Bethpage Biking

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

We took our bikes out to Bethpage State Park to celebrate out 6 year wedding anniversary. We’ve never been on the Bethpage Bikeway, but heard it was a nice leisurely ride for the entire family. We loaded up the trusty Cr-V and drove the 2 minutes to the park. We paid the 6 dollar parking fee and got ready for our fun trip.

The paved bike path went along side Bethpage parkway and through woods and near residential homes. Plenty of families were out riding during the beautiful day. Sarah seemed to enjoy the ride, but after a while seemed to get really quiet. We stopped a few times for water and when we hit a small pond, decided to head back to the park.

It was just in time because halfway back, Sarah fell asleep in her seat. Boy was it tough keeping her head somewhat still with my arm while biking back to the parking lot. Back at the park, we decided to spend some time at the kiddie play area for Sarah to enjoy. She loved seeing the other kids running around.

Pictures from Bethpage.

Saturday Fun

Saturday, April 25th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

After a few weeks of being really busy with Sarah’s birthday, work and the Easter holiday, we finally got a chance to relax on Saturday. In the morning, we drove out to Michael Tully Park in New Hyde Park to meet up with friends for a few hours of tennis and other activities. The great thing about that park was that the tennis courts were right next to a covered picnic area and a kiddie play area with slides and jungle gyms and all sorts of kid goodness. A bunch of people met up with their babies and spouses. We all enjoyed getting a bit of exercise while the kids got to meet new friends and play on a beautiful day. Although, Blanka and I planned only to stay a few hours, we spend most of the day there. Check out the pics from the park here.

We then headed back home east to clean up for Tomer and Michelle’s housewarming party out in Queens. After only an hour home, we were able to shower, dress, give Sarah a nap, feed her dinner and be out the door. Sarah really enjoyed being at this housewarming. She got to meet and play with their 2 dogs. And although they were very cute, Sarah couldn’t get enough of them. She kept screaming and chasing the dogs every which way. Pictures from the housewarming are also up in the gallery section.

Photoshoot Pics

Friday, April 17th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

We got our pics from Sarah’s photoshoot. By now you’re all probably wondering what the final shots look like. I’ve uploaded a few pics from the shoot. Hope you guys enjoy them as much as we did!

Sarah’s Photoshoot Behind the Scenes

Monday, April 13th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Here’s the behind the scenes video of Sarah’s photoshoot.

Easter Sunday 2009

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Another busy day on Sunday. We woke up way too early to get ready for a full day of Easter activities. We started the day off by eating a traditional Polish Easter breakfast with eggs, Kielbasa, bread and a variety of other foods. Sarah shared her eggs with mommy and daddy and she was happy to try kielbasa, a Polish sausage, for the first time.

After breakfast, we all got dressed and headed out the door to attend a Easter service at a church on the island. The church was packed with families but we were able to get a nice seat near the edge so that Blanka could get up and walk with Sarah during the sermon. Sarah behaved very nicely and hardly made any noise.

After church, we drove all the way to the cemetary in Queens to pay respects to Sarah’s grandma. We then decided to drive around to several people’s houses to drop off party favors from Sarah’s party that we forgot to give out at the end of her birthday celebration. Unfortunately, out of the 3 houses we wanted to visit, no one was home.

We drove home and started Easter dinner preparations. While the ham was cooking, Sarah went for her very first bike ride to the corner mailbox. Sorry about the shaky footage and the interlaced footage. I also know the date is wrong at the end, but I was in a rush. oh well…

Sarah’s 1st Bike Ride on Easter Sunday from BOH on Vimeo.

We finished off the day with a nice Easter dinner with the entire family. It was a great day, but so busy and so very tiring!

Getting Ready for Easter

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Saturday was a busy day for us. We tried to get up early, but the entire Oh family slept in until 8:30am – a first since Sarah was born. I don’t know if it was the rainy weather or just tiredness, but none of us could wake up.

Sarah had a doctor’s appt. in the morning for her 1 year checkup. We loaded up into our trusty Cr-V only to find that the battery was dead due to the back window being partially open and making the back light stay on for who knows how long. So off I went to get the jumper cables and our Civic. The jump didn’t take long at all, but I did get dirty and soaked from the downpour. We made it to the dr’s office on time and for the first time ever, Sarah cried when getting checked up. She didn’t enjoy the weighing, the measuring and especially the two vaccination shots. A week after her 1 year birthday, Sarah weighed in at 22lbs 15oz. with a height/length of 29 1/2 inches. Everything in the 75th percentile for her age.

We then went to the children’s eye dr’s office to make an appointment for a checkup. Sarah has been squinting every so often and when we mentioned it to the pediatrician, she said that either Sarah is playing or has some issue. In either case, it wouldn’t be bad to get it checked out. We made an appt. for sometime in May and got back into the pouring rain.

Well it turned out that our trusty Cr-V needed gas badly so I went to my local Citgo where I found that their awning didn’t block any rain at all. So for the entire time of filling up my totally empty car, I got soaked AGAIN. Not only that, gas spilled all over my pants. 🙁

We looked at the time and it was a little before 1pm and we had to go to Queens to get food blessed in the traditional Polish way. I wasn’t sure when the food blessing was going to happen at the RC church we were going to, but wanted to get there early just in case, the blessings stopped at a certain time. We rushed back home where Blanka quickly made up our Easter food basket and Sarah’s. We plugged the route into our GPS and drove on in the rain. The rain wasn’t too bad, but the directions were horrible. My Garmin decided to take us on local roads for most of the way and it seemed that there was a red light every 20 feet. HORRIBLE. So after 30 minutes of driving, we finally made it to church. We waited in the church for half an hour to get the food blessed. It was a bit different, but we were glad to get some Easter preparation done.

We drove home tired, hungry, wet but happy. We managed to get everything important done in what seemed to be a short day. By the time we got home and dried up, we looked outside and what was once a downpour was a light sprinkle. Go figure. Some Easter 2009 pics here.

Sarah’s Easter Basket

Sarah at church waiting to get her food blessed.

Sarah’s Photoshoot

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

My coworker came over today to do a photoshoot of Sarah in her traditional Korean dress. We left work a bit early, drove home quickly and set up in record time. She brought the backdrop, the monolights, light diffusers and her trusty Canon 5D, full sensor camera. The next 2 hours were filled with lots of screeming, funny faces and every thing imaginable to make Sarah smile. In the end, I think we got a few good shots at least. I won’t know for a little while, but as soon as I get my proofs, you’ll see it on the site. Until then, here are some behind the scenes shots.

Sarah’s Birthday Party

Sunday, April 5th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

We celebrated Sarah’s birthday again on Saturday with a few friends. We decorated a bit more and set out most of her toys so that she could play with them along with Aliyah, Madison and Jasmine. Sarah really enjoyed being with her friends and we had a great time with our friends. The weird thing was that both Blanka and I were so tired after the event. We’ve had many a party at our house in the past, but this birthday shindig tired us out like no other. Pictures from the event can be found here.

Sarah’s 1st Birthday!

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

We celebrated Sarah’s birthday today. The Oh family got together early in the morning to eat, celebrate and enjoy the day of Sarah’s birth. Grandma spent a long time cooking the past few days and planning for the Korean traditional festivities has been in the works for months. I’ll go more into details later on, but for now, here are the pics from today.