9 month anniversary and xmas in Hanoi

We celebrated our 9 month anniversary, by going out for sushi of course!




On the way we met Santa, who came to bring gifts for all the good boys and girls in our building.




Lots of places in Hanoi are decorated for Christmas, and the kids like to dress up too!





























Have you ever seen so many Santas?







Yes, my hair is getting really long now! I'll have to get it trimmed soon, but it's nice and warm for the winter!




The big church in the center of town on Christmas eve, with lots of people outside taking pictures. Some people wait outside for hours to hear the bells at midnight.











So many people were out on the streets... One foreigner stopped and asked me if people were waiting for something to happen... Nope, they're just hanging out!




Thao was lucky to get this Christmas gift this year! ;)) Both of us were only thinking of everything we need to buy for Katie, I think the shopping is almost done now...

PS from Thao: Yeah, my hubby bought me those gloves, actually he wanted to buy me something bigger and lots of things. But for me that is enough, and i think big gifts do not mean he shows how much he loves me. So i just want a small gift like that to remember this Xmas. For me now I just like to pay money for shopping for Katie, that really makes me happy. But i think shopping for Katie is almost done now, and i hear from friends and people say that the new born baby grows up very fast so should not buy too much new born size. Better save money to buy her diapers and more nice dresses when she grows up later...

I have the best mother in law ever. She sent me and Kyle money for this Xmas season. Kyle says i should buy something for myself. Maybe i should buy a sunglasses later coz i heard that after the baby is born, the mom should wear sunglasses when she goes out under the sun to protect her eyes. So now i just bought those things for Katie and will tell Katie that this is Xmas gift from her from Grandmom from Canada. Thank you very much Linda Grandmom. XOXOXO.



The set of blanket, pillow and sleeping blanket.




This is the heater. About $15. We wanted to buy something different what can make room warm like the aircon, but our bedroom is too small for it. And i also think that my bedroom is small so it's warmer than big room, wind is not easy to come in. This heater, when we turn it on, the light will turn on and make around hot very fast. It is very good to use for Katie when she is showering, coz when Katie is born in Feb its still cold here.



This is the most Mr handsome in my family now hehe... (He has no one to compare with until next baby is a boy, haha... ).. Humm... I hope he will take care of Katie with me good and not stress if he has to wake up 10 times a night to change diaper for Katie ;))...
Hum.... 9 months anniversary but he writes nothing about it and nothing good of me here :((... Sometime i should call him Mr Boring... Still hard to show emotions or really no feeling, no emotion for the wife? :(((((((((((. Feel so sad :(( huhu...

Oh, we went to BIG C suppermaket yesterday. Kyle wanted to cook westen meal for me for Xmas day, but at the end we canceled. Coz first of all is Chicken there is not good to buy whole one to cook, more is the oven is too small to put whole chicken in it. So we just bought something to make mashed potatoes and cream corn. And from now i promise never to go there anymore. Its a big supermaket so we were walking too much there so i started to get tired and tired and feel like wanna vomit. Katie moved too much inside like baby is coming out.. It was terrible shopping yesterday... Yeah, Katie is almost 8 months already, so i should learn, walking too much and active too much is not good for me and her...