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10-17 to 10-31-09

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opening her birthday gifts - thanks everyone!

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peek a blocks!

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and a cool wooden train

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the awesome toys just kept coming!

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and so did the fashions! furry vest and sunglasses

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trying to put the sunglasses on the dog

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reading some of her cards

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learn n groove musical table

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cute clothes from Grandma that needed to be documented

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extreme close-up!

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practicing her walking skills

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Halloween! getting into her bumble bee costume

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buzz buzz buzz

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ready to head to the Park Slope Halloween Parade

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we met up with her friend Frankie there

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what a cute moneky and bumble bee!

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the parade

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10-6 to 10-17-09 Leah's birthday!

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playing with a pear she stole from Appa's bag

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Leah in her Halloween pj's

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thanks for the cute pj's Great Grandma!

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the birthday girl! thanks for the onesie Grandma!

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Leah's 1 today!

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preparing to dig into to her very own baby-sized cake

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not sure how to approach it

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she picked at it pretty gingerly at first

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but then she dug in!

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and even shared!

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she wasn't sure what to make of the taste though

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ceremony for Min's mom - it fell on the same day as Leah's birthday this year

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Solihin and Vickie at Leah's birthday party

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Lily and Vickie

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Leah and Kenny

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Yuko and Chi

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we had quite a spread of food at the party!

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Leah in her hanbok getting ready to choose her future in the doljabi ceremony

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but first she really wanted to get that hat off!

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the audience waits with baited breath to see what item she'll choose

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she went straight for the golf ball and fulfilled Min's greatest wishes!

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and Hao won the raffle for guessing that Leah would pick the golf ball!

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after choosing the golf ball, she chomped on some of the other doljabi items - thread means long life

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Min was really happy she didn't choose the mic and become an entertainer!

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Paul

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Mutchi and Greig try to understand the abacus

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birthday cake!

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can you tell Hao and his wife Milly are newlyweds?

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Kevin

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Lisa, Min, and Chi

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Solihin, Lily, and Vickie

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Kenny with bug eyes

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Paul with his party favors

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Greig and Sandy

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Leah and Andrew checking out the tunnel

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Chi and Lisa

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Andrew

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Leah and her Appa

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Mutchi, Sandy, Leah, and Min

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it looks like Leah is punching Mutchi, but I think she's just trying to grab his beard

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Yuko, Milly, and Hao

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Erin, Leah, and Chi

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Mike, Leah, Min, and Yuko - thanks to Mike for taking all of these great pictures at Leah's party!

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Leah with her personal photographer and his wife/assistant

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happy family

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can't believe we're parents of a one year old already!
9-7 to 10-5-09 Korea-Singapore-Philippines

view from our hotel - pretty sweet!
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ready for some beef!
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that's a lot of lettuce!
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and a lot of beef!
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but we managed to finish it
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eating with her mouth open - looks kind of like a vampire!
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restaurant had Mickey Mouse behind an iron curtain - ???
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Leah's requisite shot at Mr. Donut
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fun times with Sahmchun and Appa
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playing in Sunghwan's ball pit
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playing with Halabuji
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favorite playspot in Halabuji's house - unclear why!
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Leah and Uncle Yong
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at the fish market
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getting our crab for lunch
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and some shrimp too
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here's the crab we bought
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and the shrimp - yum!
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Leah and her Appa
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and her Sahmchun
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Leah kept opening the door to look at other customers
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sleepy bean after eating so much shrimp and crab
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at Yong's bakery
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clearly Leah does not like their new spokesperson Rain!
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but she seems to be reconsidering in this photo
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playing in the yard at Halabuji's
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lounging around
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chomping on some shoes
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riding in a truck
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getting pushed around in the truck by Min
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uh oh - car accident
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I'm hit! I'm hit!
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Leah and Mom in downtown Seoul
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Min and Leah with the mythical Haechi in the background
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cool water show in downtown Seoul
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Leah doing some chin-ups with Appa at the park in Younhee-Dong
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cousins Sunghwan and Leah
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Min likes to get some intense exercise in the park
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Leah and her beloved Sahmchun
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Uncles Yong and Hyun and cousin Sunghwan
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playtime at Halabuji's house
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Leah and Halabuji
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trying to pose 2 kids at the same time is impossible!
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Megan & Margaret came to Korea - here we are at the canal
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Leah took a quick nap lounging in her stroller
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Leah and Erin with Haechi
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100 side dishes lunch - Leah and Sahmchun
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in Insadong
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no need to explain this!
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Margaret and Erin at Gyeongbok Palace
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posing at the palace
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German restaurant at our hotel - nice!
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Yong took us all to a Korean folk village
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they run it like a real village and grow a lot of veggies
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Leah grabbing a goat's horns
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Min, Leah, and Yong at the folk village
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watching traditional Korean performers
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I got a chance to give Min a good beating at the village
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and Megan and I loved being angry folk cops
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on the way home we stopped to finally get some roadside toast
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Min has procured the toast
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and he's pretty excited about it!
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and so am I! nothing beats toast in a cup bought on the highway!
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at the Korean War Memorial Museum
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hanging out in a tank
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and posing for a family photo at the tank
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a nice evening by the Han River
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Margaret gets in a good workout at the park near Min's house
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Halabuji gives the 2 cousins a ride around the yard
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at the Seodaemun Prison Museum - I'm a cruel guard
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and Megan is a frightened prisoner (ok, we're terrible to make light of this!)
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cute bean
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Megan, Leah, & I went to Singapore - we stayed on Clarke Quay
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in Chinatown
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it's decorated for the mid-Autumn festival
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we had a delicious dinner at Yum Cha Restaurant
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Leah loved it too
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we visited Cafe Jamaica where Arthur works and Jo helps out too
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in uniform and ready to serve some delish Jamaican coffee!
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me and Megan waiting for our Blue Mountain coffee to brew
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Leah was excited too but didn't get to sample the coffee
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the Cafe Jamaica storefront
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Leah was VERY excited to swim in the pool at our hotel
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and she also loved digging around in our stuff poolside
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digging in the diaper bag
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and trying on Mom's sunglasses
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and chewing on some sunscreen
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Erin and Megan
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eating some lunch by the pool
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and enjoying a beer
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Singapore Zoo - these birds are REALLY loud and scared Leah!
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ready to go on the Tiger Trek
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some of the tigers we saw
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some very eager otters
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I think Leah's trying to read the informative placard
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my first encounter with a wild monkey! finally!
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he took the lid off this trashcan to root around
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we caught a photo of him with Megan without incident
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but he slapped me because I put the lid back on the trashcan!
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at the Night Safari
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Little India - decorated for Deepavali
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this guy on the Singapore subway taught us a valuable lesson
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and he looked good doing it
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Jo and Arthur took us out for a great Sichuan dinner
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here's the view from the restaurant
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David joined us too
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nighttime on the Quay
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David tooks us out for a delicious Indonesian meal
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Leah was pretty excited about the cutlery and dishes
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and about spending some time with David
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it was padang style Indonesian - lots of dishes!
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Winston and Jacelyn stopped by to see us
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view from the restaurant
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we decided to be ladies who lunch at the Raffles Hotel
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beautiful fountain at Raffles
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we had a great Indian buffet at the Tiffin Room at Raffles
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Megan was even inspired to eat in the continental style
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Min went to the Philippines to work- Manila view from his hotel
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memorial for American in Manila - over 17,000 are buried here
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the gravestones
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names of the dead
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looks like quite an assault
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the quintessential Filipino Jeepney
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people commuting via jeepney
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plaque of the Philippines independence day - July 4th!
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Spanish memorial statue
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recently unearthed cannons
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Min can't remember what this is, but it's famous!
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and it's beautiful too
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Manila Cathedral - there was a wedding happening
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oldest church in Manila (maybe - Min's memory is spotty!)
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wedding in here too!
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back in Korea - playing with Halabuji in the yard
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kids are so technologically advanced these days!
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traditional clothes on Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving)
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paying respect to Hal-omuni
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Superman Haechi!
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Cowboy Haechi
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Hip Hop Haechi
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Peacock Haechi
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apparently even the trees have healthcare in Korea
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beautiful day in Korea
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Min's elementary school
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memories of boyhood . . .
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final countdown with Sahmchun at the airport
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yay for the Parks and another great trip to Korea!
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8-15 to 8-25-09

riding a dolphin at Steppingstone Park in Great Neck
riding a dolphin at Steppingstone Park in Great Neck

Erin, Leah and Solihin
Erin, Leah, and Solihin

happy family portrait
happy family portrait

Min and Leah in Long Island Sound
Min and Leah in Long Island Sound

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Solihin, Leah, and Min

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seesawing
seesawing

hanging out with Kenny on a seahorse
hanging out with Kenny on a seahorse

Leah liked riding the seahorse too
Leah liked riding the seahorse too

on the playground equipment with Appa
on the playground equipment with Appa
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playing at Great Grandma's house in Chicago
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Tut liked Leah's toys too
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playing with Grandma
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checking out goldfish at the "aquarium"
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these fish were really hungry
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at a kids' pool in Park Ridge
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playing in the fountain at the pool
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eating yogurt - Tut kept trying to eat it too!
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lounging on Tut in the car
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all dressed up for cousin Megan's wedding
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Leah with cousin Colleen at the annual O'Neill Family Picnic
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eating some snacks at the picnic with Great Uncle Frank
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Leah and cousin Maureen
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cool hats Mo made for us
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this is the adult-sized hat!
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practicing crawling in my bedroom
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July '09

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YOTG pictures from Erin

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Leah 6-1 to 6-15-09

chow time
chow time

Far Rockaway
Far Rockaway

nothing beats swinging at the beach
nothing beats swinging at the beach

except maybe crawling through a tunnel at the beach
except maybe crawling through a tunnel at the beach

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and sliding at the beach of course
and sliding at the beach of course

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grocery shopping
grocery shopping

Team Park at the Liver Life Walk
Team Park at the Liver Life Walk

Leah's ready to walk!
Leah's ready to walk!

walking strong - thanks everyone for the donations & support!
walking strong - thanks everyone for the donations & support!

stop on the walk for a photo op of Jersey City
stop on the walk for a photo op of Jersey City

Father's Day card photo
Father's Day card photo

Father's Day card photo - little golfer!
Father's Day card photo - little golfer!
Leah 5-19 to 5-30-09

playing with a box
playing with a box

visit to the Bronx Zoo
visit to the Bronx Zoo

happy summer baby
happy summer baby

. . . so Leah decided to follow suit
. . . so Leah decided to follow suit

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we saw a very sleepy polar bear . . .

Leah's first barbecue -on Long Island at Sandy's parents' house
Leah's first barbecue - on Long Island at Sandy and Janine's parents' house

Mike didn't realize Leah was underage for drinking
Mike didn't realize Leah was underage for drinking

tossing the baby around
tossing the baby around

hanging out with Sandy on the lawn
hanging out with Sandy on the lawn

and then wrestling with Appa
and then wrestling with Appa

snack break
snack break

ready to play ball
ready to play ball

first tooth!
first tooth!

cute girl
cute girl

what a face
what a face

picnic in Prospect Park - hooray for nice weather!
picnic in Prospect Park - hooray for nice weather!

very intrigued by grass - poor city girl with limited exposure
very intrigued by grass - poor city girl with limited exposure

checking out the ballfields
checking out the ballfields
Re: Weekly Digest 8

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2009-05-16

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she's eating solids now - day 1: sweet potato beard

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day 2: broccoli beard

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day 3: banana mouth

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day 4: just eating the bib now

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Leah helping with the laundry

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Grandma putting the cloth on her head really amused her

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Grandma feeding her

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Mother's Day trip to the new Mets stadium

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view from our seats

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she takes after her Mom and likes to nap during ballgames

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proudly sitting in a chair

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hardcore fan

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visit to Coney Island with grandparents

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loving Nathan's hot dogs

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swinging bean

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she loves it!

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checking out some butterflies

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visit to the butterfly exhibit at the Museum of Natural History

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hooray for butterflies!
2009-04-21

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first St. Patrick's day and loving it!

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helping Dad get some work done at home

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it's tough in the trenches

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bag-tagged and ready to take my first flight

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sleeping in a bassinet on the plane

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having fun in business class

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first meeting with hal-abuji and sahm-chun

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laying around in hal-abuji's bed

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with my hal-abuji at a restaurant

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at sahm-chun's bakery

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they start on coffee young in Korea!

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hanging with mom and a giraffe

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delicious baek suk soup (please ignore Min's nose!)

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yummy burned rice soup underneath

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at a king crab restaurant - that's a lot of crab!

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Yong takes us to all the best restaurants

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delicious rice in the crab shell

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and he likes to really get to know his food

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Leah with her kun-omuni and cousin Sunghwan

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and with sahm-chun

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Leah discovers the amazing Mr. Donut

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and then takes a ride on the donut

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how cute is this little Korean baby!

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Leah and Dad crossing the canal

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Min getting some exercise in while walking to his house

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in Min's neighborhood

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in front of the Park's house

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frist time riding on a tricycle - no mom hands!

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kicking back in a combi walker

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with Adri and Pat in Beijing

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delicious szechuan fried string beans!

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having lunch with Yue Yue

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Adri, Yue Yue, and Leah

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quality time with Pat

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I love these two guys!

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riding in a Beijing taxi (what's going on with the hair?!)

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with Dad's Beijijng coworkers

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with Steph and Adri in Nanluoguxiang

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flower girl

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with flower guy

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memories . . .

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keep it off!

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even tastier memories . . .

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Steph and Steve ordering at The East is Red restaurant

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there was a pretty crazy Mao-ist show

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a big vat of mushrooms - communist fare

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Min shows his red spirit

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and so does Steph

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getting into the spirit of communism

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me and some commies

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this poster talks about how evil the US is

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sitting by herself

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at Kempinski Hotel with Steph and her parents

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first haircut - and not a moment too soon!

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she didn't mind it at all

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they played some Pororo cartoons to entertain her

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getting a hair wash

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cousin Sunghwan getting a cut at the same time

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the finishing touches

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finally a more refined look!

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sushi restaurant with a view

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Sunghwan and Nayoung

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Erin, Leah, and Yong at the seaside

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finding some local residents

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tiny crab

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this place is called the Moses miracle because . . .

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the sea splits at low tide and . . .

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seafood restaurant

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live octopus about to be stewed

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our own indoor clambake

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octopus body in two pieces (with eggs)

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the soup - it gets black from the octopus ink

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these guys don't know what horrors are in store for them

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voila! closes (over the road) at high tide

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Leah riding in style in sahm-chun's car

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spending time at home with hal-abuji

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and with sahm-chun

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back home in NY - really attempting to eat now

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not sure what to make of it
2009-03-15

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Leah's first aquarium visit - this is a walrus

with a really creepy octopus.JPG
with a really creepy octopus

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up close with a walrus

pointing out her other motherland.JPG
pointing out her other motherland

scary!.JPG
scary!

and here are the real sharks.JPG
and here are the real sharks

somebody in Littleton loves her!.JPG
somebody in Littleton loves her!

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2 sleeping beans

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little burrito after her bath

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intrigued by a fish tank
2009-03-12

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in front of a tunnel in the park

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here we are in the zoo together

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at the petting zoo

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Leah in her Mets bib

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she seems pretty happy inside his coat

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ordering breakfast with Uncle Sean

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Leah's first snow!

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but she seems to love it

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