October 2, 2009

• 8 Months + Anniversary!

  Hi buddies!  How’ve you been?  The last few weeks were up and down…luckily, mostly UP.  However, the downs really make you realize how hard being a mom is sometimes.  Hope you’ve been doing great~!

   

  3 Year Anniversary!

  

  Just Married – Italy, Bora Bora, Michigan & NYC

  Anniversary 1 – South Africa and London

  Anniversary 2 – Punta Mita

  Anniversary 3 – Home Sweet Home

   

  What happened to the travel bugs?  We decided on taking a staycation this year.  We didn’t want to stress about planning a vacation, the logistics of getting ourselves there with a baby and losing time packing, preparing and in transit.  We figured we’d save a lot of time and money by staying home and just spending time together.  I found that it really doesn’t matter where we are as long as we’re together.  We could have fun at some fancy resort but we could also have a blast just lounging around at home doing nothing.

   

  One of the days we went to show Evan where we got married.  It was so relaxing just laying around on the grass staring at the gorgeous ocean and scenery.

   

  

   

  8 Months!

   

  

  Dear Evan,

   

  Here’s an old adage that I’d like for you to always remember — treat others as you would like to be treated.  From the janitor at work to the president of the company you work for, from your doctor to the checkout stand guy at the market…just be nice and respectful to everyone.  Mommy tries to always do that.  You’ll definitely come across people who don’t make it easy but I just try to put myself in that person’s shoes.  Sometimes just being yourself may bring a pleasant surprise.  I bought your playzone play area from someone on Craigslist.  Other than the fact that she was a bit curt, it was nothing out of the ordinary…just a typical transaction.  However, a few weeks later I got an e-mail from the woman saying that because I had been so nice to her she’d like to give me another set for free!  One set goes for like $100 plus tax & shipping.  Wowee.

  
  

  • You are sooo fast these days that Mommy is having trouble keeping up with you!
    
  • You can now stand up and sit up by holding on to something.
    
  • You love tapping on things and you’ve trained Mommy to repeat after you!
    
  • You can wave HI & BYE!!!
    
  • We celebrated Aunt Connie’s birthday and Abbie’s birthday.
    
  • Your Uncle Thomas & Aunt Jenn got married.
    
  • Avocados became your nemesis.  Whenever we tried feeding it to you you’d start jibber jabbering (probably trying to vocalize your dislike) and then you’d spit it all out.
    
  • Mommy & Daddy celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary.
    
  • We had lots of play dates and visitors – Asher S’s house, Asher B’s house, Desmond’s house, Bennett in Torrance, Sophie @ our house, a family dinner for Uncle Eric, a Bloomies date and Jean’s family, Grace & Jina’s family came over.
    
  • We had our family photos taken in Century City.
    
  • You’re always trying to feed yourself!

   

  I’m really loving this bond we’ve worked hard to create.  What will I do when you grow more independent and don’t need Mommy as much?  Eek!  Please try to stay a baby a bit longer!

   

  Love,

  Mommy

   

  

   

  8 Month Check-up

   

  Weight:  19 lbs 13 oz (32nd percentile)

  Height:  27.5 inches (40th percentile)

  Head circumference:  45 cm (53rd percentile)

   

  

  Swagbucks Update

   

  Thanks so much to all of you who signed up for Swagbucks!!  I really hope you get the hang of it and start getting some Amazon gift cards.  I wanted to thank you for signing up through me…I got so many Swag Bucks just through referrals so I was able to get more $5 Amazon gift cards.  Just let me know if you signed up and started using it…I’ll pick someone and send you one of the $5 Amazon gift cards.  It’s only $5 but still~ just a tiny token of my thanks!

   

  If you missed the whole Swagbucks discussion then here’s the link to my previous post.  If you want to sign up here’s the link.  Thanks!

   

   

  Family Portraits

   

  Here are some photos from the super talented Youkeun Oh!  It was really windy and cold that day but he managed to make it seem like we were all happily basking in the sun.  I really can’t rave enough about Youkeun.  I’m always so critical when it comes to photos with me in them but I actually really love these!  He was able to capture us as us…being goofy, laughing and just so happy together.

  

  Youkeun’s awesome wife and baby made us the “E” and it turned out to be a perfect addition to the shoot.

   

  

   

  By the way, if you’re interested in working with Youkeun then mention that you read about him here and he’ll give you 10% off.  Not only is he talented, he’s sooo nice!  Here’s the link to his website.

   

   

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