Happy 1st Birthday, Lauren ... continued

As promised, a few more photos from Lauren's big day!

A little Korean trivia for you: Lauren is wearing a hanbok which is a traditional Korean costume worn on special occassions including receiving your first one on your first birthday (Thank you, Grandma & Grandpa Lee. Lauren looks beautiful!).



As you can see, turning one year of age is a highly celebrated milestone in the Korean culture. The food for the party was a Chinese-Korean fusion and consisted of ten courses. And that's not including the cake! Let me take a moment to explain the head table as well: it is customary to display a wide range of bountiful food from stacks of numerous fruit to different types of traditional rice cakes - all of which symbolize a full and robust future life. At the end of the party, this good fortune is shared with all the guests as parting gifts.



The Lee Family: Aunt Helen & boyfriend Bruce, Grandma & Grandpa Lee, The Birthday Girl, Mommy and Daddy, Aunt Dawn & Uncle Johnny





The birthday girl with her daddy



The birthday girl with her grandpa



Bruce & Aunt Helen, Aunt Dawn & Uncle Johnny
(Check out all that food!)



Lauren is all smiles while in Kiersten's arms



The yummy cake that Aunt Helen had made for the big day



It came as a surprise when Lauren didn't want to dig into her birthday cake. She touched it with her hand but didn't even lick her fingers. I guess she doesn't have Mommy's sweet tooth!



It was a wonderful day and Lauren was a very happy little girl being the center of attention!

Happy 1st Birthday, Lauren!

Though Lauren's official first birthday is today, we celebrated it yesterday (Sunday) up in LA (in Koreatown) with family and friends. It was a beautiful event hosted by Grandma and Grandpa Lee with the help of Uncle Johnny & Aunt Dawn and Aunt Helen & Bruce. We are so thankful today and every day for family, for friends, and for our sweet little girl that is so happy and healthy. Lauren is our treasure and feel truly blessed that she has been thriving her first year of life!

I'm running out of time with this entry because the birthday girl just woke up from her nap so here's one picture for now ... check back later as I'll have more posted for everyone!

Happy 1st Birthday, Lauren Sohl Mi

for lauren's locks debut

In my “spare” time (aka after Lauren goes to bed), I started creating hair clips for Lauren after too many unsuccessful hair clip and barrette purchases continued to slip out of her hair. So, I found some great modern ribbon, some hair clips from a beauty outlet, and coordinating sheets of foam to prevent slipping in baby-fine hair like Lauren has, and voile! Modern slip-resistant hair clips for my sweet baby girl!

My friend, Kiersten, who owns Mod Mom Furniture and makes amazing children's furniture, said, Hey, you should sell these! She is involved in organizing The Little Monster Market which is a craft show geared towards kids that occurs about four times a year and invited me to tag along in her booth at yesterday’s market. She even made me a fantastic display to highlight my hair clips (thank you, Kiersten! You’ve been wonderfully supportive!!!). So, yesterday, for lauren’s locks debuted up in Studio City, CA, and it was so much fun. Everyone that stopped by to check out my hair clips purchased at least one pair and gave me great feedback so I couldn’t have been more thrilled! I didn’t make a million but it was something about making something that people were excited about was very invigorating for this little stay-at-home mommy.

There is another market next Saturday near Beverly Hills in LA so stay tuned! Until then, here's a few photos from yesterday's event.

for lauren's locks display that Kiersten made!


Kiersten's amazing children's furniture


My cheering section


Lauren loves Kiersten


Kiers and me