Happy New Year! It is now Taylor's year, the year 2008, here in Korea. Jeff and I celebrated by dressing up momentarily to take some photos, prepared a bottle of the finest champagne we received as a gift (which turned out to be not champagne at all, but instead, cognac), and we rang in the new year together, watching the countdown on the world clock and KBS1. :)
As Korea rang in the new year with 33 strikes on a very large bell, Jeff, Taylor and I kissed and hugged our way into the new year in the warmth of our house.
Happy 2008, everyone!!! Many blessings to you all!
Love,
Jeff, Rosa, and Taylor
Monday, December 31, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas Day...
What a beautiful Christmas today is...:) Jeff and I are miserably sick with a cold (going on five and six days now), but we have spent a lovely Christmas morning together in our lovely little home - waking up to sneezes and a cup of tasty hot chocolate and some sweet potato pancakes for breakfast. :) Little Taylor liked that. She was so excited for Christmas morning that she woke me up by doing tumbles at 4:30 this morning...(or perhaps it was punching or kicking, but either way, it woke me up).
We actually got out of bed around 7 and opened our stockings to find some wonderful gifts inside and then we opened our presents! What wonderful presents! Lots and lots of chocolates, too!
As sickly as we may feel with our cold, we are having a beautiful Christmas together with our little Taylor in our cozy little home - making trumpet sounds with our noses...hehehe...:)
We do miss being with family this holiday season, but please know we're thinking of you and thank you thank you for the wonderful gifts!
Love,
Jeff, Rosa, and Taylor Ryals
We actually got out of bed around 7 and opened our stockings to find some wonderful gifts inside and then we opened our presents! What wonderful presents! Lots and lots of chocolates, too!
As sickly as we may feel with our cold, we are having a beautiful Christmas together with our little Taylor in our cozy little home - making trumpet sounds with our noses...hehehe...:)
We do miss being with family this holiday season, but please know we're thinking of you and thank you thank you for the wonderful gifts!
Love,
Jeff, Rosa, and Taylor Ryals
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Surprised Taylor?
Funniest thing...
I had already gone to bed when Jeff got home from a night out with the guys. He came in to kiss Taylor and me good night before he came to bed, but I guess his cold lips startled little Taylor because she started moving around in a frenzy...and then I realized...SHE HAD THE HICCUPS! :)
These were Taylor's first hiccups and they were adorable. I had to get out of bed and let Jeff feel her hiccuping in there...so cute. I'm sure she't not too thrilled to have them, and I think they've stopped now, but I just wanted to share...:)
G'night!
I had already gone to bed when Jeff got home from a night out with the guys. He came in to kiss Taylor and me good night before he came to bed, but I guess his cold lips startled little Taylor because she started moving around in a frenzy...and then I realized...SHE HAD THE HICCUPS! :)
These were Taylor's first hiccups and they were adorable. I had to get out of bed and let Jeff feel her hiccuping in there...so cute. I'm sure she't not too thrilled to have them, and I think they've stopped now, but I just wanted to share...:)
G'night!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Our First 3D Ultrasound!
After a very long and nauseating ride in the back of a van to the off-post hospital (Severence Yonsei Hospital), we finally made it to our appointment to see the doctor. She gave a quick consultation and we were off to the radiology section. Once we arrived there, we waited a bit, but then they called our name and we went to this little curtained-off cubby where I lay down on a tiny cot and waited for the tech. The tech showed up we began the exam.
I was hoping he'd turn the monitor to let me see what he was looking at, but he just made all his measurements and pointed things out to Jeff...so I didn't get to see any of it!!! Booo...yes, I know. So I was pretty sad...but Jeff got to see the little one moving around and all crowded in there. After all was said and done and much prodding was done to my ever-growing belly, he did say it was a little girl (yay!) and that he couldn't get a good face shot because she had her hand covering her face - said she must be shy. hahahaha...:)
We got fininshed and I wiped all the goo off my belly and Jeff and I waited for the printouts. We got a whole bunch of print outs, but the particularly cute ones were ones of little Taylor's foot, her little fist, and part of her face showing behind her little hand/arm. Her mouth is slightly open and you can see a pouty lip. :) Jeff says her mouth and nose looked just like mine when he saw it on the screen. Also, we noticed that her second toe was longer than her big toe, which is also like me! hehe...we're very excited that she might just end up being a little mini-me. :)
When I went back up to see the doc, she said that the tech didn't do a very good job capturing the images for me so she wants me to come back next Monday and she'll do the imaging herself for me and make me a CD with the images on it! :) I'm so excited!!!!! Maybe she'll actually let me see what's going on on the screen. All in all, she said the baby is at a very good size and that she looks very healthy. That was a relief! I'm looking forward to seeing the little one again next week! :) Hopefully, if we get some good images, I'll post one up here of our little baby's face...wheeeeeeeeeeee!
I was hoping he'd turn the monitor to let me see what he was looking at, but he just made all his measurements and pointed things out to Jeff...so I didn't get to see any of it!!! Booo...yes, I know. So I was pretty sad...but Jeff got to see the little one moving around and all crowded in there. After all was said and done and much prodding was done to my ever-growing belly, he did say it was a little girl (yay!) and that he couldn't get a good face shot because she had her hand covering her face - said she must be shy. hahahaha...:)
We got fininshed and I wiped all the goo off my belly and Jeff and I waited for the printouts. We got a whole bunch of print outs, but the particularly cute ones were ones of little Taylor's foot, her little fist, and part of her face showing behind her little hand/arm. Her mouth is slightly open and you can see a pouty lip. :) Jeff says her mouth and nose looked just like mine when he saw it on the screen. Also, we noticed that her second toe was longer than her big toe, which is also like me! hehe...we're very excited that she might just end up being a little mini-me. :)
When I went back up to see the doc, she said that the tech didn't do a very good job capturing the images for me so she wants me to come back next Monday and she'll do the imaging herself for me and make me a CD with the images on it! :) I'm so excited!!!!! Maybe she'll actually let me see what's going on on the screen. All in all, she said the baby is at a very good size and that she looks very healthy. That was a relief! I'm looking forward to seeing the little one again next week! :) Hopefully, if we get some good images, I'll post one up here of our little baby's face...wheeeeeeeeeeee!
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