sea world.organizing.hanging out.park.

The past two weekends has been pretty busy for us. We're in the process of cleaning out the office and there is still a lot to do. I feel like we're moving! Basically, we're eliminating a lot of things, donating clothes, and giving away most of our office supplies. All my scrapbook supplies has to be boxed, but I'm keeping the little scraps handy, in case I need to make a card or two every now and then. I'm bummed that Kylie's scrapbook is only 1/4 done. If I have 2 weeks of free time, I can get her first year scrapbook done. How cool would that be? Of course, I can't expect that right now, especially since we're expecting another! goodness!

Other than organizing, we've been taking Kylie out. We started taking her to gymboree classes again. They opened one right around our house, which makes it so convenient. We're planning to have my mom take her during the week too. She loves it, especially the clown, Jim-bo. We hung out with the Wang's at their house and had crawfish. Last weekend, we all went to Sea World together. It was a hot day, but we had fun. The dolphin show was exciting and Kylie seemed to have enjoyed it.


Also, we bought the Phil & Ted's Vibe... double stroller! We like it it a lot and got to use it for the first time while strolling Kylie to the park. doesn't this picture look like it's from an ad?



Kylie is understanding most of the things we tell her (both English and Chinese), but she is still hesitant on talking. She's really into the baby einstein shows...always asking to watch tv. Kylie is starting to become more open to trying new food and been eating pretty well lately, but she's still petite and hates to drink milk. So far, we can tell she's a girly girl. She loves to kiss her dolls, feed them, and loves heart pajamas. Most of the time, she walks around the house in tippy toes.

Here are some pictures we took from the past few weeks.

Savina and Kylie are becoming very familiar with each other these days. They both still love to kiss each other.







our trip to sea world...



the wang family...



kylie loves pushing her stroller...





our group shot at the end of the day...except kylie is asleep in her stroller. :)



It was such a nice day this past weekend. We took Kylie to the park...



mommy & kylie



she loves the swing!



daddy & kylie



here's a new thing kylie learned... Yoga pose: down dog!



have a good week!

ringgold, georgia

Kylie & Grandpa time...watching tv!

Other than our crazy schedule, we had a pretty good time in Georgia. It was nice hanging out with the Sun family, especially since Kylie hasn't seen her grandpa in the longest time. She had fun roaming around the house. We brought the pack n' play with us, but she never got to sleep in it. Instead at night, we would watch baby einstein with her and soothe her to sleep, so she can sleep between us. Mark always wanted to sleep next to her and here is the chance!

The 3 nights she slept with us was wonderful. Her head would be in the opposite direction as us and her legs would move around a lot. She must have kicked Mark in the face a few times, and once or twice on my stomach. In the morning, we would watch her wake up. She's someone who knows how to relax! Once she got up, she would lay next to us for the longest time, playing with her pacifier. That was my favorite time of the day. She's such a sweetie...

We tried to go to the Tennessee Aquarium, but there were too many people there. Instead, we went to grab some lunch, along with some yummy dessert and coffee. For dinner the next two nights, we ate with the chang family and had a great time chatting. They are all so sweet! ... and again, Kylie was entertaining everyone by roaming around the house. I think she gets really excited when she's in a new environment.

So, here are some pictures we took in Georgia. There are a few more pictures we took at the airport (since we were there most of the weekend), but we accidently saved it on my father-in-law's computer. Once we get it, I'll make sure to post more. :)

Happy Friday!

Kylie & Aunt Kat...she's interested in using the spoon now...


silly kylie...



the scenary is beautiful in georgia...


we took a walk around the neighborhood...
our family's first trip to georgia!



having fun with daddy...











kylie loves running up and down the hill...



kylie loves to sign, 'where did it go'?




the sun and chang family...



the sun family...

our flight to georgia and back...

Well we're back from Georgia after our CRAZY travel times. I just have to share our travel experience with everyone...

Ok, so the problem was not Kylie...it was the freakin' American Airlines flight. First of all, we woke up Thursday morning around 4:30 am...woke kylie up, got ready, and headed to John Wayne airport. We got on the plane and waited an extra hour for some unknown delay. Finally, we take off 4.5 hours later to Chicago. Kylie was good throughout the flight...sleeping through 2 hours of it and stayed in her carseat the whole time. So, we get to Chicago around noon and our next flight to Chattanooga is scheduled for 2:30 pm. Here is where the journey begins. We met up with Kat in Chicago, since she came from San Francisco. Our 2:30 flight got cancelled due to "weather conditions"...but we think they just cancelled the flight cause there weren't enough people on the plane. Our next flight to Chattanooga is now scheduled for 7:30 pm. So bascially, we have to wait at O'Hare for 7 additional hours. Finally, close to 7 pm, we go to our gate....only to find that they switched gates...then we go to the next updated gate and then it was switched again. This happened about 5 times...we finally got on our plane around 8ish and waited on the plane again till like 9 something....OMG~ basically, we didn't get to Chattanooga until close to midnight....and Kylie only survived on two hours of sleep and probably like half an hour in the carseat at the airport. EXHAUSTED~!

The next two days in Georgia was nice....kylie got to see her grandparents and was running around, smiling all the time. All two days, she only slept half an hour to an hour during the day in the car, at the most.....and I have no idea how she kept her energy up, considering she takes 2 (2 hours nap) at home...Ok, so then it was time to leave Sunday morning. We had to wake up again around 4 am to catch a 6 am flight back to Chicago.

The plane ride went smoothly and on time. We get to chicago and had about an hour and a half layover. The plane boarded on time....we sat on the plane ready to take off and the pilot said they had to do some maintenance checking on the right engine. Basically, we waited on the plane without moving for over 2 hours!! and yes, Kylie was getting cranky at this time since we only had 4 hours of sleep the night before. Then, they told us we had to get off the plane for them to do some further testing. OMG!!!

2 hours later, we get on the same plane, waited another half an hour on the plane and FINALLY took off. We didn't get home till late on Sunday...whereas we thought we had a whole day on Sunday to un-wind. When we got home, Kylie slept in her crib for 13 hours straight...she had an exhausting trip as well.

In conclusion, we spent 17 hours Thursday travel time and another 11 hours Sunday travelling. I think we ate more meals at O'Hare than anywhere else this past weekend. Now, I really need a vacation!

If it wasn't for the damn delays and cancellations, everything would have been great. vacation anyone? Just don't take American Airlines to Chicago!! We were both exhausted and not feeling very well by monday morning and had to take an additional day off to re-cuperate.

I just wanted to share my experience with you guys...and Kylie's 1st plane ride. She was such a trooper though...I'm thankful for that.

hope you guys all had a good weekend!

I will update pictures in my next post!