Emma Hits the Big Apple~NYC

This weekend, we decided to take Emma to New York City since we were already up this way for Avery's Dol. We stayed at the Hilton at Fort Lee ~ George Washington Bridge. Song lived in Fort Lee for awhile several years ago, so he knew the area pretty well. We started the day off by taking a short drive over to Edgewater. Song wanted to show us the NYC skyline from the Jersey side. He was here when the World Trade Center buildings fell back on 09-11-01. After we took a few pictures, we went to Avery's party. We didn't actually get to the city until the evening. We had a quick dinner in Koreatown. A lot has changed since 2 of the restaurants Song and I were looking for were no longer there. After dinner, we walked over to Time Square and then called it a night.

"I feel weird. Is it me or is this bed HUGE? These pillows are nice and soft."

"Mommy, I don't need a nap. I'm ready to see the city."

"Daddy, is this where you saw the World Trade Center buildings fall? How sad."

"Don't we look cute? Me and my Daddy."

"Too bad Daddy, I'm still Mommy's girl."

You couldn't take this kind of picture with a regular camera. We love our new SLR digital camera.

Here's another cool picture.

Just a random picture of Time Square. There were sooooo many people out. The weather was nice and it was a Saturday night.

"Where's the famous 5th Ave? I want to go shopping there. Grandma Paik has taught me how to bargain. She gets discounts EVERYWHERE!! I want to see if I have the same skills. Maybe I'll just use my puppy dog eyes."

"Daddy wanted to get a picture with me in front of the Nasdaq sign. It would have been better by the Bull but we didn't go to Wall Street."

"That's it? I don't know what all the hype is about. Maybe I'll enjoy NYC more when I'm a bit older. I'm going to sleep now. It's past my bedtime."

No more than 5 mins. later, Emma was sleeping. She can sleep through a lot of noise. While she was sleeping, we decided to get a bronze sculpture done of her face by this street vendor. It looked pretty cool.

The guy said that the sculpture will be done in 20 mins. Look at how fast his hands are moving. haha. That's just the camera. :) He took longer than 20 mins.

He started with a basic face mold.

Then he started to add a little more clay here and there.

Is it starting to look like Emma?

There's the hair and the ears. I think he was a bit generous with the hair though.

He's smoothing out some of the edges while taking another look at Emma.

Emma woke up because a motorcycle drove by so he was able to do the sculpture with her eyes open.

This is the finished item. We don't think it really looks like Emma but it's still a keepsake to remember Emma's 1st trip to Manhattan by.