Beautiful Dream - Our Kaelynn Rose

The rest of June was filled with LOTS of excitement! Kaelynn learned all about corn on the cob! She loves it and eats it one kernel at a time - sometimes picking each one off - just like her aunt Tiff!!! *wink*

Kaelynn's formal portrait session was a huge success - the pictures are beautiful, and we intend to buy the whole session! The second session was just in a fun Gymboree outfit with lots of beads!! But they turned out cute as well, and our favs will be added to our disc.

Father's day was awesome! We made dinner at home (actually Paul wanted to cook - so he made his own father's Day dinner!) baked cookies (Kaelynn and I) he opened his homemade presents, and a new coffee cup with pictures just of Kaelynn & Daddy!!!! We played in the playground after dark too - we had a great day!!

We visited Grammy (Mimi) and Grosenfader (Fader) in Sedona - lots of time in the baby pool, playing ball (and fetch) with Fader, saw aunt Haidee, and celebrated Mimi & Fader's 49th anniversary!!

Then the last weekend of the month we had two really big events

The first, was that Kaelynn was invited to her first birthday party - her friend Mia turned 3 - and we went to her party at the Santa Ana Zoo. She had a lot of fun playing with all of the other kids and seeing the animals.

The second, was a visit from aunt Kathy, uncle Steve, and the cousins - Lauren, Alex, and Katie - we met up with them at their beach house on Balboa Island. Kaelynn LOVED the house, the water, the candy shoppe - all of it!!! She even played her first game of Wii bowling!!

All in all, a wonderful first month of summer!!!! Next month - Mommy's birthday!!!!

Well - here we are again - another month and I have SOOO much to fill you all in on, and about a billion pictures to upload and no time to do it in!

Kaelynn is growing by leaps and bounds - not size wise - but her vocabulary and overall becoming more verbal and expressive gets more impressive each and every day! She has started to use a few two-word combos - one of the big goals of her Speech Therapy - and Christian - her therapist is very happy with her progress. She now says - got you, shoes off, shoes on, & more please.

She has learned how to jump and can climb across LARGE expanses of space on the playground equipment in the park downstairs - making Mom VERY nervous about her falling and breaking something!!! But she is fearless and VERY determined - so I have to do my best to spot her and let her try!

We spent a day a few weeks ago at the Irvine Regional Park - where she got to ride the ponies (4 times!!!) and a choo-choo train. She had an awesome day - playing in their playground, climbing a tree, etc. But her favorite parts of the day were the ponies of course - Neigh, Neigh - Neigh, Neigh!!! I will try to upload some pictures soon!

She also just recently had her very first "formal" portrait session. she had her picture taken in her 1st Birthday Hanbok (still too big for her!LOL!) and her Adoption Day Dress. We haven't seen the pictures yet, but we get a free print - and will probably buy a print or two of other favorite poses too!

The weather here is also varying between "June Gloom" - where it stays overcast but kind of muggy all day and sometimes doesn't get very warm, to HOT & muggy, and sunny. On the warm days - it has to be over 70, we take her down to the pool and let her swim - she is learning to kick - and even tries to use her arms! She has also learned to blow bubbles!!!

And the biggest news may be that she went to the theatre to see her very first movie at the end of May - I'm sure you could guess - but we took her to see Pixar's UP! She LOVED it!! She wouldn't keep the 3-D glasses on - but we hadn't expected that she would, but she sat and watched the whole movie - chowing down on popcorn and sipping on Mom & Dad's Icee!! We of course forgot the camera on that one - so we plan to make trip to the theatre in a few days to take a picture or two of the outside signs and such. I got one on my cell phone - but it was pretty bad - no flash and only 2mp - so we need some better ones for future scrapbook pages!!!

I think that about covers it for now. I promise to try and upload some photos soon!

Thanks as always for checking in on us - and PLEASE leave us a comment or two - we love to see who has been here!!!

Love & Hugs to all,

Chandra, Paul, and Kaelynn Rose Soo Jin