Our new purchase, a new laptop for me! I am a loyal Sony Vaio costumer, they're pretty, light and has all the features you need. There was a nice sale going and one of our friends had shown and interest on purchasing my old one, so we upgraded. It's one of the new wide screen kinds...don't know how I feel about them yet, there weren't very many of the regular screens around anymore. But it is a lot faster than my old one so yupee!

The weather was really nice this week, sunny and a little warmer and so a bunch of us moms took our kids to the zoo. The first exhibition I took Ryan to was the big cats. He really liked the hyenas (they are a lot bigger than I imagined, and a lot prettier). But when it came to the lions, he had to think about it. He eventually warmed up to them and was having a grand time. There were a lot of geese and peacocks walking around and Ryan couldn't take his eyes off them. They came right up to us and were actually eating the crackers he and Daniel had dropped. Unfortunately I forgot my camera (I always do), so no pics, maybe next time.

First Communal Bath

Update: Our family's life has recently been crossing the Chang's family life a lot. If it isn't at Church (Sherm & James in Young Men, Winnie & I at Achievement nights), then it is for babysitting or weekends together.

Our most recent escapade -- a weekend in Chicago. We had a long overdue appointment with the temple. So we decided to make a weekend out of it. James found a 2 for 1 deal for hotel and so we got adjacent rooms with and ajoining door and played Settlers of Catan 'till the wee hours of the night. Ryan loved having other kids to play with. Ethan is his new role model! He just follows wherever he goes. Ryan gets so excited whenever he sees him. Ryan also enjoys playing with Daniel - they get mischievous every time. The hotel had a pool and so Ryan had a lot of his 1st that weekend. His first sleepover, his first Korean meal, his first sugar (in the shape of a brownie), his first swim and his first communal bath. As you can see, he enjoyed the company.

It's always nice to have friends where you don't have to make and excuse to hang out or for last minute babysitting. Lucky for us, there are several families that had their first baby within. It turns out one of such couples, Jami, was in the same Y group as me at BYU. How small the world is indeed.