summer dress, schmummer dress

annie yiyi and uncle paul got amelia this beautiful giraffe dress for her second birthday. despite being made of thin cotton, we transformed it into a winter dress by having her wear a white t-shirt and thick white tights underneath. amelia could not have been happier.

moving up in the world?

not so much. after one successful night of sleeping in the big girl bed, amelia was so distraught by its mere presence in her room that we had to move it out. back to the crib.

rain, rain, and more rain

weeks of bragging about our glorious weather finally caught up to me--it rained every single day this three-day weekend. during a brief sunny period, poppa took his birthday bike out for a spin with amelia. here they are:

minor benefit of having rain: jumping in puddles with rainboots!

overheard

my friend heather's blog about her kids has a regular "overheard" feature that i've decided to steal. here we go:

overheard when lisa, amelia's nanny, was trying to find parking: "Jesus Christ!," followed with, "that's what my daddy says when he can't find parking."


in response to the rhetorical question "why can't we find parking, amelia?": "because the other cars are parked there, silly billy!"

before picking up halmoni and harabiji from the airport: "when i see my grandma and grandpa, i'm going to run up and give them a big squeezy hug!"


when greeting halmoni and harabiji at the airport: [silence].

after pretending to fall down: "momma, my baby sister pushed me down!"

explaining why she has to read the book out loud herself: "it's for my baby sister."

stating how many baby sisters she has: "five."

stating where her baby sister(s) is/are at any given time: "school."

stating how many baby brothers she has: "none."

stating how many baby brothers she wants: "no."

new crazy, awful, photo face

tourists

poppa kwong and i are such fans of the cable cars--the antiquated, completely inefficient mode of transportation that they are-- that we rarely pass up an excuse to ride them. halmoni and harabiji are in town for poppa's birthday, so we decided to ride the nob hill & van ness cable car for kicks.

the beehiver

amelia has a book of professions called "maybe you want to fly a jet, maybe you want to be a vet." she's decided that she's going to be a beehiver. she found in our bathroom this mesh bag for washing delicates, and has co-opted it to protect her from bee stings. pretty hilarious, i think.

stats: 2.5 years old

amelia was plagued with a particularly nasty cold this week, so we took her to the doctor. while we were there, we got her measurements: 29.6 pounds, 36 inches tall, pretty average all around.

and as a complete non sequitur, here's a better picture of the other sweater poh poh made for amelia:

getting to know our fair city: sunday

one of the cards suggests a ferry ride to tiburon, a small town just to the north of san francisco. we didn't have time to take the ferry, so we just drove up there instead. there's a lovely waterside promenade, so amelia took her "baby" for a stroll. here she is enjoying the viewing across the bay. you can see san francisco in the far horizon.
the rare picture with momma. and that's the golden gate bridge in the middle of the horizon:

getting to know our fair city: saturday

poppa kwong found a cool box of cards called "50 walks with kids" for san francisco. we've been taking little excursions every weekend since, and finally feel like we're getting to know the city. the scenery here is incredible, the weather has been glorious, and we've been asking ourselves why we didn't move out here sooner. here we are above sutro baths (amelia's sweater courtesy of poh-poh): at a cave down near sutro baths (amelia didn't want to go in):
in front of what poppa called a nineteenth-century infinity pool:the coastal trail at land's end:

completely entranced, watching a junior high band practice at land's end: