Christmas Day 2010

Tea-set for Two

M&Ms!

Gabby asked for Candy from Santa

Barbie Magical Castle

Barbie Disney Princesses

Her Favorite Gift!

Barbie Mermaid Outfit

Gabriella and her Chrismas Loot

It was a fun and relaxing Christmas Day at the Tebo house... I made oatmeal-blueberry-banana pancakes and eggs for breakfast. After I made a pumpkin pie and cleaned-up the mess, I was pooped... We were too lazy to deal with the turkey so we'll make that tomorrow. We played games, Gabby went nuts with her new Barbies, we skyped with family, and we watched Christmas movies. I also ate about a pound of fudge too. Oops. Good thing I'm pregnant and it's the holidays- I have an excuse! All in all, a lovely low-key event.

Christmas Eve

It was a great Christmas Eve for us... During the day, Travis took Gabby to a water park with some friends while I went to lunch with some of my girlfriends here. We were at the restaurant for 4 hours just gabbing away about life... time really flew by. We all ate Indian food for dinner and Gabby opened-up her gift from Mrs. Claus (pajamas and a deer headband that lights up). We left santa some fudge and carrots for the reindeer, and a thank you note. Love these traditions! Christmas is so awesome with little kids! After Gabby went to bed, we had soem massage therapists come over and give us a 90 minute foot massage on our sofa. I don't know why it took us so long to do this but it was heaven!

Getting Ready for Baby #2

37 Weeks Pregnant

Getting Bigger!

This is the face.. tilted to the side...

You can see two black holes for eyes and the mouth

Profile View

I had my appointment today and everything is going "perfect," according to the doctor we saw (Dr. Li Xiaohui). The head is still down and the baby looks like a good size for my build. It's already 3 kgs (6.6 lbs.)! All the foreign doctor's are gone for the holidays so there are only Chinese ones. I really like her, she seems nice and is quite supportive of our birth plan, so that's good.

New Addition to the Family

Travis and I went to instrument street yesterday to get his alto saxophone fixed, but came home with a new baby to the family... a soprano saxophone. It took going back and forth to the guy's store three or four times to amke it happen. We played the "laosher" card, which means teacher. The guy FINALLY went down a little bit after he heard that but still wouldn't budge much. We literally didn't have the amount of money he was asking, but Travis went back with what we had and he broke down. Victory! The saxophone sounds great and Travis is happy with his new toy. :)

Gabriella and the Moon

Gabby just LOVES the moon... This weekend she got out of bed and opened the curtains, sat on the windowsill and looked up at "Mr. Moon" for about five minutes... Last week, we were walking to the clubhouse, Travis took her swimming and I got a mani/pedi. She looked-up at the moon and said, "The moon is following us but it doesn't have any feet."

Winter Ball 2010

Cara, Alex, and Nikki

36 Weeks

ISB hosts a Winter Ball every year at a fancy hotel, which is basically like prom. As always, we had a blast. I wore some sparkly flip-flops for shoes... no way I was going to wear heels.

Santa Claus Pictures

Have you ever seen a Chinese Santa Claus?

Now you have!

Nothing is ever really easy in China... since we're not going to the States for winter break I had to hunt down where to get Santa pictures. On Sunday, we went to two different places but no such luck. At one of the places, we heard Santa was there on weekdays only from 4-6 pm. Why not weekends, you ask? Because that would make sense and be convenient. Anyhoo, we headed downtown right after school on Tuesday and got the pictures. Mission accomplished.