Vroom, vroom! All aboard Uncle Jon’s beamer with Mikayla and the twins.

We attended U.C. Berkeley’s “Eggster” egghunt. Bella got the hang of it pretty quickly, stuffing her basket full of eggs. Look at that concentration!

The Berkeley fire department came by for a visit, then it was back to Round 4 of the egghunt! It was an egg-cellent opportunity to teach her about not hoarding  and taking eggs from other children! The taiko drummers were warming up behind her. It was a beautiful day for a very fun event!

We spent a couple of days in San Diego and and visited Legoland.

Everything there was made with Lego.

It was pretty cool.

Bella was too little to ride most of the rides, but she could ride the boat and the train…

…and there was a munchkin area with slides and, of course, Lego. Bella likes to wear her cap in this manner. (She puts it on herself.) I’m not sure if it’s due to the functionality of avoiding to see from under the bill or the fashion sense of a transplanted Oaktown girl.

“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope.”

“And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base…”

“The Force is strong with this one.”

We stayed at the Hotel Solamar near Petco Park. Bella’s in the lobby getting ready to go on safari at the Wild Animal Park.

We saw giraffes and rhinoceros among other animals on our “Safari into Africa.”

We made it home for Easter and our annual homage to Grandpa’s grave. Bella enjoyed stomping on the headstones at the cemetary.

Bella got a great big Easter basket from Aiyi.

Uh-oh! Too much Easter candy? Actually, it was a decayed malformed tooth. Bella got gassed up at the dentist. She did really well, as she clutched her bribe of bubbles and a toy mirror (just like Dr. Gloria’s!). That’s my Little Angel!

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat) was on 02.07 and Baby Dedication Day at church was on 02.10, so we combined both events and Bella wore her cheongsam that Sunday. Bella got all excited when she spotted Aiyi in the audience. She LOVES Aiyi!

Pastor Steve prayed a prayer of dedication for her. Hey, no peeking!

“And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Repeat them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7

 ”Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” Isaiah 60:1

Bella was so happy that Aiyi came to her dedication ceremony.

Bella’s enjoying another ride on Ginger in her cloud nine jam-jams (Mommy has a matching pair). What’s so funny, Baby Girl? It was so long ago, who knows what it was!

Bella likes to be glamourous, even if it’s just at breakfast in her high chair. I’m surprised she didn’t insist her wearing her pearls.

I think we were all pictured-out from December because this is the only photo I took of her in January.