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Korea
Our Oooju guy loves him some bbung-tee-kee. It was kind of hard finding him some in Korea. While we were driving to our friend Eric's house, a guy was selling some at a stop light. When we got to the apartment and opened it up, Oooju went crazy. Think Cookie Monstor crazy. Needless to say, Oooju really enjoyed his fix.




With Cousins


Summer Fun
Oooju and Yuna Get their Groove on


Oooju and Lucas


Messing around


Fall
This election, Oooju got a little political. Well, my whole family did, especially my mom about Prop 8. Somehow, a guy was walking around our neighborhood passing out Yes on Prop 8 signs. She asked him for one to put on our front lawn even though she's not a citizen and can't even vote. So, Nate got a No on Prop 8 sign from one of his students. On Halloween, it confused the hell out of the trick or treaters. But the next morning, both signs were missing. My mom insists that Oooju was Yes on Prop 8. I had to tell her Oooju loves everyone so that means he is No on Prop 8.


Disneyland


While we were waiting in line for the Teacups ride, we saw Howie Mandel and his kid's possee of Brentwood brats cutting in front of everyone. They really don't deserve special treatment. Anyways, this is the best picture Nate could take without looking too consipcuous.







Tailgating

This was the first time for me and Oooju to go to a UCLA football game. I think everyone enjoyed the tailgating much more than the game. The highlight of the day was when Oooju spelled out his own name in the sand.

E-I-E-I-O

Tailgating at the Rose Bowl

3 Days of Halloween Fun!

Oct 30
So on Thursday, we had a halloween party and parade in Oooju's music class. Everyone was so cute. They all stared at each other with this look like something was different but they couldn't quite put their finger on it.

For the parade, we passed by the preschool kids. They were really excited to see all the babies in their costumes. Halloween has become really special now that we have Oooju. I guess I never really liked Halloween all that much. I don't like the scary aspect of it. Dressing up could be fun but I'm too lazy to get creative and dress up myself. And I never got why some chicks think Halloween's about dressing up as slutty as you can. And I really don't need an excuse to drink and party. So I never thought that Halloween could be so fun and so cute! Having kids really makes you appreciate so many things in a new way.




Oct 31
On Halloween, we went trick-o-treating around our neighborhood. Oooju's pretty popular around here. Everyone was excited to see him in his costume. He only cried once at this kid in a freaky bloody clown mask. I nearly cried myself. But here we are at the beginning of the evening. We only went around to less than 10 houses. But the most exciting part was hanging out on our front porch and passing out candy. Oooju had such a great time.


Nov 1
On Saturday, we went to Disneyland with Nate's parents. It was so fun! We didn't go on too many rides, but he braved the "It's hard to be a Bug" show and the Haunted Mansion. We went on the Tea Cups where we saw Howie Mandel. We also took the raft over to Tom Sawyer's Island. And we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride. Here's Oooju getting his boogie on in New Orleans Square.



Here, Oooju's running around Tom Sawyer's Island.

Oooju Loves to Talk

After he got the hang of walking, Oooju went back to babbling like crazy. I wish some child development specialist or psychic could figure out what he's saying. The other day, he was trying to open a door but couldn't and it sounded like he was cursing. It was in his tone, his hand motions, everything. But, we'll have to wait till he can actually start talking to see what he's got to say. The first video is of him talking on this toy phone. He has a hard time getting the phone to his ears, so sometimes, he'll put it on his eye. The second video is of him talking with my cousin Jisook's soon Tommy. They got along so well and really understood eachother.

Tecktonik

Korea is full of trends. Things come and go so quickly, it's hard to keep up. Our friend Nicky says a new dance trend is Tecktonik. It's from France. Nicky described it as some crazy arm dance. She demonstrated and she looked like a crazy chicken. But I found these videos on YouTube. The first is a news story that describes how the dance has become a new trend in KOrea and how people meet online to arrange meetings in real life to learn and practice the dance together. The second clip is of this guy who does the dance in random places like the subway, a busy shopping area, costco and here, in a lecture hall.

Hi! Seoul*

Here is the last video of Oooju before walking became his main mode of moving around. We're still in Incheon at Jihyun's apartment. It's probably about 5am. We all kind of woke up around 4:30am and went outside so we wouldn't disturb Jihyun and her family. Being the animal lover/terrorizer he is, Oooju kept trying to catch these pigeons for about 30 minutes.


So after 3 days in Incheon, we finally made it into Seoul. We stayed at my cousin Junoh's house. He lives in Samsong dong which is a really nice area of Seoul, two stops from Kangnam and COEX mall. We pretty much had the whole apartment to ourselves because Junoh, his wife Miyoung and daughter Ji-ine are all staying at his mother-in-law's house. Anyways, it was raining the first full day in the city so we decided to spend the day at COEX mall. we were there from 9am to 4pm. But it was here that Oooju finally really started walking.


*Hi Seoul is the new city motto. The full thing is Hi! Seoul: Soul of Asia. Korea Sparkling is the new motto for the whole country thought up by the Korean Tourism Organization. It used to be Dynamic Korea, but now, Busan's using Dynamic for it's city motto.