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Feeling the Rain
A few weeks ago when it was raining pretty hard on and off Elijah and I took a visit in the stroller to his friend’s home about a mile away. I took a towel in case it rained and just as I guessed, on the way back it started POURING. So I threw the towel over the stroller and started running. He kept trying to move the towel out of the way to see so I made a little opening on each side to peer out.
Well when I got home I was opening the garage and I noticed just Elijah’s little hand, peeking out of the side, palm up, feeling the raindrops. It was the most precious sight and a moment I will never forget.
New STuff
We were all at Fry’s tonight for Shin and I was holding Elijah and there was another big dad down the row who had another similar age boy on his shoulder. Elijah got all excited and started talking to him and the boy looked back at Elijah and smiled and waved! Then Elijah waved back. That socializing was totally initiated by him! I’m convinced I need to be more intentional about directing his social life.
We came home and noticed that while Shin and I were talking Elijah was walking and spinning himself around in circles! That’s a new balancing act for him. Then I stood up on a chair to bring down the meds in the highest cabinet and he crawled right up the same chair behind me and was standing up inches from the edge. Omg. That was new and dangerous.
Elijah’s Scavenger Hunt & More
These were photos for a photo scavenger hunt. I will list the captions of what I was supposed to find. Enjoy!
Something Round
Something that Sparkles- water droplets
Something Noisy: School bus
All the Colors of the Rainbow
Something Found in Nature
Something that Starts with the Letter "B"
A Hand
Something Very Small
A Group of Three- Seahorses (Name of his playgroup)
An Eye: Eye contact with Gigi
Photo with a playgroup friend
Photo with another Playgroup Mom
Reflection
Something you eat: Dates
Silly Face
A Photo taken by Elijah (I put it on 10sec timer and let him carry the camera around)
A Drawing by Your Child
Something Very Big - Baseball Field
Update Your Profile Picture
SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM OUR SCAVENGER HUNTING
Elijah’s First Steps
Elijah took his first 2 steps at his Great Grandmother’s house (Shin’s maternal grandmother) on New Years Day when we went to “Juhl” or bow to the grandparents. Actually Elijahs great grandmother had two porcelain bells and she gave him one and rang the other over his head. He reached for it and took his first steps. It was amazing.
Christmas Gift
Elijah got a red wagon for Christmas! Thank you Aunties and Uncles!
Elijah Turns One – Korean Dol Celebration
Little General- "Jangoon"
What is a Korean birthday without a Christian service?
Grandparents and Great grandparents in the background
Aunts & Uncles in the foreground, Maternal family & guests in the background
Uncle Paul, navy chaplain
Good job Papa for the Asian Pear tower and Mama for the watermelons. No comment on the oranges.
Elijah hasn't noticed his hat yet
Everyone urging him to take the money- too interested in food
This photo is like a magazine ad- the only one looking into the camera is Elijah
Holding the paintbrush is in his genes
He noticed the hat
Maternal grandparents
Nice shot with paternal grandpa
Thoughtfully reading "Your Baby's First Year"
Paternal grandpa & Paternal Great Grandma in the hat
Drumming the fake rice cake towers
Thankful to our guest who found an extra pair of socks in her car
Cake and Clapping
King's Hawaiian makes sheet cake!
Coby and Elijah shake on it
Venue: Alta Vista Community Center, Redondo Beach (310) 318-0670
Rice Cake: Seoul Bakery, Gardena (310) 848-6835?
Food: Nakwon Catering, Koreatown (323) 466-3737
Birthday Cake: King’s Hawaiian Bakery (310) 530-0050
Photography: Elijah’s Great Grandfather Un Young Kim
Overall I’m happy with how everything turned out at my son’s Dol. We had, including children, around 85 invited guests. However, this is my notes and evaluation about the party details:
Elijah’s hanbok I bought already made so the owner gave me a sizable discount and made it a quick sale. That worked out for me so I didn’t have to come back to Ktown with a baby in tow.
The venue was awesome. Relatively inexpensive compared to other community centers around the Southbay. Some strict rules about decorating and sound but located in a very restful surrounding with wide roads and plentiful parking. Great staff. A few of our older guests had a hard time finding it due to small/hidden street signs. But a treasure find thanks to a playgroup mom’s referral!
Nakwon catering provided great food and it was plentiful. However, two waiters did not seem to be enough. The two servers exceeded one hour for setup which was awkward when we concluded the first part of our program and the food was not ready. They did not bring enough napkins for the number of seats even though I faxed a seating chart a week in advance. Also the napkins arrived a different color than what I ordered.
Seoul Bakery misplaced my order so when I called that morning to confirm they were clueless! I panicked, went into the bakery to show my receipt etc. and thankfully they did come through and deliver as promised so perhaps that was just a fluke incident.
I have to give credit to http://theimfamily.blogspot.com/2009/07/ozzys-chut-dol-korean-first-birthday.html because it was just about the only visual info I could find while researching! My watermelon arrangement are an homage to her original post. But I recently came across this photographer http://www.jkophoto.com/ with some great Dol photos for ideas.
A dedicated post on the centerpiece to follow.
