First Birthday Party aka Dol

This past weekend we celebrated Jayden's 1st birthday (Dol in Korean) in Maryland with lots of friends and family. She was so great wearing her traditional Korean garb. Michelle even joined in and wore her aunt's traditional dress. Part of the tradition is placing several symbolic items in front of the baby and let her grab at one. Jayden chose the pencil, which symbolizes scholarly work.

So close, yet so far

As she is fast approaching 1 year, Jayden is almost starting to walk. We practice with just a few steps at a time. With this session she was consistently taking a few steps towards Matt. Of course when the video camera came out, Jayden was not interested in performing. We think she'll be walking any day now.