tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35304710906985588612011-12-19T22:42:46.842+09:00The life and times of me, Mommy Cha and my adorable sons Thomas and Graham, the Kimchi Kids here in South Korea!MommyChahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02128362568217101566noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3530471090698558861.post-60646345263380817712011-08-21T22:40:00.007+09:002011-08-21T22:59:53.717+09:00

Showing off the dragonfly he caught. After his bath today Thomas came into my room to say good night. He showed me his wrinkled fingers and said "Oh no! Look Mommy! My fingers are Grandmaed!" Watching TV with his baby brother. After he pooped I went in the bathroom to wipe his bum. He shouted at me "No Mommy! Don't look a my poop! Don' t look at my poop! It's a big dirty one!" Super Thomas

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A kid's cafe is like a cleaner, nicer, alcohol-free version of Chuck E. Cheese. You always hear stories of parents getting drunk and in trouble with police at Chuck E. Cheese's in the USA but trust me, kid's cafes here are totally different!We love kid's cafes and there are several in our area. We've been taking Thomas to them since he was 9 months old. The concept is generally a large play area

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The happy 3/4 year old opening a gift!In South Korea when you are born you are generally considered to be 1 year old. So when we went to a local kid's cafe to celebrate Thomas' 3rd birthday, they put a "4" on the cake to reflect his age in Korea. Luckily he knows to answer that he is 3 in English, 4 in Korean but it was confusing for a lot of people! Hahaha..East Asian Age Reckoning -

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I used my blog to make this lovely word cloud on Wordle.Guess we know what is on my mind these days! :D

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Despite all our hard work and preparation, Graham was stubborn and refused to budge. He also measured quite large so the lovely midwives at Bless Birth had no option but to refer us elsewhere.We decided at this point our only options were a repeat C-section or a very expensive attempt at a VBAC in Mediflower. My husband and I discussed our options and we chose the best choice for our family -

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Come out anytime Baby Graham!Well Baby Graham didn't arrive in March despite the best guesses of everyone involved. This meant we had to go for a 39week check up with the midwife.That was when we received bad news. Baby Graham's head is getting bigger and the midwife is now concerned that with such a large head there will be too much strain on my scar if we go past 40weeks. Previously she had

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My first big baby, the Kimchi Kid, cuddling up to my big baby belly. I realize it has been 2 months since my last post, for that I apologize.Things have been busy for us with our business, work and life in general. I've been focusing on preparing myself for the birth as well as preparing our cluttered home for the arrival of baby Graham Seong Ho. (Graham is the middle name of my father and

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Hard to believe bringing these little feet into the world is such a drawn out and stressful process at times! <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

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My baby is getting so big!! * WARNING-VERY LONG POST!! When we first found out we were pregnant with the Kimchi Kid, we were ecstatic!My husband called it, I was feeling ill and we had started trying to conceive, so he said to me "You're pregnant!". I laughed him off, no way we hit it on the first time we tried! 1 week later I took the test and surprise surprise- we were pregnant!From that day on

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I DID IT!! I designed my cards, put in addresses and sent them on their way! Shutterfly made it super easy to do and saved everything for future reference. Now i can easily pop gifts and cards in the mail for special occasions with lovely photos of the Kimchi Kid and Kimchi Kid #2 when he arrives!Yay for technology! Thank you Shutterfly!Family Snowfall Midnight Christmas 5x7 folded cardShop

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Hello all! Mommy Cha here! I just found out about a wonderful site called "Shutterfly"!Thanks to a great posting by Mama Seoul , I have found a solution that will work for me!As many of you(family and friends) who live outside of South Korea may have noticed, I am awful at getting to the post office to mail gifts, cards, photos, etc. I actually wrote cards when I was pregnant with the Kimchi Kid,

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Who's that kid?? The Kimchi Kid, that's who! He's back and better than ever!Hello everyone, so sorry for the delay in blogging! The Kimchi Kid and I have been very busy, and the Kimchi Kid #2 gave me the worst morning, noon and night sickness!Showing off my burgeoning baby bump!BABY CATCH-UP!To start, I had to take time off work in September due to my morning sickness. I was unable to keep any

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The Kimchi Kid got a stylish Mohawk haircut for the hot, humid Summer season!Hello everyone, Mommy Cha here again. I know, I know, I am an awful blogger. I am so sorry!! >.< I have a lovely draft blog post about family-friendly Bucheon I started last month, but I've been unable to continue with it. I have a very good excuse this time though-I swear! We're currently 8.5 weeks pregnant with baby #2

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Hello everyone! So sorry it has been so long between posts lately.What can I say? The Kimchi Kid is growing up so fast, Mommy Cha rarely gets the chance to sit down and blog. Facebook is about as good as it gets these days, anything that takes longer is more likely to be forgotten. As it is, I am writing in bed, while the Kimchi Kid drifts off to sleep next to me. We're working on separate beds

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I can hardly believe it has been 2 years already! Time has gone by so quickly and our bouncing baby boy is now a bouncing little boy! ^^ He amazes us on a daily basis with his keen intellect, curious mind and charming personality. We are so proud of the little man our baby boy is becoming and we can't wait to see what the future holds for him!Thomas, we love you so much! Happy 2nd birthday from

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When we first found out I was pregnant we immediately began to research what we needed to prepare for our new baby. Since we live in South Korea we knew we would be limited in some of our choices.During the many hours of reading reviews, surfing websites and asking opinions as to what we would need, we decided the must-have baby carrier for us was the Moby Wrap! The wrapping technique seemed to

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It has a QWERTY keyboard so he is learning the keyboard at the same time!Thomas loves his Leap Frog Text & Learn.He also loves to sit in his book tent and read.When we went to Texas I bought Thomas a new toy, LeapFrog Text & Learn. He has been playing with it on his own in the house, during car rides and such. Then one day we were in the car, sitting at a red light, when Thomas started saying "I,

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Flowers for our anniversary! 3 pink roses, 3 red roses, 3 cream roses, 3 yellow roses and 3 carnations. One of our first trips together, Muuido Island, Summer 2005.After climbing up to Namsan Tower, Fall 2005.My birthday in Busan, we scuba dived with the sharks in the aquarium, September 2005!Our first Christmas together, we went to Thailand, Christmas 2005. Summer vacation in Hong Kong, we went

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This is the view of the 4th floor garden and the street behind our apartment.All this snow fell in just a few hours this morning!Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!We rarely get snow in Bucheon, and when we do it is usually a miserable dusting that melts within an hour. So imagine our delight when we woke to see everything blanketed with a fine white powder and it was already ankle deep! The

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The Kimchi kid chilling in his play tunnel, waiting for 2010!The Kimchi Kid and I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! We hope 2010 will bless you all with health, happiness and financial freedom! We hope to keep you entertained and updated with many more of our exciting adventures learning, growing, loving and living here in South Korea! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 새해 복 많이 받으세요!! (seh heh bok

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Doumi tries to help the Kimchi Kid get in the Christmas Spirit!Merry Christmas from the Kimchi Kid!We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!May you be blessed with health, wealth and happiness in the coming year!Merry Christmas from Mommy Cha and the Kimchi Kid!!

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As many of you may know(and if you don't know, why don't you read my blog??!!), we are trying to raise the Kimchi Kid in a bi-lingual environment. The reason we do this is mainly out of respect for my husband's culture and heritage but also since we are living and raising him in South Korea.My husband left South Korea as a small child, around the age of 5. His parents whole-heartedly immersed him

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Keeping all my Germs to Myself!I'm ready to PARTY!!Just wanted to drop a quick note and let everyone know that we are all better now!We really seems to have had a very mild version of H1N1 so hopefully we built immunity without having to suffer much. We took our medicine like good little patients and we've stayed home for a week to be on the safe side. But now we feel all better and we are ready

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He wanted a pickle for breakfast, but just held it for an hour or so. Strange little boy!The Kimchi Kid and I have been diagnosed with H1N1. Somehow, possibly due to his freakishly good immune system, Daddy does not have it. Thomas had a fever last Thursday and it came and went until Sunday evening. It was accompanied by a runny nose, slight cough and some cranky behaviour. We didn't think it was

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He looks so proud of himself!This was such a big step for Thomas, it deserved a blog posting all of its own!Thomas pooped on the toilet!!!YAY!!We have noticed for a while that the only time he stands still is when he is pooping. So we've started trying to catch him when he does this and put him on the toilet. Usually he will have already pooped and we would dump it in the toilet and then let him

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The day Thomas came home from the hospital.He's growing up so fast! 18 months old now!These days we've been talking a lot about having a second child. We tend to favour the idea but it only takes a few hours of crabby, high-energy, Kimchi Kid time to change our minds again! Yet for all it can be hard at times, we feel he would benefit from a sibling. He is a social little boy like his daddy and

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Today is November 11 in South Korea. This is a very special day in Korea. It is a holiday known as "Pepero Day". What is pepero you're wondering? Simple. Chocolate coated pretzel sticks. That's right, while we try to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves for our freedom, people here bliss out on chocolate coated pretzels.11/11 apparently looks like these chocolate pretzel

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The Kimchi Kid loves Eddie!Meet Eddie!Tom and I decided to enjoy the mild Fall weather and freedom from Thomas on Saturday. We went for a nice hike up wonmi-san, Wonmi mountain. The leaves were gorgeous, the air was crisp, we had a lovely conversation and enjoyed ourselves immensely.When we came down the mountain we had to walk along the road to get back to our car for about 20 minutes. We came

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The cutest bumblebee in town!Well the leaves are changing colours, the weather is cooling down and Halloween is past!Seo Young, Thomas and Ji Oo enjoy the colourful leaves in Jungang Park.Looks like Fall is here! We hope everyone had a great Halloween.We did our little Kindergarten parties and had a fun time.Thomas was the cutest bumblebee around, I was Minnie Mouse and Daddy was

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Thomas and SeoYoung sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!These days I barely have time to sit down, let alone write a blog! The Kimchi Kid is a never-ending ball of energy, and even with reducing my work schedule I am hard-pressed to keep up with him. The best I am able to offer are brief snippets of our daily life and the occasional photo.Thomas has developed several new and amusing habits/tricks

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Yes, we're back in Korea!Yes, it is earlier than expected!Yes, there is lots to share!Yes, we are jet-lagged!Yes, I am staying home for 1 week in case of the dreaded SWINE FLU!No, I don't think we are actually sick.No, I am not writing more now because I am tired and cranky.Enjoy this photo for now.CHEESE!Cheers!

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Well looks like we figured things out! Thomas got a new passport in a mere 3 business days, I applied and received his E-Visa online and we changed our tickets to TODAY! So in a mere 8 hours we should be happily flying to Texas! If so, this blog may not be updated for a few days/weeks again.If not, it will be update with my rage and frustration. Hehehe.....So watch this space! If there are no

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Ok, so Thomas's Canadian passport expired in June, we were just too busy to go renew it and his citizenship card JUST arrived last week. I figured that it would be easy to just use his Korean passport.When our friend went to Singapore Air to verify her 3rd party payment for our tickets (my husband has no idea how to register his Korean credit cards for online shopping!), they told her Thomas

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The Kimchi Kid rocking Mommy's hat!Hello everyone! So sorry for the delay in updates. The Kimchi Kid has been a busy little boy and is thriving! He loves to go out for walks every day and will even hand us his clothes and shoes as soon as he wakes up. He gets so excited, full of laughter and smiles, when he walks outside. Lately he has started showing strong interest in children and will happily

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Fauna, MamaSeoul, Eva, me and Fauna's Mom!A happy baby trying out the Moby!The Ko family!It was a hard 4 days, but it was well worth it! We had a huge interest in Moby, lots of people trying it on and checking out our demonstrations. We had steady sales and some unexpected interest from some big companies as well! We're negotiating some contracts as a result which is really exciting. A hard as

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MamaSeoul and Eva were great models! Eva slept quite happily in the Moby. This is the Hug Hold.This is the Joey Hold. It is a variant of the Lotus Hold, where instead of tucking the legs in the fabric, you leave them hanging out.This is our booth. It looks crowded but we re-organized it and it is more spacious now!I'll post more pictures of our visitors and Moby wearers as soon as I can!We are on

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It has been a crazy hectic few weeks for us!! So sorry for not updating, and so sorry but I don't have the time to do so now!!Basically, we are fine, healthy, and busy busy BUSY!!I started working out with a personal trainer 6 days a week about 2.5 weeks ago, we're gearing up for the big BabyFair at CoEx August 20-23 and we've been working like mad while all the students are on Summer vacation

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The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades! This laundry basket is much more comfortable since I removed the dirty clothes!Toilet paper rolls are fun toys, especially once you remove all the rolled up paper!Why won't you help me climb up on the sofa to press the intercom? You're so mean Mommy!Hey, what's that?The Kimchi Kid has delighted in showing us all his new skills and more over the past

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The boys enjoy the 3 Bs- Beef, Beer and Bonding!I can hardly believe another week has flown by!It has been a hectic one to say the least, and I am blogging now at 2am, my first real chance to get online this week!!Thomas has made some remarkable new discoveries this week. The major one is he can now reach and open any door in our house, except the front door! That was a big shock for us! I had

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Thomas loves books of any kind, especially at bed time!This is a writing textbook from University, but look how intently he is reading it!This past week we got really bad with following the night time routine we had established. We wanted some down time and I guess we were just impatient, so we let Thomas fall asleep on the couch with Daddy while we watched movies. The end result was that he

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Hasani and Dublin running from the grumpy, sock-handed Grandpa Monster!This is from my sister Jenni regarding my nephew Hasani who was undergoing testing this past month for Cancer: I am so happy to know that Hasani is fine!! His femur abnormalities are just an extremely rare stage of growing. Thank you everyone for your positive energy and prayers! And congratulations to my

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The Kimchi Kid, how cute am I?Hey everyone, Kimchi Kid here!I've been giving Mommy Cha a hard time this week. She's been in bed by midnight almost every night, and last night I woke her up at 4am for 2 hours of crying and begging for "mool" fun! Too bad Mommy didn't think it was fun!Anyways, I just wanted to let you know I've done lots of really interesting things this week, and she will be sure

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Mint Condition cupcake!Chocolate cupcake with whipped mint cream topping sprinkled with chocolate chips.Caramel Flower cupcake! White vanilla cupcake with SUPER SWEET caramel buttercream frosting, topped with a drizzle of caramel and dried strawberry bits.English Tea Party cupcake! Earl Grey tea flavored cupcake with an Earl Grey tea whipped cream topping.While pregnant and even after giving

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Hoping all our Canadian friends and family have a great Canada Day! Wish we could be celebrating it with you back in Canada!Love from Mommy Cha and the Kimchi Kid!!

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Thomas has been working hard this week. He's introduced a new word into his speaking vocabulary and has learned to respond to a new word when we say it.His spoken vocabulary now includes "Kaja-let's go".Ohma = MommyAppa = DaddyAhboba = this is used when the doumi wants to carry Thomas on her backMama = food or milkMool = water or drink as he uses itMong Mong = puppy in child-speak, and he is so

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That's right! I mean YOU!!After feeling the need for solitude and not finding it, I ended up deciding to be social instead! Haha...inconsistent, I know!I was invited out by my friends Kat and Viola who I hadn't seen for a few weeks. It was decided that we would meet for dinner at TGIFriday's by Bucheon Station. Thomas and I were excited to go and see our beloved Emo Kat and our darling Viola.

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Departure Bay beach, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.Ask anyone around me and they will probably say I am an outgoing and social person. Truth is, my husband is, and I play along.Yes I do like to visit friends, chat, spend time together, etc. But more often I like, no CRAVE the moments where I am alone, just me and my thoughts.Back home in Canada I grew up on an island. The beach was always nearby, or

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Today we received excellent news! I wept tears of joy! The test results show that Hasani does not have Cancer! What he does have causing him pain is unknown, but it is not Cancer! WE are so happy and so grateful to everyone for their support, prayers and good wishes! THANK YOU!!Hi Family! We have good news! The blood test was perfect, no problems. The bone scan showed no irregularities.

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Thomas happily sleeping in the MobyWrap at 3months old.We are the official distributors of Moby Wrap here in South Korea.We started using Moby when Thomas was born and have never used any other carrier. We love it! Tom uses it, I use it and our doumi uses it. We've given some as gifts to Korean friends here and they love it as well!We decided it would be a great business for us to start here with

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I love cupcakes. Love them! Think they are the best thing in the world! I dream of opening a cupcake cafe one day. I think it would be amazing! So yesterday when Tom and I stopped by Hyundae Department store for lunch, I was THRILLED to see a gourmet cupcake shop had opened!! I was not so thrilled-to see that each cupcake was 3,600 won each, but they were all so pretty and delicately decorated!

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Tonight Thomas decided to show Daddy just how athletic he can be! He has a small basketball hoop in his playroom and so far he hasn't seemed to understand its use. Until tonight. He tried to dunk the ball when Daddy got home! It was pretty adorable and he couldn't quite reach so we put some cushions down so he could reach better. I don't know who was more thrilled, Daddy or Thomas! Hope you enjoy

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To all those Daddies out there, hope you have a great Father's day!To my husband and the father of the amazing Kimchi Kid, we love you and are so happy to have you in our life!Happy Father's Day Daddy!!!Love, Mommy Cha and the Kimchi Kid

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Enjoying his juice on his sofa. He worked hard for it!Can you see the grapes hanging off the basketball net? It has Velcro on it and he was so impressed by his ability to hang it on the net. He thought it was magic! Kept him busy about 30min! Those blocks were heavy but he was determined to play with them!This Sunday I woke up with a killer sore throat. Again. Unfortunately I also had a class

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Hasani enjoying his grilled fish dinner in Bali, Indonesia.My nephew Hasani was born prematurely 3 1/2 years ago.But he is a strong boy and grew up without any problems developmentally. He recently came to Korea in January/February of this year and stayed with us for a month with his Mother, my younger sister.We went to Bali, Indonesia and Chejudo, South Korea and generally had a fantastic time!

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Ever since Thomas was born, he has had endless energy and determination to sit up, crawl, stand up, walk and finally run, as soon as he could! Thomas began walking right around 9months and hasn't looked back since!At 13 months he is a strong and steady walker who rarely seems to get tired. In fact, he often prefers to run if he can! As a result he gets VERY cranky if he doesn't get outside for a

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Making the sign for "more".As many of you may know, my husband Tom is Korean. We made the decision before Thomas was born to raise him bilingually. Tom speaks to Thomas mainly in Korean and I speak mainly in English. However, we have had a doumi ajumma(nanny/housekeeper) since Thomas was 5 days old. As a result, he has begun speaking, but ONLY in Korean so far! He is getting better at

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Hello Family!(Friends too!)I decided to start this blog after spending a long, tiring, yet thrilling and fulfilling week with Thomas!I realized that too often I fail to share the milestones and precious moments of my son's life, and indeed my own life, with those who care most about us. To start this blog will be about those moments in our life here in Korea, but I hope to also share some of my

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