Hi All!

This is going to be a long blog as I have a lot to tell you. 

Back in April, I went on my first plane ride! It was an hour long flight to LA, and it was fun. I was pretty well behaved the whole time.  Then Mama and I went to a park while Dada attended a financial conference.

 My first plane ticket.   

At this magical park, there’s this man-sized mouse with huge ears and tight red pants.  I think he owns the park everything was decorated with mouse ears.  Mama and I rode in huge rotating tea cups, baby elephants, and one ride had these scary little people come out and sing “It’s a Small World” over and over again.

 Giant pink tea cup!

  Mama, me and the monkey. 

That weekend I got to hang out with my new friend named Kaitlin, so it was a fun trip.  And I went to the beach for the first time!  The ocean is wet.

  Kaitlin and I had such a good time!

 I’m waiting for a wave.  Mama screamed a lot when the cold water hits our feet.  (She’s wimpy.)

I also went to Santa Cruz for the Leong/Leung Family Fun Trip.  I played in the sand while mama, dada, and the uncles tried to hit this ball over the net in the sand.  It was funny especially when mama tried to jump AND hit the ball at the same time.   Dada was funny too but he can at least jump higher than mama.  My parents can embarrass me sometimes.  I also went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and say lots of fish. 

 Uncle Wes (or Hsu Hsu) and I playing catch. 

 Me at Monterey Bay Aquarium. 

 Mama insisted I stand inside this thing.  I hope it don’t close on me!

 New way to “high five” with my Yi Yeh Yeh.

Over the past month, I’ve also learned I can get my way if I yell and scream. It’s so liberating! If I don’t want to eat my vegetables, I yell and scream. If I don’t want to go to bed, I yell and scream. If I want to go outside, and Daddy says no, I yell and scream. If it’s 2 AM and everyone’s sound asleep, I run into their room and yell and scream. I’ve also found it helps to stomp your feet while you’re yelling, it really drives home the point. Eventually, you’ll get what you want, but you have to keep at it. Mommy and Daddy aren’t as dumb as they look, and they’re catching on, so it takes a bit longer now to get my way. I may have to figure out another way soon.

Just last week, dada took one side off my crib.  I fell out a few times but I slept through the fall.   Now I can get out of bed when I want to.  I don’t have to wait for mama or dada to come get me.  And in the middle of the night, if I don’t feel like staying in bed, I just scream and walk over to Mama and Dada’s room and see what how they react.  Most of the time I get escorted back to bed.

 First night, I manage turn 180 degrees in my bed, fall off the bed, hit the soft landing, roll UDNER the bed and continue to sleep.  And all while holding my bunndy!  I’m THAT good.

 Second night, I just rolled off bed onto the soft landing and continued sleeping.

 Third night, I decided to sleep perpendicular to my bed.  Its cool.

Mommy and Daddy keep saying something about the “Terrible Two’s”, but I’m not sure what that means. I doubt it has anything to do with me.

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written, I’ve been pretty busy. Been learning to walk, talk, and manipulate mommy and daddy to do my bidding. It’s not as easy as you might think. Mommy and Daddy are pretty smart, but generally I still get whatever I want everytime I give them a pouty face. Fools.

Anyway, I can walk now! It’s pretty cool, because now I can get to all those pieces of food on the floor before the dog gets to them. I’ve also learned to speak better now. I now know mama, dada, yeah-yeah (grandpa), and nie-nie (grandma).

However, my all time favorite word is “buh-balls!”. Everytime I say it, mama pulls out stick from a can of soapy water, blows into it, and these transparent spherical objects come flying towards me! I’m not sure what the spheres are called, yet, but they’re a lot of fun. They come in all different sizes, float in the air, and it’s fun to try to catch them. Also, I’ve recently realized that if you take the surface area of the spheres and divide it by the diameter-squared, you get the SAME constant, *regardless* of the size!

So now you’re thinking, “uhh, Kyra, where are the cute pictures?” Mama and Dada are struggling to decide whether to post them here, or on facebook… for now, facebook is winning. So look up mama and dada on facebook, and you should see some up to date pictures. You’ll find I look much more grown up these days.

Ta ta!

Happy New Year Everyone! 

Its been a busy 2008 for me….let’s recap.  Moved out of house, got the stomach flu, moved into house, got a tan by the pool, got some teeth, turned one, took a music class, learned to cry and look cute to get my way, sat on Santa’s lap…that sounds about right. 

My 2009 resolution is to delay walking and talking as long as I can.  I’ve fooled everyone so far…why walk when I can be carried and why talk when I can point and scream?

Here are some more pictures of me and mommy and daddy!

 I heard the big ones can turn into carriages!

 Mommy claims that she was bitten by a lady bug when she was little.

 I hate running!

 So let me get this straight…this Santa guy parks his reindeers on the roof and squeezes down the chimney?!…

  I’m only a little scared of him.