorf, MD for Thanksgiving? It's okay...I'll be sitting right next to you, if you get bored."

"Here I am with my cousin, Charli. She lives near Baltimore so we don't get to see each other that often. It's too bad since we both have similar taste in clothes and toys...anything PINK, princess theme or jewelry."

"I love these beads that Uncle Adam brought me. They are my favorite!"

"No, I'm not strangling myself with the beads. The picture may look like it but Mommy is making sure that I am careful with the beads."

"See...don't they look like they are ready to be parents?"

"Uncle Adam definitely holds me more than he did my sister."

"Can you say...FOOD COMA?"

"I didn't even have any turkey? Hmm...what was in that milk?"

"My sister and I are special to have an additional set of Grandparents. Grandma Norma has known my Mommy since she was in the 2nd grade."

"Aw...."

"Grandpa Bradley said it was a little weird to hold a grandson. He has 4 granddaughters...Jenna, Jessi, Julie and Emma.

Random Pictures from November 2008

Here are some random pictures from November with the kids' Uncles and Aunt.

"I'm following in my Uncle Andy and Uncle Adam's footsteps. They both love to wear hats. Uncle Andy and Maria got me this cool hat from their trip to Disney World. I haven't been there yet but my sister Emma says it's really nice."

"Hmm...I don't know if I like this swing. I think I rather have people hold me instead."

"Well, wait a minute...these fishies are pretty cool. Let me watch them go around and around for a bit."

"Am I cute or what? My Uncle Dan in CA, thinks this is the most adorable picture EVER! He loves it. I got this outfit for Christmas last year from Aunt Vivi. I'm surprised it still fits. The arms of the coat are a little short but I will just say they are supposed to be 3/4 length."

"And just so you know...the pants are supposed to be crop pants. When I wear boots with the outfit, I'm really stylin'."

Both the Park babies passed out before we headed out.

"Ok...I'm awake now. We can go."

"Hmm...Uncle Adam...everyone keeps telling me that I look like you when you were a baby. Let me take a look. What do you think?"

"Aunt Lindsay says that they aren't ready for kids just yet. She's doing pretty well with me here."

"See...I told you Uncle Andy loves hats."