Easter Egg Decorating!

The night before Easter I decided to decorate Easter Eggs with Jared. I am not sure what made me think handling multiple containers of dye with a 2 year old would be an effortless process! :)

Jared was all excited and wanted to plunk multiple eggs into each container of dye... He wanted to add stickers before dying the eggs.... He wanted to move eggs from one container of dye to another.... Needless to say I was a bit crazed, but it was a blast nonetheless. The joy he takes in the simplest things makes it worth every second of nervewracking madness.

"Okay, Mom, I'm ready! Can I dunk it yet? Please mom?"

Even Josiah tried to get in on the decorating... here he is with one of the little egg-dunker-things!

"OOh--ooh, Mom! I want to do the stickers! I LOVE stickers!"

"Mom, can I just eat this egg?"

"Here they are! Aren't they great? Now, I just have to wait for these other ones to dry!!! Easter egg decorating is great!"

Jareds New Tricycle

Jared loves his little ride-on cars, but my mom suggested last week that we get him a tricycle so that he could ride it outdoors... and he LOVES it. The transition to pedaling is still a struggle because he can still go so much faster just using his little Flintstone feet, but he is getting there! :)

"Thanks for helping me up that little hill, Dad! I LOVE my new tricycle!"

"I don't know about these pedals though, can't I just walk it around?"

"Ha-- look at me, Mom! I am doing it!"

The Boys in February

Whew I am so behind... things have been so hectic I haven't really been able to post, but here are a couple pics of the boys from February. I will post more in the next couple days!

Josiah has been rolling over for about a month now and just starting to sit up (pics coming soon!)

Here is Jared laying on the floor with his baby brother. My favorite thing is when he puts his hands on both sides of Siah's face and says, "Siah-- you make me SO HAPPY!"

Josiah Getting a Workout

At 4 months old, Josiah has started his workout regimen in his Baby Einstein Exersaucer. :)

Jared at Bedtime

We just got a new king sized bed and Jared loves to play in it... here you see him playing in the new bed in an attempt to postpone his own bedtime. :)

Josiah's Baptism

Josiah was baptised this past Sunday... I don't have all the pics but couldn't resist posting a couple. :)

Sometimes he seems so serious it is hard to believe what a little giggler he is. I dressed him in a hanbok (traditional Korean dress) for his baptism. This outfit is made for a one year old... and Josiah is not even four months old yet!

Josiah was very excited about the big day! :)

Jared was pretty excited too and asked several times if he could have a baptism too! He doesn't remember being baptised the same weekend 2 yrs ago when he was six months old. :) After Pastor Glenn sprinkled the holy water on Josiah, Jared almost succeeded in attaining a second baptism!

Here is Josiah during the actual ceremony... As you can see through the window it was a perfect day for his baptism!

Josiah's Baek-Il

We recently had Josiah's Baek-Il (or 100 day) celebration! Baek-Il is a Korean tradition on the 100th day after a child’s birth to celebrate that the infant has survived this important milestone. Traditionally, the purpose is to give thanks and pray for the child to have many blessings.

Alot of loving care went into preparing a table of "bounty" to represent future blessings for Baby Josiah!




Josiah dressed in a han-bok and joined everyone for the celebration!


Here he is in a traditional pose, ready for family photos!

Here is a close up of a very patient "Baby Siah" waiting for all the adults to get it together! :)


After seeing Josiah in his han-bok, Jared insisted upon being able to wear his as well. Josiah examined his big brother's outfit closely before giving his approval! :)

Christmas Morning (2008)

After coming back from Halmonee and Papa's house on Christmas Eve, Mom and Dad told Jared he could sleep in their room as a special treat. This was convenient so that Santa's helpers could assemble his Christmas gift right in HIS room.



This Christmas, Santa brought Jared a train table equipped with this 200 or so piece train set. Santa's helpers were up ALL night Christmas Eve assembling the table and train set. It's a good thing Santa's helpers love Jared SOOO much! :)

Santa also left a special interactive Pooh story book for Baby Josiah.

A very sleepy Jared was pretty excited to wake up and find this special gift in his room!

Here Jared watches the train make its way around the track!

He awaits its arrival around this curve. His favorite phrase of the day was "In my own room-- in my own room, Mommy and Daddy."


Needless to say, the train was a big hit!

After getting dressed to go visit Grandma Betty and Papa Rich, Jared asked to get in Josiah's crib with him. Since Josiah was so little (3 months on Christmas Day), Jared decided to show Josiah his special gift from Santa. Josiah was a bit young to participate in this part of the Christmas festivities this year, but Jared had enough fun for the two of them-- and we have no doubt Baby Siah will be ready for the fun in a year or two! :)

Waiting for Christmas

Jared and Josiah are enjoying every moment of the Christmas season this year... including Christmas pajamas! Jared LOVES these snowglobe-footie pajamas and would wear them EVERY DAY if Mom and Dad didn't require him to let us wash them!

Meeting Santa Claus

On the day we went to get our Christmas photos, Santa happened to be on location and offered to take a photo with the boys. I am not sure how Jared and Josiah felt about it or if they really knew what was going on, but they played along! :)

A Christmas Preview

Yes, I dressed the boys alike this year... I am THAT mom. :) But aren't they adorable??!

Josiah is Stylin'

"I just wanted to send a thank you to Aunt Mer-Mer for the sweater and hat she knitted for me! Jared tried to wear it but of course it was made just for me! I love it!"

The Boys

Some new pics of the boys in our front yard...

A Petting Zoo, etc.

This past weekend we found out that O2B Kids would have a big activity day, including a mobile petting zoo, and because of Jared's love for animals we decided to go. Josiah was in attendance but missed most of the festivities due to his rigorous schedule of perpetual napping. Thus I decided to include these pre-activity photos.

"So, where are we going, Mom? A petting zoo? What's a "petting zoo"? Animals? What's an "animals"?
"Josiah, the petting zoo will be awesome! You HAVE to promise to stay awake! It's going to be sooo much fun!"

"Okay, Jared-- I still don't know what it is, but I promise! I promise!" (This concludes the photos of Josiah for today-- stay tuned for his next adventure when we HOPE he stays awake past the car ride!)

We arrived at O2B Kids at the same as Uncle Tim, Aunt Shelley and Jordyn...

"Hey Jared."

"Hey Jordyn. Hey Uncle Tim."

Uncle Tim and Jordyn headed down to the petting zoo...

"Wow, Daddy, look at this cow. Moo Moo! Moo Moo! This looks like a baby Chick-Rick (Chick-Fil-A) cow!"

"Are you trying to tell me BOTH of those 'aminals' are chickens? They don't look ANYTHING like Papa's chickens!"

"Mom! Can't you see I am examining the 'aminals'? I don't have time for photos!"
"Okay, Daddy, how does this brush work?"

"I am brushing the sheep, Daddy! "
After the petting zoo, we decided to check out some of the other activities. Naturally, Uncle Tim (the golf addict) took Jordyn to the putting spot.

Then Uncle Tim and Daddy played basketball with me. Daddy says I can handle the ball well and Uncle Tim helped me make a shot!

"SLAM DUNK, DADDY!"

And I finished the day on the jungle gym. Thanks Mommy! Thanks Daddy! Thanks Baby Siah!

"Watch Me Move" -- A Video

I had to upload this video of Jared dancing to the new Verizon commercial, which he makes me repeatedly play so that he can dance. He says "Mommy, I wanna dance with the phone again!"

I have uploaded Take 1 and Take 2 because I find them equally hilarious.

Dalvin says that we should have him do several repetitions before bed every night so he can get in his cardio!

VIDEO - TAKE 1


VIDEO - TAKE 2

Get your mouth out of your finger! - A Video

Josiah has been smiling the past few days and I wanted to catch it on video. In the meantime, Jared has his own ironic message for Josiah. "Get you mouth out of you finger!" as he makes his signature backwards pinkie in the mouth move.

This very random video clip has a few funny elements that are part of the changes in our household these days... Josiah continuing to grow at exponential rates... Jared pretending to be a baby and at the same time being such a tender, sweet, affectionate big brother. I love my boys! :)

Josiah is six weeks old...

Because he is growing at exponential rates, I thought I would share a photo of Josiah at six weeks old (although he is arguably the size of a 4 month old)! :) They grow so fast!