My bunnies

Vivian is wondering what's going on


Jeremy, getting ready for a good lick down


Vivian is enjoying the sunlight while Jeremy tries to figure out whether he can eat daddy's shoe

Anyone want to adopt my bunnies? We don't want to move them away from their home here in Cali, but if nobody wants them, I guess they're coming with us, wherever we're going...

Hippos and Tigers and Flamingos! Oh My!

Yesterday, I turned 3 months old! To celebrate, mommy and I went to the zoo. That is, our entire stroller class went to the zoo, and mommy and I came along.


I was hoping to see some little dragons, like the one on my shirt


These were the closest we got to dragons. These were some smelly dragons.


Hippos! For some reason, I feel really close to these guys.


Kitty! Daddy told me that if this guy and a lion had babies, it would make a liger.


Mommy and me at the zoo

My Nighttime Routine

I am a very active sleeper.


This is how mommy lays me down at night. Since I've grown, I sleep lengthwise in my bassinet now.


A few hours later after laying down (on a different night), I wriggle my way into a new position


A few hours later, I rotate again, and this time, bye bye blanket.


Is that a quarter turn? Then, ready or not, it's time to wake up!

This is how I sleep every night. Like clockwork.

Me and Mommy

I love my mommy. She feeds me lots of food, reads to me, plays with me, keeps me warm when it's cold, and gives me my favorite thing other than eating... baths! In return, I give her all the drool I can make in my mouth and all the smiles I can conjure up, especially when I've just woken up!

Rainy Days

Yesterday it was dark again, and I thought mommy and I were going to walk around the mall for our walking group. Instead, the group went outside for our stroll. It was very very nice. I got to see lots of doggies, and also there were very small doggies that mommy called "squirrels". They were so busy eating that they didn't want to play.


"Squirrels"


Santa Monica bluffs

Then it started to sprinkle, and mommy put the top down so I didn't get to see any more. Plus I got hungry. It was a good thing the group ended because then I could have my lunch. We ate in the car. Mommy drove us home, but by the time we got there, I was hungry again.


Me telling mommy I'm hungry

After lunch, nap, more eating, bathtime, more eating, more eating, and then more eating, it was time for the basketball game. Good thing I fell asleep before it started. Florida blocked UCLA 's shots like how I block daddy's bottle-feeding attempts.

Ching Ming

Today I took mommy and daddy to Ah Mah's and Ah Gong's house for Ching Ming. This is the holiday where everyone honors their ancestors. Ah Mah cooked up a feast, and lots of people came over, to see me, I assume. Oh, and also it was Uncle Noi's birthday.


Me kow tow to ancestors


Happy Birthday Ah Noi! He's the gray haired 26 year old behind me.


Daddy found this nametag for me on a bunch of bananas. It says Baby.


After Mommy cut my nails she almost forgot to buff them. Here, I am reminding her not to forget.


After both Ah Gu and I ate lunch, I climbed up on his belly. He is nice and soft.

Also, mommy and daddy may be declaring defeat in the Owen-daddy bottle-feeding game. It's only 2-0, but really, if we counted the sessions before we started keeping score, it was more like 12-1 (I got hungry).

Checking out the '06 Papasan

This morning we went to Target to print some pictures. Mommy said they had a good deal-- $3 off $3 worth of pictures. While we were there, we saw my papasan chair. The new model has a mirror for baby to look at himself in. Hmmm... Daddy, can we trade in the old one?

Miracle Mile

After Target, we went to the Grove and the Farmer's Market. I thought there were going to be trees and horsies and cows, but this is a very citified place. It's basically a shopping mall with a food court next door. Mommy went clothes shopping, and then they had tacos and tamales at a brightly colored taco stand. Of course, I sat there and sucked on my hand while they ate.


Here I am, still sucking on my hand

Then we drove to LACMA, which is a place with lots of pictures, like in my story books. LACMA is apparently 40 years old this weekend, so all of us got in for free! People gave the museum birthday presents, but what daddy and mommy liked the best was the drawings that two artists had made on the walls and the floor.


Playing on the way to the museum


Got my hat on to keep the sun off my face

Remember how I said I was hungry while daddy and mommy were eating lunch? After showing me all those pictures (and the whole time, I was sucking on my hand), they took me to a quiet place to eat my lunch.


Snacktime at the Pavilion for Japanese Art

Back at home, I cleaned up and went to bed, but daddy and mommy stayed up to watch the basketball games. They told me later that UCLA had won their game. Yay UCLA! That's why I wore my UCLA onesie bodysuit today.

More Breaking Routines

Lately, I have decided that I will accept no substitute for mommy's breast. When daddy went on night shift for two weeks, I realized my late night feeding doesn't have to be a bottle. Mommy can do every feeding! From that point on, I made up my mind that daddy's milk is a thing of the past.

Mommy and daddy don't like this idea. So mommy bought a few different kinds of nipples to try on my bottles. I liked the playtex one at first, but then, you know, it's just a bottle, not the real thing.

Now whenever daddy tries to get me to take the bottle, I know how to get what I want... Crying! If I cry enough, mommy will rescue me. Or daddy will give up. He is persistent though.

I've decided to start keeping score. Since I started, it's Owen 2, Daddy 0. If I'm hungry enough, maybe I'll take the bottle. More updates to come...

Exercise Time

First things first... Happy Cesar Chavez Day!

Because it was Cesar Chavez Day, daddy got to play hooky and stay home from work. But instead of letting him play with me, mommy left him snoozing while she took me to a new exercise class called Stroller Strides. She met up with a group of other mommies for a power walk in Santa Monica. The weather called for rain, so they met up inside the mall. We walked around the mall and did some exercises. I got to meet some other babies, but I'm still the youngest one. Mommy's really excited about the group. Maybe if we go again on Monday, she'll bring the camera and take some pictures.

In other news, I'm 12 weeks old today! Vitals-- weight: 13 pounds, 6 ounces. Head circumference: 39 cm. Length: daddy didn't wake up sleeping baby to measure me. Thanks daddy!

Breaking the Routine

Here I am taking one of my catnaps during the day

I have apparently become a critter of routine. I fall asleep around 6:30 pm and sleep for 6 hours or so. Then after partying for an hour, I go back to sleep until 5 or 6 am. Nap in the morning. Nap in the afternoon. Bath. Then sleep. It's a tough schedule, and I keep having to push mommy and daddy to stick to it.

This week, though, I broke my schedule to take mommy and daddy out to dinner. I wanted to see Aunty Vivian before she moves away. Dinner was fun! Actually, I slept through it, but mommy and daddy had a good time.

Afterwards we went out to Uncle Jimmy and Aunty Irene's new house. Here I am meeting Aunty Irene's baby. He has a lot of hair. Much more than me. Later I found out he's a crazy doggy named Gizmo.



In this picture, Gizmo is trying to wiggle his way out of his mommy's arms to meet me. I was grumpy because I had just woken up.



Because Gizmo was too happy to see me, Uncle Jimmy put him in the kitchen, behind a baby gate. Poor Gizmo.



Anyway, that meant I didn't have competition for the girls' attention. In this picture, Aunty Vivian is holding me while Aunty Kathy is trying to get me to sing the USC fight song. As if! Didn't you see what I'm wearing in the first picture?

I had a lot of fun, and I got to stay up past my bedtime! That meant chaos the rest of the night for mommy and daddy, but whatever, it was worth it.

In other news, mommy went to another consignment sale today and bought me a new chair! It lets me sit up without being held. Daddy says it's like my throne. Here I am, surveying my kingdom.


You're mine

Sunday Walk and Manicure

Yesterday mommy took the bunnies for their checkup and left me at home with daddy again. While mommy was gone, I took daddy for a walk around the 'hood. Here's some of the things we saw:


One of our neighbors has a fish tank on his front porch for his kids to look at. I like how there's a little chair out there for them to sit in and watch the fishies. Who needs tv?


Daddy also pointed out the neighborhood ent to me. I was sleeping by then though, so I didn't get to see it.


After my walk I was passed out.


But then mommy came home and I woke up and had a snack. After snack time it was on to story time. Daddy read me this new book I got. For some reason, I like to look at birds and this new book has lots of birdies in it.

Later on Ah Mah and Ah Gong drove up from Orange County and brought us yummy Thai food for lunch. Ah Mah is such a good cook.


After lunch Ah Mah gave me my manicure. I don't usually like this part of my grooming routine, but Ah Gong kept me entertained while Ah Mah buffed and polished away.



Finally it was etiquette lesson time. In Thai society when people greet each other, they wai, or put their hands together like a prayer. Then they say "Sawatdee krup!" if they're boys or "Sawatdee ka!" if they're girls.

Ah Mah practiced my wai with me, and I liked it. Every time she put my hands together, I opened my mouth to say "Sawatdee krup!" Of course, I can't actually form consonant sounds yet, so I just practiced opening my mouth. Just imagine me saying "Sawatdee krup!" please.

My Consignment Loot

Here I am amidst the gear that mommy and daddy got me from the consignment sale. I had to wait to sit in my swing until they washed the seat cover. Now I love it! I could sit in it all day long, but daddy won't let me because he doesn't think it's good for me. Apparently I zone out and stare off into space when it's rocking me. But oh, the swaying is so soothing!

Brunch and the Promenade

On Saturday mommy and daddy took me to Uncle Mike and Aunty Monica's place for brunch. The food smelled yummy--Belgian waffles and eggy casserole! I slept for most of the morning, but as people came in, I started to wake up. Of course, I was the life of the party.


Me and Aunty Canada


Mommy makes silly faces. Aunty Monica and Uncle Mike are the ones in the background.

In these pictures I'm wearing the overalls that Uncle Mike and Aunty Monica got me from Guatemala. Daddy took it out of the pile of too big clothes, but I think I like it so much, I want it to be part of the starting clothes rotation!

Later we went to the Promenade to shop for some birthday presents for my cousins. I saw this funny looking dog there. Daddy said it looks like an Ewok, whatever that is.


Ewok like dog



I also saw this Chinese guy flipping bowls onto his head. Daddy didn't want to watch because he's been doing the same act for like 8 years now, but since I've only been around for a couple of months, he let me watch him.

A Consignment Sale and My Fist is Tasty (11 weeks)

This week, mommy and daddy took me to dinner at BCD Tofu House, where everything smelled so spicy! Mommy put me in the corner so that I wouldn't get splattered by the sizzling food...

Then we went to check out some baby stuff at a "consignment" sale in the Valley. Daddy told me that after their babies grow up, some mommies and daddies sell their strollers and toys to other mommies and daddies who are being cheap environmentally conscious.

Here are some pictures from the sale:


Lots of gear for me


We spied this stroller amidst the mix. Mommy said this is called a "Bugaboo Frog" and it was on sale for $650. This is apparently a good deal because it normally costs much more than that.

Mommy and daddy got me a bunch of things because they were so cheap (the things, that is). They didn't get me the Bugaboo.

More developments in the development front:


I can lift up on my elbows now.


I have also discovered my fist is tasty. I like to nibble at it and then put my wet fist on people's necks.

Oh, and I'm also 11 weeks old today.

Put Your Hands Together!

So here's the latest thing I figured out how to do. I can put my hands together! I know, I know, you might think it's a pretty small accomplishment, but I think it's pretty cool. Now if I can only figure out what to do with them now...


Excellent! It's all coming together...


Hands together make me smile

Grumpy

On Monday morning daddy came home and got me out of bed so mommy could sleep a little longer. I kept daddy company in the corner of the kitchen while he cooked. Actually, I was talking to my mobile, but he thought I was talking to him.



When I realized that I wasn't going to be eating the food, and that since mommy was sleeping, I wasn't going to be having any food at all, I became upset.



Daddy had to put me in the Bjorn and carry me around the house. Lucky I can face outwards now so I can show my discontent to the world. This was my attitude on Monday morning. Then we woke mommy up and she fed me. After breakfast, I was a happy baby again.