the year of jubilee

on oct. 4th, we welcomed our little girl, jubilee sunah blum into this world.



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just a few days later we celebrated atticus turning 2, and few days after that we celebrated mom turning 32!




halmoni came and stayed with us for 6 weeks!!! to help take care of us.

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later that month, we celebrated halloween in our crafty homemade costumes: juby was a puppy, atti was the neighborhood woodchuck, mommy and daddy were critter control. our costumes were inspired by the neighborhood critters that attacked our homegrown brussel sprouts.

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SUMMER TRAVELS
chicago and traverse city
halabujee was officiating a wedding in chicago, so the choes decided to have a minireunion in chicago where mommy grew up.


from chicago we traveled to traverse city where daddy grew up.



later that summer, when mommy was 8 months pregnant, she traveled across the world with 3 of her pals to train teachers in Indonesia.


we took one last weekend trip up to Vermont


daddy took a trip to Tanzania to attend a conference on global health.

long overdue update.

it's been a looong time since an update...
and this isn't really one.
it's a placeholder really.
will try to update by tonight....
seeing that our xmas cards went out with our blog address on it, we thought it might be time for an update.

for now... celebrate with us.
this is the first year that we've gotten our xmas cards out before xmas!
woohoo!

summer is here.

it's a girl!

we brought Breakfast with the Blums back... this time with a pinata.
we wanted to share the good news and the surprise with our pals.

atticus took a good whack at it.


daddy stepped in...

and out flew a flood of pink candies.

It's a girl!
We're expecting to meet baby GIRL Blum in late September!
now we'll be able to play two on two.

sunday best.

atticus and his best pals on easter sunday.

atticus and his uncle matt

we love visiting uncle matt and auntie jacinda in nyc.
atticus always has a great time with them.

atti and his pt.

atticus was a little slow to crawl... and a little slow to walk...
so for the last several months atti has been meeting with a physical therapist to work on developing his gross motor skills.


well, the day came when he started to walk a few months ago... meaning no more pt.
atti looooved his pt and their sessions together.
thanks deb for all the support, laughter, and fun!

another fashion statement.

this picture was taken a few weeks ago.

atticus loves his boots. when getting dressed,i usually set out 2 or 3 pairs of shoes for him to choose from... and without fail, when given the choice, he chooses the boots.
thanks halmuhni!

no comment.

it's not funny mama.

atti loves his spaghetti...

not in his eye though.

Atticus standing on his own... and groovin'!

excuse the poor guitar skills and the ridiculous song that mama is singing.
enjoy atti's smooth dancin' moves...

happy birthday

happy birthday to the best samchoon ever!

jer rocked it first.

Inching Its Way Back Onto the Lip

in the new york times today.

puh.leez...
we all know who started this trend.



feb. 08.

a little background info.

so i made this ridiculous costume. handmade it.
jer commissioned me to do so. so...out of my love for him and my love for ELF, the willferrell elf, i attempted to make my first item of clothing.

the process was ridiculous. going to joann's on black friday to get the best deal on fabric.... buying white tights dyeing them yellow, handstiching the elf shoes.... and after 5 attempts at the hat, finally getting it right.

all that work... and atticus was in the costume for a total of about 10 min. ridiculous.

next time i'll use a pattern.

next time? what am i thinking.

i hope atticus forgives us someday...