Mini Chicago Trip

Alex and I had a few days off together, so we decided to surprise Lolo and take a quick trip to Chicago, even though it was super cold and snowing! Lolo's and Alexis' birthdays were coming up, so it was nice to celebrate with them! 

Lolo was ready to Skype with us (see his computer in the background??) But instead, we decided to say hi in person! He was sooo surprised! =) 

 Uncle Albert hanging out with the "top dog!"

 I don't know what Dylan was doing here, but I just think this picture is so adorable.

 Dylan is trying out his cousin's roller coaster! He loved it! 

 On Saturday, we went to the Children's museum. I think Dylan's favorite part was "steering the plane!" He was on that thing forever. I had to pry his hands off and let the other kids play!

 

 Here's Dylan playing with water and ducks! He was a little too small to grab the ducks, so this other girl would grab them and Dylan would throw it back into the water. So cute. 

 We celebrated our last night with a delicious home cooked meal from Kristine's boyfriend, Andrew and of course, ice cream cake!! Happy birthday Lolo and Alexis!!!  

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!! Dylan gets a kick out of my scarf! =) It was all Uncle Jerome's idea! HAHA. I call it scarf sledding!!

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This is Dylan's New Year's Resolution! He's gonna help me clean!

12 months and Christmas!

Dylan's finally 1 year old!  Okay, Dylan's a little over 12 months now...but here's his stats from the peds office from November:

HEIGHT: 29 INCHES ( 25 %)

WEIGHT: 17 LBS 14 OZ (7%)

HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE: 45.5 CM (25-50%)

Things I've noticed:

** Stands for a few seconds on his own and walks very fast with his little toy walker. He's getting better at turning the corners too! (It's now 14 months, and Dylan's walking full time! How time flies!)

** Bites my shoulders..sometimes if I don't catch him in time, it really hurts! He's teething and drooling like there's no tomorrow. When I went to brush his teeth, I'm seeing more teeth coming in at all 4 corners.

** Raises both his hands when we say "How big is Dylan?" or "Touchdown"

** Holds his bottles when he drinks milk or water

** Loves Cheerios, cheese, and grapes...he can pick those up with his own hands now! I'm trying to get him to start using utensils now. he understands the concept of holding the spoon and putting food in his mouth, but his motor skills need a little work.

** Says "up" when he wants to be held and "nai nai" which means milk in Chinese.

We started taking Dylan to the babysitters and he's doing very well there...but as all day care centers, they get sick all the time. =( But I guess that's how it is...

I didn't take any "12 month" pictures because we had his birthday party pics, so I'll share some Christmas pics instead! These few were taken at a local park. I had to take over 200 pics to get some good ones in! Dylan kept trying to pull his cap off. Alex was my assistant. He was so good at making Dylan smile and preparing for each pose.

 Love that smile!

 Dylan loves dogs! Here's a cute pic at one of the Christmas parties we attended!

 Christmas Eve

 Can't wait for Christmas!

  On Christmas Day, he got his own Anywhere Chair!!

Dylan and his yoga pose

Santa suit

Done for the night!

Merry Christmas Everyone 

Love the Mogul Family

Dylan is walking...sort of.

Dylan's 1st Birthday!

Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with Dylan's blog! I've been really busy, but I finally have gotten around to posting Dylan 1st birthday party!! Woo hoo! The theme of the party was based on the Eric Carle children's book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."

Caterpillar collage of Dylan's 1st 12 months of life!

"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf.."

"On Monday, he ate through apples..."

"On Tuesday, he ate through pears..."

Butterfly punch

Caterpillar water

"On Saturday...ice cream cone, cherry pie..."

"Chocolate cake..."

Olivia designed and baked this caterpillar cupcake cake!!!

And she created Dylan's smash cake too!

Dylan looks intrigued...but was shy to touch his cake..

so I helped him get into it

but...

he didn't like getting his hands dirty.

Poor Dylan.

How big is Dylan?? This BIG!!!!

Everyone wanted to join with Dylan!

Kiddie table with markers and stamps!

Thanks for inching along to Dylan's 1st birthday party!!

And a HUGE thank you to Olivia who helped me plan and make this big event happen!!