Sunday, July 13, 2008

From rugrat to curtain crawler

Bobby's dad promoted Jett to "curtain crawler" from "rug rat" last week. It's true. This boy has started climbing on everything! He has always been curious and brave, but he has officially learned how to grab things with his monkey toes and hoist himself up on top of things. YIKES!! The other night we were getting ready to go out to dinner and I walked out of the bathroom for literally 30 seconds, and came back to find this......


I guess leaving Jett in a room alone is no longer an option. He has also decided that he loves phones. Cell phones, cordless phones, toy phones, or remote controls will all work for him.

How you doin'?

If I hide back here, maybe mommy won't listen


What phone? I wasn't talking on the phone.


Saturday we met up with our friends Shanna, Rafy, and their nephew Addison at the park to play at the splash pad. The boys were really cute, and Jett was loving the blue raspberry slushy I got him! Probably not the best thing for his little teeth, but he enjoyed it.







This afternoon after church Bobby was working in the yard and Jett decided to "go see flowers". The lilies along the side of our yard are beautiful right now, and Jett loves to smell them. He got a little too close at one point, so you will notice a little orange smudge on his cheek from the dye.





He is he funniest boy these days. He copies every single thing we do and/or say. Sometimes we will just sit around and do things to see him mock us. His little voice and laugh are still my favorite sounds in he entire world. He counts to ten now really good, and I am starting to pick up on a few Korean words that he uses frequently. He amazes me how he can recognize and differentiate sounds. He knows the difference between airplanes and helicopters, and firetrucks, police cars, and ambulances. I have to say my favorite thing for him to say at this moment is "weeeeeeeeeeee-neeeee-ner" (weed eater). He says it just like that too, with the long, drawn out "weeeeeeeee" in the front. He is so precious! Oh yeah, and he started giving Eskimo kisses today and I am loving that too!!!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

New York City/Niagra Trip 2008

We arrived back home late last evening after our 8 day trip to New York City and Niagra Falls,and let me just say, we are all exhausted. We had a fabulous time at Niagra, and took Jett on his first boat ride out to the center of the falls. He loved the boat and the water, but was not a huge fan of the raincoat that they make you wear. He refused to wear the hood, but didn't seem to mind the water hitting his head. He kept saying "it's raining, it's raining". Here are the Niagra trip pictures.












After Niagra Falls on Monday, we spent Tuesday at Darien Lakes. Jett loved all of the rides, but most of all, LOVED the water park! His little chin was shivering like crazy but he DID NOT want us to get him out of the water.









Wednesday morning, we were off to Manhattan. Actually, we did go to Manhattan, but we actually stayed in Soho close to Greenwich Village this time and loved it! It is on the upper west side of Manhattan, but it is more quiet and laid back. We have stayed at Central Park before, which is nice and romantic, and we have also stayed in Times Square, which is a little more noisy and chaotic, but fun. Soho was the perfect place to stay as a family though, and only a short subway ride into the heart of the city (and Soho also has amazing shopping and food as well). I took well over a hundred pictures, but I will share some of my fave's.

Battery Park/Pier overlooking the Statue of Liberty. We did not tour Ellis Island this time because the line to get tickets was over 2 hours long. We were thinking Jett would not handle that long of a wait very well.





Ground Zero

Times Square


Checking out the NYC Firetruck (Jett's not to sure of the fireman though)


Shopping on Fifth Avenue and visting FAO Schwartz (check out the soldier made of Jelly Belly's....YUM!






Central Park, one of the most beautiful places ever.







We had such a great trip and Jett was such a good little traveler. He was much more social than usual, letting the lady in the Prada store carry him around and show him off while daddy was trying on shoes, and he let a photographer snap some shots of him at Central Park while playing around on the rocks. We are glad to be home though, and are looking forward to out next NYC trip in 2010!