More please?

 

Food!

 

 

 

On Max's 6 month birthday, Max was at home with Grandma. Wei Yan and I came home for lunch and gave Max his 1st meal - some organic rice cereal. We made is super soup-ey, but no need to be afraid....he gulped it all down. A few days later we tried some squash, but had to stop after 2 days since it gave max a little diahhrea. Back to the cereal, but he was definitely ready for it. Even after giving him a big bottle, he still seems to eat as much as we'll give him (but we're gradually increasing the amount).

New car seat

Max fell asleep today on the way to the loft, then on the way to
maki's, and then on the way to obon. After a 1hr 45 min nap @ maki's
house, too! I tried to take a pic of him sleeping, but he woke up just
as I was taking this pic. So much for the peaceful zonked out baby pic
I was trying to take! He must be my kid - so grumpy when he wakes up!

I was thinking the new car seat wasn't that comfy since his head is
always falling forward, but guess all the naps have proved that theory
wrong!

Look Ma! Only 1 hand

So we made it out to LA okay - no issues at all. He slept for the entirety of the 1st flight and then 3 hrs on the 2nd flight. He was getting a bit bored of me and the neighboring passengers were uninterested in smiling, so he did okay, although I was nervous he would be completely bored of me after an hour & a half.

Have spent some time with family. Grandmother's funeral was Wednesday and saw a bunch of relatives I haven't seen in a long time, but our family is pretty cool in that they do get together. We had a bunch of family who drove down from Sacramento ~ so it was good to see them - since I've lived in NC for 13 yrs, it's probably been a good 20 since I've seen some of them.

Will have to wait to post more pics til I get home - nothing at my mom's place recognizes the new Sd card we bought. Oh, Max is rocking back & forth on all fours and doing lots of "planks" as well as moving around quite a bit. He also fell off of my bed one night - so he's been in the pack n' play since then. Luckily,he got wedged half way down and then fell the last few inches from a dead stop - so he only cried cuz he woke up, not cuz he had fallen far.

iphone

go it! finally! downloaded a bunch of free apps to check out...hopefully all went well with the sync since i'll be without the laptop for a week. went for the white. gotta find a case, headset, and what else??

baby yoga

so i don't know if these are pilates or yoga (done more pilates than yoga). So we've got swan:

 

downward dog (yes, i know his eczema is bad...he's just starting to itch it):

 

and plank:

 

today he rocked back & forth if we put him on his hands and knees, but he doesn't go anywhere. He does a lot of the plank with a knee down....so we'll see. i'm hoping he doesn't crawl for the first time while we are in cali and wei yan is here for the week.

i guess he likes his jumper

 

we've been looking for the baby einstein jumper that bounces much better than this one, but Max really is quite entertained by this thing. of course i took out half the toys and only put batteries in one of the toys....sheesh, and they wonder why kids have this "add thing".

preparations

so i will be traveling with max on monday am to california. my grandmother passed away this week, and we'll be going to her funeral and spending time with family. max is visiting grandparents in greenville for a little bit, and I'll be trying to get a few things done before our trip. except, I got a little work done and a few loose ends, but nothing major in preparation for our trip. i tried to get some music on my shuffle that work gave me & i have yet to set up. vista stinks. itunes ended up freezing and after trying to figure out how to get only songs i want (wei yan and i have different taste in some music), i ended up giving up after some click unchecked all the boxes I had selected and much cursing of my laptop ensued. sometimes i can't believe i do "computer stuff" for a living. at least i am NOT a windows programmer.

Max's first trip to the pool

We finally made it to the pool. Max was a little on the tired side when we finally made it out, so he just spent most of the time looking around and not reacting much - or maybe he was just amazed. I know some people now recommend no pool time for kids because of ear infections, but we never had any growing up and I doubt we'll make it out that often (we've 2x in 4 years beforenow).

More crazy hair

 

yeah, i know it's time for another haircut...one of these days.

Viva Las Vegas

 

so this was a big hit with the day care folks. poor max. one day he's just gonna look at us and shake his head. my excuse here is that there is NOT a lot to do with an infant in vegas. the day care folks started it with the whole elvis nickname. by the way, one of the bulletin boards at his day care awarded Max with the MVH award (most valuable hair). ;-)

iphone in raleigh durham NC

So yesterday (friday) at lunch, we went to the apple store at Southpoint mall in durham, nc. The line was around the building (all the way around to the back of the building). Our friend talked to the guy at the front of the line. He had been in line since 7am (stores opened at 8am) and it took him 5 hours to get to the front of the line. We gave up and ate lunch at the food court. Five guys have good burgers (messy, but good).

Today, we headed to the mall again. We get there...the line looks like it's coming from Barnes and Noble. No such luck, it's just there is no shade next to the apple store, so folks lined up a few feet away next to the Barnes and Noble. An apple emplyee was out in the line. He told us that the line would take an estimated 3-4 hrs (ok, and yesterday's line was well over twice as long physically and buggy issues as well). He also told us that existing attm customers with discounts (like our company discount) can only activate the iphone at an ATTM store (and let us know that stores in the area were out of the iphone). He mentioned we could call ATTM and have our discount removed (takes 48 hrs) and then come back. So, I'm not as bummed as I was yesterday (I really was thinking I could get one...they mentioned a line but said that they would not be running out over the phone). When we were leaving the mall after a few errands, the apple store employees were handing out waters and ice cream sandwiches to folks in the store.

So maybe in another few days I'll get it when one of the attm stores gets more iphones in.

A few family photos

 

Grandma and Max - had to check his clothes for lipstick stains before they went into the wash...

 

Uncle Ryan and Grandpa with Max

Our Vegas/LA trip photos

So I didn't take a whole lot of pictures. A few places we had SLR photographers, so rather than try to take a million pics, I hope we get copies from folks, but here they are.



Us in front of the only sign we could find for WSOP. They would not let us walk through the gaming Expo while we were there since Max was with us :-( Was looking forward to at least a few cool giveaways, but oh well, guess we had enough stuff to travel with.



Max with Auntie Maki. Max showed Auntie Maki how he could roll over and smile.



4th of July

Paci

 

So we put Max in the crib provided by the Rio hotel in Vegas a lot when we were getting ready. The thing looked like a cage (shiny chrome bars) but seemed safe, which is more than I can say for other cribs provided by hotels that I've read about on other peoples' blogs. We came back from getting ready in the bathroom to discover that Max had spit up and then put his head down on top of his paci....resulting in this! I took a few pictures before remembering how my brother had licked a suction cup, stuck it to his head and then been horrified to discover a round hickie on his forehead when he took it off. This memory prompted me to start urgently telling Wei Yan, "Get it off! Get it off! Hurry up & get it off! He's gonna get a hickie on his chin!!!" Just a small read circle that went away promptly...

Bridesmaid dress shops?

Posting this for a friend of mine. Any recommendations of places in LA that have a lot of bridesmaid's dresses in stock to look at? A friend is in LA until Wednesday and wants to see colors of dresses since online shopping is a bit difficult without being able to see dresses in person.

Stalker

So a while ago (last week?), the day care folks moved Max's crib. Last night, Wei Yan filled me in on why he was moved. So apparently the girl baby in the next crib would be put in her crib (right next to Max's crib) for naps, but not end up sleeping any because she would spend the whole time standing up in her crib (she's older) and looking over the side into the mirror (each crib has a mirror) and staring at Max the whole time! She is also the same girl that figured out how to get into Max's car seat under his crib & pull out everything in it. :-) When we return for our vacation next week, he'll be in a new room with a new infant - so he'll be going from youngest in his class to oldest! Ok, so I realize I'm not telling this story very well, but we gotta pack!

more rolling over

yesterday max rolled from his belly to his back once...and that was it. no rolling from his back to his belly like he did on Sunday. so the day care folks are still watching to see what he'll do. they said he tried a whole bunch of times to roll back to belly but never quite made it.

he seems to be feeling better already. course me on the other hand, just got back from work early...running a fever so gonna try to rest before max is back from day care with dad. wei yan had a fever sunday. guess we can't tell if he's got a sore throat, but no fever and only regular tired fussiness at the end of the day so it just seems like he's getting over these bugs a lot quicker than we are. guess at least one perk is that max smiles at his dad when he does pick up.

Max rolled over!

Wei Yan was on the phone and I was rinsing a bottle out. I came back into the living room and Max was on his belly! We got him to do it a few more times and we were amazed. We knew he was close - but yup, he did it. We're so glad he decided to do it on the weekend instead of at day care this week. Oh, and Friday max woke up with yellow boogers...so now we're all sick. And Wei Yan didn't even get better from the last cold yet. This week is gonna be rough!

Bathtime

  Maybe this bath was a little too long....

I don't care

In the words of our poker buddy, Jimmy....I don't care! I all in!

 

Car Ride Home

Every day when Max and I are on our way home from day care, he ends up babbling for a bit (it's a special babbling that he only does in the car) and then falls asleep. He is usually so overstimulated & tired from day care that he doesn't sleep long, but boy, sure looks like some good sleep!

 

Father's Day Pics

Some more pics of our visit to see Grandpa and celebrate Father's day with Wei Yan's family.

 

 

 

 

Crazy hair

NC summers are hot & humid! Yesterday morning, Max got a little warm in our bed during his post morning snooze!

 

 

 

And this is after Wei Yan tried to calm it down a bit...

 

It poofed up as soon as it dried. This morning, Wei Yan did Max's hair with the same "do" right before leaving for day care. He said all the day care workers were very disappointed to see Max's hair all calmed down, but I told him I'm sure they wouldn't be disappointed for long since it would dry soon in this heat. Oh, I did tell Wei Yan that Max looks more like he did when he was little with the "bowl haircut" though...not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Happy 1st Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to Wei Yan!
If you would like to see Wei Yan's 1st Father's Day gift - a photobook of a bunch of moments in his first few months of fatherhood, click here.

Lakers!

OMG! I stayed up for that??? I can't believe that! I'm not watching any of this post game stuff...These games are way too late for me.

my mother's day

 

We didn't end up doing much for mother's day this year. We had some friends visiting from out of town and that was fine with me, but I was a little upset with Wei Yan for not doing anything but say "Happy Mother's Day" a few times...so today he made it up to me by taking me to brunch and then giving me some earrings with Max's birthstone in it. He also got me a shopping spree and a nice card with some much needed words of appreciation. I never realized so acutely how people need to be appreciated. I mean I knew this was something nice, but it was good for me to realize that this is something that I need. Ok, too bad the Lakers are playing tonight...I'm not going to make it the whole game yet again...

Kickin' It

So Wei Yan woke up this morning and told me to come quick. Max has been kicking a lot lately and these gerber onesies have been looking a bit like gay muscle shirts when he kicks so much they pull down to show a some baby cleavage. This morning he definitely out did himself with the kicking though....

 

Happy 4 months

So Max is 4 months old. We practiced Lakers cheers in the car on the way home from day care...but Wei Yan ended up trying to start Max on a "Beat LA" cheer. Needless to say, he got a few words and a raised eyebrow look from me.

LOL, Max just blew a HUGE booger bubble with his nose. Only that could take our eyes away from the game. Luckily we have witnesses....

Go Lakers!!!!

Tdap?

I was just reading a magazine and saw and ad saying that adults around infants (under the age of 2) should get a booster for whooping cough. Guess I should look into it....Wei Yan also need to get that chicken pox vaccine too...Anyone heard of this vaccine?

Gross!

One thing I never really thought about when looking forward to seeing Max smile and laugh at us, was that this was a product of him being able to have & express feelings of joy and pleasure...which also comes along with him being able to feel and express displeasure. After a good nap today, Max woke up rather grumpy to say the least. After trying to calm him down a bit, we gave up on that idea and proceeded to get him ready to nurse. We suctioned out his nose since he's been very congested (and even started coughing productively this afternoon) and I tried to nurse him. Boy, was he even more ANGRY! He cried and screamed....so we walked him around a bit with a paci trying to get him to calm down again. We suctioned out his nose REALLY well this time and he was able to eat finally. He really hates having his nose wiped...I think he actually dislikes it more than having it suctioned.

Course he did start to cough a bit & proceeded to spit up all over me while nursing. And when you see pictures of women nursing in books on breastfeeding, they never show a picture of a woman with boogers all over her and her hungry babies nose. Sorry, I know this is more than some folks would like to know, but I ran to get dinner with spit up all over my undershirt just to get out of the house for a bit, so it's been that kind of an evening where I really just don't care that I'm supposed to look like I've got this all together 24-7. So anyway, as we eat dinner, Max is happily laying on his playmat talking to his toys and Wei Yan says to me (the topic of the day), "Do you really think Max is sick???" I don't bother pausing as I shove food into my mouth (I didn't realize I was hungry until I was on the way to pick food up at 8:30pm) and reply "Yup". Wei Yan says, "But he seems so happy now. I wonder what he was so upset about earlier" Wei Yan then decided to check on Max on the mat since we need to wipe his nose every few minutes it seems...and I think we've got our answer about him starting to get sick...