Day 150

Simon seems to be stretching out a bit more. Both of his feet can actually touch the ground while in the Exersaucer. He no longer needs the extra piece of foam to stand on. He still curls his toes though.

Ron took this picture of Simon to showcase his growing belly!

Since Simon likes to watch TV, Ron let Simon watch a bit of “Baby Can Read” videos. He seemed to enjoy it.

Just a cute photo of Simon sitting on Ron’s stomach.

I think I’ve mentioned that Simon is becoming more interested in the cats so Ron shot this video of Simon intently watching Mochi grooming herself while on the cat tree. He also takes some interest as Misu walks across his view. I hope that Simon does not start to imitate Mochi…

Ron and Simon came again to pick me up and brought some delicious tapioca (aka pearl) drinks for me and my coworkers. My favorite is the avocado smoothie and my favorite place to get it at is Sweetheart Cafe. The original is in Oakland Chinatown and there is also shops in SF Chinatown, Berkeley, and Milpitas. If you like fresh, sweet, chewy pearls, you’ll like this place. They also use real fruits for their drinks rather than powders. They also have a great hot grass jelly drink where you can choose the add-ins like taro, rice balls, sesame balls, red bean, green bean, etc. It was a good afternoon treat.

It wasn’t time for me to get off work yet so Ron went to the Starbucks nearby to wait with Simon. It was chilly so Simon was bundled up.

Eventually he got fussy so they went back to the parked car and Ron had Simon practice sitting up inside his car seat. He’s building more stomach muscles so if he falls backwards, he can sometimes pull himself back up into a seated position.

We think Simon has started recognizing himself in mirrors. He seems really excited looking at himself in the backseat mirror we have in the car. The mirror is for him and also for us to see him in our rearview mirror.

Day 148

Simon has a new way to lounge, on his throne, a Boppy pillow. We are at his beck and call all the time already but now he can do it in style. Looks comfortable to me.

Then when he is bored of lying on his back, he can use the pillow to learn how to crawl.

Daddy Ron had an appointment today and took Simon with him but during his appointment, Simon was all fussy and was whining most of the time. But as soon as Ron got into the elevator, he konked out. Silly baby.

My favorite video of the day: Simon with his Moo-Moo jingle ball. He either really finds it really fun or really scary. He laughs out loud when he finds it entertaining… or is it laughing out loud because he’s frightened? Sometimes you can’t tell unless you look carefully at his expression. In this case, I think he’s entertained.

Day 147

Simon visited Taiwan… the map.

We hope to visit Taiwan with Simon sometime soon but not sure how Simon will do on an international flight. We’ll be taking a domestic flight in October so we will see how that goes.

Simon practiced his flying skills with Ron today. His neck and back are pretty strong now as Ron can hold him by his stomach and Simon can stretch himself out and hold himself horizontal.

He is still working on sitting up though. When he puts his hands down on the flat surface, he can support himself but usually one hand will slip and he’ll topple over or forward. He looks very flexible when he’s almost folded in half. Check out that drool, his drool is still very viscous and stretches pretty long.

Dad’s Silly Monkey finally asleep but maybe a bit hot as he kicked off most of this blankets.

Since his rice cereal on Sunday, Simon hasn’t pooped! Only a bit of gas and plenty of pee. I never thought I’d be so into talking about pee and poop but I guess things really do change when you have a baby. I’m guessing he is constipated from the rice. He does seem like he’s dropped his milk intake the last two days, maybe he’s feeling overly full. Not sure what else we can do to help relieve him so it’s just watch and wait time.