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Tuesday, 10 January 2012

  • Happy New Year!


    A wee bit late, but wanted to post up this pic of the kiddos we took recently in their hanbok.




    On New Year's Day, it's been tradition for my husband's side of the family to share what they've been thankful for. This year was no different as we went around sharing three things: 1) What we've been thankful for 2) What we're stressed out about, so that we can keep each other in prayer 3) What we hope for in 2012.
    Here is what I shared with my family. 1) I'm thankful for many things as we went through several transitions this past year, but the hardest to overcome was when Ryder was diagnosed with infantile esotropia (when the eyes are "crossed"). I plan to write a separate post on this in the future, but I'm so grateful that his eye muscle surgery was successful. 2) What is constantly on my mind and in my prayers is that his eyes will stay this way. There is a chance for them to drift again which is my biggest fear, but I also understand that it's totally out of my control. 3) Our hope is to get pregnant with baby #3! I can't believe I'm willing to go through the crazy morning sicknesses again, but it's so worth it!

Friday, 02 December 2011

  • Putting up our Christmas Tree


    We put up our Christmas tree yesterday as the first day of activity on our advent calendar. I had imagined to have our tree full of pretty ornaments and lots of light, but reality hit as soon as we started putting up the tree. Ryder was busy taking off all the ornaments and Rylie decided she only wanted one ornament on the tree... lol. I also realized that the ornaments have to be put out of Ryder's reach or he'll be the first to take it off and put it in a ziploc bag. This is my first year doing an advent calendar for the kids and Rylie is really enjoying it so far. I'm mixing it up by doing activities with the family and also giving her little surprise gifts. I'm hoping this can be an yearly tradition with the family.


Thursday, 01 December 2011

  • hello :)


    I think this has been the longest break I took from blogging! During this time, so much has happened and the kiddos have grown so much! Here's a recent picture we took of them. Rylie is only four, but seems like a little lady already and Ryder is at such a fun age right now! I'm loving every moment with these two and feel so blessed to be their mommy. 






Saturday, 09 July 2011

  • Rylie's Rambling and Ryder Going Potty


    While I was making lunch today, I heard Rylie calling Youkeun from the bathroom. (She now goes pee, wipes, and washes her hand all by herself! hooray!)

    R: Dad! Come to the bathroom. I see something funny!
    Y: What is it?...
    R: There's hair in my booty!!!!

    At this point, I was cracking up in the kitchen. I was trying to imagine what she was talking about. She then called me into the bathroom and I took a peek. Lo and behold, I see a strand of hair hanging from her booty. While she was going pee, I guess she decided to peek in the toilet and saw hair hanging. She was genuinely relieved when I was able to remove it from her booty... lol.

    While on the topic of potty, I can now say Ryder goes #2 (sometimes #1) in the potty! He starts grunting and gives me a look and I'll know that he has to go. If I don't react fast enough, he can even hold it for a little and will keep grunting until I take notice. I only started because he was so regular. Once in the morning and once in the evening, usually after his meals. Even Rylie knows when he has to go! His regular bowel movements made it incredibly easy. We started putting him on the day after we purchased the potty and he had no problems going. If he doesn't have to go, he starts complaining while arching his back. Rylie also started going #2 at 10 months in the little potty and I didn't move her to the big potty till much later. It took her some time to get used to it and I'm sure fear had something to do with it. With Ryder, I put him on the little potty and big potty, so he can get used to both. He looks so teeny when on the big potty, but he doesn't mind at all. It's the cutest thing when he's all done, but will still push (while grunting) just to be funny. His humor is so much like his dad's. I'm pretty sure we have a mini Youkeun on our hands.

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

  • Teething


    Ryder has 4 teeth on top, 2 on the bottom, and I see 2 more peaking out! He already looks like a little big boy to me at 9 months. Rylie and Ryder still get along so well. I hope they have this sweet relationship until forever...

      


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