Week 30!

Mommy and Daddy just love this smile, don't you?

I went shopping with Mommy and we tried on some hats. Here's another one.

 Very debonair, oui?














This weekend we celebrated my Grandpa Waki's birthday! Even though it was his birthday, I still got a gift. How lucky am I?

Here I am being a good boy getting ready to help Grandpa blow out the candle

And *SPLAT!*, here I am seconds later putting a handprint into Grandpa's cake....

I'm a fast one.... good thing Grandpa already blew out the candle. It was a pretty cake, but now I've made it a memorable one :)

Great Grandma Matsumoto also came out for a visit. She's funny because everytime I laugh, she laughs.

It's always a lot of fun!









Aside from the birthday celebration, it has been a pretty quiet week. I did learn a few new tricks though!

First, is a new game called , "Helmet-head". As you can see, I just love having this toy put on my head event hough it's not a hat.

I liked it so much , in fact, I don't even need Daddy to do it anymore because I figured out how to do it myself !

 


I also look through it to see the world from a new perspective...

I see you!!

I've also started to figure out how to drink through a straw. I'm not very good at it yet because when the water gets to me, I'm always surprised. But I'm better at getting water this way than I am with my sippy cup

mmmmm.... sourdough bread. I can't eat it yet of course, but I like gnawing on it.

It probably feels good on my gums.

And last but not least, here I am with the beginnings of a crawl. I still roll laterally more than actually scooting forward, but when I'm motivated enough I can inch forward every so slightly.

I'll be moving soon! Too soon for Mommy and Daddy's tastes but that'll be when the real fun starts and they'll need to start chasing me!

Thank you for visiting!

Week 29, A road trip!

Let's pick off where we left last week. As you know, I got a car-walker last week from Grandpa and Grandma Kan. What I didn't tell you was that I'm already using it to get some drive-thru!

Ah... this is the life. Cruising around and getting a meal at the same time!

Last week, I also had some visitors! Grand Uncles Clifford and Paul, and Grand Aunties May and Leona came over to see me. They were in town for a wedding but took some time to come over and visit.







But the BIG thing we did this week was take a road trip up to San Francisco!

First we stopped by Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mommy really wanted me to see the fish.

Here I am at the first tank already trying to reach out and touch them.

And here I am looking at the kelp forest with Daddy.

The aquarium didn't only have fish, they had some sea birds as well! Here I am making friends with one of them.

And here I am looking at some jellyfish.
















At the jellyfish exhibit, they had a fun kaleidoscope camera that Daddy had me dancing to.

I even got a chance to touch some starfish!

Hrm.... what is this Mommy put on me?

Oh I guess it's called a clownfish. I guess that's OK then....

 

 Here my parents put me in a big clamshell. I guess I was, as they say, "happy as a clam"

 After the aquarium, we continued to San Francisco where we stayed with Auntie Nathalie! When I saw her, I was quite giggly. She gave me this really fun inflatable toy which I play with every chance I get. Thank you Auntie Nathalie!

And finally,  the main reason we went up north was to celebrate my cousin Julia's first birthday!!! 

She was so nice and shared all her toys with me. Here I am enjoying a good book....

 And here she is trying to share her toy with me..... or is she trying to poke me with it? Either way, I didn't know what was going on anyway :)

Here we are hanging out in the bouncy house with Mommy and Uncle Ryan

 

And Cousin Elliot come by just to take a picture with little ol' me! What a great smile!















He even showed us how to play in the bouncy house.... I can't wait until I can bounce around with him!

Still... Julia seems to be one of my favorites... I love reaching out to try to touch her.

Sometimes even eat her sweater....

I don't think she was very amused by me here...

We hope you had a wonderful 1st birthday, Cousin Julia! Happy birthday and we wish you many many many more! We all miss you very much already!

Wait, there's more? Yes! We also went to visit Daddy's friends Uncle Chris and Auntie Emily. Auntie Emily didn't get to hold me last time she visited me in LA because she was sick, but she was all better now and couldn't wait to give me a hug!

I also got to see Matthew again! We were a little more interactive this time. He kept pointing at me and saying "baby!"

His parents have been teaching him what that word means because he's going to be getting a baby brother soon. Around my birthday, in fact!

 

Well... all great things must come to an end, and so it goes for this weekend and post. Thanks for visiting and we'll see you again next week!

Short post, Week 28

 

*CHOMP!* I'm starting to get more and more drooly. Probably because my teeth are beginning to come in. Daddy can't feel the bumps just yet, but he can see the gums lightening up so they might be coming soon. Until then, I've been putting things in my mouth to gnaw on to help with the itching.

 Here's a picture that Mommy took of me when I was supposed to be napping. Apparently, I've learned how to hit the button to make the mobile start... this is Mommy catching me in the act.

She says I'm a sneaky one.

 This weekend was actually pretty quiet for me. Mommy and Daddy got invited to a wedding so Grandpa and Grandma Waki came over to take care of me. I really enjoyed my time with them though I had a little trouble going to sleep at night. Sorry! I'll try to do better next time.


Here I am enjoying the huge centerpiece that was brought back from the wedding. I like touching the flowers alot!

 I also got to meet Daddy's friend, Uncle Greg! I look a bit angry here, but I was squinting because of the sun.

I had a great time talking to Uncle Greg while they were eating. I guess I just wanted to be part of all the conversation.

Lastly, what is this?!

Well... Grandpa and Grandma Kan got me this cool walker car. Don't I look so cool in it? Uncle Jon put it together for me so I could play with it.

I don't know quite how to move around in it yet, but I sure like pressing the buttons!

I'll be zooming around in it before you know it.







Sorry for the short post this week. We don't have the rest of the pictures ready quite yet. We'll save those for next week!

Week 27, Great Grandma's 88th birthday!

Hello everyone! We haven't given an update on my numbers in awhile so here they are: I'm now 18lbs 11oz and 26 1/4" long. That puts me in the 68 percentile for weight and 25 percentile for length. Both those numbers dropped a little bit from the last checkup. However, my head size remains basically they same in the 71 percentile.

Oh well, I'll go through a growth spurt soon, I hope!

Here I am with Grandpa Kan... he takes LOTS of pictures of me every week and we only get to share a few of them. As you can see he's quite the dedicated photographer, here I am having a good time with him in the mirror.

And here's another one of me doing, what else? My favorite thing to do which is to stick everything into my mouth. When I pull the handle, this turtle will play music for me.






But the biggest thing that happened this weekend was that we got to celebrate my Great Grandma Kan's 88th birthday!

Here I am leaning over to give her a birthday kiss. *smooch!

I got to meet alot of my Grand Aunts again. Here is Grand Auntie Magdalen and Grand Auntie Christina.

Grand Auntie Magdalen volunteered to baby sit if I'm ever out in Monterey Park. Hey! my parents will remember Grand Auntie! be ready!

Here's Grand Auntie Katie all the way from New York. This was the first time I got to meet her. I hear she has 4 wonderful grandchildren of her own... I hope I get to meet them soon.







 I also got meet Auntie Maria from New York for the first time. She knew exactly how to get me to laugh.

I need to get out East and visit her sometime soon! Maybe when it's not so hot!

Here I am with Great Grandma Matsumoto. I'm definitely beginning to recognize her because she visits me every weekend for dinner. As always, I seem to be the center of attention at the table wherever I go...










Daddy likes to call this picture "The General and her Lieutenant"

Here I am with a Great Grand Auntie from Canada! This is Great Grandma Kan's cousin and she and her daughters came for Great Grandma's birthday. Her outfit had alot of sparkles.... I love sparkly stuff so I kept reaching out to touch her

Here I am with Grand Auntie Yvonne. She used to take care of Daddy and Uncle Jon when they were young.

And here is Grand Auntie Ding. She is a very accomplished singer and conductor. Maybe one day I'll get a singing lesson from her!

*Yawn* I'm exhausted! That's it for this week. Thank you for visiting and see you again soon!