Happy Halloween from Wendy, Peter, Tiger Lily, and Tinkerbell

Treat or treat. There's no trick with these two, they're after the candy. Zoe (tinkerbell) Forester and Donavan (Peter-Pan) Devard.

Candy crash and burn. Zoe's first true run-in with sugar.

We're not quite sure if Zoe is more attracted to candy itself or the wrappers enveloping the candy. Seeing as how no one taught her how to open the candy wrapper she seems to think its all the same. But if you happen to see soggy paper fragments around the house Zoe may be nearby.

Buckle up Zoe and get ready for a sibling

Leah and I are excited to officially announce Baby # 2. We were pleased to discover two weeks ago Monday the 7th that Leah is expecting. We have always liked the boys name Ian Swenson Forester, and are still working on another girls name. We were thinking Chloe?, joke, but seriously any suggestions come welcomed.

Korean 1st B-Day

American 1st B-Day

Cake anyone?

What the future holds

In the Korean tradition 5 items are symbolic of the abundant life. The fruit symbolizes: Health, the pen and the book: Knowledge, the twine: Longevity of life, and finally money: symbolizes Wealth. Although Zoe's selection was: health, because we ran the risk of her grabbing everything on the table which would represent greed, she has been blessed with the opportunity of acquiring them all; for this knowledge we are both humble and grateful.

Royalty smiles upon us

The Abundant Life

The Emporer, the Empress and the Zoe

Royalty

Zoe's 1st Birthday

Zoe's actual birth day was Saturday 7-11-2008, hence Tyler's Dad's nickname for Zoe, "Slurpee", but due to scheduling we celebrated Sunday. The party was great, everyone who showed can well attest. Equipped with water slides, Korean garb, and plenty of food we all enjoyed the occasion.

Zoe has turned 1, or 2 or something. Because of Leah and my heavy American cultural experience we are completely disconnected with our family's Korean heritage. So, in an attempt to revitalize or birth some kind of connection we will officially be celebrating Zoe's 1st or 2nd birthday Korean style, or at least something in like fashion. Get ready for a totally Korean Leah and Zoe as we photograph the day 7-12-2009. We hope our attempt to re-forge the severed link to Leah's mysterious past will bring us the blessings of our ancestors in the year to follow.

We are back

We are back ready to go full force with blogging again. We took a little vacation for several reasons, the main reason being that we have been busy having fun with Zoe. I will try to catch you up on all of Zoe's new discoveries and adventures in the past few months. An apology for those who faithfully viewed our blog and found themselves disappointed in our failure to write. Like we said we are ready to go full force once again.

Winnie the Pooh

Last night Tyler and I decided to go to Disneyland . So we packed our things and headed to Anaheim after Tyler's class. We walked around the park the first hour letting Zoë soak in all the colors, sounds, smells. We decided since she is still very young that we would not over load her with rides so we pick one ride a week. This week was the Winnie the Pooh ride. The Winnie the Pooh ride is by far Zoë's favorite ride out of all the ones she has been on. As you can see in one of the pictures she was alert and attentive to what was going on. It was so neat for Tyler and I to watch her every move on the ride. To see when she would smile to when she would furrow her brow in contemplation. It was very entertaining for us and rewarding in a way. We had so much fun. I think the next ride will go on next week will be the Peter Pan ride. Till then Winnie the Pooh is the winner.

A Tribute to my husband

Tyler has praised me too much for so many things that I keep thinking I really couldn't have done without him, yet he gives me all the credit. So I decided that I would surprise post a tribute to my husband. All these pictures should tell you how much he is involved as a husband and a father. Tyler is an amazing person. Everyday he comes home from a busy day at school and with much anticipated work on his hands yet he takes time for Zoë and I. He volunteers to changing her diapers, feeding her, and even finds time for a little one on one. Zoë has taken a liking to his playfull, cheerful ways. She is still very young to know certain faces, but when her dad comes home she lights up. I love him for that. He has every good reason to just come home and lock himself in the room and do homework but he doesn't. I admire his active involvement among a life of full time school.

"Lets go Surfin now every bodies learnin how..."

Ever since Zoë has learned how to stay on her tummy without stumbling she now loves her surf board. She will play on her surf board for at least half an hour to 45 mins everyday just laughin and hiting the fish in the water pouch. I keep wanting to get a video on the blog, but I still have not been able to figure it out. until then these pics should really illustrate how much she loves surfin.

Discovery # 5

We have mentioned in past blog posts about Zoë begining tummy time. With each passing day her strength is such that now she has discovered how to prop her self up on her on with her arms. She is actually enjoying tummy time now. It's only right around the corner, crawling.