My new Malaysian sun dress
Ama and Kong Kong just got back from Malaysia and brought me a whole bunch of clothes. This one is made of batik material, which is a fine art in Malaysia. Don’t I look cute?
Peas? Puh-lease! How about some real food?
Now that my doctor says I can eat some real food, well, stage one food, my parents decided to feed me some sweet peas. Ewww yuck! But it’s still food so, ya, I ate it up.
Widget vs. the sippy cup
Well, since I’ve always tried to steal Mommy’s water from her, she decided to let me use my sippy cups (a baby shower present). Daddy screwed up and took the rubbery plastic plugs out of the lid ’cause he didn’t know what they were for. Now my sippy cups leaks! These are photos of me drinking water out of my sippy cup. Don’t worry, I’m never allowed to drink very much water. The doctor says only 2-4 oz. Widget 0, Sippy Cups 1
I love to eat… and drink!
I love to eat… and drink!
A walk to the beach
I’ve been going on lots of walks lately. We almost always stop by the park on the way to the beach. I like to watch the other kids play. I sometimes jump up and down and squeal and laugh at them. Daddy pretended I was a big kid and took me down the slide. They even put me in the swing and got all excited and shouted "Yeah!" as I oscillated gently at a pace a fly wouldn’t notice.
The beach holds no particular charms for me other than another place folks congregate. I like to watch them there, too. Adults seem to think walking up and down the path is nice. I sometimes complain and demand to be carried so I can see better. This time I got to eat on the beach.
A+B+C+Widget!
I have many toys that teach me the ABC’s. But I kind of like these the best. My parents think alphabet magnets will help me learn the alphabet. I say oh yummy! More chew toys!
Widget does spring break
You might be wondering how I can go on Spring Break when I don’t even go to school. And you might also be wondering just what I need a break from. Well, Silly, I’m not the one on Spring Break, it’s the other people. I’m just wanted to see what was going on. It was such a nice day my parents decided to take me on a walk. A looooong walk to the Huntington Beach pier and their old hood.
I stayed awake the whole time, which surprised my parents. In fact, aside from sleeping in, I didn’t nap all day!! There was so much to see! The pier was packed with people on spring break. I almost lost myself in the crowd. In fact, can you find me in the picture below?
Along the walk, I met some of my parent’s old neighbors, including Candace (who is in the slideshow) and the Kennys, who I forgot to take a picture of. Candace was really nice and let daddy change my diaper and mommy feed me at her house. I didn’t need a diaper change. In fact, I didn’t pee the entire three hours! When we got home I was still dry. Daddy held me over the sink and made the pee pee noise, and I pee’d. I know having a wet diaper in the Baby Bjorn is uncomfortable, and I’ve learned from past walks that big fussing doesn’t necessarily get me changed right away. They have to find a suitable spot. So this time I held it!
The last time we stopped by the Kennys, they were using a white-noise machine for their young sons. Daddy wants to buy the same one because it really kept young Connor asleep, even when we peered into his room. Ms. Kenny said they got it from Brookstone. Guess we’ll be taking another trip to the mall.
Daddy is wondering if he will ever get to wear glasses again that don’t have baby-fingerprint smudges on them. I say, not likely.
I am 4 months old today!
Boy, time is moving soooo sloooooow… It’s been four months since I dropped into this world and it’s still just eat, sleep, poop, you know the drill. I haven’t even been to Disneyland! But mommy and daddy continue to act surprised at anything I do and are shocked that IT’S BEEN FOUR MONTHS!
I went to see my doctor yesterday and got 5 (!!) painful vaccination shots. But it happened so quickly (all five in under 30 seconds) that I forgot about them as soon as I left the doctor’s office. I was sad though, and mommy and daddy felt sorry for me so someone held me for the rest of the day. My parents are grateful that Texas grandma and grandpa were there to lend some arm muscle.
So, I guess all my fans will be interested to know what has mommy and daddy so excited.
Here are my new stats:
Weight
14 pounds, 8 ounces (75th percentile)
Length
25 1/4 inches (80th percentile)
Head circumference
43 centimeters (90th percentile)
Curious about my progress? Check out Month 0, Two weeks, Month 1, Month 2 and Month 3.
Some new things I do:
I like to type on my daddy’s keyboard so much that he gave me my very own (although no computer attached — boo!)
I grab toys with both hands. In the past, this really upset me because my hands did not do what I told them to do. Now, I not only grab the same toy with two hands, I can grab my pacifier and take it out of my mouth. Putting it back in is another story though (Watch the VIDEO).
I like to drink from mommy’s water bottle. She only gives me a few drops at a time though. Finally she just gave me my own little baby bottle. Most of the water spills out on my shirt — I guess I just get too excited.
I can feed myself. Sort of. I can grab my bottle with both hands but sometimes milk doesn’t come out. Daddy says it’s because I’m not holding the bottle up high enough.
My feet are really sweaty. This really isn’t new but Mommy and Daddy didn’t notice before because they always forced me to wear socks. Now, they let me run free in my bare feet, which leaves pools of sweat everywhere I stand. The doctor says it’s hereditary and my mommy says ‘Don’t look at me!" My doctor says I’m really going to hate my daddy when I’m a teenager for giving me sweaty feet.
My first tooth is coming in. Mommy says "Ouch!"
More photos of recent days:
