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Fun times. Enough said.
Emery loves bath time. At first she was really afraid of the water and gasped whenever we put her in the tub. Now at 9 months Emery is splashing and holding her little Ducky like a fish in water. Here’s some Emery bath pics with her and the blue Ducky.
This Christmas we had quite a number of guests over. Ashley two sisters along with their family came over. So our little one bedroom was a buzz with activity. There were 6 adults, Ash, me, Audrey, Tomo, Ziggy and Tomo. There were three kids, Emery, Megan, and Dylan. And last but no least our two dogs.
We did our usual Christmas tradition and opened up gifts by the tree Christmas morning. Megan facilitated the presents distribution calling out who was suppose to open a gift next. With so many people around, there was so many gifts under the tree. It was a wonderful time and Emery got to enjoy her first Christmas with our extended family. Here’s some pictures from that morning.
Here’s Tomo buried alive under the left over gift wrap…
Ray is thoroughly enjoying his new camera. On a couple of beautiful weekends in March, we went to the Central Park Zoo, Top of the Rock Observation Deck at 30 Rockefeller, Flushing Chinatown and did a little doggie photo shoot at home.
The Central Park Zoo was amazing. This zoo was right in the middle of the bustling city and yet, it was able to house all these amazing species.
Ray was so excited that he would be taking a bunch of animal pics…
Some of the birds could fly freely in the bird area and flew right passed us.
A family of snow monkeys… this was our favorite attraction. These monkeys are so playful and agile.
This is probably Papa monkey…
They help clean each other…
A very pregnant me in front of the sea lion performance… whew! The day was pretty warm and we had to keep taking breaks in between the attractions.
Polar bears outdoors just hanging and lounging around. They are so cute.
Beautiful view of this building right across the street from the sea lion display.
Ray didn’t take the beautiful flowers for granted and captured some great pics.
We had another camera with us so I could take pictures of Ray taking pictures of other things.. that was pretty fun, actually.
Here is a view of the city from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center…
This view overlooks Central Park…
Ray chilling and letting me try out the camera….
A view of the Empire State Building from the Top of the Rock.
We stayed there for a couple of hours in order to capture the view as the sun began to set.
A view of the Empire State building and city lights at night…
Our doggie photo at home… this is our favorite recent picture of Pok’e….
Cappy waiting patiently for us to take a GQ pic of him…
Pok’e surrounded by some toys…
Our train ride on the way to Flushing Chinatown. We love going there but it’s quite a bit of train ride so we don’t go frequently. Flushing Chinatown has some of the best chinese food. It’s also the only Chinatown I am aware of where mandarin is the predominant dialect. Ray loves that he can communicate on his own and not have to ask me to translate. At this Chinatown, I am reliant on him to help us order food and ask questions.
This is our favorite dish from one of the vendors at the Flushing Mall. It’s a cold, spicy vegetarian noodle dish and it’s less than $5! Only in Chinatown can you get such a great deal on food..
This Flushing Mall is practically carb heaven. It was hard to find a pure protein dish.
We really enjoyed spending the weekends sightseeing and taking all these pictures. There’s just so much to do and see in NYC and it’s the perfect place for Ray to make use of his camera.
Ray has wanted this for some time… a brand new SLR camera. We finally decided to get one, with the extra push of knowing we will take baby pictures soon. He did quite a bit of research and asking around, and then finally deciding on whether he will be with the Canon or Nikon party. Little beknownst to us, there is a huge divide in the camera world and the rivalry between Canon and Nikon. Ray finally went with Canon. We ended up buying the Canon Rebel Xsi Digital SLR. Instantly, as soon as the parts were put together, Ray started snapping away and became the little kid in the candy store. It’s very fun watching him have such a great time with the camera. He took pictures of everything! EVERYTHING! It’s so nice to know he is having so much fun.
We did a lot of walking around the city so that he can capture as many photos and shots as possible.
Times Square at night….
The subway station near our place…
A very colorfully-dressed musician on the street on the Upper West Side… he played really well!
Indian Food at a store near Penn Station…
Our apartment…
Empire State Building on a foggy and misty day…
Columbus Circle…
I tried to use the new camera, but apparently, unless you are using the automatic focus mode, you need to have some skills in order to take a decent picture. I, apparently, didn’t have those skills and Ray is trying to teach me. 🙂 Thank goodness he is pretty patient with me… the camera is too complicated for me and I just don’t really get it. In the picture above, I took it, and he told me it was no good. To me, it was good. I didn’t know what he was talking about and why he thought it was no good? That’s what I meant… I don’t know what’s a good picture and what’s not. He said he’ll teach me more along the way and explain to me how to take a good picture. 🙂 Oh boy… Good luck, huney, on teaching your tech-unsavvy wife!
In early January, my friend Valeria, her fiance Walid, Ray and I went to see Russell Peters at Radio City Hall. Russell Peters is one of the funniest comedians. This tour was called the “Green Card Tour.” We all had a great time and I was in tears by the end of the show. He was definitely worth watching.
