After walking around a shopping mall to find a location for a family Christmas photo, we eventually found our way near Boston Common still looking for the ideal spot.
Both the Common and the Boston Public Garden are filled with holiday decorations throughout the month of December.
The main entrance gate on the west side of the Public Garden is topped with a festive holiday wreath.
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We spent an entire weekend day looking for a good location for a family Christmas photo.
Since this will be Arya’s first Christmas, we wanted to take a cute picture for use in a family Christmas card.
With the temperature in the high 20s we tried to find a good location that was both close to home and indoors.
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Arya tagged along as the family went to dim sum this afternoon.
Taking baby to dim sum was a lot more fun than I expected. While Arya is usually good even when we need to feed baby in a restaurant, she normally just sleeps throughout our meal.
During dim sum my baby had a great time smiling and looking at everything in the room.
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Arya got to meet the last of her four grandparents this afternoon.
She had already met both grandmothers and my dad. Today, my wife’s parents came to visit for a week.
GungGung (the Chinese word for grandfather) was the final one of her four grandparents to meet Arya in person.
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We took Arya to Fort Independence for the Fourth of July. The Fort hosted a special event as part of the celebrations around Boston for Independence Day.
Taking baby to Fort Independence was a fun way to spend the afternoon. Since the Fort offers limited access to visitors during the rest of the year, July 4th is a great time to visit.
This year’s festivities were held as part of Operation Sail, Inc. which brought dozens of tall ships into Boston for OpSail 2012.
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After we finally finishing packing for baby’s first road trip, we got to experience baby’s first car ride.
Since we don’t own a car, this weekend’s trip was Arya’s first time riding in an automobile. After some difficulty loading the van and installing the car seat, we were able to leave only one hour behind our original schedule.
Arya was lucky to have lots of room in the van for her books and toys. Thanks to Grandpa driving, she also got both Mommy and Daddy to play with her during the trip.
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Arya met her paternal grandpa for the first time yesterday.
My dad is on the East Coast for business and stopped by to visit this weekend. Both grandpa and baby were excited to meet each other.
Grandpa got to meet his first grandchild for the first time. Baby got to meet a guy with a strange mustache.
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Today was Arya’s first mothers day. Our whole family went to Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden to take Mother’s Day pictures.
Arya slept throughout most of the afternoon because of the perfect weather. Low 70s, light breeze, and filtered sun makes for a happy baby. We were still able to get some good shots even though Arya had her eyes closed most of the day.
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Meeting Grandma For the First Time. My mom flew across the country to visit us this week and my newborn baby got to meet grandma for the ...
Meeting Aunty For the First Time. Over this past weekend my wife and I were lucky enough to witness our baby meeting her aunty for the first ...