Bye Bye 2008

I don't blog much anymore now that Facebook has taken over my life. But I know that there are a few of you out there who are not on Facebook so here are some links to photos taken in 2008.

Here are some shots of our fantastic and freezing trip to NYC this December. Sarah was kind enough to let us stay in her lovely apartment and even keep us company on our various adventures in Brooklyn and in the city. Thank you Sarah for making our trip possible!

Here are some photos of the girls (taken just the other day) on a mundane trip to the supermarket. Corduroy and Ballet Kitty came with us, as you will see.

These photos were taken in Baltimore last weekend, my own personal Brooklyn-substitute. I get my fill of urban-ity by visiting Canton and Patterson Park as often as possible. It's only 15 minutes from our house, even though we're in "suburban" Catonsville.

In November I completed the design, installation, and opening of the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery for the renovation of the National Museum of American History. Here are a few photos of the gallery.

I got a new bike before the weather got cold... I have ridden it ONCE, but I swear that I plan on riding it more once I get back into the swing of things at work. See, the goal is to bike between Union Station and the museum on the days that I go into the office. Good luck to me on actually doing it in the cold weather.

And, (how can I leave this to last?) we bought a new/old house in August! Here are some pictures from before we moved in. And here are some pics after we had lived in the house a couple of months. We hope to finish the basement someday, and we're currently working on painting various rooms. So, stay tuned for more pictures as the work is completed.

The girls are growing sweeter by the day and we are having a lot of fun together (between tantrums and whining, of course). I have high hopes for 2009, and although there are parts of 2008 that I don't want to say goodbye to, I am looking forward to Spring on our new screened porch, making new friends in Baltimore, and inviting old friends to visit us in our new house.

So cheers, everybody! Have a drink for me to ring in the New Year. I'm sure to fall asleep at 9PM next to my snuggly warm Eleanor. But hopefully I will wake up in time to toast you all properly at midnight.

National Museum of American History -- Re-opening Gala

Last night was the Gala for the Re-opening of the National Museum of American History. I have worked there since last September as the designer for the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery. This gallery is intended to exhibit precious documents related to American History. The opening exhibit features the hand-written White House copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address!

So, finally last night was the opening - and what an opening it was! For those of you who want to see pictures check out Clare and Jer at the Gala!

There's so much more to tell - like the fact that the staff were all in hard hats up until a couple days ago, and that tensions have been more than a little high, but the end result is that it is done, and I'm so proud!

The museum is beautiful and the gallery is lovely. I hope all of you will come down to visit and see it for yourself.

My new bike!

This is my new folding bike that will enable me to zoom around on the National Mall, and to Union Station! Watch out folks.

This shows how light it is.
Obviously I need to start lifting weights.
Or - the bike, for that matter.

recent photos of the girls

Here are some recent pics of the girls:
This one is was taken yesterday at the mall - Eleanor is having a grand ol' time on the teacups on the carousel.



The following pictures are from a few weekends ago, when I took the girls to Tryst in Adams Morgan for lunch. Eleanor had fun building structures out of sugar packets, and Rose had fun being a wrecking ball. (And hiding behind the sugar... as per below).

awesome fridge

I've found the fridge I want. Now I need $2700. yikes.

Family photo

This was the day of Chong-Lim and Christian's wedding. What a beautiful day and a lovely wedding too.

Eleanor's art

Here are some shots of Eleanor's art. First, a family portrait. Notice Jer's beautiful dress (it's the black one). Second - potted flowers.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

Here are some pics of Eleanor back at the old house - dressed to the nines. I mean nine princesses in one. She is very serious (as you can tell by the expression on her face) that more princesses makes you prettier.

how did 2 years go by so fast?

I am embarrassed to say that I finally looked at the blogs for Oliver and Bea. And once I got over how cute they are I decided that maybe I'd try another go at doing this blog. I ventured into Facebook (again I am a late-comer) and uploaded some videos, but I can't quite convince my mother and father to sign up for Facebook to see them. So - maybe - no promises - I will try to get videos and pics of Eleanor up on this blog for the world to see.

So stay tuned world!