6 months! Cousins! Disneyland! Even more Visits! and Food!

Hi everyone! What a busy past few weeks! Lots of pictures to post so we'll get right to it!

First things first. Major announcement! Grandpa Kan officially won the First-Grandfather-to-change-a-diaper award!

Believe it or not, neither grandfather had changed a diaper yet and the grandmothers were beginning to joke about who would end up changing one first.

It turned out to be Grandpa Kan! The reason why I'm looking slyly at the camera in this picture is because I left him an EXTRA smelly present in my diaper for his first change.... *wink (he's about to be surprised here)

Not to leave out Grandpa Waki, I wet one for him too! So both Grandfathers have changed me now! Yay!











One of the biggest events (actually all events this past few weeks have been big events) was me getting to see all my cousins!

We went to dinner first. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the best of moods so I didn't get many pictures with everyone, but here I am holding hands with my cousin Ashley!

She's about 3 weeks older than me so we're practically the same age. She's so pretty!

This picture is a little dark but here are the proud mommies holding the dragon babies: Ashley, me, Julia (left to right)









The next evening, we celebrated another big event: Mommy's birthday! We did something called 'fondue'.... but I didn't really care about it since I couldn't eat any of it.

I just enjoyed the time with Auntie Nathalie who came out to celebrate with us

And of course, Mommy. Happy birthday, Mommy!
















The next day, we woke up bright and early to go meet my cousins again! Can you guess where by my outfit?

Yup! Disneyland!

Here I am really enjoying my time with Uncle Mike. He's so funny.

And here's another picture of the proud Mommies and their dragon babies...

... of course the Dad's jumped into the picture action too with their own flair...

Daddy likes to call this picture, "The Gathering of Dragons"

Has a nice ring to it, I think...

Here we are watching Fantasmic. I watched the entire show with no problems which surprised my parents a bit.


We wish it didn't have to end. I miss my cousins, Uncles and Aunties already. Please come back and visit soon!

 

 You'd think that after all that excitement, I'd sit back, read a book and take things slow... but nope! The next weekend was the 4th of July!

We went to Grandpa and Grandma Kan's to celebrate. Here I am in the 4th of July outfit that Grandma Waki got for me. Thank you, Grandma Waki! I AM an All-American Boy! :)

Here I am with Mommy enjoying some delicious BBQ. At least I think it was delicious... I didn't get to have any.

Here I am petting Mozart for the first time. I think he was more nervous about it than I was. I guess I'm not afraid of dogs at all!

Here I am petting Dobby, Grandpa and Grandma Waki's dog too. I actually started pulling his ears but Mommy stopped me quickly. I guess I need to learn how to play more gently!

Can there be anymore? Why yes!! I actually had my 6 month birthday! Aside from another trip to the doctor's office and getting more shots (not fun), I finally get to get my first taste of solids!!!

Here is a video of me trying out sweet potato for the first time. It was a bit messy... but I think I'll get the hang of it...

I also got to try some avocado. Don't let the smiling face  fool you... this is before I tasted avocado... I actually hate avocado.

Mommy is also letting me try to drink a little water from a sippy cup. I'm already starting to hold it all on my own...

In fact... just give me the real thing. I wanted the water cup at the restaurant we went to... Mommy and Grandma Waki thought I looked funny so they took a picture.










Last but not least, I got to meet some of Aunties and Uncles that are Mommy and Daddy's friends from school.

Here I am with Monika, Burt (her husband), Erika (her sister), Kenny (taking picture, Erika's husband), and Kayla (her niece). They are Mommy's friends from high school.

Kayla liked my stroller so much she climbed into it to test it out. Come visit and you can get a ride in the stroller all you want, Kayla!












We also went to visit Uncle Mark and Auntie Mara who just had their little girl, Tiya! She's only about 6 weeks old so I didn't want to get to close to her. But I did have some fun with Auntie Mara.












Last but not least, Great Grandma Matsumoto came out to have dinner with us as she does every week. She absolutely loves holding me and is always surprised what a big boy I am. I just love pulling on her bracelets!








You'd think with all that activity I'd be tired... Nope!!! This smiling face is what I give my parents every single morning. It can't help but bring smiles to their faces too.

Until next week! Thank you for visiting!

Happy Father's Day, Happy Birthday, and a small reunion!

Hello again everyone! As you can see I am quite the happy boy lately. I'm starting to smile alot and much to the chagrin of my parents I've started to emit a high pitched squeal when I'm excited about something..... Actually, I make the noise just because I like making the noise!

As everyone knows, a Father's Day was celebrated last week!

Here I am with Daddy at a restaurant in Pasadena.

Grand Auntie Christina and Great Grandmother Kan (not pictured) was there too. Grand Auntie was super excited to see me. She hasn't seen me for awhile! Don't I look super cool with my shades?! 








And here is a shot of Mommy, Daddy, Grandpa Kan, and Grand Auntie Christina. I have my hand on Daddy because I know he's mine!

Later that Father's Day , we met with Grandpa Waki and celebrated with him for dinner! Here we are opening some of his presents.

 Here I'm getting sized up with one of his shirts. It's too big, Grandpa!









These are too big too! One day I'll fit them though!












The very next day was my Uncle Jon's birthday. Happy birthday, Uncle Jon! As you can see, I'm pretty happy to be held by him.

I also finally got to meet Uncle Greg and Auntie Keely, Dad's old high school friend. He and his wife live down in San Diego, but we just haven't been able to coordinate a time to meet until now. Uncle Greg was a complete natural! I kept on looking up at him to see who was carrying me, and smiling when I found out it was him.



I hope I get to see them again soon!

And last, here I am being a squirmy wormy.... I started out in the crib facing the right way, but Daddy found me in the morning like this. I guess I'm just getting more mobile everyday. Pretty soon, I'll be crawling!

OK, see you next week! I heard alot of my cousins will be coming down soon.... and it'll be Mommy's birthday!

22 weeks!

This week was pretty quiet. I spent most of the week at my Grandpa and Grandma Kan's house while my parents at work. The grandparents kept me busy! As you can see here, Grandma is showing me some delicious tomatoes that Great Grandma Kan grew in her yard.

She's probably showing me because she thinks I'm getting ready for solid food soon. Lately I've been showing alot of interest in putting things into my mouth. Pretty much everything goes in now... even my toys.

I seem to like this sensation when I'm on my back; I shoot my legs up straight and tilt one way. The momentum usually carries me to one side. I use it to scoot around a little on the mat.

 Here's another thing I'm starting to get better at... sitting! I can hold it a little while if I'm concentrating. But sooner or later, I start to tilt to one side and end up like this. Ah well.... I'll get the hang of it like my Cousin Julia someday!

Here I am taking a little ride with Grandma Kan. It's actually an exercise machine. Tsk tsk, Grandma! You've been telling Daddy to be extremely conservative with me, but you put me on this? Daddy caught you red-handed! :)

 Here's a picture that Uncle Calvin might like. It's hard to see in the photo but the little sumo figurine in front was something Uncle Calvin got Daddy and Mommy as a souvenir from Japan. Daddy was having fun posing me the same way.

 On Saturday, we all went to a street fair together. I was asleep most of the time but I got to see some of the sights.















I also got two brand new toys this week!

The first one is called a Winkel. Since I'm starting to explore morewith my hands and mouth, Mommy and Daddy got this one to keep me interested. They remember my cousin Alyssa using it alot, so thought I might like it too.

I like holding it and looking at all the colors.

The second is a toy Daddy has been wanting to get for me for a long time but I wasn't big enough for it until now. As you can see, I'm still on the small side for it, but I really like spinning the whale and making the crab click around.

It's also good practice for keeping my head straight. So much fun!

In my quiet times, though, I like books the best. here you can see me sitting all my own touching all the textures in this book. I particularly like this one because it's soft and crinkly noises when I touch it.

I also try to put the book in my mouth but my parents say that's not how I'm supposed to be using it.... oh well! :)











My Grandpa and Grandma Waki are back from their vacation this week so I'm excited to see them again! I've missed them because I haven't seen them for about 2 weeks!

That's it for this week! Thanks for visiting!
 

5 months!

Hi Hi! This is now my new favorite thing to do. I've been starting to explore the world with my hands.... and try to put everything into my mouth. My bib is one of those things that ended up in my mouth and as you can see, I'm quite happy about it :)

edit: Apparently Daddy put this picture on the blog last week already... oh well! you get to see it again.

Over the past couple weeks, I started doing a few new things. One... I found my feet! and I sure do love holding them.

Diaper changes are getting more challenging for mom and dad because I'm starting to get very squirmy. The first thing I always try to do now is grab my feet. Maybe I'll see if I can get one in my mouth............... probably by next week.




Boo! I found you Daddy! This is another game I've started to like to play....

I particularly like it when he lifts me up. For some reason I start to laugh when he does it!

 I've also started to like sitting on my Mommy and Daddy's shoulders. I think it's great fun and I'm always smiling when I'm up there. Maybe I like seeing what they see!

 Or maybe I'm just hungry....

I had dinner with Mommy's family this past week. My Grand Uncle Stanley came into town so the family got together. I didn't get a picture with him but I did get one with my Grand Auntie Karen.













And Uncles Isaac  and Kyle and Auntie Mindy!

 

I've been having a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Kan during the week while my parents work.

I've also started to work on my piano skills. Everyone thinks I've got some potential there. What do you think?

Grand Auntie #1 was in town so Grandma and Grandpa Kan took me to visit her.

 We also went to pay a visit to my late - Great Grandpa Kan.

















And here's a picture that Daddy just likes so he put it on the blog. Grandpa Kan took it.

That's it for this week, we'll catch you next week! Stay cool!