"Mexico"

We planned a wonderful, sunny trip to Mexico after Christmas. What bad timing - our flight out coincided with a very big snowstorm. We spent 10 hours at the airport on the gate, on the plane, and on the runway before the flight was finally cancelled due to maintenance issues (nothing to do with the storm!) We returned home without our luggage (which was shipped to Mexico without us) and without our stroller which the airline lost. A wonderful, magical holiday. Oh, the risks of winter travel. We are traumatized and are rescheduling our Mexico trip for April, when hopefully there is no more snow!

Grandpa visits and Holiday events

Photo Shoot

One of Lila's schoolmate's dad's offered professional photo shoots at school. We took the kids and got some really cute photos! Although these were too late for our holiday card, here they are to share....

Holidays start up

Thanksgiving 2010

We visited both sides of the family for the Thanksgiving holiday. First stop was Delaware and then Virginia. Luckily we didn't hit much traffic. Grant turned 15 months and we all had a great time.

The Latest

Here are pictures from the past few weeks, including some from Halloween.

Good Housekeeping Photo Shoot

Only in NYC. Mama was lucky to be in a fun photo shoot for Good Housekeeping's Holiday issue. Hair and Makeup took 3 hours, so that's not how I normally look.

Kids Dancing Videos

We will post some new Halloween photos soon, but in the meantime, here are 2 cute dancing videos....

Uncle Jeffrey Visits

We had a fun weekend with Uncle Jeffrey celebrating Halloween early. Lila is a Magic Mermaid and Grant is a Scary Shark, and Uncle Jeffrey is ummm....Funny Running Man?

Lila sings a song about sea animals

Pumpkin Picking

This past weekend we went pumpkin picking at a farm in upstate NY. We enjoyed a fun hayride and a gorgeous sunny day.

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Mama and Dadda enjoyed a weekend away in Vermont while Grandma watched the kids. We hiked in the beautiful fall foilage and caught up on sleep. Thanks Grandma!

Grant is 13 months

Our Grant is 13 months old today. He has become such a fun little boy - he loves running, playing chase, and doing anything Lila does. Here are a few recent photos and additional pictures from our visit to VA last weekend.

Weekend in VA

We spent the weekend in VA with Grandma, Grandpa and all 3 Uncles, visiting and celebrating Grant's belated birthday. We left our camera at home, so here are some grainy pictures from my phone. Uncle Jeffrey will send additional photos later.

First Day of School and Botanical Gardens

A bunch of news....Lila started her first day of preschool today and she loves her new school! Grant had his 1 year check up and weighs in at 25 lbs 5 oz (90th percentile) and is 31" tall (90-95th percentile).

What a fun vacation!

As reported before, we spent 2 weeks in Bucks County, PA with our friends Sunshine and Steve and their kids, Tess and Tanner, who are the same ages as Lila and Grant. We had a really wonderful vacation....

Bucks County, PA Vacation

Grant's 1st Birthday!

We celebrated Grant's 1-year birthday at our vacation house in Bucks County, PA. We are staying at a beautiful old farmhouse with our friends Sunshine and Steve and their kids, Tess and Tanner (same ages as our kids). Here are 2 videos - first is the cake celebration and second is Grant's "birthday present" - it's a long video but cute nevertheless.

Beach Houses

This week we took advantage of beach house invitations. Mama took the kids to our friend Laurie's beach house in East Hampton, NY. Then we stopped at Shelter Island to Ben's beach house on Shelter Island, NY where Dadda joined us.

Family Race

The latest...

The Kids on the Move

Video: Grant picks up walking fast!


Video: Lila scootering on the NYC streets

Auntie Maryanne's Wedding - More Photos

Finally posting some photos of Auntie Maryanne's Ceremony.

Grant Walks!

Our Grant will be 11-months old this Tuesday, July 27th. Day by day, he takes more steps....He's on his way to chasing after his sister soon.

Summer week in the city

Another hot week in the city. Grant is zooming around crawling and took his first steps unassisted at 10 1/2 months!(see video) He is growing up too fast, especially for Mama.

PHOTOS


VIDEO of Fast Crawling

Cousins in NYC and another Wedding

There was another Kuo wedding this summer - 2 weeks after Auntie Maryanne's wedding, was cousin Pauline's wedding in Mystic, CT. A lot of the west coast relatives stayed on the east coast in between. Some made it to NYC for fun before the next wedding....

Grant and Wagon

4th of July Weekend

Auntie Maryanne's Wedding

Maryanne got married to Chad! Mama was Matron of Honor and Lila was Flower Girl. A beautiful, busy weekend. We have photos pre and post wedding, but since we were in the wedding, we are waiting for cousins to share photos during the ceremony - will post those later.

Father's Day weekend

VIDEO


PHOTOS

Father's Day weekend

The Kids

Uncle Matthew and Joy Visit, etc.

Photos:

Matthew/Joy

Video: Grant Pulling Up

Grant starts to really crawl

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy weekend away to a family Bat Mitzvah for cousin Alex in Springfield, VA and then to friend Ganesh's wedding in Baltimore, MD. We dropped the kids off at Grandma's house and they had a ball with Grandma, all their Uncles, and Grandpa. Thank you to our family for letting Mama and Dadda enjoy time away.

Hopscotching Lila


PHOTOS

Memorial Day Weekend

Grant is 9 months old!!

At 9 months, Grant weighs in at 23 lbs 3 oz (90th percentile) and 29 3/4" (95th percentile). For comparison, at the same age, Lila was 16 lbs 15oz and she is currently 27 lbs at 3 years.

Grant has started to inch forwards, the precursor to crawling. Hang in until the end of the video to see him move 4 inches.

May Weekend

We spent a fun weekend day in downtown NYC, in Tribeca and Battery Park City. Our friends brought along their super professional camera and captured some great shots of our family.

Boston

Over the gorgeous weekend, we visited Boston, where Mama went to Boston College and Daddy went to Harvard Business School. We stayed with Jenna and Micah and their son Isaac in Brookline, MA. On the way home, we visited Maureen and Matt and their 4 girls in Milton, MA. Was a really fun time!

Boston, MA

Update

We had a great Mother's Day weekend but didn't get any good pictures since our main camera broke. Here are some photos from the past week.

Mother's Day

Hayden and Beckett's Visit from LA

Nika, Hayden and Beckett came to visit us from Los Angeles. Nika met Juli when Hayden and Lila were 4 months old. It was a super fun reunion, although crazier now with 4 kids!

Visit with Hayden and Beckett

Grant is 8 months, etc....

Grant 8 mo, etc

Uncle Jeffrey visits

Uncle Jeffrey

2 Videos

Kids' Ring Around the Rosie


Grant "talking"

April events

April events

Central Park Zoo, etc.

CP Zoo, etc

The Latest

Weekend

More birthdays

More birthday

Lila's 3rd Birthday Celebrations

Lila's 3rd Birthday

Spring slowly arrives

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Grant's first meal, etc.

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Grant is 6 months and Lila's Haircut Results

Snow Day

Weekend

Weekend

Disney Family Trip

We hit Disney World in Orlando, Florida over the President's Day weekend. We had a good time, although the weather was very chilly for most of our trip. Lila had a ball and Grant napped through most of it. The whole family is exhausted and we need a vacation from our vacation.

Disney

Happy Birthday Mama!!

Mama's Birthday

Lila and the Girls Rock Band

Lila forms her own Girls Rock Band. Look for them on tour soon.

Winter Activities

Ice Skating

Grant - 5 months old

Grant is 5 months today!

Active Grant!

The Kids

Grant is truly our butterball. At 4 1/2 months, he weighs 17 lbs and 14 oz (90th percentile) and is 27" long (95th percentile). Lila was a petite 13 lbs at the same age.

2010-01-18

In the New Year

2010-01-11

New Year's in VA

Here are a few photos...we forgot our camera so didn't get to capture everyone in the family. Happy New Year!

New Year's in VA