The Hyun Family

More Snow, Grandparents, Sickness and Spring finally arrives.

2010-03-21T06:59:00.008-06:00

Well Hmmm.... Where did we leave off?

So we thought the first major snowstorm (well second but we missed the one in December because we were in Ohio) was more than enough snow to last us through the winter, but a week or so later another ten inches or so chased David's parents out of the area a day early. My crazy parents made it in only a few hours later than planned. The biggest problem they encountered was the 2 plus feet of snow they had to help dig out so they could have a place to park.

Last year I think we only had a couple of snowfalls that were a couple of inches each and I felt like I'd wasted my money buying Megan a snow suit. So this year I didn't get a new one. Thankfully Megan was still able to squeeze into the one from last year.

Here's Megan "helping" grandpa shovel snow.

We spent about an hour digging before the homeowners association came around with some equiptment to finish the job. It probably saved us a half hour or more of digging.
The neighborhood kids enjoyed their weeks off from school with a little sledding. Megan is way down at the bottom of the hill in purple. She wasn't scared at all.

Ready to go- again.

Grandpa made it his mission to clear the ice from the front porch each day. Megan helped.

We had a great time building a snowman. He lasted over a week.

Megan helped grandma make dinner to warm us all up.

Just playing.

Grandpa helped Evan ride the Megan bucking bronco.

Ok so the above pictures should have been posted weeks ago after mom and dad's visit but then Evan caught the croup, Megan caught step throat, I came down with step a week later, and well.... its basically been an exhausting few weeks. Evan is still coughing. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Evan loves the exersaucer.

Megan still loves her baby brother She tries to hold him, but he's too big to really fit on her lap.

Evan has started eating some solids. He loves banannas and rice cereal. Apples still get the sour face but the green beans were a relative hit- on to sweet potatoes today. Here he is enjoying his rice cereal.

OK so you can't really see the bruise on her forehead in this picture but trust me it was a good one. She got to going too fast down a hill on her tricycle and wiped out as I was running after her pushing the stoller. It must have been a sight. She did have her helmet on but it still wasn't pretty. Her poor little elbow was worse.

Yesterday was gorgeous outside so we headed for the zoo. We arrived early and left around 1PM when the crowds got to thick to walk though with the stollers. This is Megan walking like a duck. It was pretty hilarious.

Daddy and Megan and those noisy flamingos.

Evan mostly just chilled out in the stroller. He seemed less than impressed with the animals.

Tummy time back at home.

Snowmaggedon

2010-02-09T18:16:00.008-06:00

Well, the snow started falling Friday around 10 in the morning and by the time it stopped on Saturday we had 24 inches in our front yard. I was trying to round on 11 children, mostly babies, in 2 different hospitals that Friday. The office closed at noon and I finally made it home through the slushy roads around 3 PM. David's mom made it in ok Friday morning just as the snow was starting, but his dad (who was supposed to get in Saturday just as the snow was ending) got stuck in Chicago for 24 hours. He was able to join us on Sunday for a nice but too short visit.
We pulled out Megan's snow suit and sent her out to play on the patio with daddy on Saturday. She lasted about 10 minutes. Later that day when many of the neighbors were out shoveling, she ran around out in the street with one of her friends. Megan got stuck when she followed Anna into the deep stuff and had to be rescued. Wish we had a picture of that but it would have been too cruel to leave her there screaming while I ran for the camera.

All bundled up ready to go out for the first time. David dug a hole for her almost down to the patio bricks.

Megan had more luck crawling than walking through the snow.

Here's David at the begining of the digging out. It tooks us six hours to shovel our little bit of sidewalk and dig out the cars. Luckily our street was plowed by the home owners association. Some neighborhoods in the area still haven't been plowed, and we're expecting another 10-20 inches of snow. Can we say SNOWVERKILL. By the end of the day David wasn't smiling any more.

At least the view from my bedroom window was pretty.

Sunday Megan made it out to play again. She did go sledding with some of the other kids and loved it. Again- me without my camera. Will have to get the photos from the neighbor.

There was so much snow we had to use the shovel to clear the cars.

Yeah Halabuhji finally made it.

Megan started a new game. Haircut. Luckily her red plastic scissors don't cut through hair.

Halmuhni played with Evan while Halabuhji got in on the "haircut" action.

Another new game started when Megan jumped on Halabuhji while he was dozing off on the couch. He kept pretending to fall asleep, but instead of jumping on him, he convinced Megan to wake him up with a kiss. We love you Sleeping Beauty.

Puzzle fun.

Group photo.

Megan and mommy played "sandwich." Here's Megarrito. Daddy didn't approve when Evan became one of the layers in our couch cushion, blanket, Megan sandwiches, so Evan just had to watch from the Bumbo seat.

Merry Christmas

2010-01-13T18:18:00.019-06:00

We had a wonderful Christmas Vacation this year. We traveled to Columbus a day early to avoid a big snowstorm that dumped over a foot of snow in the DC area. I had to pack everything for all 4 of us in just a couple of hours, and I almost packed everything we needed. We avoided most of the snow until we hit Ohio, but even then the roads weren't too bad. Thankfully David had plenty of practice driving in the snow when he lived in Minnesota.

Megan and AJ bonded pretty quickly. They ran around and had a great time all week at grandmas house.

Sadly I didn't get any pictures of our trips to the bounce place or Build a Bear, but both were a big hit with Megan.

Uncle Eric brought his Wii over to grandmas. Megan and AJ dueled with swords. I must say Megan is pretty ruthless, sorry AJ. The big boys played lots of golf.

Evan just hung out on the floor during the Wii activities. He seemed to enjoy the flailing arms and excited exclamations.

On Sunday we went to church and had Evan's baby blessing. It was good to see some old friends.

Daddy and Evan just hanging out.

Wrestling matches were a frequent theme, especially when uncle Eric was around.

Monday was cookie baking day with the aunts. (We missed you Barbie and Sue)

The kids did a great job unwrapping all the kisses and peanut butter cups. They acutally unwrapped them without eating them.

Decorating the sugar cookies was also great fun, but the kids ran out of steam long before the cookies ran out and the aunts had to take over.

Emma was great with her little cousins. She even fed Evan for me while I was passed out upstairs.

More wrestling.

We took a trip to see great great aunt Ruth. We couldn't really get Ruth to take her eyes off the baby long enough to get a picture of her face.

Megan and grandpa had a second cookie baking session later in the week.

Christmas Eve some of the Fam joined us for dinner and games.

Grandpa entertained the kids downstairs with the train.

Uncle Eric gave shoulder rides.

Great auntie Ruthie took bath duties.

Great uncle Mark- still great.

Cousin Mike was a hit throwing the kids in the air, and cousin Tommy scored points with the kids during the wrapping roll (aka bonk-y-bonk) fight.

Christmas morning was nice and relaxing. Santa Claus got Megan everything on her list- jump rope, scooter, stampers, and a fairy robe.

Megan can now "read" her own books with her leap frog pen. It didn't take her long to figure out how to get it to read to her.

Daddy got both the kids gopher gear.

It was a little cold but we took the kids outside for a little while to try out the scooter and run off some energy.

Family portraits.

Captain Morgan, Eric, David, Megan, Angela, Evan, Lisa and AJ.

The Sauers and grandpa's hand.

The Hyun's.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids. Hmmm..... it was really hard to get this picture, I don't know how we'll ever get a good shot when we add Lisa's little girl this spring.

Great Aunt Barbie came down to visit briefly on Christmas day.

Once we arrived home we had another small snowfall. It wasn't the 18 inches of the previous week but Megan had a good time playing in it. Evan and Megan are too cute in their monkey and fish towels. They are great for keeping the kids warm after their baths.

Thanksgiving and Dance Recital.

2009-12-14T10:46:00.012-06:00

OK I can't believe its already been a month since I last posted. We've been without grandparent help for about 3 weeks now (we miss all of you,) but except for a complete lack of sleep, we're all doing well.

We had a low key Thanksgiving at home with the four of us. We did manage to have turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes and pumkin cake.

Megan is adjusting well to being a big sister. She helps with bath time by washing Evan's feet. They now usually take baths together with Evan in his blue tub inside the big tub. We got a nice picture of Evan turning the bath into a fountain, but didn't want to post on line.

Here are some pictures from the past month. Evan is changing and growing every day. He's starting to smile and coo, but its hard to catch on film.

Mommy's big helper.

Tummy time on mommy
"What is she doing?"

Our little ballerina.

Evan loves his bathtime.Evan will sit in his swing and staret the fish going round and round while he coos away. I don't remember Megan ever finding them this entertaining.

This is as close as I've come to catching his supercute little on film.

My big boy is already outgrowing his first round of clothes. He weighed 11 1/2 lbs at 1 month. Megan wasn't that big until almost 3 months.

We decorated the Christmas tree (well Megan and David did while I fed Evan and took pictures from the couch) over Thanksgiving weekend. We wanted to get it up early since we'll be gone the week of Christmas.

I dressed the kids up in their Christmas outfits for a little photo shoot. I didn't do too badly this time.

Megan Had her first dance recital yesterday. She's the smallest in her class but did really well. The show was well done. Probably almost 15 acts but all very short. The whole program only lasted about an hour with little kid and bigger kid acts alternating. Overall very well done, but I couldn't get any clear pictures of Megan on stage. I'll try to post the video, but I don't know if it will be any clearer.

Halloween Fun

2009-11-06T18:49:00.005-06:00

This year for Halloween Megan dressed up as Cinderella. Her Aunt and Uncle Michael got her a dress from the disney store with all the accessories. She has played in the dress frequently and was very excited to go tirck or treating in it. Mom and Dad have better pictures from their visit but I'll have to wait for them to send me the CD before I can post them.

The princess with her pumpkin.

Mommy and Evan passed out candy while everyone else went out. Daddy came back and joined us after playing photographer.
It rained all evening but that didn't stop the fun for us. I think it did cut down on the total number of kids out that night. We were expecting more kids than we saw out that night.

Megan joined up with Anna and neighbor for a little while.

Proud Grandparents.

Playing together already.

Evan Seowook Hyun

2009-11-02T17:30:00.008-06:00

OK so I've been trying to upload photos for a couple of days and something kept going wrong, but here we go.

Mom and Dad came in town on Wednesday night and we spent Thursday getting the house ready for the new arrival. Dad spent the week fixing odds and ends around the house and mom did tons of cooking and cleaning. It was wonderful having them around.

Here's mom and Megan at the grocery store. Megan loves pushing around the little carts. She feels all grown up.

Very early on Friday morning David and I took off for the hospital for my induction. After waiting for an hour to get into our room, things progressed fairly rapidly. My OB broke my water around 9AM and the pitocin was already going. By 11 the contractions were pretty bad and I got my epidural a little bit later. After a couple of adjustments I was very comfortable. Around 12:30 I was 5cm dilated and 95 percent effaced and the morning doc left. The afternoon doc was scheduled for a C-section at 1:30 and I was told she'd come check on me afterwards. Well at 12:45 I started having alot more pressure in my pelvis so my nurse asked my doc to check on me before the C-section. She arrived at 12:50 and Evan was delivered at 1:11PM. Everything was pretty much finished by 1:30.

This is me right before leaving for the hospital.
Evan at a few minutes old. He's got a good set of lungs.

Ahh this is better.

8lbs 5oz and 21 inches long.

The proud papa. Too bad that chair was so uncomfortable. David got even less sleep than I did.

The proud big sister. Megan has been very good with her little brother.

David and Grandpa took Megan to the Air and Space Museum while mommy and grandma stayed home with Evan.

We had a nice visit with Joanie, Cassie and Kelda Sunday night. They were in town for ballet certifications. Megan had a great time with her coousins (as always).

We took advantage of a nice warm afternoon to get a little sun.

Here's the proud grandma giving Evan his second bath. Hmmm somehow I don't have any pictures of me giving him the first one. Must be our second child. Mom I'll really need your photos downloaded.

Megan just wants to be close. She keeps saying. "Mom you have two kids now."

Ok well more later. I see I need some more close up shots of Evan. For some reason I can't upload the ones Joanie took.

September and October Update

2009-10-30T09:37:00.008-06:00

I had to do this post before the New Baby update. In September we went up to New York to meet Megan's new cousin Landon. We thought of it as sort of a trial run to see how Megan would interact with an infant. She thought Landon was great and getting to hold him was the best.

We mostly hung out in the apartment this time. Mommy wasn't so mobile at this point.
Megan got her Cinderella costume from her Auntie and Uncle. She has worn it almost every day since. It left quite the trail of glitter around the apartment.

Megan discovered WII bowling.

We took one day to go to the Aquarium in New Jersey. I don't remember what this face is all about.

Megan graduated from the daycare to preschool this year. This is her at her cubby on the first day of preschool.

We've also started Megan in a ballet and tap class on saturday. Our little drama queen loves her dancing class.The three of us went to my company picnic this fall. Megan spent the entire time in the Moonbounce with the other kids.

This fall we took another trip out to Cox Farms for the slides, hayride, pumkins etc. This was our last big outing before the new baby was due.

We arrived early and went to feed the goats. We were obviously the first ones and the goats were very hungry. They tried to snack on our clothes.

Here we are on the hay ride.

My little pumkin.

David took Megan to great falls park one weekend while mommy napped. She came home and told me all about the bears and giraffes they collected on their hike.

Here is Megan posing with the bear she found on her walk.

July and August 2009

2009-08-29T17:02:00.015-05:00

So we're finally moved in to our new Townhome and things are starting to settle down a little. (At least for the next 6-8 weeks until baby bear #2 arrives.) Mom, Lisa and AJ came to visit just a few days after we moved. Lisa was wonderful to me and helped clean all my floor. Wanna come do it again??? Just kidding. They were a big help getting us settled.

Here's grandma reading to her favorite toddlers.We did get in a couple of fun things like our trip to the park. Mom and the kids spent lots of time on the patio blowing bubbles and playing playdough.

We had a little early birthday party for Megan. She did not want to blow out here candles. The "candles" were improvised- don't know what happened to the others between the grocery store and the house.

Megan and AJ chased each other round and round the family room.

Halmuhni came to visit the day after Mom and Lisa left. Megan was in grandma heaven for almost 3 weeks. It was great to have her here especially since David was so sick with the Flu and than pneumonia.

I think Halmuhni spent 2 days playing "Cave" with Megan. There were lots of giggles.

Megan loves to help chop vegatables for dinner. Megan and Halmuhni took several trips to the park while mommy was at work.The three of us did take a trip to the zoo. Megan acted like a bit of a turkey most of the time but she did enjoy the bird house and the mist sprayers.We had another party on Megan's Birthday date. Her number 3 balloon was bigger than her.

In mid August we took a quick roadtrip to Columbus to visit family and also so David could escape to Indianapolis for a day for his Fantasy football draft party. We all had a wonderful time.

On Friday we took a trip to Magic Mountain to play "golf golf." The kids were hilarious.
Megan would hit the ball once or twice then pick it up put it right next to the hole and tap it in. AJ took the more direct approach and just dropped it in the hole right away.

Some of Megan's favorite activities at Grandma and Grandpa's house are feeding the birds and picking vegetables from the garden. This time she and AJ went after the tomatoes.

I had to take a picture of grandma getting a special bird bath water pedicure from AJ.

Some of the FAM joined us for a cookout on Friday evening. Megan enjoyed playing with her cousin Emma.

Auntie Ruthie joined the kids in the Frog tent.

It was great to see the Columbus family. We missed all of the out of towners.

Saturday night was a little chilly. Megan borrowed AJ's sweatshirt and curled up with a blanket for her afternoon snack.

May and June Update

2009-06-20T13:54:00.014-05:00

In June Megan and I took a trip to Missouri to attend the Glandon family reunion and to finally introduce Megan to her great grandma Marie. We spent the first night with Cousin Jenn and Dave Killpack and their children. Megan and Kolston had a great time getting rides in the jeep while Laney drove. They ran the battery completely out. Here's Laney pushing them home.

Jillian , Megan, and Laney hanging out on the couch on Sunday morning. Megan just loved having cousins to play with. We still hear all about "my cousins."Sunday morning we were able to make a quick trip to Great Uncle Ken and Sue's place for a great breakfast and a quick visit with great aunts Ruth and Beth, and great uncle Mark. Megan's favorite activity was helping great aunt Sue water all the fires. Thanks to great uncle Bob for the lovely accomodations at the resorts in Branson. It was wonderful to see the Glandons and have a place to just hang out and catch up. Here's Megan and Kolston catching a ride on Kelda and Laney. We took a trip to the fish hatchery and took turns creating feeding frenzies in the tanks. Grandpa helped Megan learn how to play pinball. We took a scenic train ride to Arkansas and back. Here are all of Megans youngest cousins Kelda, Laney, Jillian, Kolston, and Cassie. Megan took turns sitting with everyone and playing with the toy train farther down in the car. Megan and Kolston got along very well for a couple of toddlers year olds.

We also visited the butterfly palace. Megan was very excited to have a butterfly on her arm and she told everyone all about it when she got back to her school.

The weather was a little chilly but we took advantage of the pool whenever we could.

Grandpa Joe and Great Grandma Marie. She looked great. I only wish she could remember her wonderful party.

Here is Grandma Marsie with all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

In Mid May David and Megan took a trip together to New York to go to her Uncle Michael's graduation from Columbia Law. It was Megan's first car trip alone with daddy. She did great in the car for daddy.

Here she is with Auntie Seung-a. She's in her dress that Halmuhni bought years ago when daddy and uncle Mike were still little. She was sad that Halmuhni and Halabuhgi weren't able to come.

Congratulations Uncle Michael.

Daddy and Megan had fun together exploring the city. They hit some of the highlights at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central park. Here's megan posing in the Egyptian wing.

The armor hall was also fun.

Megan recognized some of the paintings from her little Einsteins videos and her Olivia book. Central Park.

Megan went to the playground and wore uncle Michael out.

In the past week we've been starting to pack up the house. Megan likes to play jack in the box and sing Pop Goes the Weasel.

Megan was singing in her high chair this morning and I got her to do a repeat performance for the camera.

February, March, April Update

2009-05-19T17:54:00.009-05:00

Late February School was closed for a couple days due to snow. Actually it was a little rediculous- it was only four to six inches of snow but school was closed for two days and started late on the third. Anyway Megan had a great time playing out in the snow both on our balcony and in the common area. When the snow started to melt we actually went out and made 2 foot tall snowman, but I didn't have the camera with me.
Just goofing around.

Megan did this spontaneously, I'm not sure I even knew I was pregnant at the time.

In March we took a trip to New York to visit Chagun Ohma and Chagun Ahpa. We had a wonderful visit as always although I'm afraid we wore auntie Seung-a out a bit. Here they are resting after chasing Megan around the Children's Museaum of Manhattan.

I loved the giant Lite Brite and Megan kind of liked it too.

David and I took shameless advantage of our long suffering sister-in-law and took in both a Broadway show (Billy Elliot- highly recommended!!!) and the Daily Show(Which was Thanks again Chagun Ohma!

No visit to New York with a toddler would be complete without a visit to FAO Schwartz. Megan was enthralled with the Barbie fashion show.

The giant piano was also fun.

Dinner out with mommy and daddy.

We packed alot into our visit, including a trip to the Bronx Zoo.

Of course we stopped at the carousel.

Daddy took Megan out for a walk one morning so I could sleep in. Love you honey.

Great Aunt Barbie was in town for a conference and we were able to meat for dinner before heading to the National Mall to see the WWII memorial. Sadly David was not feeling well and couldn't join us. On Easter (April now) Megan and I made a quick trip to Ohio. It was wonderful seeing some of mom's family. Megan enjoyed painting and dying easter eggs. All the cracked shell just made the deviled eggs extra coloful for Easter dinner. It was cute watching Megan try to carry all of her Easter baskets at once. She must have spent an hour sorting eggs from one basket to another.

Megan's first Easter egg hunt. (Well ok maybe the second, I think they had one at school, but I missed that one and I'm pretty sure we didn't have one last year.) Of course the only picture I took Megan has her eyes closed.

AJ hunting eggs.

Here are the juvenile delinquents who engaged in an extended plastic easter egg fight on the front lawn after the kids finished their egg hunt. I would have joined in but I'd been sick and it was cold out there.Megan played Angel with grandpa. This was a close as we could get to getting a picture of the two of them with grandma. On a rainy day we took off for Chuck E Cheese for greasy pizza and kiddie games. The horse ride and the roller coaster simulator(next photo) were the biggest hits.

Visis from Lisa, Brian and AJ

2009-02-15T17:58:00.009-06:00

After some late night adventures on the road (flat tire), Lisa, Brian and AJ arrived safely for their first visit with us in DC.

Megan opened her Valentine's gift from grandma and played with it while waiting for AJ to wake up in the morning. The cousins seemed very excited to see each other and spent a long time playing basketball and chasing each other around our apartment. For a couple of two year olds they played together pretty well- but thank goodness we had 2 balls.

In the afternoon, we took them to the playground. Megan showed AJ how to go down the tube slide. AJ went down with his daddy first but then had a great time going down by himself. They also enjoyed the teeter totter, sandbox and other slides.

Too Cute for words.

Later that night they played with Megan's doll house together. Here they are saying cheese for the camera.
No collection of photos would be complete without the bathtub shot. They had so many toys piled in the tub there was barely enough room to rinse them.

Playing on the bed after bathtime.

On the second day of the visit we took the subway to the national mall. We visited the Natural History and American History museums then had an early dinner at the Dubliner downtown before returning home to play a little more.

Here we are embarrasing David by taking pictures on the subway like a bunch of tourists.

We bundled up and walked down to the world war II memorial while we were waiting on the museums to open.

This is the picture of the six of us that Grandma Bonnie ordered.

Our first stop at the museum was the dinosours as always. Megan requested that we see the butterfly exhibit. We didn't have andy land on us this time.

I wish we lived closer so that we could visit together more often. We had a wonderful time and we miss you already.

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

2009-02-11T18:24:00.005-06:00

Grandma and Grandpa braved the snow and ice about 10 days ago and came for a visit. We had a fun filled weekend hanging out at home, playing outside and going to some of the museums. Megan always enjoys having extra people around to entertain and play with her. We topped off the visit with a wonderful dinner at Carlyle- yummy.

Because its been so cold lately and we haven't been outside much, Daddy went out and got a basketball hoop so we can run off sum energy indoors. Daddy also braved the "pink" isle at the toystore and picked up a fairy outfit. Here's Megan enjoying both of her new acquisitions.

On the weekend we went to the American History Museum. We alternated more "adult" exhibits with the ones more suited for kids Just hangin out at home.

Grandma and Grandpa and Megan had an art festival at the kitchen table.

The dragon puppet from great aunt Barbie likes to chase Megand and eat Mommy's hair.

We miss you.

Christmas Festivities

2009-01-19T13:43:00.009-06:00

We had a wonderful Christmas at home this year with David's family. David, Megan, and I got the season started right after Thanksgiving when we all decorated our Christmas Tree. This was the first year Megan seemed to understand what Santa Claus was all about, but since we can barely get her to smile for pictures at home we didn't even try for a picture on Santa's Lap. Here's oure tree on Christmas Morning. David's Brother and his wife joined us early in the week and helped make and decorate the Christmas cookies. They were wonderful enough to come early and stay late to help us out with daycare issues during the holiday season. Megan did a great job cutting out cookies all by herself.

Megan played with the toys from her stocking while waiting for the rest of us to get ready. The cheap microphone was a big hit with our little songbird.

Uncle Michael helped unwrap all the crazy packaging from the toys.

Megan loved all of her presents.

After opening all the presents and assembling all the little pieces it was time to play.

Megan has always been a camera queen.

After Charistmas we took in the Natural History Museum. Megan enjoyed alot of the exhibits, but unfortunately fell asleep before we got to the dinosaurs.

At the museum we took in the butterfly exhibit. Megan liked the butterflies, but was scared by the misters that kept the humidity above 80 percent.

This is a Zebra butterfly. Megan also learned to spot tiger and monarch butterflies.
One butterfly landed on a girls hand and she passed it to halabuhji.

The weekend after Christmas we took a trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

Megan still loves the fish. This time she also took in some of the birds in the Austrailia exhibit.

After the Aquarium we took a walk around the harbor and then had an early dinner at a nice sushi restaurant.
Megan had a great time chasing pigeons around the sidewalk.

Halmuhni celebrated her 60th birthday with us at New Years. We had a nice dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Megan was very well behaved. (This time.)

At home we had a Mrs. Blue's Chocolate Cake and more fun, but I think everyone was in bed long before midnight.

After Halmuhni and Halabuhji headed off to California, Aunt Seung-a and uncle Michael hung around to play for a few more days.

The house seemed very empty once everyone left.

Christmas Vacation in Orlando

2008-12-19T15:21:00.008-06:00

David was so excited about our trip that he actually posted the pictures yesterday, but its still my job to add the text soooo.... here we go.

Last weekend the three of us took off for Orlando for our very first Hyun family vacation. We were all very excited to escape the dreary DC weather and get in a little fun in the sun.

Megan took a short nap on the plane, so when we landed we headed straight for Sea World. Sea World was probably my favorite stop on the trip. We took in three different shows, the Dolphin/ Whale show was great, the sea lion show was cheesy but fun, and I must say the Shamoo "extravaganza" at the end of the night was a little disappointing- I expected more whale and less light show, plus the music was VERY loud. Megan waited for all shows patiently and watched them all intently. She still talks about how the dolphins and that "silly Shamoo" splashed everyone and how everyone got all wet. (Not us it wasn't that warm that day so we stayed out of the splash zone. My favorite thing was watching the baby dolphins.

Here's Megan at Sea World. Yes she is actually almost smiling in a photograph. We watched the Dolphing swim under water for a long time.

No visit to an amusement park would be complete without at least one ride on the Carousel.

We stayed at one of the Disney resort hotels. We checked in around 9PM and Megan got a second wind. She was very excited about the puppies on thae wall. Turning the star lights on and off was also great fun, and sleeping with mommy and daddy is the best. She was so tired after each day we didn't have any trouble getting her to sleep.

There were two huge dalmations outside our hotel building and one small puppy watching TV. Megan patted his nose and I think broke out into a round of Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer.
On the Second day of our trip we started out at Animal Kingdom we went on the Safari first thing to avoid long lines and to see all the animals when they were actually awake. The safari is sort of like taking a jeep ride through a nice zoo, except most of the fences are very well disguised and some of the animal can walk right up to the truck. We got up close and personal with a rhinocerous, and an Ostrich held up the whole ride for several minutes when it engaged in a standoff with the jeep in the middle of the road.

The infamous Ostrich.

After the safari we wandered around a little, had lunch and then took off for Epcot. We really only took in the Nemo exhibit-formerly the Seas. The rest of epcot isn't really that two year old friendly. We finished the second day off at Hollywood studios and took in their evening lights and fireworks show. This one was better than the Shamoo show but Disney seriously needs to think about turning down the volume a little- I know this makes me sound old, but seriously- my ears were practically ringing afterwards.
A nice park photographer took a shot of us in front of the tree of life, when we went back to the Animal Kingdom the morning of our last day of vacation. Megan called it our "cation." That morning we took in the Finding Nemo show. Its a half hour musical that was very well done. I think it was done by the same people that did the Lion King musical.

On this second trip to Animal Kingdom we went to get pictures with some of the characters, Megan had practice the day before with Mini and Mickey ( see below) so it went pretty well this time. She seems to be less afaid of the female characters.

Ok well, in typical Megan fashion she didn't smile until after the pictures were taken and we were leaving the area. We got big smiles and a giggle then, so we know she liked meeting the characters and getting her picture taken you just can't tell it from the actual pictures.

Daisy Duck.

We spent the third day and the afternoon of our last day at the Magic Kingdom. Megan's favorite ride was Dumbo-which she only got to ride once each day because we waited the longest in this line- there was no fast pass. The other favorite ride was the Carousel (of course) and we rode that several times each day because it had the shortest line. We also went on Peter Pan, Small World, Pooh, and the race cars- Megan drove....I think that's about it. Megan warmed up to these rides more on the second day. Oddly Megan was more afraid the first time we rode on the Winnie the Pooh ride the she was the first time we did the Buzz Light ride. Hmmm.... Cuddly bear vs shooting aliens- go figure.

Again no smile- I promise she loved this ride.The tea cups were also a big hit- mommy had to sit this one out.

We stopped to rest for David and I and let Megan play at Pooh's treehouse. Its nice to get to have someone push you around in a stroller so you can conserve your energy for thing that are more fun than just walking from place to place.

Here we are at Mickey's House checking out his backyard garden.

This was our first character encounter. Megan hugged Mini but was afraid of Mickey.

We climbed up through the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House.

We stayed for the new Magic Kingdom light parade and fireworks, and enjoyed both

We did some shopping on the last day and Megan decided on a pair of Mini mouse ears. All in all we had a great vacation and Megan summed it up best. When we told her it was time to go home she cried and said "want cation more."

Halloween Festivities

2008-11-02T12:33:00.008-06:00

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Fall Festival at Cox farms. The make tons of Kettle corn and have all kinds of hay slides, hayrides, goat petting area, corn maze, milking demonstrations, live music and other things. We had a good time even if it was a bit chilly out. Oh yeah, they also had pony rides. wooo hooo!
Megan was afraid to go down by herself- they were rather long slides- but she loved going down with mommy and daddy.

At the end of the day we each got out own mini pumkin.

Here's Mommy and Megan on the barn slide. There were pigs, sheep, turkeys, and chickens to look at while you waited in line, not to mention te hundreds of rubber snakes, spiders, bugs, frogs and other creatures nailed to the walls and roof. Megan had to touch one of the ladybugs everytime we went up. I think I had as much fun as Megan.We had a trial run with the costume da few days before Halloween, we'd already had to take one costume back.I had Halloween off so I spent the day with Megan at her school helping with all of the festivities. In the morning we had a big parade. The kids were all adorable in their outfits. In Megan's room the girls were all fairies, angels or mermaids, and the boys were all pirates or superheros.

Here's my little angel on the swings at school.

Craft time. What a mess.

These two were just too cute. "Look mommy."

Mmmmmm, snacktime. The mini cupcakes disappared icing side first.

Mr. Tom aka Clark Kent, is one of Megan's favorite teachers. He works in the baby room, but Megan visits almost every day. She often talks about wanting to see the babies on the way to school. Hmmm think she's ready for a sibling????

This is Megan's good friend Alice. They're playing ring aroud the rosie.

After Megan's party at school we headed over to the Palmers' for dinner and trick-or-treat. Emily is one of my partners at work. She has a 6 month old Ann who is already crawling, a 2 year old Ruth who talks at least as well as Megan, and a 4 year old Charles. They all dressed up as characters from Peter Pan. Megan and I were an Angel and a Devil. Unfortunately this is the only photo I got of the two of us together. Emily took a couple, I'll have to get a copy to post later. We had a great time. Its always more fun to trick-or-treat in a group. Unfortunately Daddy had to work late and couldn't join us. We missed you daddy.
Here are the adorable trick-or-treaters all ready to head out. No we couldn't get them to stand up and all look at the camera at the same time.

Here's the whole group. My partner Emily is dressed as Wendy and her husband Brett is Captain Hook.

Brett had glow sticks for the kids so the cars could see them after dark. Megan thought her glow necklass was the greatest.

Today we went to Great Falls Park just north of the city. Its along the Potoamac river and there are remnants of a canal that used to bypass the waterfalls. The trees were gorgeous and it was a beautiful day to be outside. Megan was a great little hiker. Here she's found a hollow tree trunk to play inside. She was only a little disappointed that there weren't any slides. Great Falls.

Munching on grapes during our walk.

This could have been a great shot, too bad about the wind and our hair.

Megan climbed every "mountain" she could. Daddy helped.

Augustseptemberoctober update.

2008-10-16T20:09:00.009-05:00

Ok OK, I know its been a long time since I updated the blog, but hey we've been busy. Most recently we have sold our house in Houston and are now happily non-homeowners. Here is a selection of other happenings from August through October.

Halmuhni, Halabuhgi, Chagunohma and Chagunahpa came to visit. We had a full house and a wonderful time. Halmuhni arrived first and we took her on a trip to the zoo. Here we are at the children's "farm."
David's parents treated us to wonderful dinners at Peking Dynasty and one of the local Korean resaurants

Halmuhni caught some pictures of Megan trying to climb a tree.
Chillin on the porch after their walk.
Uncle Michael and Aunt Seunga had to sleep in our living room. Megan thought having a bed on the floor was just great.We took a trip to the Air and Space museum- which was very interesting. We had a great time.We even squeezed in a visit with great uncle Ken between the grandparents' visits.
At the end of August Mom and Dad came to visit. Other than the stroller incident we had a great time. Grandma stepped into the path of the stroller and was run down on out trip to the National Mall, but several nice passers by offered bandaids and luckily there were no major injuries. Here are a few pictures from their visit.
We took advantage of the few last warm days of summer to go for a swim.Here we are at the scene of the stroller crime. Sorry grandma. Ok so Bob Dole was out shaking hands and we decided to wait and have out picture taken with him for Brian's sake. We took mom and dad to the same Chinese resaurant we went to with David's parents. Mmmmm yummy. We decided to dress Megan up for the occaision. We rarely use her dresses. Two weekends ago we went down to Williamsburg to the Great Bear Lodge and indoor water park. Megan had a great time sleeping in her own "tent room." It was good to get away for a weekend of fun.
Here is Megan in her bunk bed. She slept there very well while David and I stayed up watching television. Having that partially walled off area for the kids is a great idea.
This is the kiddie are where we spent most of our time. Notice the orange slide in the background. I think Megan spent a solid 45 minutes doing nothing but climbing up the stairs and sliding down that slide.
The green lifevest was great for when we went into the deeper pool. Megan "swam" around and felt like a big girl. She liked the vest so much that she wouldn't take it off even when we stayed in the kiddie area.
Don't let the face fool you- she's having a great time. Did I mention she went down the slide ALOT.

This past weekend we went to the zoo. We went early to avoid the crowds at the giant panda exhibit. Megan really loves her animals.

Happy Second Birthday Megan

2008-08-03T14:04:00.006-05:00

For Megan's Second Birthday we took her to the Aquarium in Baltimore. Its a huge 3 building aquarium. We didn't get to see the dolphin show (One had given birth that morning so the shows were cancelled) but we did enjoy all of ther other exhibits. We didn't get a good picture of it but there was a large pool that had some seriously huge sting rays.

Megan recieved her big present from mommy and daddy a little early. We finally got her the tricycle she's been wanting for months. Of course she can't peddle on her own yet so we had to get the kind that parents can push and steer from the back. She thinks she's hot stuff.

On Megan's actual Birthday mommy worked all day, but we had cake and a few smaller presents that evening.
She almost got that candle out on her own.

Megan used her fork to eat the chocolate icing off her cake, leaving the actual cake behind. Yumm Yummm!

Megan has gotten very good at opening her presents. She hardly needs any help anymore.
The Birthday Princess.
The giant star balloon with happy birthday written on it was a dud it only stayed inflated for a day but the butterfly was a big hit. It lasted almost a week
There is a park with a huge playground that is designed to accomodate disabled children in one of the nearby cities. It has a huge playground. Megan has been there 4 times this week. 3 times with daddy while mommy had orientation and first day of work and once today with both of us. She has a great time running from one piece of equipment to another. This morning was gorgeous with cool breezes sunshine and reletively low humidity. It was nice to get out of the house for a few hours. Megan insists on climbing on and off all the toys by herself. She's even started climbing into the car and getting up in her car seat all by herself.
We ride the Carosel at least twice every time we visit the park.

The Columbus Zoo, Camp Bountiful, Fourth of July and Early Birthday celebrations

2008-07-18T12:32:00.013-05:00

Megan and I had a wonderful visit to Ohio recently. We took advantage of my having some time before starting my new job and spent 2 weeks.

Uncle Eric took some time off after we first arrived and we took Megan to the Columbus Zoo. I think we all had a really good time.
At the zoo Megan loved watching the otters. When we went through the gift shop Megan picked out a present from her uncle. Otter went everywhere with her for the next 2 weeks.
Back at Grandmas house one of Megans favorite activities was going out to grandma's garden to pick peas.
Grandpa filled up their little pool and played with Megan.
Great Aunt Ruth heled us dry off after spashing around.

On our second day Eric and Grandma and I went to COSI with Megan. It will be better for her when she's a little older. A few days after we arrived in Ohio, we headed for Camp Bountiful. We both had a great time. Megan stayed there with the family while I went back to Houston to work for my last 2 days. We definately missed having extra hands around to chase toddlers when Barbie, Ruth, Eric, and Tommy left after the weekend.

We really wore Megan out every day running and playing. She pretty much passed out for her nap at lunchtime, most days before we could get her back to the cabin.
Getting to sleep next to Mommy was big fun for Megan.

AJ really doesn't sit down all day long. He's always on the move. Here he is in front of our Cabin.

New Skill for the week- drinking from water fountain.
AJ and Megan playing on the peace patio. Grandpa spent alot of time at the playground with AJ and Megan.
Playdough time in the cabin.
Breakfast.
Lisa and AJ.
Thank goodness for the strollers. This was a common sight all week at camp.
Singing and dancing with the other kids.
She enjoyed craft time so much that now we have to paint and "do beads" at home everyday.
Megan enjoyed playing outside in the rain with grandpa one afternoon.

Megan and grandma at the shelter house.After coming home from camp we had a quiet fourth of July. Megan and AJ both loved watching all the tractors and firetrucks in the parade. Megan didn't make it to the fireworks this year, she was too worn out.

"Higher great aunt Beth higher." Megan very much enjoyed having a swing in grandma's backyard.
"Ahhh I can't see."
Megan loves to feed the birds with grandpa. She asked t do it almost every day.
We had a lovely joint Birthday party with Uncle Eric. We especially loved getting to see so many family members. We wish we could see you more often. I think Megan and Emma look quite a bit alike, maybe its just their coloring.

Uncle Eric helped Megan blow out her birthday candle.
Megan helped Uncle Eric open his presents.
Thank you to everyone for the lovely gifts and cards.

Faster uncle Eric, I want to play with Rocket NOW!!!

Megan played with rocket on the deck while everyone else participated in a corn hole tournement.
Aunt Lisa and Megan chillen on the deck stairs.
AJ filled Megan's cup and she dumped the water into the pool.
Thanks Aunt Barbie, Uncle Larry and Christine for letting us play on your cool rocking horse.
One of our last treats before heading off to Virginia. Grater's icecream. "YUM!" Megan shared with grandpa and mommy.

AJ enjoyed some too. After ice cream the children needed a bath.Cuddle time with grandma after her bath. We miss you.

May Update

2008-06-13T10:17:00.007-05:00

Well I haven't posted any pictures in awhile because we haven't really been taking any, but thanks to a visit from Halmuhni we now have lots of cute pictures to share. David's mom came to stay with us for a week. Unfortunately David and I both had to work much of the time, but Halmuhni and Megan got in lots of good bonding time.Megan loves to go outside to "play in water". She also likes to help put her sunscreen on and she makes sure you don't miss any spots."Helping" mommy fill the pool Just being cute.
Lounging in the pool to escape the Houston heat.
Here's Megan playing naptime. Too bad real naptime isn't this smooth.Megan lines up her Sesame Steeet characters for play naptime. She pats them all on their backs and covers thim up. Notice everyone sleeps on their tummies.
When the heat breaks a little we still try to get to the park for some fun.

The mulch provides almost as much entertainment as the playground equipment.

" Yeah, daddy's going to take me down the big slide. "

Here are some more photos from the visit.

Playing peek-a-boo with the shower curtain.
Dancing with Daddy before bed.

Grandma and Grandpa visit

2008-03-28T19:40:00.006-06:00

Once they dug themselves out of the snow and actually got to Houston, we had a great time with grandma and grandpa. The rodeo is a big deal down here- sort of like a state fair. I'd never been, so we went. It was an experience. Ask me about the pig races and mutton busting some time.

Megan's favorite was the petting zoo and pony ride.

Despite her expression, she really was having a good time. The other day on the way home from school she was talking about it. "ride horsey, OK." (When she says OK that means she's asking if we can do something and answering yes for me.) She was quite upset when we got home and there was no horsey for her to ride.

The weather was good for most of the week, and Megan got to spend alot of time outside with grandma and grandpa. Megan loves her new baby pool.

Megan's friend Cannon traded toys with her and walked all around the block with us. Just don't tell Cannon's daddy.We sponge painted eggs. I highly recommend sponging eggs for Katie and Lisa next year. Megan could actually decorate them herself this way.

The wildlife refuge was very "winny" (windy in Megan speak). Grandma, Grandpa, and Megan enjoyed looking at the birds.

Daddy just got eaten alive by mosquitos.It was a good last day before grandma and grandpa had to go home. Ok the following are just random bits of cuteness from the past couple of months when I wasn't posing regularly.

Halmuhni and Halabuhji Visit

2008-03-27T10:31:00.012-06:00

OK OK I know its been forever since I updated the blog. I've been crazy busy with flying to DC twice, job hunting, house hunting etc. The good news is David and I both have jobs and we have a place to live next year.

While I was away the first time David's parents visited. I was sorry I didn't get to see them very much. Here are some pictures from their visit.

"Sing, sing a song, sing out loud...."

Having grandparents around always means more trips to the park, YEAH!

"Stop taking pictures and push the swing already," says Megan

Finally, swininging.

Ok, this is a scream of joy not terror.... really.

Megan loves to climb on the "rope bridge" which is actually metal, but still bounces. Some of the 2 and 3 year olds still won't walk on it because it moves, but Megan likes to get in the middle and bounce up and down on purpose.

These days, Megan can really make that Zebra BOUNCE.

While I was away the family took a trip to the zoo. They tell me that Megan was very cute making monkey sounds. The Giraffes were another favorite.

Christmas

2008-01-11T13:11:00.001-06:00

We had a great visit to Ohio for Christmas. It was nice to finally be able to stay for a whole week. Here's Megan posing in her new Christmas dress. Thank you halmuhni.

Megan entertained herself, as well as mommy and daddy, by riding the people movers over and over and over again. Each time she caught sight of daddy she waved and blew kisses. She was pretty good at getting on and off, almost by herself, after about an hour of practice. Well grandma had them both on her lap for a minute, but not long enough to get the camera.
Sorry about the pink PJs AJ, but that's what happens when you have to borrow from your cousin. Don't worry, you still don't look like a girl.
Megan helped grandma cut out Christmas cookies and ice them. Once she tasted the icing it mostly went in her mouth instead of on the cookies.

Megan may not be used to the cold, but she still loved playing outside with her grandpa. She was a big help carrying the luminere's.
Megan and AJ- ah the few peaceful moments together before the battle over toys commences.
By the end of the morning, Megan was getting the hang of opening packages.
I think she spent at least 3 hours pushing her baby around grandma's house the first day. Here she is also trailing those ducks. Thanks grandma :-]

The boys enjoyed a round of games.
Grandpa with his babies.
The Fegans and their spoils from the Chinese gift exchange.
Here we are sneaking the babies back to our side of the hall after the gift exchange.
More cousin bonding.

Megan loved splashing in the fountains.
She wore herself out going down the water slides over and over and over again.
AJ splashing in the fountain
We miss you.

Thanksgiving.

2008-01-11T12:43:00.000-06:00

Well, mommy worked for Thanksgiving so we didn't do anything exciting on the acutal day. I did Brine and cook a Turkey over the weekend. It was a lot of work but the turkey came out well, not sure I'd make the apple cider gravy again. It was a little odd.

Just after Thanksgiving Halmuhni came to visit. We had a very lovely visit. Megan loved her new MP3 player and Kitchen that she got early since we wouldn't see David's parents at Christmas. Megan can already turn on her player and select the song she wants. Here she's thinking- "you're not going to make me stop playing with this are you?"The weather was nice so we went "ousieee" to play. We must have watched Megan chase bubbles for an hour.

Megan tries very hard to blow bubbles, but so far she's only managed 1 or 2 at a time.

Here's Megan at her table coloring with daddy.

Our big girl likes to pretend to blow her nose. This was taken after she destroyed a roll of toilette paper.

We miss you already.

New York, New York

2007-11-10T18:01:00.001-06:00

We had a great time visiting uncle Michael and aunt Seung-a in New York city last weekend. We all had a great time. Mommy and Daddy were especially grateful to her aunt and uncle for letting us go out to dinner and a show on Monday night and to a movie on Tuesday. We saw Avenue Q and American Gangster. We highly recommend both.

Megan had her own seat on the plane for the first time. She was quite the busy body and we definitely needed the extra space to keep her entertained.
We vistedd the natural history museum. Megan loved the dinosaur bones.

She didn't enjoy getting her picture taken in the giant oyster shell.
Uncle Michael was a big hit, he let Megan play with his laptop.

We took a long walk through central park. We didn't know it was the day of the New York City Marathon so we had to take a big detour to find an open entrance. The people in th background are watching the marathon.
The Central park zoo was small, but very well done and we all enjoyed our visit.

Another shot of the Marathon. Megan was a bit fussier than usual so we took her downstairs to the rec room and "played pool."
Megan slept through the best breakfast ever at Norma's.
We also went to the MOMA.

We had to take a picture in front of a painting of Megan's favorite animal sound.

What does the doggy say Megan...."oof, oof."

No trip to NYC with a 15 month old would be complete without a trip to the giant Toys R Us. We also visited FAO Scwartz.
Here's Megan and Aunt Seung-a on our last day.

Halloween

2007-10-31T18:49:00.000-06:00

Megan's first Trick-or-Treat was a mixed bag. She loved getting dressed up in her fancy witch outfit and waving her good witch wand. She even wore her hat for quite awhile. Here we are getting ready to head out. We started at around six o'clock so it would still be light outside.

Here we are heading across the street to the neighbors house to get some candy. This is looking like it might be fun.
Here we are across the street at Leslie and Wesley's. (We have several sets of rhyming neighbors.) She was a little timid, but she knows Leslie so things went OK.
We came back across the street and checked out our loot. Some of the neighbor boys from down the street came to give her some candy and then we tried one more house. Unfortunately any time anyone else put anything in her pumpkin- even when it was another little kid- she erupted into tears. So, we came home in trick-or-treat disgrace to pass out candy on the porch.Around seven, Megan was ready to go back inside and we took a nice bath, which she enjoyed, and then we got ready for bed.

October Fun

2007-10-22T12:52:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I haven't been very active on the blog site this month. We haven't been doing anything special lately, but the grandparents are all complaining so..... here are a few of Megan's most recent antics.

She's started getting into my pots and pans. Most of the time she actually puts them back when she's done. In this picture, I think she's actually trying to smile for the camera.

She loves to run around the house with her ball popper. She runs from the door to the family room to her bedroom to see how fast she can make it pop.
My girl still likes to play with the telephone. Recently she's been picking it up and saying hello- well more like "O-Ooh." She also starting to talk back to the person on the phone instead of just listening. The other day I got her to tell grandma Bonnie all the animal sounds on the phone.
Megan gives her Valentine puppy and other stuffed animals hugs and kisses.
This weekend we did go to the children's museum. Megan loved the watching the baby chicks and pretending to shop at the grocery store and go fishing.

She'g gotten pretty good at eating with a spoon, when she's not just playing around.

Megan loves going outside and on wagon rides. Thank goodness its finally starting to cool off enough to take her out to play.
What girl can resist trying on mommy's shoes.

Nicole's Wedding

2007-09-19T12:26:00.001-05:00

We had a great time with the family in Colorado. I wish there had been more time to just hang out with the family. Here's Megan and I all dressed up.Megan started practicing her moves WAY before the reception began. Here's the whole Glandon, Sauer, Hyun group.

It was fun having all the babies together.Here she is, the dancing queen herself. She really was having fun dispite the sour look.Aawwww.......Dancing with daddy.
Megan had the best time on the train ride. She learned to say choo choo, which came out more like ch ch ch, and even did the arm motions.
Lisa, Brian and AJ
Rare photograph of Eric Glandon.
Megan kept grandma very busy on the train.The view from the top was spectacular, but I don't know how Larry and Dad hiked all the way down. Most of us couldn't catch our breath just walking aroun a little at the top.
Grandpa and his babies.
Grandma and Megan playing.
Megan tried to steal AJ's socks. Later in the week he returned the favor.

Megan Loved going hiking outside with grandma and grandpa .

Visit from the Grandparents

2007-08-14T13:53:00.000-05:00

We had a wonderful visit from mom and dad over the weekend. We spent most of our time at the pool or hanging around the house. We did make trips to the mall and to the Downtown Aquarium. The Aquarium was rather crowded, but Megan does love the fish.

It was grandma's turn to spend hours reading to Megan. Barbie-the everything book is still the favorite (and now showing it in wear and tear). Grandma swears she says Cock-a doodle doo, moo, bow-wow-wow, and lots of other things when she reads to her. Grandpa and I weren't as sure.

Grandma and grandpa did most of the baby care duties for the weekend- which was just fine with mommy. Notice grandpa's shoes- Megan picked them out for him to wear. (Sorry I can't figure out how to rotate this picture.)

Whether popsicles or cereal- a great time was had by all at mealtime.

We tried on Megan's birthday dress briefly for grandma and grandpa.

Megan went on the carousel at the aquarium with grandma.

Here are a few more photos from out trip to the aquarium.

It was hard to say goodby, but at least this time its only for a few weeks instead of a months.

Megan's Birthday in San Francisco

2007-08-06T19:12:00.000-05:00

We had a wonderful visit with David's parents in San Francisco. The weather was gorgeous. David's parents threw an elaborate birthday party for Megan on Saturday complete with American and Korean traditions. I can't wait to see the photos from the professional photographer. Megan spent lots of time with her halmuhni and halabuhji, and mommy and daddy got to spend some time together touring San Francisco and Carmel. We spent the night at a nice little hotel in Carmel and took in all the shops and scenery. Daddy and even managed to get in a movie during out trip.

Megan was a little shy at first but she soon warmed up to her grandparents and had a great time showing off her waving, peek-a-boo, clapping, and sign language skills. Here we are at the mall having coffee before some shopping. Mommy, daddy and halabuhji spent Friday evening blowing up 100 ballooons for Megan's Birthday party. Halmuhni was busy preparing food for the party.

Megan wore her traditional outfit for the photos and the first hour of the party, then she changed into another dress for lunch and cake. We had a chocolate orange almond cake that everyone thought was fabulous. Megan enjoyed it as well.

Aunt Seung-a was an instant favorite with Megan.
David and I escaped to Carmel with Seung-a and Michael for some adult bonding time.

This is the hotel we stayed in and the beach nearby. The water was icy cold, but after the Houston heat we didn't mind a little chill.

Megan did very well her first night away from mommy and daddy. We were sorry the visit was over so quickly.

4th of July

2007-07-05T12:22:00.000-05:00

Our Little family had a very nice fourth of July. We grilled brauts and ate potato salad, fruit salad, and beans for Lunch. In the evening we went to the local 4th of July festival. There were a few carnival rides, face painting, live music, and fireworks. Its been raining all week, but we managed to stay dry long enough to enjoy all the fun. Megan had a great time- well except for the part where we had to wait 30 minutes to get out of the parking lot when it was already way past her bedtime. Here are some of the highlights from the day.

Megan helped herself to a box of Cheerios while David and I were getting lunch ready. David and I wondered why she was sitting and playing in the same spot for so long. Guess she was hungry.

This was Megan's first Carousel ride. She likes the elephants at the zoo so we chose the elephant.

On her second ride she was quite the little princess waving to the crowd as we went round and round.

Megan loves fish- so we had Nemo put on her arm (where she could see it). She wasn't too sure about what was going on at first, but she sat still.

Closeup of Nemo

After we got tired of the Carnival, we found a nice place on the field to spread out our blanket, eat goldfish, drink milk, and listen to music.

Megan still loves to dance. She boogied to the music with daddy for a long time.

Megan wasn't afraid of the fireworks at all. She really watched most of the show. Here we are lit up by the fireworks.

Megan's Walking

2007-06-26T19:07:00.000-05:00

Megan's First Steps

OK so these aren't really Megan's very first steps, but the camera wasn't rolling that day. She took a step or two starting about two weeks ago, and now she's starting to put several together.
She can also bend down from standing to squating then sit down without just plopping on her butt, although she does that too sometimes.

I think you have to download the video to your computer to watch it. Hope it doesn't take too long. Will have to see if we can imbed the video from another website later. Just click on the link at the top of this message.

I can't believe how big my little girl is getting. She says Mama and Dada and tries to say fish, book and milk. She's also learning some sign language. Aunt Barbie The Everything Book is her absolute favorite. She loves to turn the pages over and over and over again. She'll sit on my lap and look at that book for about 15 minutes which is pretty long for an 11 month old.

Fathers Day

2007-06-21T19:27:00.000-05:00

For Fathers Day we out for lunch, and then wewent to the Downtown Aquarium. Megan loves fish. She even tries to do the sign for fish. Later we restarted our aquarium at home. We have a Pearl Gourami, a small Blood Parrotfish, and two Clown Loaches.

A great visit from Great Aunt Beth

2007-06-09T21:50:00.001-05:00

We had a wonderful visit from Auntie Bethie. The weather was great so we went to the zoo. Our favorite was the baby Elephant.

Here is Megan sporting her first ever souvenier. (Where is the spell check when you need it?) Its a very cute Houston Zoo baseball cap. Even though she has her daddy's big noggin she'll have to grow into this one a little.

Daddy and Megan go to San Francisco

2007-06-09T21:28:00.000-05:00

Megan and Daddy went to San Franscisco without mommy for 5 whole days. Megan was so good on the plane that two different people came and told Mommy how good Megan was and what a good Daddy she has. Megan loves her Halmuhni and Halabuhji.

Megan loves to give kisses. You can't see it here but we definately need to teach her not to stick her tongue out when she gives them.
Megan with Halmuhni and Halabuhji at the beach and the botanical gardens.
Megan and Daddy loved the Penguins at the Aquarium

Megan's Favorites

2007-06-09T21:19:00.000-05:00

Playing Peek-a-Boo from around the doorway.

Singing, dancing, and clapping along to music.

Walking behind my toy.

Making a mess at dinnertime.

Playing with puppy. Megan picked this one out herself at the toystore, but the one she saw first was only in Spanish. (Houston you know.) So we looked all around and finally climbed up on a chair to reach for one that was in English.

Our Trip to Ohio to meet AJ

2007-06-09T21:03:00.000-05:00

Here he is- the man, the myth, the legend- AJ Sauer.

I love my grandma and grandpa Glandon.

Wrestling with uncle Eric at the park.

Hanging with aunt Lisa in the hammock at grandma's.

Not sure about thew whole swing thing- of course she was on her way to getting her first fever.

Trying out the Blog thing.

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Well I created this blog back in April but never really posted anything. I'm trying again.

Megan is, of course, the light of out lives. She went to her first birthday party today and saw her first clown. She wasn't very impressed, but at least she didn't cry. After we got home, David and I spent the afternoon building towers of blocks. Megan had a great time knocking them all down.

Megan also loves to sit on my lap and read her books. She also loves to dance and clap to music. She has figured out that pushing buttons and turning knobs on our stereo will make her music come on and get really LOUD.

Well now to see if I can figure out how to add pictures to this thing. Well had them and lost them will try again.

Love you all. Angela