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.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Here are the pictures everyone has been waiting for. We wanted to keep our costumes a surprise this year. Zoe was a monkey who was chillin and playing in her trees. She was an absolute cutie that night.

My new role in life according to Zoë

Zoë has found a new game. It's called Mommy is a human jungle gym. I love it. I am constantly finding out new roles that I have as a new mother, such as I have discovered that I am the nurturer {I feed her}, I am the comforter {I hug her when she cries}, and the new one playmate.{ I am there to paint with her play dress up and be her jungle gym}. I cant wait till she gets to the age where I can flip her over my head. Till then this is pretty exciting and adventurous to her. Being a new mother is never boring nor tedious. I was just asked the other day if I liked my life. I want everyone to know and I am sure all mothers and past mothers will agree with my sentiments. I LOVE being a full time mother. It is the most fullfilling position I have ever held next to being a wife.

Leah's 28th Birthday

I am writing respectfully to praise my best friend, my wife. Leah is a fireball that has no fuse. She has been my best friend for a little over two years now and I can't imagine what I would be without her. We celebrated her b-Day at Wally World and ate B-Day dinner at the Blue Bayou. We had water front seating that was well worth the wait, and the fight to divert Leah's parents from the preferred seating. Zoe was perfectly behaved while we ate like the rich. This is something that we are so blessed to do, to eat like the rich. Leah had salmon, it was probably farmed, and I had NY Strip it was amazingly farmed so its all good. The atmosphere was unique and exciting, Disneyland has such a special place for us we enjoy so many good memories there and hope to have many more spent with even more children to help add to the excitement that is Disneyland. Zoe was so precious as she experienced her first ride on Buzz lightyear's fearless attack on Zurg Intergalactic enemy #1. The day was fun filled and we all were able to come together and enjoy spending time with Leah who means so very much to all of us. As for me she is my world and everything she does still drives me crazy in Love with her. Really I feel like we've only just begun. Here's to you Leah!

"Little Miss Sunshine"

This is our Little Miss Sunshine. She is starting to smile a lot more, especially when her Daddy sings to her. Boy does she love her Dad. I will be very surprised if
Zoë doesn't love to sing when she gets older. I hope she sings a lot and fills this home with music.

Discovery # 4

Zoë has discovered our fingers. If we let her she will suck on them till the sun goes down. When I am holding her it is really funny to watch her try to reach for my fingers or pull my hand up to her mouth so she can bite on them. Or when my wrist is on her chest her head will drop and she will begin to suck on that. She's our little sucker fish

Discovery # 3

Zoë has discovered her hands, or should I say her tongue has discovered her hands. She just loves it and is infatuated with it, so much in fact that her chin and lips are beining to chap.

Discovery # 2

She has discovered her TOYS. She grabs them and will put them in her mouth. The best part is that she laughs while she plays with them. She is becoming more human, I know that sounds weird. What I mean by that is that she is becoming more lively. We just love watching her grow.

Discovery # 1

I should have started this a lot sooner. Better late than never, right. Zoë is at a point in her growing that each week she is discovering something new with herself or the outside world. I am going to record them each time they occur. I thought it would be fun for posterity sake. This week she has found her hands. For a long time her hands would be in these tight fists. She has now learned where the other hand is and plays a lot with them. Sometimes she will sit while clasping them together as though she is getting ready to pray. We call it her reverence hands.