After months of planning and delaying, we finally took the plunge and the plane to Asia and landed in the land of my parents. Korea. Tristie has never met grandpa so since he was born, mommy was determined to bring the Choi-Cho men together. What was supposed to be a relaxing, fun family trip turned out to be one of the hardest two weeks of my life (second after the first 6 weeks of giving birth to T!). While he survived the long 12-hour flight, Tristin got incredibly sick -- high fevers, yet another febrile seizure (UGH!), runny nose, ear infection, allergies...you name it, he had it. To make matters worse, T's favorite blanket, Boo boo, got left behind in one of our random cab rides and we suffered painfully trying to find a replacement.
Lucky for us, despite the fact that 75% of the 2 weeks he was there, he was a sick little boy, he was in very good spirits. He finally met his cousin for the first time (Ashley) and loved playing with her. He also loved being around grandpa (whom he called 'habu') and eating grandma's cooking. He ran endlessly around the house, danced to a new Korean children character called Poong Poong hee (mr. Fart) and spent time playing with mommy, auntie S, grandpa/grandma, uncle/auntie and his cousin. Don't get me wrong -- it was hard, there were many sleepless nights and it made me so sad to see him weak/unhappy at times.....but in the end, watching him get close to my parents and seeing him re-bound back to his old happy self made it all worthwhile (of course, he then gave us his flu and for the following two weeks, mommy, Auntie S and daddy C were sick in bed, coughing up a lung!)
T waiting for the subway to come...
"Habu" and me!
Grandma, mind if we play with this blankie?
Why does Ashley like to touch her face?
Ashley and T sharing a snack
Mommy, are we there yet?
...I guess not.
Auntie Y and T
So, as I was saying, booboo (my blankie) was trying to...
Do you think these flowers are edible?
...or maybe I can just break them apart..
...or smush them against my face...
...and then pick more..
OOh, this one has 5 petals on it...
What do you mean I should stop?
Fine, mommy, maybe I'll just climb this fence
Yippppeee!
Victory!
Hey rabbit, its me, T!
Can you pweety peas hold me?
Mommy, why won't the wabbit hold me?
Bad wabbit
Tristie comforting Ashley while she was crying - its ok cousin A!! Wabbits don't bite!!
Don't you dare take my boo boo away from me!
Boo boo taste yummi!
Mommy, when can I play with mr. wabbit?
T eyeing the flowers again
Ashley finally posing with mr. bear
Do we need to sit next to the wabbit?
I'm getting bored..
Can we get outta here?
Don't worry, it doesn't mean I don't like you.
Cousin A giving me a bath after a long fun day at the park..
Here we are playing in grandma's house
Here we are getting ready to go out (Cousin A loves posing with a "V")
T posing with daddy's auntie
Daddy's auntie, and two uncles...and me!
