Fabulous Pictures from Matt's B-day Partay!!

You might notice that the following pictures look so much better, it's because these pictures were taken by Sean's mom who owns pretty much the best camera, ever! So the pictures are in much better quality. So now you can see what happened during Matt's birthday party all over again, a little better. :)

In the Beginning -

In case you are wondering where we got the decorations (quite a few people asked us that at the party, actually), the answer is "PARTY CITY"!!

Sean made the sushi rolls. Oh you can't see my specialty Bulgogi (Korean bbq). Sad... But just in case you're wondering how it was, it was FANTABULOUS! If you ever come and visit, I will make some for you. Yes, that's a promise!

Matt in his gorgeous Korean Hanbok (the Korean traditional dress)

Awww... How cute are they?

So what do you think? Do you love the outfit?

Smile for me, baby!

Aunt BJ posing for the camera.

Who knows what they were up to?! :)

So this is what we did. You see the box on the couch? We call it Matt's birthday box. We are keeping Matt's birthday memories in the box. We are saving some of the decorations we used, some pictures, and letters from the guests that came to his party. I passed around cute stationery to everyone that came and asked them to write Matty a note for his 8th birthday. Matt will be reading those notes on his 8th birthday. Everyone thought it was a cute idea.

That's the ring I was talking about in the previous post entry. Isn't it a beautiful ring? I hope Matt passes it on to his children. It's a 24 K gold -really soft and thin- Just pretty, pretty..

Aunt BJ, Matthew, and I

Okay this is the game I was talking about in the last entry. We had a spatula, a laptop, a paint bottle, a pencil, money, a thermometer, and a hammer. But you can use pretty much anything. It's your choice!

Cameron, holding Matt before we started the intense game!

Matt trying to figure out what to pick.

There! After touching pretty much everything, he picked up a spatula!

All the gifts for Matty boy!

Matty pointing at a doggy in the book - the cutest book I've ever seen!

I think Matt's favorite gift was the bouncy ball.

More toys.

Whenever I pointed saying "How old is Matty boy?", he pointed one. It was the cutest thing ever!

One happy family

Happy birthday to you, Matt! My diet was officially ruined that day. Mmmm.... It was so yummy, though.

Basically, Matt started crying as soon as we lit the candles singing "Happy Birthday". He does not like loud noises. Poor guy...

He got his fingers dirty... Not liking it...

Hmmm.. this doesn't feel so bad...

Let's have a bite, you might just like it.

NOPE I don't like it!!

Other than Matt hating the cake, everything turned out great!

Matt's 1st Birthday Party!!

Matt isn't one yet... Well, almost though, in two weeks! We decided to throw him his first birthday party this weekend so Sean's parents could be here.

We invited close families and had Korean themed birthday party. I made some Korean food - Bulgogi - Grilled beef bbq with a special sauce, cucumber rolls, spring rolls, a vegetable tray, Korean drinks, and some Korean snacks. Everything was so yummy. Cucumber rolls and the snacks were a hit among the little kids. The adults digged the meat, of course. :)



The highlight of the party was the games. We played "Guess how old". I printed out 13 pictures of Matthew from newborn to 12 months - and the people had to guess how old Matt was in those pictures. If they guessed them right, they got a bath and body works handsoap.



We also played a traditional Korean game (It's a game for one year old babies) - We put several different objects that indicate their future jobs such as - a thermometer (doctor), spatula (chef), hammer (judge or construction worker, you decide), laptop (nerd... ha ha I know it's not really a job but it's ok), money (rich), and paint (artist). I sat in front of those objects so he will come towards the objects. As soon as Cameron put him down on the floor, Matt started to crawl towards me. At first, instead of grabbing an object, he directly came to me. Bless his dear heart. :) The second attempt went better. He touched pretty much everything until he picked up the spatula. Sean's mom had a fit because she wanted him to pick up money or a thermometer, ha ha. It was really funny! She tried to kick off the spatula when Matt was trying to pick it up. But the spatula was definitely Matt's pick. He played with it all day!! So will he be a chef when he grows up? You should play the game too if you have a baby that's turning one. It's pretty funny & interesting!


(Ready, Set, Go!)

(Hmm.. Which one should I grab?)


(I am going to be a chef!)

Well, the bad news is that Matt did NOT like the cake at all. Some of you might already know this but Matt doesn't really like sweets. I am starting to wonder if he's really a Bunton.... He also didn't really like all the noises in the room. He is very sensitive with loud noises. When it is quiet, he's happy but when it's loud, he gets pretty mad.

Overall, the party went well. Everyone else loved the cake. We got it at Costco - We got a chocolate cake with chocolate moose in the middle with cream cheese frosting on top. We wrote

"Happy 1st Birthday Matty boy!"
on top of the cake. :)

I can't believe he's turning one in two weeks. I was watching some old videotapes of Matt and I kind of miss the little Matt he was. But I am so excited to see Matt taking his first step, saying his first word, going to school for the first time, etc. Being a mom is hard sometimes but it's definitely the greatest acheivement of my life.

I love you, Matt!!


Matt wore a Korean outfit (Hanbok) for his birthday. In Korea, turning one is a BIG deal so they put their babies on the nicest outfit. This outfit was a gift from my mom while we were visiting Korea last October. I love the colors of the outfit. Matt was still too small for the outfit but it still looked good on him. We are going to take some nice pictures of him in it at a professional studio for his birthday.


He has the cutest smile, ever.

After Matt got his spatula. He got lots of gifts, too. He got some cute outfits, a dog book, two bouncy balls, a toy laptop, rings, etc. Thanks for all the gifts!!

Aunt BJ, Matt, and I.

He had the red nose all day. I have no idea what happened to it. But he looks a little drunk in the picture. Oh and also, notice he has a gold ring on? That's what my mom got Matthew for his birthday. It's a tradition in Korea that one-year-olds get a real gold ring. It's a really pretty ring.

It's all about Matthew! Can you tell?

Just looking at his daddy

Cute

Matt loves when Sean gives him a shoulder ride (What do you call it?)

Matt and I trying to pose for a nice picture. I look awful but Matt looks HAPPY.

That's his kissy lips. He makes that face whenever I say "Popo" which means "Kiss" in Korean. I love it.

I love his toes.

One day, I put Matt in a little laundry basket with bunch of his toys and he played in there for the longest time.

Is it a smile or a frown?

The loveliest smile ever!

Kiss Kiss!

Can your tongue curl like that too?

The old McDonald had a farm. (Matt looks like a little farmer in the outfit.)

Point. Point.

Just a note of gratitude

Dear Sean,

You know, when you are frustrated, you start counting things that you "don't" have, instead of what you "do" have. I can think of many things that we don't have - Ooh, money, that's right, that's what we don't have. But then I am sitting here on our beat-down couch that we bought at Ashley's just before we got married, listening to your sweet voice, reading Matthew a cute, little bed-time story in his room... I can think of lots and lots more things that we have that I am grateful for.

We have each other. I can't imagine where I would be, or what I would be doing, if I weren't with you. I am so thankful for your generosity and kindness. You make me feel like the queen of the world everyday. Your thoughtful complements and occasional love notes that I find in the most random places in our apartment make me feel so loved and important. I wish I were as romantic as you but I am working on it.

We have the cutest little boy - maybe the craziest- that we can claim he's "ours". As Hal in Malcolm in the middle would say, "We are the only ones that can call him -our boy-" I know he challenges both of us everyday but also teaches us millions of different things about being parents and also reminds us of the goodness of Heaven. I love when you come home, he crawls towards you so fast that he falls down once or twice. I love when you call me on your way home, Matt grabs my cell phone just so he can hear your voice. You know how it breaks our hearts when Matt starts crying when we put him in his crib so he can go night-night... We make sad faces and pray that he will fall asleep fast? I am going to miss that.

Oh, the memories... I love that we have lots of great stories to share with each other - that many of our nights were sleepless because we talked and talked and talked about our high school drama, missionary experiences, classes, etc. I love how there are still brand new stories that we haven't heard about each other and those stories just come to us randomly. I love how we can laugh about the corniest jokes, ever. I know lots of people think we are cheesy, but I like being cheesy and I love my cheesy husband.

I am so thankful that you and I are sealed for eternity through the temple marriage. I am so excited to spend the rest of my eternity with you. Some people say it would be boring to be with the same person for eternity, but I say I am so stoked that you will be with me even after this life - with our beloved children. Umm, I really hope that we don't have to change our kids' poopy diapers in heaven!

I am writing this to you while we are listening to Matt crying in his bed, waiting for one of us to come and pick him up. I know we both feel bad but Matt's getting used to it more and more each night. So I am thankful that we have our bed to ourselves. I didn't realize how big a queen size bed could be for just two people! Now we don't have to be on the edges of our bed, trying not to fall off the bed. I love you. And this is the end of this note.

Love,

Sook

My Routan Babies!! (A little creepy but still fun!)

I found this on VW website today and thought it was kinda fun to see many options of what our babies might look like. I am not sure how accurate the technology is but it's always fun to guess what our other future babies would look like. All I had to do was just uploading pictures of me and Sean and just click "make a baby". You should try it too when you get bored. :) (Just CLICK HERE if you're interested.)

So which baby is the cutest? There were some babies that looked nothing like me or Sean but some babies turned out pretty dang cute. But still, to me, my Matty boy is the cutest!

Baby #1. He looks more half-Asian.

Baby #2. Okay, this baby is REALLY cute and love his skin color!! It would be so cool if our babies really did have dark skin like that. But probably not likely... But Matt was pretty dark like that when he was born. And the baby #2 definitely has Matt's hair color.

Baby #3 has the greatest lips ever!!

Baby #4 looks like he will be very smart when he grows up!

Baby #5 is cute but he doesn't really look like either of us.

Baby #6 is adorable! I can actually see having a baby that looks like him.

Baby # 7 is really cute and the hair style and the color are like Matt's Really, really cute! Personally, I don't think any of our babies would have bright blue eyes like these babies do. I think the reason why all these babies do is because Sean has gorgeous, bright, blue eyes. But Matthew has light brown eyes - sometimes they turn green in the Sun or when he is wearing a green shirt - but I personally think all of our babies will have light brown eyes like Matthew -maybe Green. But you never know, we will see!

These babies all look like boys, though. I wanted to see what our girls would look like. Maybe some of these babies are supposed to be girls.

MY BABY

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Well, define "planned".... :)

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes, we had been married for about 8 months.

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
I was SO excited. I literally jumped up and down.. Well, Sean's reaction was more interesting. The first thing he said to me when I told him the result of the pregnancy test was, "Let's go buy another test, just to be sure"

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
NOPE, I don't believe in that crap.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
26.

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Suddenly, I was always tired. Plus I was like three weeks late. So I took the test

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Sean, my parents, Sean's parents

8. DUE DATE?
Feb 17, 2008

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Oh yes, I lost like 15 lbs during my first trimester.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Unfortunately soda.... and hamburgers... No wonder why I gained so much weight with Matthew!

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Um...Waiting in line.. bad service at restaurants, and bad drivers.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
A boy!

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
I knew I was going to have a boy.

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
I think about 32 lbs.

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
I had two.

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
All were planned

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Braxton hicks were pretty bad during third trimester due to stress but nothing serious. Matt was two weeks late so I was induced. But Matt still didn't want to drop so I had a C-section.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Sutter Roseville Hospital

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
I arrived at the hospital for induction at 6 pm on Feb 26, 2008 and I was induced at 6 am on Feb 27. I was in labor all day and then I finally got a c-section at 1 am on Feb 28. Gosh, that was a nightmare!!

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Sean

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Sean, Sean's mom, the doctor, and a few nurses.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
C-section

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Heck yes!!

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
9 lbs 4 oz (He lost about a pound while we were in the hospital though)

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
February 28, 2008 at 1:10 AM

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Matthew Jun Bunton

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY
11 months

My lovely Matthew... I love him SO MUCH!