Kaizen Klan: 2008

Santa

Well, we finally took the kids to see Santa. I've been trying to talk a lot about the man in the red suit so Caden wouldn't be so scared and surprisingly it worked. He went right to him and said "Santa". He doesn't quite get the concept of Santa bringing presents but he was quite content to sit on his lap. We were also quite shocked that Téa didn't freak out either. I think she was in awe of the funny looking man more than anything. Hopefully my kids will make it on the good list this year.

PS Check out our elfyourself dances at:
Disco Version
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Charleston Version
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Country Version
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Caden trying to convince Santa that he hasn't been naughty

Téa putting on her angel face

Leila getting in the spirit

♪♪All of the other reindeer, used to laugh and call her names♪♪

christmas pictures

The Kaizen family wants to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. It's amazing how blessed we are as a family and how much has changed over the last year. We went from a family of 3 to a family of four. The addition of our little princess Téa made our family feel so much more complete. Now we have a 3 yr old and a 7 1/2 month old. Wow how the days fly by when you have kids. Don's still busy plugging away through school (hopefully only 3 more semesters) and I'm busy chasing kids . We are very lucky to have such a loving supportive group of family and friends. Thank you all for being a part of our lives. Happy Holidays!

Caden pondering if he's on the "nice list"

Caden and his little sissy

My beautiful babies

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

Téa and Mommy

Caden the red faced reindeer

That's better

Daddy and his princess

The best Daddy in the world

What a beautiful pair

And then there was Caden

Giving his sister a smooch

Checking each other out

Mister Mischievous

Téa enjoying the presents

Sweetie Pie

Hmm, how do I open this?

My little angel

Here and there

Here's some random pictures from the last month. The kids are growing and developing more and more each day. Caden's walking is getting much better and his talking is coming along as well. He's using 6-7 word sentences which is supposed to be a good thing, I'm still trying to convince myself of that. He's also been enjoying trying on Mommy and Daddy's clothes. In the picture to the right he's trying on Mommy's sunglasses.

My Handsome Man

All Smiles

My Happy Boy

Caden wants to wear pretty stuff like Téa

Téa is almost 8 months old. She currently has
3 teeth and at least 3 more
on the way. Poor little girl! We've had several rough nights but hopefully we'll be through this soon. She is also almost crawling. She gets up on her knees and rocks back and forth or gets in a push up position. So far she can only push herself backwards which frustrates her very much. She can sit up by herself now which she has enjoyed since she is a little more independent. She's also eating 3 meals a day, yum yum.

Téa making a mess of mommy's yarn

Getting a bath in the sink

What a messy girl

She's such a little ham

Téa doing her push ups

All Smiles

A rough night when she was cutting her first tooth

Bad teeth and bad hair

Static hair

Mommy trying to calm my little firecracker down

Poor baby

Miss independent, I want to feed myself

Téa and her little pig tails

Téa enjoying her bumbo

Happy girl

My little chunker

Daddy and the kids on our walk (there's snow on the mountains behind them)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

On Monday December 15th we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with our friends Kim, Gabe and Bodie. We had a wonderful time. If you haven't been to the aquarium recently you have to come check it out. They've added lost of exhibits and there's an entire new kids section upstairs. The kids had a blast. Caden and Bodie were able to run around and splash in some water.

Daddy and Caden checking out one of the big exhibits