100 day celebration - continued

more pictures from baek-il. i had so much fun i needed to take a nap during the party. i also wore my first diamond ring. daddy did a double take!

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100 day celebration

oh wow, my daddy's side of the family celebrated my first 100 days, called baek-il. i can get used to being the center of attention!

to read more about korean birthday celebrations, you can go to http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/cel/birthday_celebrations.htm

new york city

what a weekend! i had my first airplane ride. i flew to new york city to visit daddy's mommy and daddy (aka grandma and grandpa). i slept through the first half of each flight, but i got scared by the loud announcements by the flight attendant.

grabby baby

yeah, daddy's back! i missed him. he was gone all week for work so i didn't get to play with him. luckily my mom was home with me the whole time. i showed her my new skill...i figured out how to use my arms. i can reach for things really well. before, if i grabbed something, it was accidental but now when i see something i want, i grab it with both hands. once i get it, i like to put it in my mouth! reaching for things does get tiring though...nothing beats a good nap!

walker

for those who want the 411 on my weight, i am now over 12 and a half pounds. my parents call me their chubby baby. my stomach is a lot bigger now too. i have gone as long as 7 hours between feedings. and today i drank 5.5 ounces of milk at one feeding. that's the best i've done so far with a bottle. when i was born, i had to eat every 2 hours, and each feeding lasted almost an hour.

mommy had to work today, so i got to spend all day with my daddy. he's a lot of fun. he's goofy and full of energy. plus he is really good at changing my diapers. i don't need him around all the time though. i have plenty of fun just playing by myself in my walker! (my daddy tells me that walkers are dangerous and once i am strong enough to move it, i won't be able to play with it anymore.)

living room

i spent most of my day here. i think mommy and daddy call it the living room. i am not sure what that means. all i know is that the room is full of my toys. my swing, my bouncey chair, my activity mat, my walker, my kick n drive gym, my boppy, my pacifier, my rattle, my bassinet and my blankets are all there. i want my mommy and daddy to be comfortable too, so i let them have a few chairs to sit on. otherwise, it's all about me!

kicking

my legs are getting a lot stronger. if someone holds me up, i can stand up straight. i am not strong enough to support my own weight. plus the concepts of gravity and balance are very tricky. i don't quite have the hang of it. i don't know how grown ups can stand upright without falling all the time.

my daddy got me a new toy to exercise my legs. he calls it the fisher price kick n drive gym. i kick the big footpad with my feet and it lights up, plays music, and the roller spins. it's so much fun being able to control it myself. it is my favorite toy right now!

three months

i am now three months old. what an exciting month the last month has been! i have undergone some amazing changes. here's what i can do now that i couldn't just a month ago: i babble. i sing (though not very well, just like mommy and daddy). i laugh. i have different cries. i suck my thumb. i have great head control and can turn my head at will - mommy and daddy do not need to support my head anymore. i hold onto small objects. i like being read to. i watch tv. i sleep 4-6 consecutive hours at night. and i am very curious...i wonder what i will be like in another month.

oh, i am also now a good projectile vomiter.

nail trimming

now that i have more control of my hands, i rub my face a lot. sometimes i accidentally scratch myself. it doesn't hurt but i have made myself bleed. so mommy likes to keep my nails trimmed so i don't hurt myself any worse.

audrey

have you met audrey? i haven't yet. her parents are kerry and kathy, who are good friends of my mommy and daddy. audrey is just one month older than me, so my parents and her parents are regularly trading stories about us to each other. very strange, hearing stories about a baby girl i haven't met yet. i am sure i will meet her soon.

audrey also has a web site. her home page has a lot of empirical data. which is cool but i don't quite understand. i am just a baby after all. the players page is really funny though!
     http://www.nextdevices.com/audrey_blog