New York Pics

We got to go to the David Letterman Show!!! It was a whirlwind experience but we had a great time. Here is us posign with Rubert from Hello Delli - a regular segment of David Letterman's show. Surprisingly, he was as genuine in person as he seems on the show.. nice, ordinary guy with ordinary prices for sandwiches even though he is 1) popular and 2) smack in the middle of Time Square.

Below is a pic of a memorial wall dedicated to the firefighters who lost their lives in 9/11. The whole entire area surrounding Ground Zero was very somber. We were grateful to have the experience of seeing it with our own eyes. They are still working on repairing surrounding buildings, a subway stop, and building a memorial where the buildings once stood.

This is my impersonation of the statue of liberty.

ABOVE: Lady liberty herself.

We took the Staten Island Ferry to get a view of the statue and just for fun. I didn't quite feel like walking up the entire set of stairs leading to the top of that tall lady.

Me and Thomas!

Blurbs and Pics

So, here are some blurbs and a pic. Blurbs about life.. and a pic of my thankfully still sort of small belly.

Strollers: Okay, so we sort of began to register at a baby story recently. That was certainly quite an experience. We -I arrived (with Thomas) expecting to be in utter bliss as we admired all the beautiful baby things the store had to offer. We signed up for the registry, received our little barcode buster (totally created for the guy's entertainment) and head to the bedding. Oh if it had been as easy as I thought it would be. You see... I do NOT want to do a theme in the baby room like frogs... trucks... bears... etc.. I just want plain and simple colors blended nicely. BUT... the people who make baby bedding clearly favor the characters and girls (Sorry MB). So, what am I to do with this baby boy room. Nevertheless.. we moved on to Stroller systems. 1 1/2 hours later we were exhausted from trying out every stroller/car seat system possible only to find the series we want is offered in purple or pink. So, we left with maybe 5 items on the registry alltogether. SOLUTION: Take girlfriend Hettie Marie with me this Wednesday to straighten out my confused brain.

My belly is now a jump castle: Officially, my tummy has become the bouncy toy that Jrew is enjoying quite a bit. When he is awake, he is wide awake. Thomas and I have now seen him kicking from the outside! It's a bit strange to see my tummy shaking around like jello. Also, Jrew has decided to take many stretch breaks between jumping around... pushing on all sides of my tummy it seems. He is definitely getting bigger in there.

Pics: okay. so now you have read my boring chatter and you have well earned a few pics. First, we will unveil my belly again. This time covered. FYI - I am 25 weeks, AKA 6 months, AKA almost at the end of my second trimester.
So.. I will save you the headache of reading for an extended period of time and post New York Pics in a separate blog. Anyunghihasayo (Good bye in Korean)

Overheard from the classroom

1. I can't wait until the weekend when I don't have to take my medicine. Then the silliness will return. {When I"m off my medicine} it feels like I'm in a kaleidoscope that's on fire!

2. I am buying my mom a new cat for mothers day. Her's died. I went in there and she was stiff as a board.... staring straight at me.

3. {To a guest speaker who grew up in Arabia. "Is there a Waffle House there?" Reply: "No. Next Question" ... "Is there a Huddle House?"

4. Guest speaker said "if you are not married by the time you are 25 there, you are considered an old maid" Student munbles "That's like my babysitter."

5. {About a costume hat} "It's just a little flat. I can... re-fluffify it!"