My kids are so spoiled. They have more toys than 10 kids combined. But when their Dad built them a fort out of used Amazon shipping boxes, that instantly defaulted as their favorite toy. (And Dad’s…he even went as far as purchasing velcro to velcro the boxes together so I can take it apart at the end of the night and put it away…).

They would crawl in and look on the windows and just laugh. Lately, Aidan’s trying to take it down by shaking it so we will see how long it last. For now, they love it!

2010 may be Brooke’s year! Yesterday she did a combo of standing on her own and take her first, second and third step for the first time towards her Di Tu! It was precious. We have it on video but it’s on the “good” camera so we will need to compress it. By the time we do, there’s a chance she’s walking like crazy…hahaha

Van and Eric Ceremony Performance from Monachetti on Vimeo.

The kids opening presents for the first time.

We had a great year. Last year at this time, celebrating Christmas was the LAST thing on our mind. We were knee deep in bottles, diapers, spit-up and more.

This year we did it right with two happy, healthy babies, lots of presents, great food, family, singing and so much more.

We are so blessed and so thankful for everything we have…especially our two little ones.

We caught yet another one of Aidan’s milestones on video. Here he is taking his first steps…to get at my iPhone of course…hahaha. We couldn’t be any more proud and NERVOUS. Things will definitely be different once he’s walking but we’re up for the challenge!

Aidan Michael Lam…one year old.

Brooke Hong Lam…one year old.

I can’t believe how quickly this year went by…

Aidan is standing at 11 months. He’s been cruising for some time now but we discovered he could stand a few days ago. Here’s the video proof of this. He is so interested on what’s on TV, he forgotten that he’s nervous about standing. LOL. It usually doesn’t last this long if he doesn’t have something else to focus on.

Both the kids are so fun and full of personality these days. Here’s a video of Aidan having a grand ol’ time on the swings. Man, he really fills it up now.

and here’s a video of Brooke cracking up as she throws “Mr. Mousey” on the floor. (One of the highlights is at the end when her brother comes and steals the mouse away…hahaha)

I’m always looking for things to do with the kids. Something fun, outdoors and doesn’t cost money (since they’re too little to appreciate the things that do right now).

I found this GREAT website that was able to give me a list of parks if Irvine.

We celebrated our 6th anniversary tonight.

So much has changed. Last year we spent our 5th year together at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach since I was on hospital bedrest with the twins. This year, Steve and Jenny graciously volunteered to babysit while we went to have oysters at King’s Fish House. Of course, all we did was talk about the kids.

We had a small celebration with cake from Givral Bakery (where we got our wedding cake from) and champagne with Steve and Jenny at home. It was a great night.