Tristin and Isabella: December 2008

Happy 2009 to all! What an incredible, crazy, inspiring, roller coaster year!

For the holidays, T, C and I trekked to the east coast (Auburn, NY - 40 minutes outside of Syracuse, NY -- can I hear a "brr brr"??!) to visit grandma and grandpa Choi and had a blast playing in the snow and basking in a true white Christmas. It was our first cross-country trip with T and I have to say, he behaved as well as any ansy 14-month old can behave on an incredibly long journey with one layover, two flights and one 40-minute car ride. Towards the end of our return trip, he had a few mini meltdowns which were barely contained...our most effective tactic in keeping T distracted was to take him up and down the rows of passengers so he could flirt with all the pretty girls sitting in the aisle seats. Needless to say, T was in full action, sporting his dimple, no-eye smiles and reaching/stroking/touching women's hands where possible. Oh, and not to mention blowing kisses and waving hello. While new snacks and toys, as well as a DVD player helped for a few hours, it was the back-and-forth stroll that bought us some time and re-energized T.

This x-mas was special not only because it was the first real white x-mas C and I have had in a few years, but it was a great Choi reunion and a chance for Tristin to re-unite with Grandma and Grandpa Choi. He proved to be a bit tough to manage -- waking up every few hours, clinging onto mommy and daddy and screaming and yelling quite a bit and refusing to go anywhere without his blankie, Boo Boo... nonetheless, as always, T was still very cute with his continuous attempts to sing, and sway to music, giggle and imitate, walk like a drunken man....

Happy 2009 to all -- more videos and pics to come but we'll leave you with a few snapshots from our trip to upstate NY!!