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Happy New Year everyone. Sara is singing and dancing and enjoying herself so far this year.

Sara singing and talking and laughing

She laughed even more while she was watching this one than when she recorded it.

Sara Sings

I finally figured out how to get Sara to sing for the camera, by using the webcam, so that she can watch herself. She loves it as you can see. We had to watch this about 20 times after we recorded it, and she sang along every time.

Finally some new photos

Houston Trip, Toni's visit

Visit LeHigh

We visited LeHigh this weekend to see the end of the regular softball season. Sara got to enjoy the party and got to drive the bus, and see grandpa and JoJo (Jody).

Hopefully this link will send you to the photos.

http://lehighweekendapril2009.shutterfly.com/

Visit to Central Park Zoo

We went to the Central Park zoo with Sara today. The penguins were my favorite. We also saw some polar bears and a red panda. Lots of sea lions and exotic birds too. I think Sara's favorite part was feeding the sheep in the petting zoo. Then we had a picnic in the park and came home.

Belize vacation

We had a great trip to Belize. Here's a slideshow of photos we took while we were there. Mostly of Sara...
Click on the photos to see the full-sized photos and slideshow.

Sara was in her going up and down stairs phase. So her favorite part of the trip was the Mayan pyramid. It took a long time for her to warm up to the sand, but she finally did. The water of the ocean she never got used to.

Dad's visit

Dad came to visit on his way to see my sister play softball. We took Sara to the park where she discovered that she loved the wobbly bicycle.

Of course, we didn't think to take a picture with Dad in it!

Click on the photo to see a slideshow

dad visit

I'm big in Taiwan

The video that i made on how to fold a cd envelope has been been viewed by over 130,000 people! It has been in the top 20% most popular videos for a few months in Taiwan. About 4000 views a day.

Gan is not impressed that my howto video is so popular, and i remind her that she did the camera work. (She's still not impressed).

Also, the soundtrack to my video is Bob Dylan singing an old gospel song "Wait for the Light to Shine". I suspect that it's had more airplay in Taiwan (thanks to me) than any other Bob Dylan recording.

where's the fan?

Sara shows off her vocabulary.

Monte's Funeral

My uncle Monte recently died in a car accident, and my aunt was injured (and sad). Monte was one of the most well-liked people I've ever known, and he lived a good life. The funeral was as nearly happy as a funeral can be, with hundreds of people and all good memories. Just the sadness that there won't be any more of Monte for us to enjoy.

It was the first time that all of my cousins, except for Patty who was sick and unable to travel, have been together in probably over 10 years.

Visit from Uncle Gang

Visit from Uncle Gang

Here are some pictures during Sara's uncle's first visit. She learned to walk pretty well during this month, and her top 2 teeth started coming out.

ain't talkin

Just walkin...Sara's first steps captured on video.

Rusty's Visit, Halloween and Sara's Birthday

Lauren visits Hoboken

Unfortunately, we didn't get any great shots of Lauren on the Hudson, but she took these great photos of Sara.

Sara in the city

Since we moved to Hoboken, Sara has had a lot more opportunity to crawl (the apartment has more space). She is starting to pull up on things, and can stand with support, but she doesn't seem interested in doing that. 

We took her to the city to ride the carousel, and she loved it.

Also, now she can hold her own bottle.

more of sara crawling

Sara's crawling a lot more, and still as cute as ever. She's also eating more different foods, and trying to feed herself.

sara crawls

Here's a video of Sara on her second day of crawling. She has now been improving her technique, and can just about cover the entire living room.

New Job, New Place

It was kind of sudden, but a friend recommended me for a job in finance with his old boss, and I got the job.
I will be working as a "quantitative analyst" for a startup hedge fund in Manhattan. A whole new field for me (again)! I am really lucky and I know it. I hope i don't blow it.













Since the job is in Manhattan, about 1 1/2 hours each way from New Providence, we are moving to Hoboken, NJ. Just across the Hudson river from Manhattan, near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel.
Our new apartment is much bigger than our current one, and a lot nicer. It looks like the one in the photo (although that's a picture i found on the web). We will have a lot of windows, and a lot of room. We'll have 2 bathrooms, a dishwasher, central A/C, all the modern conveniences. And it's 2 blocks from the bus stop to the city (apparently a 15-minute commute). And it has a view of the Empire State Building!

Sara Sits!

Sara sat for the first time today, and i caught it on video. I don't know whether to be prouder of her, or of myself for catching it. Anyway, you have to watch all the way to the end to see her sit for the very first time in her life.