Smoochy's Home!

Good morning family and internet friends! I am going to take another crack at writing the post I started to write last night, but just could not find the right words for.

It felt like Christmas Eve last night, so I was far too distracted to focus on anything for more than a few minuets. I found it far more productive to flit around the house picking up the chaos and visiting the odd website on the history and culture of Korea.

Korea?

Yes my darlings, Korea. In approximately two hours my beloved Smoochy will return from two weeks in the beautiful metropolis of Seoul. I am DYING to see him. I would have loved to write about missing him these past two weeks but Smoochy and I decided that it would be safer if we didn’t mention that Normy and I were home alone.

Not only am I thrilled to see my hubby, but I am even more excited for him to see Normy. Smoochy is going to be amazed by how much our baby has grown in changed in just two weeks.

Since Smooch has been gone Normy has found his fists and decided that they are the most delicious objects on the face of the planet. He has almost completely forsaken his once treasured binky, and now constantly maws his first knuckle. At first I was the binky-nazi. I wanted the kid to only suck on something with orthodontic approval and something we could eventually throw away when it was time for him to give up a good comfort suck. However, I was fighting a losing battle once he realized his hands belonged to him. Our first clash of wills left me clearly defeated. Besides, he looks so cute with his fist in his mouth.

Normy’s second and far more exciting accomplishment is that he can now turn over from his stomach to his back. This was discovered when I placed him belly-down on his play mat and he got pissed off because he could not see his friend the mechanical bird. When he realized that Mommy wasn’t going to come to his aid because his mandatory “tummy-time” wasn’t over ;-) He shouted, “This aggression will not stand, Man!” He then accused me of being a fascist, took matters in to his own hands, and flipped himself over.

Go Normy!

Anyway, back to Korea…literally. This isn’t finalized yet, but it looks as though two weeks after Smoochy returns from Korea he has to go back. For three months. However, the EXCITING part is that Smoochy will not go alone. Normy and I are going with him!

It’s going to be awesome. Imagine: Smoochies. Wild on Seoul!


I would love to scan in Normy’s passport to show you how cute it is, but that’s probably not legal…or smart. Anyway, it is so cool my nearly three month old has a pass port.

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That’s as far as I got yesterday before Smoochy got home. It turned out that he was much closer than two hours away. Anyway, it is wonderful to have him home. Normy and I were really starting to drive each other crazy. After going in to work today, Smoochy told me we are really off to Seoul. We should be there by the end of September. My hubby is a little less excited about it than I am; the trip is going to mean a lot more work for him. Koreans work on Saturdays!

This last time he was in Korea the hotel he stayed at was a monstrous commute via taxi to work every day. He called me a couple times to report 3 plus hour cab rides. EWWW. Other times the ride would only be 45 minutes; it was dependent on traffic. The hotel where we will be staying is even further from his office. I feel bad for him, but it was the only hotel that has apartment sized accommodations. At least, the location will be ideal for me because it is in a part of Seoul with plenty to do and see, according to Smooch.

I am afraid you probably will be seeing a little less of me out and about in Blog Land. I have been devoting most of Normy’s nap time to learning Korean with a program called Rosetta Stone. I love the program; I would highly recommend it to anyone who is motivated to learn another language. I have used the Turkish Rosetta Stone with good results (of course the results would have been better if I had kept up with it longer than three months!). As it turns out, Korean and Turkish are actually related languages; both are from the Altaic family, just in case you were curious. I really haven’t noticed a similarity, but I’m doing alright with Korean. Everything is much easier now that I know that the Korean language uses an ALPHABET! Go figure. At first I thought I was looking at characters.

So that’s life for us right now. Crazy, huh?