ER and CT scan

Life with Gabby is nothing short of interesting.  Life with Natalie was wonderful, easy and pleasant.  Natalie was and still is our child who has some caution and reservation with activities. There is no plunging head first into anything.  When it comes to bike riding, Natalie was slow and steady to learn.  When it came to swimming, she was slow and steady.  Walking, climbing, etc., the list goes on and on.  Gabby, on the other hand, is the opposite. She is FEARLESS. This lack of fear can lead to SEVERAL accidents on a daily basis.  She is far from cautious.  She barrels through life at full speed.  Never slowing down.

Yesterday, Gabby thought she needed to be a little dare devil and took a substantial fall onto the top of her little head.  I was standing right there when it happened and caught her foot as her head smacked the ground.  Several minutes of wailing, a big red indent on her head and her sudden lethargy made us more concerned than normal.  Typically she falls, hits her head and a goose egg pops up immediately.  This time it was opposite.  20 min after the fall we couldn't keep her awake, so off we went to the clinic. They immediately sent us to the Local Korean ER for observation because she is an infant.  An ambulance ride later Gabby and I were at the ER.  Rick and Natalie were coming in the car.  A skull X-ray and a CT scan later we were released. Gabby was PERFECT.  We were sent home with instructions to monitor her and off we went.  2-3 hours after the fall, she was back to her old self.  She was slightly fussy for most of the day, but hey that was understandable! :)

Here are some pictures of her today before morning nap. We were playing with Bubbles and on the Swings.

Running away from me.

"BUBBLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  She screamed that loudly.

Got ahold of the bubble blower.

Popping bubbles.

She makes funny faces at me.

Yes, this is how she likes to slide.

Eggstravaganza

On Saturday before Easter, the post hosts the annual Eggstravagana for the little kids.  Natalie and Gabby got to "hunt" for their easter eggs.  Afterwards there was free hotdogs, chips and drinks.  We split photo time with Shuana since we couldn't be on two fields at the same time. I took photos of Gabby and Jae while she took the photos of Daisy and Natalie.  I will get those soon.

Rick and his Mini

The 0-3 field.

Gabby and Jae planted themselves in a middle of a pile of stuff and sat there picking up items around them.

Thats what she looked like most of the "hunt"

Screamer

Going in for the kill

Dancing maybe?

Natalie checking out what she got!

The Easter Bunny with the girls and Rick.

Posers!!

Black Belt

Natalie finally received her black belt this week. She passed the National Test and is now a 1st Degree black belt.  Her belt is Red and Black because in Korea if you are under 14 you have to have a red/black belt, not the solid black belt.  She will make 2nd degree black belt before we leave Korea and will keep the belt, but when we return Stateside she will be awarded a solid black belt.  The belt has her Name on it and says International Korean Takewondo Association in the Native language.  Its quite an Honor!

A picture of the girls belts with with Names in English and Hongul.

Grand Master Kim about to present Natalie with her belt.

Tying the new belt on.

Congratulations are in order for our little black belt!! Such a proud day!

They are tough stuff!

Hiking Yet Again

6 1/2 months preggo, hiking up a mountain with Gabby on my back. I got the raw end of the deal.

On the decent.

Finally got to a place where she could get down and run around.

Trying to teach Natalie the fine art of tree climbing.

She wanted to learn the fine art of climbing stairs or rocks.

Happy easter

Nat at 15 months

I was looking at some pictures of my precious princess Natalie the other day.  I found these from her at 15 months. Taken April 20, 2006.  Its fun to see the two girls at the same age in pictures.  The post from the park below is Gabby at the same age.  They both that curls but other similarities are few and far between!  Nat was one cute cute little girl!

*interesting is that Gabby is the exact height Natalie was at 15 months; however, Natalie was 2 pounds heavier.  Odd because Natalie looks so much smaller in these pictures*

Park Play

She loves to slide, but prefers to go down head first.

She recovers well at the bottom and jumps off the slide.

Off to go terrorize something else.

Yes, her face is dirty.  She just had a snack!