FINDING KOBI

Hair Issues

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:46:00 +0000

My babies hair is getting so long that I can even spike the back now. A part of me wants to just keep growing it out and maybe I can create one of those cool anime hairstyles but then again I remember looking back at my childhood pics and just thinking "What the?!" I know it doesn't look as long as I'm making it sound in the pictures but trust me when there is no gel its totally in the eyes. So what do you guys think? Kobi's gonna look back at this one day and say the same thing that everyone says to their mamas isn't he? Oh well. I mean its not like I'm tipping it blue or anything. Although... no then I can only imagine what daddy would say. Hehe! Maybe its time for a cut?

Happy Halloween!

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

This Halloween mama put daddy in charge of the costume. Needless to say nothing was bought "created" in a timely manner. That daddy! So what did mama do? Two days before Halloween I cut up a red bath towel making it a robe, used piping for curtains as a belt and stuffed pillow stuffing in to white cheap girls gloves last minute. The hat we've had around the house since friends came back from Disney. Whew!

Note to self:

Next year try not to figure out what were doing two days ahead of the actually day Halloween is planned :)

I do think the robe turned out really good though. So this years costume cost... maybe $9.00? LOL! I think it cost more to make the dessert Matt took to Kobi's school for their party which by the way I had to post. Isn't it cute? Glad he enjoys being in the kitchen.

Two Post/ One Day

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:46:00 +0000

Kobi should know by now that mama doesn't cook.

Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:41:00 +0000

I bet you all thought we were dead but nope everyone is alive and kicking! Kobi's the same as always. Playing hard until he drops and now quite the back talker. What can I say must get it from his fathers side but hey he is voted most helpful in class so at least you know were doing something right as parents if he doesn't act out there. Hehe! We've been trying to come up with a creative Halloween costume to surpass last years (click here) but this time the ideas just aren't flowing so it will not only be a surprise to you in blog world but also a surprise to mama if I don't get my act together. Just add that to the "to-do list". This past weekend I threw a surprise baby shower for a coworker and made the best baby duvet cover for a crib! Sure it took me twelve straight hours to make, two days before the party, plus my sewing machine died the first five minutes into construction but hey nothing beats the love sewn into every handmade stitch. (Laughing in my head... seriously it hurts to type) I am very proud of it though so I'll have to post a picture for all to see. I think every post from here on out will be titled "Catch Up". I swear gone are the days of posting once a week. I'll shot for once a month so every ones expectations aren't high of me :)

Catch Up

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:22:00 +0000

I have managed to upload three post tonight. I feel my work here is done. LOL!
During our beach trip Matthew and I kept finding conch shells with the "conch" still in them. Not sure if that's the right lingo but these things were all over the place! I really thought conch's lived only in the Caribbean? Guess I'm wrong.
Kobi pretended to be ship wrecked :)

This last picture is my favorite! Look at all the excitement that stems from playing in the water. So cute!

Night Stroll

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:01:00 +0000

No people, just us and the bug spray :)

Kobi was so excited because this cat came right up to him on the beach. There was another cat that ran into our house one day and as soon as Kobi spotted it (and grasped it), lets just say I strongly doubt it will ever come back around. Kobi's just to rough with kitties. I felt bad for the poor thing.

Cape May

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:35:00 +0000

Can you tell Kobi was a little excited about his first ferry ride?
Such a happy little guy!

I did not realize the trip would take 75 minutes from Delaware to New Jersey or that the boat would rock so much. Not exaggerating car alarms were going off every 5 minutes! The wind was really bad! Kobi loved walking around the boat. Mama hardly has balance walking on ground that's not moving so I mainly stayed seated but it was so funny to watch daddy stumble around like a drunken sailor (who could not keep his balance for the record either) and watching Kobi pretend to fall about... even though he could walk perfectly fine :)

When we docked Pete the Pirate was waiting for us in New Jersey. All I could think of was this poor sweating person in the suit but Kobi acted as if he just met Elmo... too cute!

I love how Kobi throws his arms up for pictures.

We took a tour by trolley to all the scenic places in Cape May. It was actually really neat. I totally loved it because the gardens were amazing to see and the homes looked so well preserved. Matt and Kobi on the other hand fell asleep but hey... no one bothered me while I got to snap great pictures. Hehe! After the trolley we walked to HotDog Tommy's which Matt had just seen on the Food Network or Travel Channel or something? I guess its one of the top 10 places for a hot dog and man was the line loooong! We finally get to order and this guy holding a tiny little girl (maybe 18 months if that) says "Do you mind ordering a side of macaroni with your order because I can't wait in this line with my little girl?" I looked at him and said "You realize we could die because of this!?" He said he'd take full responsibility if we felt any heat (like a man holding an 18 month kiddo could fend off the likes of that crowd) and we ordered the macaroni. The nice part was the guy paid for our food but as I walked back to our ride I thought to myself "Why didn't I think of that?" LOL! Kobi could have totally put on the tears and I could have been a line jumper too!

Pre-nap :)

On the way back to Delaware our little guy went into total melt down mode. No "thorough" nap and age three... that's understandable. However we got some cuteness shots before the "1-800-Whaa" occurred.

Finally after a long day we were back at the beach house and what did we do before bed... Peek-A-Boo. I don't think that game will ever get old :)

Were back from Delaware!

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:58:00 +0000

This year we returned to the same beach house as last year for one week and boy was it hard to return home:) I have a ton of pictures to upload and I promise I will but right now I have a little three year old that needs to go to bed (me included) so more pictures to follow on another day. This year we also took the ferry to Cape May (Kobi's first ferry ride!)

Kobi can you look at the camera?

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:43:00 +0000

I know your "drum-bucket" is way fun but can you look at mama?
OK, that's a little better. Now can you actually open those eyes?

Hmmm... yes they are open but can you take that cup off your face?

Finally a good 1 second shot before the cover was over head!

And there you go. Bribing with food works every time :)

Is my baby getting cheekbones? I think he's getting cheekbones? Baby pudge where have you gone?

Where has the time gone?

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0000

4th of July pics

Kobi's buddy Sean. He's told me he wishes for a big brother :)

Auntie Cassie (Sherry's sis). They have the best bond :)

Fun at the cabin in June.

All I can say is there is always one scrunched up face picture to a post these days.

I can not believe how long I have gone without posting pictures! Where are my manners? To get everyone up to date I've been a little preoccupied with computer problems (who has signal strength issues?!) , house difficulties (hot water heater flooded basement) , to many visits to the court house and zoning committee to count (nothing bad but attempting to even build a "forever-house" is more stressful then anything I could have imagined... are there groups for that sort-of thing?!) and just life in general! Other then that all is good here in Kobi-land :)

Ok... now that's out of the way who wants to hear "Kobisms" ?

1. I took Kobi shopping the other weekend and the nice people at Gap let him choose a balloon to take home. He was so excited about his new green balloon and mama was so careful putting it in the backseat and driving it all the way home. It didn't pop. Now imagine you get home and you unhook your 3 year old (he stands right near the edge of the car because lets face it a new balloon awaits him) and your mama reaches in to grab it and by the gust of God it floats up in the air and poof its gone. Now you know your child is getting so grown-up when out of his mouth he says, "What just happened here!?" I proceed to tell him I'm so sorry but the balloon is gone (at this rate outer space is its new home) and mama can't get it. A scared frown face is looking up at me. Out of his mouth comes (in a frantic voice) "THEN CALL SUPERMAN AND TELL HIM TO GO GET IT!"

2. I come home from an exhausting day at work and in the dinning room Kobi is already eating dinner. I'm just so thankful to be home and eagerly always ask my son what he did in school today. Before I can actually get the words out of my mouth I am greeted with "What are you looking at hockey puck!?" Yep... timeout followed with early bedtime.

3. Daddy has been so disciplined this summer with workouts and diet that in the evening time you will hear the punching bag, weight bench and treadmill all in use. All about the hour that is a certain 3 year olds bedtime. Every night mama is in charge of tub time, teeth brushing and stories and at the end of this ritual Kobi will always say "Now daddy... he's comin up, right?" Yes daddy always does. So after Matthews reached the point of exhaustion he always checks on Kobi who is always still awake and says goodnight. Except one night I hear from the hallway "Daddy why do you exercise?" Daddy replies "To have big muscles like Kobi's". Daddy proceeds to tell me the next thing Kobi does is stretch his body out on the bed, slowly fold his arms behind his head, lets out a sigh and says "Yeah... and I don't even workout." Oh my God we couldn't stop laughing!

4. The beach house is on the agenda again this year (same one in Delaware) and we finally tell Kobi that he will be playing on the beach again very soon. The facial expression of excitement I can not even begin to explain. Like Christmas morning about sums it up. Matthew and I go one step further and ask "Is there any special thing you would like to do at the beach"? Assuming he would say ride golf carts, etc... His response "I think maybe I'd like to have a Coke Cola".

God I love this kid!

Me and my tractor

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:50:00 +0000

Ok... so I have just posted a million of the same picture but Kobi's facial expressions were just to cute to not post all my favorites (especially the first one). Man does this tractor go fast! I'm not joking! Its got two speeds and a reverse and I can not even be outside when Kobi's riding throughout the yard because it makes me so darn nervous. Seriously he took out half a bush and it must get up to

15 MPH! I think this will become a Kobi/ daddy toy. Hehe :)

Country Picnic

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Again daddy made another bunny melon. I had to post this one because I just think its cuter then the last :) He changed up the eyes and used tapioca pearls (instead of carrots) and the nose is the bunny ears cut off of a Peep all held together by toothpicks. Next daddy is working up to these amazing works of art. (click here)
The picnic we attended on Sunday was way out in the country and we drove through some beautiful farms to get there. Now growing up I did view myself as a country girl but it takes a certain criteria for me to categorize "way out country".
Examples...

A. The original outhouse has been removed (only in recent years).
B. The elders homemade alcohol is passed around and yes some of it is made from dandelions.
C. You have to remove the black snake (that has affectionately been named Billy) to open the cooler in the shed.
D. Etc, etc... you get the idea.
These are just some examples I can think of off the top of my head.

That being said it was a great party (snakes and all) with the best food! Country folks sure can cook!

I love this picture. In the past couple weeks Kobi has become infatuated with motorcycles and race cars so when he saw this chopper he had to make a "tough man face" and tell us that he was "To Fast To Furious". (I swear!)

After party bedtime. He didn't even make it to the bed. Isn't that little butt so cute? :)

Kobi Turns 3!

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Its hard to believe that three years ago today Su-O was giving birth to our son and probably experiencing one of the scariest days of her life in exchange for one of our happiest. All that has happened to him in that short time frame and all that he has experienced has truly been amazing. To think of all the places and people in Taiwan that raised my son for me while I eagerly waited to and the wonderful foster family that took him in and loved him as their own bambino while our power of attorneys and judge worked to form his future here in America. The first couple months of his life he had been passed around like a gypsy and now here he is with us (the most home-body like of people). Poor kid if he doesn't grow up confused it will be a wonder :) So since today is Su-O's special day (I truly believe mine is Dec 18th... the first moment I held Kobi) then I wanted to do something that possibly she would take him to do on his birthday in Taiwan. So when I heard that the Dragon Boat Festival was happening in DC it only seemed natural to go. For such a gloomy day it was lots of fun.

Pictures of Georgetown

(great shopping!)

The Kennedy Center

If I were cool I'd live in one of these urban condos overlooking the water :)

Returning home for lunch we cooked a very "Marylander" tradition. Crabs... yummy! Kobi was so fascinated by the crabs but after we steamed them he could not understand why they weren't moving. Maybe next birthday he'll understand??

After lunch/ nap we headed to a Hibachi Grill for dinner. It was a totally fun experience that Kobi loved!

And since our son will always choose fruit over cake, cupcakes or ice cream (I know weird right??) daddy made him this bunny out of a honeydew melon. Isn't it cute! The eyes are carrots, the nose is a chocolate kiss and the strawberries he dipped in dark chocolate. Yummy!

Happy 3rd Birthday Baby!

One Kobi Three Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:47:00 +0000

The last three photos I took a couple weeks ago. Matthew is a friend of a friends son. His hair and eyes and skin were just to yummy not to stalk him "Mamarazzi"style at a friends party and since I was playing around with photo editing anyway I threw one of Kobi in that captures his last trace of chubby cheeks. I think my babies fat-ness is almost gone. He's getting so big and I think he will have high cheekbones just like his birth mama. Heck I wish I did... hehe :)

I know its been awhile since I last posted so scroll down to get your "Kobi-Fix" :)

I've posted two more entries to try and catch up!

Pictures between the rain

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:38:00 +0000

Kobi making a silly face. Do you think he knew I had the camera? Hehe!

Its been such yucky weather here but I took these pictures two weekends ago when we were having a beautiful Sunday. Swing set almost complete... woo hoo!

A Birthday Party

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:10:00 +0000

I love these two pictures! Rachel's facial expression in the first one just says it all. The second picture... I just can't stop laughing! I think this was taken right before Kobi threw her to the ground.
A couple weekends ago was Rachel's 3rd birthday and she had her party in this cool play land place. (When I'm tired my poetic writing just flows out:) Anyway... this "warehouse-looking-toddler-fun-for-all-arena" had different rooms the kids could play in and every couple minutes a director would move them to another area.
So here is Kobi as a weatherman...

unloading groceries from his ambulance (?)

and stealing groceries from the ambulance play land in a shopping cart adequate to his size and able to hightail butt at rapid speed. Moving on...

I had to post this last picture. At what age do children become embarrassed that mom is taking pictures around "friends"? Apparently at TWO! I just like how Kobi put his own name tag on. Hehe!

The Most Random Post of Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:20:00 +0000

(The following pictures are from Easter and baby Brady's B-Day)

I love what this two year old filled his bucket with.

Believe it or not but this was the best picture by the yellow bush. Hehe! Silly kid!

Daddy made Kobi's Easter basket this year. Isn't he such a good daddy? Matthew also made something similar for me on Valentines Day which turned out awesome and a total surprise!

We are currently building a small fort in the back of the house:) Thanks Uncle Pete & Auntie Cassie! I swear this swing set was never this big before?? It will soon be complete with monkey bars, swings, rock climbing wall, sand box and roof.

I know this is Kobi's blog but below are pictures I took for my friends family at a state park. I think they turned out really cool.

So far these are some of the pics I've finally gotten off the camera. Like I said in my last post more to come... :)

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Yes we are still alive (hehe) and I hope to add new pictures come Tuesday. Hope everyone had there fill of sugar, Easter bunnies and egg hunts :)

An Interview with Kobi

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:47:00 +0000

Pictures "Pre-Buzz"

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:36:00 +0000

Lately if Kobi doesn't want to take a picture this is the face I get. I don't know why I posted this first picture but it makes me smile:)

My Buzzed Bambino

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:03:00 +0000

I know these first two pictures are blurred but they just capture Kobi's silly personality perfectly.

So as you can see Kobi got the "chop". His last haircut was horrible! Were talking moved head during sideburn trimming and the bowl cut... ughh! This was the one time I took him somewhere. So in an effort to save my poor babies dignity I tried to doctor up the "do" myself. Oh my gosh... by the time I was done it looked like this (click here). Not to worry daddy came to the rescue with his clippers. As daddy worked his magic all I could think was "That's a lot of hair on the floor... That's to much hair on the floor... OH NO!" and so were off to hat shop and are creatively thinking of new ways to photograph a bald child:)

Its not that bad right? (I hope) Maybe I'm just not use to such shortness? Hey I never did notice his little ears were so darn cute!

My Future Teenager

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:48:00 +0000

Doesn't it look like all Kobi needs is a snowboard? I swear he looks so grown up! (Sniff, sniff)

I also can not believe Kobi's snow pictures were taken in March this year! You think Kobi's big enough to shovel out the driveway? Hehe!

Kobi's Room

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Hmmm... Where's Kobi?
Oh there he is!

The next picture Kobi is reading Easter books to Pickles (yes he named this bear Pickles) The other pandas are named as followed:

Ber-miss-in

Benjamin

Home Depot

Tuna Fish which sometimes he calls French Fry (?)

After this Kobi's taking Pickles on an Easter Egg hunt. (He's a little confused about the holidays but hey if it keeps him busy mama just goes with the flow:)

February 2009

January 2007

After his first vaccine shots. I miss those little fat rolls:)

Future Oodles of Noodles Spokesperson

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Mama being goofy. Actually Kobi ate all these noodles in the next bite!

Fork included:)

That's one way to eat a noodle!

(I'm not real sure why I posted these but I think they are cute:)

Blue Room Photo Shoot

noreply@blogger.com (Sherry) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:16:00 +0000

I rarely take pictures in our blue room but thought it might look neat with Kobi's pajamas that we had bought in Taiwan. He's finally grown into them. I remember saying he's never gonna fit into these! Well two years later and here you go! I love the way they turned out. Maybe more photo shoots will happen in the blue room:) I have been very behind in the picture department these days however I promise I've got some great ones in store:)

On a very exciting note I have a health update. In November I was told that I had Type 2 Diabetes. I was put on medication as soon as I left the doctors office (which made me extremely sick) and I removed myself off of the medication within one weeks time. I am happy to report that I not only have NO MORE type 2 diabetes but also am not even a pre-diabetic! I am such a disbeliever in medication to begin with. Except for extreme cases when clearly medication is needed. However this problem I have taken care of naturally by changing my complete way of life. I stopped eating carbs and sugars in the initial first two months and stuck with lots of vegetable soups and replaced my baked potatoes with sweet potatoes. I of course have the worst sugar tooth of all time and so I went through many pears and strawberries to replace ice cream and the brownies. I now eat organic food as much as possible and when I need sandwiches I've ditched the croissants for multi-grain pita's making sure nothing says "enriched" anywhere in the packaging. Towards the last month I ate "sugar-free" puddings and ice cream made with Splenda and I gotta say every bite bothered me a bit because I just think that stuff causes cancer. As an interesting note the same doctor also has had my thyroid checked out (which was normal) three months ago and now it appears as if I have an over-active thyroid. Now knowing me I have researched all this online and would you believe that eating artificial sugars can make your blood work appear as if you have an over-active thyroid? So now I have ditched the "sugar-free" stuff and gone completely to honeys and organic cane sugar. By far though the hardest part of my diet was cancelling out alcohol but I did and now only drink about once a week! This coming from the women that had wine every night:) I have more blood work in six weeks so we shall see. It will be interesting to see if my Thyroid appears with more normal numbers again and I'll keep you guys posted.

Now like I said more Kobi pics to come!