gremily + mars + dylan

posted by jenny

we're really behind on posts, and so i never posted about
gregory and emily, ina and mars, and heseon and dylan.

many moons ago, we had a playdate with mars and dylan.

MargotIggyMarsDylan

it was the first time margot spontaneously puked. i mean, i know kids
puke, but this was the first time and it totally freaked me out! should have
taken a picture.

an interesting tidbit about ina, allen and mars.
ina: like me, korean and an aquarian
allen: like martin, filipino and a leo
margot + mars: first child, half korean/half filipino, sagitarrius and first 3 letters of their names are mar.
iggy: no relationship…yet….

a few weeks later we had breakfast with gremily (gregory + emily)

EmilyMargotGregory

we got to see them again with ina and mars at the grove/farmer's market.

Mars_Emily

Mars_Ina

i don't know how gregory and margot came up with this game:

everytime we see gregory and emily they have a gift for margot. this
time it was one of margot's favorite thing, stickers!

she was too shy to play with it at the grove, but this is the scene on the way
home. this is also why martin hates that i have access to the camera.

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Oak Glen in October

posted by Martin

Last year's trip to Oak Glen was so much fun, we decided to go back this year for some more apple fun time.  

hooray for fences!

This time we tagged along with Margot's second favorite couple, Gregory & Emily.

Urrrghhh….Margot…keep still for….one second…. while they take… the..ah, dammit.

 

Sadly, there was no apple picking this time, but there was plenty of hiking…for the adults that is. The kid did little hiking, opting to enjoy the autumn foliage from the comfort of Pop's Shoulders Scenic Tours.

Next year, you’re walking….

Margotwalk

Although we didn't get to pick any apples, we did return home with a 5 pound apple pie and a GIANT jug of cider, which we're still finishing up. Can't wait to go back next year!

pics courtesy of G & E. more pictures here and here

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500 days of summer

posted by margot, diction taken by papa martin

June started out gloomy, and stayed that way for most of the month.
When it rained, we got in some umbrella practice. Do you like my fobby pajamas?

fobtastic sleepwear

July was all about zoo trips with my baby pals. Here's round 1 with Myles and Hannah.

stroller posse

Round 2 with Lucia and Eloise. Spent barely 2 hours there, and we're on the verge of passing out! Guess we're not as young as we used to be.

zzzzzzz

Took one of our semi-regular trips to Nickelodeon to hang out with my older friends.
They have jobs and don't need to wear diapers. Actually, I think the bald one still needs them.

Dave & Chris

me and ‘Ca —> BFF

I also went on a bunch of playdates with my valley friend, Hannah.

Like, omigod…gag me with a spoon!

In July, LA became a sweltering desert, so we dressed accordingly:

"The Staff of Ra shall be six kadams high."

After defeating the Nazis and recovering the Ark of the Covenant, we celebrated by going swimming:

hooray, no more nazis!

…then caught up on our summer reading:

yay, comix!

Then we wrapped up July with a visit to Travel Town to check out the trains:

me and Be-ooo —> also BFF

August is upon us, and we've been getting back to nature.
Went hiking with Christian at Griffith Park. It took us 45 minutes to walk about 40 feet. It didn't help that we picked up every stick and pebble along the way.

soooo many sticks….

Went to the beach at Palos Verdes.
Gregory showed me how to fly a kite a la Charlie Brown:

kite eating tree

…and Emily picked out hermit crabs from the tidepools for me, which I promptly returned to their habitat.

back ya go!

Pal Dylan and his mom, Heseon, beckoned me further out into the water, but I refused. I'm a toddler. That's what we're good at.

nope, gonna stay here

And lastly, papa keeps mumbling something about a thing called the "economy" going into some place called the "shitter". I don't know what he's talking about, but he said we might all be living in cardboard boxes under the freeway soon. Sounded fun to me, so I thought I'd get a head start:

brother, can you spare a dime?

Oh yeah, before I forget, papa and mama also keep telling me that I'm going to be a "big sister". I have no idea what they're talking about. They're turning into crazy people. All I know is that mama is constantly tired and eating a lot of Subway sandwiches. And they keep shoving this picture in my face:

what the heck is this?

And papa's a lot grouchier than normal, I wonder if this has anything to do with it?….

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basketball

Posted by Jenny

don't ask me about basketball. i know nothing. those surrounding me? FANATICS.

so we went to emily and gregory's place twice to watch basketball. the first was lakers against some other team. apparently it was exciting. i could not watch since i had to keep an eagle eye on margot to make sure she didn't ruin something in their award winning apartment.

GregoryMargot+Emily

as, i said, i'm surrounded by fanatics. emily and gregory own a projection screen and project games on it. the players are practically life size. emily is on her laptop because she was moderating a live chat since she is IN CHARGE OF SASHA VUJACIC'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE.

then we went to see game seven of boston vs. chicago. can you tell who is a fan of which team?

TheRivalry

basketball? who has time when there's a skateboard?

Skin vs. Bull

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convention of nerds

order from left to right:
front row: me, charissa, charles
back row: wendy, eloise, margot, martin, gregory, emily, bill and ribsy

cast and crew

big butts

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the catch up

i've been really bad with margot's blog these days. work is really busy, and margot and martin and i have been sick so no time at home…

this is around 2 weeks of posts all rolled into one!

No on Prop 8
margot went to her first protest! martin and i thought we would lend our bodies (and margot's) to show our support for NO ON PROP 8. it was down the street from our apartment and it felt wrong NOT to go. we were joined by emily, gregory and jessica.

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click here to a link of this picture of margot and jessica and read the comment from johnny ryan. martin and i couldn't stop laughing for about an hour.

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i got tired from carrying margot so jessica decided to carry us both. (picture courtesy of gregory)

piggy back

i'm so glad angelyn included us in buying margot these baby headphones. with all the  chanting, bullhorns, singing, and whistles, it was utter noise insanity. but margot was able to sleep very soundly through all of it. (picture courtesy of gregory)

DJ margot

Jungleen and Noah
i finally got to meet jungleen and noah after cyber stalking her on lucia's blog. sometimes i need a baby fix, and no one's updated their kids' blog, so i have to look elsewhere. that's where i found noah's site and we have an incredible amount in common (jungleen and i that is, not me and noah).

i did take pictures, but can't find them, but look here. it was the meeting of the stripped pants brigade.

Lunch with my Art Center Homies
sarah finally came back from living in abroad in korea and since we were going to meet up anyway, figured it was a good time to bring the kid and introduce her to sarah and linda. mitch and vivian already met her, but that's when she was shriveled and kinda not so cute.

Gang

sarah, linda, margot, mitch, me and vivian.

Lucas' 2nd Birthday
lucas turned 2!! god, 2 years have gone by so fast. 5 seconds ago he looked like this:

BabyLucas

now he looks like this:

Lucas

we played with a buttload of kids and a parachute

ParachuteParty

here's margot playing with kennedy, or actually, playing NEAR kennedy.

Kenndy_Margot

and margot tried playing with duff. this is the look he gave her before he went in for the kill.

Duff_Margot

so she decided to play it safe and stick with who she knows best.

MirrorMargot

Chloe Birch
another art center homie, tiffany, gave birth to her baby girl, Chloe on November 17, same day as my mom and lucas! i was in the delivery room with her and after seeing chloe and hannah being born, i would like to repopulate los angeles. not that los angeles, or this world for that matter, needs any help, but somehow i would like to give birth to about 1,000 babies. is that wrong? anyway, mom, dad and baby are all doing really well and can't wait to see more pictures! i have some on her birthday, but not sure if i'm allowed to post them…

FamilyPhoto

that's all for now. i'll try to be better about posting so you won't have to read novel next time!

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busy weekend, 1 outfit

i'm SO tired from this weekend!

saturday was lunch at delicieuse with gregory, emily, heseon,
john, dylan, hazel and lucas. phew.

E+G+babes

had the most delicious goat cheese sandwich and ice cream, and
margot had her first taste of a non-pureed food, broccoli.
*photos courtesy of gregory

she looks like she doesn't like it, but i swear, she kept eating it!

hung out at dylan's for a while.

then it was off to manhattan beach where margot felt sand and
salt water for the first time. not so into it.

WTF

beach_babe

but she enjoyed hanging out on the sand with finger lickin' dylan.

finger_sucker

*photos courtesy of emily

alright!

mansei!

don't worry, she has plenty of sunblock on and it's the 4 o'clock sun. plus
she wasn't in the sun for long.
more pics here and here.

on sunday was kiki's birthday party

kiki

lucia, angelyn and margot had a load of fun playing at the water tables.

angelyn_lucia

water_play

all this and she still only napped for 20 minutes.

passed_out

as you can see, we took a matching top and bottom set (from kumquat
of course) and was able to  make it last 2 days, wearing bottoms on saturday
and top on sunday. well aren't we clever?

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Gay Dads at the Getty

Last Friday, I took Margot to the Getty where we hung out with Emily and Gregory. Emily works there and got us free parking, thanks Emily!! Here's Margot riding the tram that goes from the lot to the museum entrance. She's smirking at the roly poly dude behind her, he should've walked.

tram

We finally got to the top, where the big kids had a quick lunch while the little kids lounged in the stroller admiring their feet. See how her toes are all the same length? She gets that from her mom. Look at Jenny's toes next time you see her, it's pretty hilarious. (pic courtesy of Gregory)

feet

After lunch, Emily had to go back to work, so that left me, Margot and Gregory. We got some funny looks from people who thought we were a gay couple with their adopted kid. The coat check girl looked especially confused. Emily recommended the Merian exhibit, so we went there first. Maria Sybilla Merian was equal parts artist, adventurer and scientist; what an exciting role model for a young, impresssionable girl of 8 months, right? Well, Margot thought otherwise because the baby-who-never-naps decided that all this art and culture was borrrrring, and she fell fast asleep. I had to hold her head up because it kept bobbling around.

view_getty

We left the Getty, tired but inspired, and made our way to halmoni and haraboji's place, where we lounged in the backyard before dinner. Fabulous dress courtesy of Milk Jugs (aka Jessica).

lounging

Will Margot eventually be an artist or a botanist or an adventurer one day like Merian? The pic above seems to be saying "yeah right dad, this is what I plan to do when I grow up."

*martin forgot to mention that at the getty a woman said to him, "you
don't look like the dad". then she looked at gregory, paused, and walked away.

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