Jenn & David's wedding

Today was my cousin, Jenn, and David's wedding. Daddy and I tried to put you (Aidan) down for a nap before the ceremony (4pm), but it was unsuccessful. We knew that if you didn't sleep you would be a total nightmare at the wedding…

The wedding ceremony and reception was downtown. It was a gorgeous day and you can
see here that you were pretty delirious from not sleeping.

So many people commented that you looked like a tennis player or a cricket player. Daddy
dressed you and he thought you looked fly.

Thumbs up!

The wedding took place at the Royal Conservatory of Music. This is where mommy took
her piano and cello exams back when I was a young girl.

Oh no. That is a face of a boy that is up to no good.

Ring boy, Ethan and flower girl, Naomi. I asked Jenn if she could make you a ring boy
alongside her nephew Ethan and she agreed, but I guess I didn't get the memo when she
changed her mind. I wasn't happy about that.

Although you were pretty crazy running around there's no denying that you are one cute kid.

This is the washroom. I was in here a lot changing Kendall's diapers.

The washroom was beautiful.

Ethan and Naomi doing the peace sign. Naomi, or Nay Nay, is so cute!

This is the new extension of the Royal Conservatory of Music. It's a dichotomy of old and
modern.

I love this archway. 

A lounge area.

And this is where the wedding ceremony took place. Isn't it just gorgeous?

My aunt, Soon Ja, and David's mom after they lit the candles for the lighting of the candles.

The handsome groom, David, and his parents.

And my beautiful cousin, Jenn. Her dress was amazing!

They were married by a Jewish cantor under a handmade Chuppah.

The breaking of the glass.

Mr and Mrs Krulik.

…And they lived happily ever after.

Honestly if I was single this would have been such a fun wedding to go to, but with 2 young
kids it was a stressful time. Look how beautiful the reception area is.

Wedding favours for the kids- different flavoured jelly beans.

Our table.

The menu. I got the black cod and daddy got the beef duo. They were all delicious.

Aidan Kim.

All the adults got customized CDs of David and Jenn's favourite love songs as wedding
favours.

The CDs were tucked in the table napkins.

It was an intimate wedding and everyone looked like they were genuinely having a good
time. Nothing dragged on like some weddings I've been to.

I loved all the flowers. So classy.

And my favourite niece, Emma. She was just recovering from an ear infection.

So as I mentioned earlier, I would have totally enjoyed myself if I didn't have 2 young kids with me. You were a total nightmare at the beginning slapping your Toronto grandpa's face when he tried to hold you and you even kicked one of your Toronto grandma's friend on the shin when she was complimenting you on how good looking you were. When we tried to scold you were would talk back and act all crazy. As soon as dinner started I had to turn on my iPhone to the Treehouse app to get you to sit still. I don't know what I would have done without that. Baby Kendall, on the other hand, was a dream. She slept the whole time and didn't make a peep. It was hard breastfeeding her every couple of hours, but other than that it was fine.

Morning of…

Today is my cousin Jenn's wedding. The wedding ceremony starts at 4pm so we just hung out at home before heading downtown. We played in your room for part of the morning and you were quite the poser giving me lots of poses for me to capture on camera. I recently taught you how to do the hang loose hand gesture (first doing a thumbs up and then sticking out your pinkie) and you've been obsessed with doing that ever since.

I'm hoping that you will take a nap before we head down to the wedding because if you don't you will act crazy and delirious and that's never fun…

I took this video of you and Kendall chilling on your bed. You love your baby sister and love giving her kisses and hugs.

Here's another photo of you two that I took this morning. Look at you with your arms around Kendall and totally doting on her. This just melts my heart.

TGIF

I can't believe August is over now. I'm really sad that summer will soon be over. It's so nice to get out of the house and do stuff and I know it'll just get harder once winter comes.

Today daddy decided to take us all to our local mall to get you new hockey skates. You are starting your skating lessons on September 22. Your skates that we bought you last year don't fit anymore. We are hoping this time around you won't act like a baby and will actually do the lessons that we paid for. I'm not sure if I talked about it last time, but last year when we took you to the skating lessons you threw a huge tantrum and wouldn't even put the skates on. We had to leave totally embarrassed and had to get a credit to get you to do the lessons this year.

This was your face when you came home from daycare today. I don't know what happened,
but you were sulking. You did, however, get a colouring/activity book from your friend
Trei (or Trei Trei as you call him). Your mood changed drastically once we got to the mall
and you realized you were getting new skates.

Look at the wall of skates.

You were so excited while we were waiting for your skates to be sharpened. You
pinkie swore to me that you were going to skate this year. 

Mommy decided to take a picture wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs baseball cap. Here's to
hoping this year they will make the playoffs!
Baby Kendall, meanwhile, was sleeping most of the time in the Baby Bjorn.

We had a nice dinner at the food court, but you have a bad habit of not sitting still. It drives
 me nuts!

On another note, Kendall's skin is so bad. She is covered in baby acne and ddam ddi gi (heat
rash). If she looks like this on Sunday I'm not sure if we can take her to the wedding…

I want to bite those cheeks!

Aren't you just the sweetest thing? You are so chubby and cute and I can't get enough of you. However, your skin is horrible right now. You have a combination of baby acne and ddam ddi gi (skin rash due to sweating). It's not really reflecting that in this photo, but I'm really worried. Plus, we have my cousin's wedding to go to on Sunday and we need you to look your best. I'm dabbing your face with a warm cloth every morning and putting baby powder on your neck to reduce the rash, but it's not really getting better. I am putting a tiny bit of hydrocortisone on the areas of your face where it's really bad that it's getting crusty. That is helping a little. I just hope it gets better. I remember Aidan had baby acne, but looking back to the pictures I have it wasn't as bad as yours…