under the weather...

our family has been under the weather. i'm sure most of you know what we are talking about. it just goes around, from one to another. jun and caleb were sick at the same time. one night, they both woke up at the same time...3am with the same temperature...103. they were both achy and uncomfortable, so i stayed up with my two babies...both laying in bed. thankfully, their temperature both dropped a little and they went to sleep after 2 hours. jun is doing much better, but caleb is kinda feeling miserable. everything is hitting him at once. no more fever, but he is coughing and sneezing...congested...AND he's painfully teething. he's fussier than usual of course and needs a lot of hugs, but as usual, he's being a trooper. now...the bug got to me and i am sitting here congested and uncomfortable. this has not been a good week for the kim bunch in the health department!

caleb is walking so well now...it amazes us. i'm beginning to discover his personality more and more each day. he is a sweet spirited boy and very sensitive. he is also very observant and introverted. i know these things change, but his personality is definitely being revealed and i like what i see so far...but then again...i'll probably always like what i see because he is my son.

as for my adjustment here...it's a day to day struggle. i feel like i am just keeping myself occupied and not doing anything significant to make this place home. i really should try harder, but i don't know what to do even if i wanted to make this home. i'm just hoping time will solve all things.

so, as i promised, i tried to take more pics of washington and our life here...so here are the pics!

caleb loves bubble baths! the weather here has been incredibly nice, but just this one day...it snowed like crazy! it was a total photo op.
you see how hard it's snowing! haha, sorry to those who are use to snow. we are still amazed because we are from socal :)
these are the pastors from la...
john calls this winter training?
what our car looked like after just an hour of snow.
caleb on his chair...
this is chambers bay, right behind our apartment. amazing, isn't it?
we went for a walk after a stuffy day at home...
john has been helping out a lot with our adjustment here...
group pic
buddies
a beautiful day out...looks all sunny and nice, but it was actually really chilly!
sunset...
caleb all bundled up...
john and jun...

the end of our walk...
feeling much better after a walk...
downtown seattle...
mi-yeon came to visit. yay! our first official guest. it was nice.
nice weather...
pike's place fish market
the first starbucks

building blocks together...
jun and caleb both under the weather...

caleb going for a ride...

caleb doing his tricks :) most of them are in mandarin though...
we taught him to raise his hand when we call his name...we learned that trick from "kylie sun!" because jun thought that was the cutest thing. next, i said, "i love you" and he blows a kiss. then i said, "nose," "tongue," head," and "ears." at the end, i told him to clap.

hello from washington!

this is our first official post from our new home, washington. we've been here for almost 3 weeks now and we've finally managed to get everything out of boxes. we kept a lot of things we don't need in storage so that we can open it once we get a house. it's been a huge adjustment. our goodbyes in la were very difficult...a lot of heartache and tears...but i know some bonds can never be broken.

our first week here was ok, it didn't feel like we actually moved here. i think during the second week, the fact that we're here for good really hit me hard. i am trying hard to adjust to not just the new place, but also the new role as a stay at home mom. last week was a difficult week. this week is a bit easier, but still so homesick. i miss the people more than anything else.
jun started his job at church. he seems to enjoy it so far, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done. i'll never forget how it was snowing a little bit on my first sunday to church.

these few days have been beautiful...the sun is out and the temperature is nice :) washington is a beautiful place. i can't wait to "explore" this place, however, you know what people say...there's no place like home...but i will try to make this place home. in time, i hope it will happen.

we've already had a few familiar faces come by to visit and it is soooo nice. it's a wonderful feeling because they really bring a piece of home to us. i hope more people will come by :)

here are some pictures from la and washington...i will try to take more pics of washington to update.

caleb looking just like daddy...seeing some people before leaving la...
uncle tony...
the kim family...
esther...
nancy....
uncle dave...
auntie angela...
jun selling his corolla before we left :(
we are now owners of a van!
uncle kevin and toby...
caleb making a mess with the blackberries...
caleb playing with post-its. i put one on his head and he put one on mine. had to take a pic!
my co-workers threw me a little good-bye party...
the beginning of our roadtrip....leaving la...
caleb on the roadtrip...
on our way...
still going...it was a long drive...but very enjoyable.
stopped at the last in-n-out in california...
oregon...
caleb was amazing again....slept for so long in the car. gotta love him for being the best roadtrip baby ever!
jun flew back to la and became an american!
david lin's visit. i was so happy that we found a tiny taiwanese food place and a place for taiwanese teas! it's still interesting to me that we need to go to chinatown to get stuff like this, whereas in la, it's literally everywhere!
taken by john...a day out at downtown tacoma, washington.

i saved the best for last. caleb is now walking! this video clip was a few days ago. he walks even better now! the other video clip is to show you how caleb screams now! it's sometimes cute...and sometimes very unpleasant! haha...enjoy!