Pictures from our November Trips

First weekend of deer hunting season: WI




Yummy sweets: Carb Junky


Uncle CJ & Herb, Aunt Yeon Hee & Paul : CA

"Gosh, I love Hilton beds!"

The Cure For Ba Humbug Flu

It is amazing how much a little ba humbug like myself can really enjoy the the pre-Christmas chaos. I believe that is because of mommy-hood. XMAS x Baby = -BH


We have a 9 ft tree... the first tree we have had since we've been married.
Baby Tae is super good with the tree.... the ornaments are beyond his reach.
The kitties have found a new napping place... the stand cover is nice and velvety.

Tae is 14 months old today and it seems like yesterday I was sleep deprived and barely hanging on to sanity. NOW he goes to bed at 7 and wakes up at 6. Banker keeps rhetorically asking: Can you believe our son is sleeping through the night! In return I say: Do you think it is just a phase?

All I know is: he stopped taking the bottle a month ago. No silicone nipple, no Next Step formula, no nothing that reminds him of the baby he used to be at 13 months. Pooo hooo and YAY!

Eye Surgery

Can't believe it is already October. On the first, Tae had his eye surgery. It went well. The doctor said the his tear ducts were really tight and it required some extra time to insert the tubes. :( We are just glad he is okay! He was such a trooper, no food for 10 hours... didn't really bother him as much as we suspected. The really horrible part was the recovery. To hear your little baby screaming in the recovery room with tubes, wires, and a bloody nose sucks. The doctor and the nurse had to sedate him twice after the surgery because he was so upset. All in all, he is fine now, ready to eat and play! Kids are amazingly resilient. I don't have any pictures of it and I am sure no one minds.

Instead I have some pictures from the park to show off. Tae is no longer a baby but a toddler now. I can't believe he will be one in 8 days! Yay!

The Whole Month of September

Yeon Hee, Paul, Skylar & Tae


Halmony & Tae


Tae walking


Construction Tae


Buddy loves balloons too!


Best Friends!



GOSH, I can't believe September is already over. I 've been busy with school, Tae, visits....
Early this month, Aunt Yeon and Paul came to visit Tae from LA. It was fun seeing Yeon Hee with Tae. She is a great emo and guardian! We also met Paul for the first time. We really liked him!
Then my grandma came to visit for a whole week!!! Banker's traveled a lot during September so it was really great to have my mother here to help out and visit. Tae really enjoyed it. While she was here, he learned so much. Most important new skill: walking. YUP our little man is walking now!

August End

GO BRONCOS!

GO GREEN CAR!
YUMMY APPLE!
CRAZY HAIR!

Tae is still cruising around like a bad baby. He's quite the speedster. I can tell he is getting quite frustrated because he cannot walk yet. He tries, falls, bonks his head, cries... and starts all over again. There are definitely more head injuries lately. I can't believe he will be 11 months old in less than 2 weeks. He is so big now... hmmmm.

My Friend Sam

Tae has a new friend. His name is Sam and he is celebrating his first birthday tomorrow. So far, they have played music together, visited the Children's museum twice, went for a few walks by the creek, and visited Lyon's Park.

While Sam enjoyed the feeling of sand between his toes and fingers, Tae had to watch from his stroller. I still can't stomach the idea of Tae eating sand, having bugs crawl all over him, yucky yucky... etc., etc.

BUT he did swing for the first time. I don't know why I waited so long. HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. Teeth and dimples all over the place.

Tae's friend SAM!Sam & Tae enjoying themselves at the Children's Museum (Tae a little too much).

Train Conductor or toy train-sucker?

First week of August

August has been a great month so far. It started off with Harmony's 3 day visit. It was fun seeing Tae get excited about being with Grandma. Yesterday, Tae went to the Children's Museum with his friend Sam. It was really great seeing him really enjoy all the activities. Sam had a great time too! Ohh, we also had a fire in the neighboring hill the other day. It has been soooo dry in Colorado this summer that I am surprised we haven't had more. Let's hope for some rain!


Post Bath!

Bed time bottle please...
Good night time!

On the deck!

Tae and Sam!Green Mountain Fire

PLEASE, no pictures this time...


Which one?

The whole month of JULY

This month flew by.
This month the camera acted up.
This month I was super busy with school.
This month Tae got 4 more teeth, learned to furniture walk, ate cheese, said Kiki (kitty), hi, & dude, and climbed the stairs!


Hanging out with dada!
Bath time is still lots of fun!

Auntie Betty & Forrest came to visit!

Friend Tehya came to visit!

Muttin Busting during Buffalo Bill Days (kids ride sheep)
Got myself a new ride!

Wisconsin Visit

Meet Bradey Hess...he is still in the belly!

Cousin Janine, Matt and the Wipperfurth Kids.

Some of the Family in Mosinee Wis.


Uncle Dave, Cousin Raina & Tae


The Hess Kids... they float.

Super Goggle Boy to the Rescue

Raina, Spirit, Tae and Riley Hess

Walking in the woods... no mosquiters today!

Baby Justin (4th cousin) and Baby Tae. Rub my head.... btw, Justin is 3 months younger than Tae. :)

Cousin Spirit and Riley, hanging out by the water pond!


We went to Wisconsin last weekend. We have calculated that Tae has flown around 10,000 miles already. He used to be a terrific flyer.... but now that he is very mobile, he is very frustrated on the plane. It also didn't help that he came back with the croup. Thanks to a sick relative that came over to visit and didn't warn us. IT SUCKS because Tae is really miserable right now. Other than that, the trip was nice.

My Typical Weekend?

Saturday: Go to "Tipsys" to look for Gluten -Free beer. The store claims to have over 1800 different types of beer. Dada is calling BS.

Sunday Morning: A little Packer football. Watch out Favre!

Sunday Afternoon: Attend my first Gay Parade. The Hawaiian shirt fits in just fine with this crowd.
Gawd, I hope that belly doesn't scar me ...

First Summer Day

Applewood Athletics Club

Madeline, Tae, James, and Justin

Madeline, Tae, and Justin (and Sea Turtle)

BOY... I am all pooped!


To celebrate Tae's first Summer day, we went to the pool with all his friends. It was fun watching Tae splash and look very serious as Justin and Madeline took turns taking him around the pool!