The Great Outdoors

We ventured out to the Tree Farm this year to pick our Christmas Tree. It was a cold day but Ethan had a lot of fun hiking in the snow looking for that perfect tree. It looks so small when it's out in the field but luckily it was the perfect fit when we got home. This looks like the start of a Christmas Tradition for us.



Which one will be the chosen one?


There it is. Our tree!



Faster Dad!!!

Madison is now 6 months old

Madison is now 6 months old, she's 18 pounds 3 ounces and her doctor has given her the ok to have solids. So for her first meal she had rice cereal and banana. She loved having solids and had no trouble swallowing her dinner. Another milestone reached!

Christmas Morning

Who would be more excited on Christmas morning that kids who are just dying to open their presents. Again Ethan and Madison were blessed with many gifts from many people and on behalf of them, we say thank you. They had a ball opening their presents.


Wrapping paper was flying everywhere.



A globe!!!



Thanks Kai Yea and Kai Ma.


Little Drummer Boy


As you can tell Ethan's a big CARS fan.


Hark now hear the angels sing.




Merry Christmas Grandma





Thanks for having us over for dinner Kai yea yea. All we're missing is a couple of more babies for this renactment.

Welcome Baby Tyson

We were very blessed to have Tyson come over to visit over the holidays. For those of you who don't know Tyson, he's the son of Ethan's godparents and he's definitely a blessing and a miracle. Believe it or not, he was born on the same day as Madison. Madison was born at 10:27am and Tyson was born at 10:30pm. What are the chances of 2 friends having their baby on the same day? No matter what, we are truely blessed and we were very happy to have Tyson visit.

Tyson putting the moves on Madison. What's up with that?

Back off buddy. Daddy says no holding hands on the first date.

Everyone was lining up to hold the babies.

When Ethan was about Tyson's age, a certain godfather tried to intoxicate our son. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it's only fair that I return the favour.

First Christmas In Markham

Christmas time is always a busy time for us. Even more so as this christmas was Madison's first Christmas and our first christmas in our new house.




This year was also the first time we had a fresh christmas tree. We went to the tree farm and cut oiur own. It was the perfect tree.












Life with two little angels can be hectic and unpredictable but we definitely treasure spending some quality time with them over the holidays as they will grow up before we know it.







As this was our first Christmas in Markham, we went all out in terms of decorations. These are inflatables snowglobes.

Listen To Mama's Words



This is a very sweet song. It talks about a mother's love and why kids should listen to their moms. Here's the translation

Ting Ma Ma De Hua (Listen to Mama’s Words) by Jay Chou
聽媽媽的話
Listen to Mama’s Words

小朋友　你是否有很多問號　為什麼

Little children, do you have a lot of questions, why

別人在那看漫畫　我卻在學畫畫　對著鋼琴說話

When other kids are reading manga, I am learning to draw and learning to communicate with the piano

別人在玩遊戲　我卻靠在牆壁背我的ABC

When other kids are playing games, I am leaning on the wall memorizing my ABCs

我說我要一台大大的飛機　我卻得到一台舊舊錄音機

I said that I wanted a large airplane, but I got an old recorder

為什麼　要聽媽媽的話　長大後你就會開始懂得這種話

Why should I listen to mother’s words? When you grow up you will understand what I am saying

長大後我開始明白　為什麼我跑的比別人快　飛的比別人高

After I got older I started to realize why I run faster than others and fly further than other people

將來大家看的都是我畫的漫畫　大家唱的都是　我寫的歌

In the future, people will be reading my mangas and all the songs they sing will be written by me

媽媽的辛苦　不讓你看見　溫暖的食譜在她心裡面

Mother’s hard work isn’t seen by others. She knows the warm recipe by heart

有空就多多握握她的手　把手牽著一起夢遊

When you have time, hold her hand and sleep dream together

聽媽媽的話　別讓她受傷　想快快長大　才能保護她

Listen to mother’s words, don’t let her get hurt. You want to grow up quickly so you can take care of her

美麗的白髮　幸福中發芽　天使的魔法　溫暖中慈祥

Beautiful white hair, growing inside happiness. Angel’s magic benevolence within (her) gentleness

在你的未來　音樂是你的王牌　拿王牌談個戀愛

In your future, music is your key to success, use it to get into a relationship

唉　我不想把你教壞　還是聽媽媽的話吧　晚點在戀愛吧

Sigh, I don’t want to teach you to be a bad kid. Why don’t you listen to what your mother says and get in a relationship later

我知道你未來的路　當媽比我更清楚

I know your future path, but your mother knows it even better

你會開始學其他同學在書包寫東寫西

You will start imitating friends and write things on your backpack

但我建議你最好寫　媽媽我會用功讀書

But I suggest you better write: Mom I will put in my best effort to learn

用功讀書　怎麼會從我嘴巴說出

I will study hard, how does that come from my mouth?

不想你輸所以要教你　用功讀書

I need to teach you because I don’t want you to lose. Study hard

媽媽織給你的毛衣　你要好好收著

The sweater mother gave you, you will wear it well

因為母親節到時我要告訴她　我還留著

Because on Mother’s Day, I want to tell her, I still have it

對了　我會遇到了周潤發

Oh yea, I will meet Zhou Run Fa*
*Zhou Run Fa is a famous actor (Yes…He is Chow Yun Fat)

所以你可以跟同學炫耀　賭神未來是你爸爸

So you can show off to your friends, “The God of Gambling will be your father”;

我找不到童年寫的情書　你寫完不要送人

I can’t find the childhood love letter. Don’t give it away after you write it

因為過兩天你會在操場上撿到

Because you will find it on the playground two days later

你會開始喜歡上流行歌　因為張學友開始準備唱吻別

You will start to like pop music because Jacky Cheung is about to sing Kiss Goodbye
(Kiss Goodbye is a famous song that was a hit in the 90s)

聽媽媽的話　別讓她受傷　想快快長大　才能保護她

Listen to mother’s words, don’t let her get hurt. You want to grow up quickly so you can take care of her and protect her

Winter Wonderland!

Ethan welcomed the first big snowstorm of 2007 by bundling up and headed into the blizzard. He had fun shovelling the snow, and making his first snow angel.

Walking in a winter wonderland


Look at my snow angel.



Fun in the snow



90 mins of fun in the snow and look at those rosy cheeks.

Canadian Idol

Ethan's favorite toy!

The purple elephant is Ethan's favorite stuffed animal. Purple Elephant has been to the Santa Claus Parade and Grove City just in the past week alone. Ethan brings him everywhere.