Gobble Gobble, Lukas!

We hope that everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. So Lukas had a great first Thanksgiving. He tried meat for the first time on Thanksgiving which of course was turkey! We blended it with some water and a little rice. He didn't like the turkey unless it was mixed with the yams or rice, but then, who does? Since our last update, Lukas has also added tofu, applesauce, and bagels to his diet. This week, I think that we're going to try and add fish.

As usual, Thanksgiving weekend went by quickly. My cousin George and his girlfriend came up from LA for a visit. We spent Thanksgiving morning at home while Edwin smoked the turkey in the backyard. For dinner, we took the turkey to Jeannette and Jon's house since Jon was on call. Edwin's mom came up from LA as well. We took some photos of the food and fun which I'll share eventually.

On Black Friday, we didn't go shopping at all. We spent the morning at home making waffles and muffins with Lukas, Catherine, and George. Then we headed south to my cousin Billy's house to spend time with his family and my Uncle Glenn's family. Since Billy has twins that are 2 months younger, it's a lot of fun to see how they react to each other. For instance, we put down a toy closer to Justin who is not able to crawl yet. Lukas was close by and decided he wanted that toy and crawled towards it to get it. You could see Justin trying to crawl towards it, but all he could do was swim in the air. When Lukas reached the toy, Justin started crying in frustration. We can't wait until they really start interacting with each other.

On Saturday, we went to Jeannette's again to visit since their mom was in town. We had a long leisurely lunch at Park Chalet and then met up with George and Catherine to show them around SF since it was Catherine's first time here. We then met up with Billy and his wife Maggie again for dinner (sans twins) at Tadich Grill which is an old school SF seafood restaurant and then for dessert at Bi-Rite Creamery which is Edwin's favorite ice cream shop.

On Sunday, Edwin smoked some more turkey and chicken for a pot luck at the Banerjees. It was a get together for us and our parents, but Edwin's mom had to go home early and so she wasn't able to make it. Lukas took his first group bath with Mena. It was very cute. Lukas didn't like it at first, but then started to have fun playing in the water. He didn't mind Mena's splashing at all and enjoyed playing with the water toys, but did not like the water coming out of the faucet. He wasn't happy during the actual bathing part, but the job got done and we were able to have some fun doing it.