Introducing: Baby Girl

She is the cutest thing I have ever seen, and I've seen baby elephants play-fighting, so I am no novice when it comes to judging cuteness.

I've kept her alive and mostly healthy for nearly seven weeks, and am tremendously proud of myself.

Also, THAT LITTLE MOUTH!!

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

After making a tremendous amount of progress on the nursery (I made a DIAGRAM ONLINE! With REAL MEASUREMENTS! - See!!)...

...Our household goods arrived: All of them. Including our gigantic American washer and dryer that were supposed to be left in storage (guessing they will now become hampers/hiders of contraband items when company comes over):

Glorious Stuff!

After about two solid hours of unwrapping cups - I swear we have six million of them - I came across my first broken dish:

Hallelujah! The angels rejoice that I have one less cup to fit into my teeny tiny scullery kitchen. 

(not kidding, the ad for our house actually called it a "scullery" - it makes me feel like Daisy from Downton Abbey every time I walk in)

Now baby girl's room looks like the world's smallest end-table store:

 Seriously! Why so many tables? I have no idea why we own all of these - and this ISN'T EVEN ALL OF THEM!! There are at least two lurking in corners downstairs.

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On a side note, I think baby girl is playing Prison Break in my stomach right now. I swear she is trying to kick her way out through my ribcage.

#pleasestayputtilldaddygetsyourcribassembled
#onsecondthought #mommywantssushi #youcouldsleepinacardboardboxforatleastafewdays

What I Missed: The Great Photo Recap

We took the most crowded subway ride ever.

We saw fireworks. They were awesome.

There was a lantern festival.

It snowed.

A lot.

Christmas came.

We went skiing. I spent more time laying down than I did standing up.

We saw North Korea.

North Korea saw us.

Brandon practiced his archery.

We went to the Cherry Blossom Festival. It rained.

We hiked. A lot.

We went to China. It was dirty. 

And that's what you've missed!

Stay tuned for another one of these...next year?

"Closet" Space

In the absence of hangers, I've come up with a truly revolutionary clothing storage system.

Brandon keeps his clothes here:

and I keep mine here:

Tanked

The Jagalchi Fish Market is Korea's largest, and a wonder to behold. If it swims in the sea, you can buy it here. It's like going to the aquarium, if the aquarium was also an all-you-can eat seafood buffet.

After wandering through the main floor of the market, gaping at some creatures I've never seen, and witnessing a brutal yet fascinating octopus slaughtering, we headed upstairs to the "food court".

For 80,000 won (we thought it was a little steep, until we saw the vast amount of food being paraded out to our table), we bought ourselves two freshly slaughtered fish - one cooked, one raw - some delicious sides (including a pile of tasty sea snails), and finished off the meal with a steaming pot of fish head soup.

Nomnomnomnomnom.

Introducing The Ricky Bobby.

This is Ricky Bobby.

Ricky Bobby wants to go fast, but struggles a little on occasion.

I'm pretty sure that even I will be able to parallel park this little munchkin of a car.

Kimchi

Yesterday, we ate kimchi...

AND LIKED IT! SUCCESS!!