A couple of steps

Ely isn't walking just yet but he takes a couple of steps and will walk when we hold his hand. He likes to touch the ground most of the time when we walk outside or crawl.


Ely is growing up so fast! He never really cried when I dropped him off at daycare but now I have to wait until he says bye to me. I guess it is a toddler thing. He is also screaming more now when he doesn't get he wants. We are teaching him to say 'please' and he tried to say it a couple of times when we bribed him with icecream.

Ely loves pens and write on paper. He also loves the vacuum cleaner. ;)

Here is Ely with his favorite teacher. He is graduating soon and will miss his teacher. He says her name when he sees her and smiles.

First trip to CA

It was a pleasant & relaxing trip. We hope to come back again next year.

Friday
We had Chick-Fil-A for dinner. I love this place and
Ely does too. The chicken is very fresh and seasoned well.

Dinner was at a Korean restaurant inside a Japanese grocery store. It wasn't bad but it wasn't the best thing to eat at a Japanese grocery store of all places.

Ely didn't like sleeping in the cage like crib and woke up many times during the night.

Saturday
We met up with our friends Todd, Kristin, & Sophia at Pretend City. There was a long wait b/c it was drizzling outside and people wanted to be indoors.





The kids played and crawled around. It was good to see Sophia. She had grown so much since I last saw her. She even signed to mommy "this big". Afterwards we grabbed lunch at Irvine Spectrum and strollled around the mall. Eventually it started to drizzle and it was time to go say goodbye. Hopefully the Brewers can visit us soon!

We ate the same food again for dinner but at a Korean grocery store this time. It was pretty good.

We got sucked into buying some baked goods because of a long line. we figured that it must be good if the locals were waiting in line. We were right!

Ely did better in the crib this time. We stuck his crib inside the closet and used the doors to block the sides. Ely stood up and played with the clothes in the closet before he went to sleep.

Sunday
We met our friends in Corona. The drive was very nice and the area seemed more green this time because of the rainy season. Our friends reminded us that the traffic is usually horredeous and the it is usually much warmer.

Ely was very happy to find kids around his age and lots of toys to play with. He also saw a cat for the first time. He wasn't sure what to do and the cat actually came up to his face. Ely stook his face to say 'no-no' to the cat as it was trying to smell his face. Apparantly it was he first time the cat came up to a baby but it may have been the cat's first time that a baby didn't try to grab him right away.





Afterwards we went to eat Chinese/Korean food for dinner. It was good and Ely loved the food. He ate until his little belly was nice and round.

Monday
We met up with our friends from Seattle who were also visiting CA. We rode in a very roomy van.


We ate very good Japanese and Korean food - thankfully our friends knew the area very well. We stopped by a Korean home store and scored very good deals on mats for the kitchen.





Tuesday
We went to San Diego Zoo- got free tickets through our friends. :) It was frrreeeezing in San Diego. Ely was bundled up but Sung and I were freezing. Ely liked the giraffe and peacock.





We had awesome dinner at a Korean restaurant in Irvine. I was craving a spicy noodle dish and this place had one of the best one I have had in years.

Wednesday
The boys waited for me patiently (2.5 hours!) while I got my hair done in Garden Grove where there is a large population of Koreans. Afterwards we ate more korean food. Ely loved it too and ate a ton. He loved the barley rice although much of it ended up on his clothes and the floor.

Our flight was at 6 so we drove around and stopped by some stores. The weather was perfect and we talked about moving here one day but reality soon set in. We hope to
be back soon to visit again.

First trip to CA

After a quick pit stop for baseball tickets for the upcoming season we drove to Seatac. We had plenty of time to spare and made it through the security without much trouble.

Ely was ready for his bottle before his naptime. By the time we were ready for take off he had already finished his bottle and fallen asleep so I woke him up to drink some water so that his ears would pop. He was tugging on his ear but stopped after a little bit. I think we are okay for now. We'll need to repeat this again when we land. For now, Ely is soundly sleeping. I had brought a ton of little toys for him just in case...even my nintendo ds.





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Ely woke up with an hour to go before we landed. We kept him busy with toys and such but he got bored. Luckily it was a short flight.











He seemed to be surprised from the sounds when we landed but he was happy when we got up from our seats. He loves to smile at people and at time touch them. I have to remind him that we don't touch strangers but he has a mind of his own and a bit stubborn. Luckily people didn't seem to mind it.

We were lucky to get a rental car that we are familiar with- Accord. Last time here it was a red impala and it was not a pretty site. Unfortunately we were not familiar with the carseat and "we" were installing it incorrectly (for about 45 min). A nice Hertz guy came by and figured it out right away. He had come by 45 min earlier and asked if "we" needed help but "we" thought we didn't. :)

To let Ely roam around freely after spending so much time in a airplane we went to a local mall expecting to find a playarea. It had lots of highend stores but no playarea. There was a carousel in an Easter theme that Ely and I rode on. Ely didn't like the ride and pushed himself off of the bunny he was sitting on. Unfortunately for me I had gotten motion sickness by then and had to stand there holding Ely anxiously waiting for it to stop spinning. I wonder if Ely had motion sickness too.











Ely wants to crawl around everywhere. While we were at the mall he wanted to crawl. I had to let him for a little bit because he had been sitting all day long. I did spray his little hands with sanitizer pretty well afterwards. :) I brought walking wings for when we go to the zoo tomorrow. it will give him a chance to check things out without getting his little hands dirty.

It is pretty funny how Ely's on a schedule. We were driving back to our hotel and Ely was fussy. Right around 7 pm, his eyes were slowly closing and he eventually passed out in his carseat. People were dresses up and going out for the night but here we were
checking in on a Friday night at 7pm. Fortunately for us we were very tired and needed a nap too.





Once we put him in the crib he woke up.