Monthly Archives: June 2011

More parks

June 16, 2011

This morning, Simon insisted on bringing this pillow roll from our room to his. We were pretty amazed he was able to maneuver it.

After his morning workout, Simon says: Daddy, I’m ready to go to the park!

Checking out a new park in Concord.

A video made for me while I was work… Simon saying HI.

The Concord park was a little disappointing so it was back to Civic Park.

Simon enjoying a piggyback ride from Daddy.

Civic Park

June 15, 2011

Simon went to enjoy the sand and water park again.

Splashing around with water.

Relaxing underneath the trees with his shades on.

Simon says “whee” when he’s in the mood to be on the swing.

After playing in the park, Simon and daddy came home and continued to play.

Peek-a-boo!

Playing with the Talking Tom Cat iPhone App.

We always watch Simon on the monitor, now it was his turn to watch one of us.

Cute, Single, Smiling Baby

June 8 – 14, 2011

6.8.2011
Simon and Daddy have been frequenting Home Depot.

Simon trying to control the direction of the shopping cart.

Simon had his 15 month checkup today and he’s continuing on the same growth curve. He got a few shots today and he only cried for a few seconds before calming down.

6.9.2011

Simon is trying to say new words everyday. Here he is trying to say “blueberry”.

This afternoon we took a walk around downtown Walnut Creek. Simon was instantly drawn to this fountain. He really wanted to crawl into it to splash around (but we didn’t let him).

6.10.2011

Anyone want to date this cute single dude?

He even does his own grocery shopping? (He insisted on grabbing a few canned goods and daddy accidentally bought a few that we didn’t need).

6.11.2011

Simon really likes the sand and water park at Civic Park. He got soaked and sandy.

6.12.2011

We took a trip to San Francisco to meet up with one of Ron’s friends. We had dim sum but then went to have coffee and donuts at Dynamo Donut. We tried an earl gray strawberry, maple bacon apple, and monte cristo.

Contemplative.

Our happy baby.

Simon’s funny napping position.

6.13.2011

Simon loves watermelon!

Wanna see Simon’s teeth?

He opened his mouth and let me hold his mouth open to take a picture. His 1st molars are in and his canines are coming out.

I took these pictures for Simon. I let him see it on the camera screen, took the picture, then let him see it playback on the camera again. He had a good giggle seeing his two friends, Winnie the Pooh and Ziggy the Zebra.


To bed early.

6.14.2011

I want to go outside!

Daddy taught Simon how to imitate an elephant trunk. We ask Simon “show us elephant” or something similar.

Simon has discovered his foot (“jiao”)

Karate kick!

Somehow Simon learned how to shrug. Probably from watching us. Maybe not a good habit…

Another wonderful week with Simon.

Horsing Around and First Haircut

June 1 – 7, 2011

6.1.2011
It can be cold at night so we have been trying to find different ways to keep Simon warm. This sleeping robe is from Grandma Chung when he was first born and now it finally fits.

He looks so poofy.

Ah, so comfortable!

6.2.2011
Kermit Simon, ready to go out with Daddy.

At Target, waiting for a ride.

Simon thinks going over shopping cart speed bumps is super fun!

Simon in his yellow and blue M&M outfit.

Simon can be very insistent… here he is trying to convince daddy to turn on the TV to watch Sesame Street… saying Cookie, Elmo…

Having a good nap after a day out with Daddy.

6.3.2011
Simon is getting very active these days and doesn’t like to sit in the shopping cart so we have one of those kid harnesses to keep him from running around all over the place. He won’t hold our hand and doesn’t really listen to us when he’s focused on doing something… so this is our only option for now.

We tell Simon we’re putting on his Pooh backpack when we want to put on the harness.

Babies sleeps so well after running around in a store.

So went to get ourselves lunch at a KFC drive-thru before heading to Costco. Simon actually slept for a while after we took him out of the carseat but eventually woke up. He spotted some Sesame Street books which we ended up buying for him.

Sleeping again as we headed to SF for dinner with my coworkers.

Simon actually let Uncle Hansen hold him. But then Hansen bounced him a little too much and he got upset.

Simon only let Auntie Cheryl hold him for a second then got upset again. Simon has been a mommy-monkey for the last few weeks.

Thank you everyone for coming out in the rain! 1 week left to work with these wonderful group of people!

6.4.2011

Simon figured how to draw lines.

Simon is excited he learned how to use his horse on a stick. He has enough wrist muscle now to hold it up by himself.

Riding his horse video.

Simon usually hates walking on the sidewalk but we decided to bring his “leash” with us anyways for the time when he would want to do it. Today happened to be one of those days.

I’m walking ahead and hiding behind trees and doorways. He really seemed to enjoy that.

6.5.2011

Simon really needs a haircut but we decided we should have some fun with his hair while it is still long. Daddy has super strong hold gel… these are his attempts at styling… Mohawk.

Profile shot.

Full on view.

Sonic the Hedgehog?

Middle part.

Enjoying the swing at a neighborhood park.

Whee!

6.6.2011

We went to lunch with grandma and to visit a nearby park. He loves the slide, especially when we slide down with him. I think he feels more safe with us holding him.

Then we went back to the house and Simon wanted to play with the water fountain while my mom was cleaning it.

He got himself all wet while using this scoop to try to take water out of the bucket.

He would just end up dumping the water all of his arm and head.

He loved it!

Then he ended having to run around the house in his tank top onesie while we dried his clothes in the dryer.

Simon’s new cookie monster PJs.

6.7.2011

Simon knows how to turn on the ceiling fan.

Simon playing with the train set at Kristine’s Kuts while waiting for his appointment.

Sitting in the kiddie car chair… happy before they start cutting his hair.

He got scared of sitting in his own chair so instead sat on my lap. Kristine was spritzing his hair with water to make it easier to cut.

Snip snip snip in the back.

All done because Simon started crying and moving around too much.

She recommended we have Simon watch daddy getting a haircut first so he won’t be so scared the next time.

Outside our house.

After his hair dried, we saw that the front was crooked… unfortunately looks kind of dorky, almost like a rice bowl cut but not quite.

At least the back is nice, shorter and not all over his neck.