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Grandpa Kim's 70th birthday





mimi and i were down in hampton, va for my dad's 70th birthday. it was exhausting, but i think mimi really enjoyed her time with her maternal grandparents. while down in hampton she quickly picked up some korean words and phrases and it made me wish my parents lived closer. my parents loooooved having her around and i think it really made my mom's heart so sad to see us leave today.

a few pictures of the day. once the guests arrived, we were too busy to take any more pictures. i made the cake and my mom's friend hyonah bought a bunch of beautifully crafted dukk from d.c. to the party. i didnt get a chance to take a picture of those b/c as soon as they came out of the wrappers they were consumed so quickly!

while in hampton, i learned that mimi could count even faster to 100 with out any help! she can also count backwards by tens from 100!!! not sure when or how she even learned that! she also relearned how to count to 10 in korean (something she forgets while at home with me). she said so many funny things while in hampton and now i've forgotten most of them. darn! if i didnt have swiss cheese for brains, i might be able to do a halfway decent job of family historian here!

2 more weeks until i reach the 3 tri! i'll have to get rob to take a pic of me and the belly. it's lifted a bit. i felt a horrible ripping feeling behind my scar a week ago...i guess that happened when the uterus started to move upwards.

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